Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-01
THE GANUTO BULNES.


Tho Mesican steamer Launched Fran tho
shiIya d oil th rnsey ana Jones Co.
Superintendent Charles II. Heal1,
having all things 10 readiness, the
steamer Cnnpto Bulnes was SUCCESS
fully launched yesterday ut II. g
O'Clock, from the yard of the Pnsey &
homes Co, Tho boat was gay with bunt.
ing the Stars and Stripes and the Mex.
Jean colors-under which latter the yes
sci will sail in the waters OF President
Diaz Repnblic--fi oated gaily In the
March breeze. AS the vessel eagerly
took the water. Miss Mary Pussy, daugh
ter OF tho treasurer NJ the conhiructing
company, gracefully performed tue rus
tomary christening, breaking osor the
vessol's receding bow a picture like
hottie al champagne, which was taste
fully decorated With the colors Of hoth
nations, the beautiful red. white
and blue and the peighboriy green,
white and red, distinctly propouncing
the name by which the craft will hence
forth be known and registered.
The day was suspicious. cool and
br1cing, With the sun beaming from q
blue sky, made the more picturesque
by the drifts Of whito clouds, that
fionted above the animated scene.
A large company witnessed the launch
and among thoss present were Capt.
Joseph Ware Of New York, the ageni
in this country for Messrs. Bulnes &
CO. OF San Juan Bautista, Mexico.
under whose order tho boat has beer
built; President @. W. Pussy, Treas
urer W. w. Pussy. Secretary Samue
q. Biddle. Assistant Manager George A,
ms, iaIr t,I h..r ~
otfice, drawing. room and shops; also
Mrs.. Sarah Pussy, Mrs. John Menden
ball. Mrs. W. W. Prsey. NJ ISIS Elizabeth
Pussy, MIR. and Mrs. Thomas II. Saver,
and othsra.
The boat ia singe-screw propeller,
bnth iron and steel entering into hel
construction, and her Dimensions ar,
al follows; Length on decls los feat
heam IS feet, depth 7 feet q inchps
Stem, stern post, rudder post, rudde
and rail are uf lar iron; frames, reversl
hars, keelsons and deck beams OF angl
bars; hull plating of iron, * and SIT
inches thick; hilge or rolling keelsaDl
made Of 6x3iaSas inch and 2lss2laxi
inch steel angles, arched back TO baci
and TO the plating. This vessel has fou
waier-tight bulkheads, made of 3 II
inch iron. The joiner work cppslsi
OF the usual house on deck. embracin!
salon, hertbs, gally, boiler and engin,
room, lamp room and on top OF thi
house the pilot house. Aft OF this i
the captains room. The boat will hav,
two masts with jib, foresail and main
sail.
The machinery and boilers are al
ready for the vessel and will be at one,
put in place. The boat will be driver
by a fore and aft compound surface
coudensing engine II and &c inch diam
eter of cylinders by 10 inch stroke, pis
ton rod and valve stems packed witt
Katzenstein's metallic packing. Th
propeller wheel will be four-baded ant
male Of cast iron. Tho boiler will b.
Of the dog house type, 7 feet 10 inche
wide, 10 fest long, s feet high. Speak
Ing and sounding tubes will DO conven
iently placed. Vertical hosting engin
will DO placed on the forward deck AM
will be connected to a new style provi
dence windlass.
The boat will be delivered TO Cant
Ware at tho Pusoy & Jones Co. 3 whar
really for service, about tho middle q
April. The work has been oarrie
through withsrapidity. and with salts
faction to all concerned. tho keel hav
ing been laid February 9th. After th
vessel has been turned over to tn
owners, she will proceed at once /
| Mexico.
The tug Helen, building by The Jack
son & Sharp Co. for the Chesapeake
Ohio Railroad Co. for service at New
port News, Va, was launched at
O'Clock yesterday. She was chris
tened by Miss Helen W. Frpderick o
this city, who used flowers in perform
ing the ceremony. No representative
Of the railroad company were present
Tho tug is 100 feet long, 30 feet head
and 10 feet 3 inches hold. In a fe,
days she will 60 to Neafia 81 Levy
shipyard, Philadelphia, where he
machinery will be put in.
Torpedo boat No I, tho du Pont
was successfully launched at Bristol
f. l., Tuesday evening.
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