The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-02
JUNIATA'S LAUNCH
She Will Touch chrlstIana's Waters For
the First TimeT This Afternoon, In the
Presence of nany People.

I Tho Merchants and Minors Trauspor.
tation Company's new steamboat, j uniata,
4 IL to be launched from tho yard of hgI
builders, tho Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company, at o'clock this afternoon,
/ with more pomp and display than has at
tended the launching of any craft that
has left the stays Vt local builder. This
morning all the details for q successful
! launch were completed and when the
beautiful new craft slips from the berth
sho has occupied for six months 1t will be
Without a jar or mtshap.
| Before she touches tho water Of the Chris.
tiana Miss Mary A, jenkins, daughter OF
| President Michael Jenkins of tho company
will christen her. Then tho mission of
| the handsome and spacious craft will be
begun.
Tho Juniata is the sixth ship the Harlan
| and Hollingsworth Company has built for
other five being actively employed on the
Boston, Providence and Savannah lines out
| of Baltimore.
Tho ships nre tho William Crane, Deca
| tur H. Miller, Dorchester, Fairfax and the
Harvard all being the best fitted and most
comfortable ships that go In and out of
Baltimore to the points before named.
With the Juniata. and the five other
ships In tho service, tho Company will
traffic to points along the coast. The new
boat is full four-decked ship of 27O feet
length on the water line, AZ foet beam
moulded and 81 foot depth Of hold. She
Is built almost entirely Of iron, upon the
model Of the steamship Fairfax. built at
this shipyard in 1891.
The hull, all the deck beams. all Of one
and parts of two other decks arc of iron.
The dock planking of the first and secoad
Il pt-r 10 r ua1t VNiV,a yR an
of tho third deck Of white pine of the same
dimensions. The iron plating of the third
deck is covered with pressed bricks laid in
cement
There are three freig ight hatches on each
of the first, second and third decks, and
two in tho fourth deck. the after ono of
which is double Tho spaces between decks
are about eight feet each, the lower hold
Dolng : feet inches
The passengers saloon is on tho third
deck aft and connects with the fourth deck
by large open double stairway. This So
loon will includ twenty state rooms and
and all the necessary pantrys and closets.
1t will be finished in light hard wood. The
saloon proper is o. feet long. Tho house
enclosing tho machinery. Kitchen and
second class rooms, on tho third deck
amidshtp is 75 feet long; on the fourth
deck there is house about 100 feet long
engineers rooms, the social hall and toilet
rooms and passengers state rooms; an
other house surrounding tho smokestack
Oh this deck will enclose tho machinery
smoking rgom, passengers staLGroon'
and officers quarters.
On this deck forward tho smoke.stack,
an eliptical front room, will contain the
steering engine, first and second officers
rooms and toilets. On tho top OF this
Ina Tn n's
way leading below decks The Joiner work
of the saloons will be of hard wood and of
n finish equal to that of any ship built for
this company.
The engine will be of the direct acting |
triple compound variety with inverted |
cylinders; tho high pressure cylinders 2S
inches, the intermediate cylinder 45 inches |
aud tho low pressure cylinder ~ inches |
in diameter. The stroke of the engine |
will be IS inches. This engine lis nearing
completion In the company's shops and
the most interesting view of it is as it Is
lying about tho door on tho various ma
chimes. When those large pieces OF metal
are put to gether they arc SO nicely pro- !,
portioned and so compactly arranged that
they do not impress the visitor to the ship
engine room with their immense size aud
strength. On the shop floor and separate /
from each other they arc enormous pieces |
Of metal. the weight alono of which would
appear to be ships load.
-. Steam will sbo s.sRplied tss this sine
from four cylindrical return tube boilers of |
10 feot 6 inches diameter of shell and II feet
inches long, the working pressure OF
these boilers to be 100 pounds to the square
inch The speed of the Juniata is expected
to average fifteen knots an hour at sea-
when loaded, to draw cighteon feet of
water, The propeller is four bladed. blades
boltcd on the hub. and about sixteen feet
In diameter.