The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-04
The New Queen Of The Merchants &
Mlners Great Fleet.
DESCRIPTION OF THE AUsPlCI0Us EVENT
a Four Deck Ship OF ~ Feet Length.
AZ Feet Beam nnd 81 Feet Depth
The speed of Il Vessel VIII Aver.
ngeI5 Knots mn Hour at Sea When
LoaucU.

launching OF the Juniata:
Junintu, the queen Of the great
fleet of vessels Of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company, and
the sixth built for the in this
city. slid from her old home on the WAYS
CT the Harlan and Holligsworth yard
this afternoon, and amid cheers from
more than Il thousand throats, glided
gracefully Into the Chrlstiann. The last
stay was curt ut $3.50, and the big red hull
moved several feet on Its downward
course before the crowd stretched along
both banks OF the stream were aware
that the launch was ready. Seated In Il
boN close to the JOY OF the Juniata, as
she stood on the ways was the christen-
ing party, composed of Baltimore young
men and women At the head of this
party was Miss Mary Adelaide Jenkins,
laughter OF Michael Jenkins. v]ice-prcsi.
cent pf the Merchants and Miners
transportation Company. Miss Jenkins
was there rs the sponsor. and at IL given
signal from Superintendent benson,
hcthed the bow with u flood OF wine.
Inc launch was one of The most success
fui ever given at tho Harlan e. Holdings
worth yard. The tide In the Christiana
WAS at u good height, and Inc Juniata
took to the water as though she had
Dcen accustomed to IL for years. The
Merchants III Miners Transportation
company was represented at the launch
by Vice-presidcnt Michael Jenkins and
Decatur III. Miller. of Baltimore, ana T..
L. Whitney, OF Boston, directors. About
Two hundred Baltimoreans came up TO
Wilmington on a special train to sec the
launch.
Among the visitors were: From Bal.
tirrore-Michacl jenkins. vice president
oil the Merchants and Miners TranSpor-
thtlun Company; Decatur II. Miller, di-
rector; j. &. Whitney, traffic manager.
n. ID. Steibbins, assistant traffic mana
ger; w. j. Turner, general passenger
agent: William T.. Turner supcrintcnd-
cnt; john Cooper, Inspector; Charles
White, Captain j. Il. Griegs, z. L. New
ONE II. G. Hoffman. Colonel Franklin.
Richard Cromwell. Kennedy Cromwell,
Nelson Perrin, II. Z. Hamilton, Edward
Bartlett, Hugh Whitney, George d.
DIXON, George r. Patterson, b. II. Girls
void, John X. Anderson, w. Is. Brooks.
G. ~ IAayfeld, a. w. Kennedy, Captain
7. ~. Hooper, ~. NJ. Graham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Why.c, Miss Mary Hannah,
Mt; ana Mrs. Alexander FalcOner. Miss
Edith Tunis, Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Smith
Mir. and Mrs. James McShanc, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ramsay Barry, Mr.. and Mrs. d. II.
Miller, Miss Virginia Miller, Miss Lydia
Milicr. Gerard Hopkins, Beaurcgnrd
Howard, Parker Fisher. Theodore Mil
Ter, Seth Hopkins, Miss Mary Adelaide
Jenkins, Miss nnlc MlcIiim, Miss Mary
b. Johnson. Miss Champc Robinson. Mr..
and Mrs. Julian DE Bullet. Isaac Me
Kim, Charles Conrad. Spalding Jenkins,
Louis Mcl(im, DR.. MclIim, !lr. Pone,
Charles Boone. William I.chr, Frank
baldwin. ~. Gordon Williams, Kinr
Dangerlcld. Reuben Foster, Jr., Lorraine
GIL. J. Scott Hopkins. DIR. a. j. Volls,
Edward ID. 1Socz. Mr.. and Mrs. w. b..
Turner, Skipwith Wilmer, Talbot Smith
Reese Cassard, Timothy Pitts, Alfred
Miller, Vernon Miller. Boston-lI. r..
Whitney, Hugh Whitney, Arthur VAIN
wright. From Providence-Mayor Me
Einness and Agent ]. w. McCloskcy.
From Norrolk-I,. II. Wright. From
Newport Ncws-L. G. Saunders.
ne Juniata is a four-deck ship of go
icet length ON the waier-line. ~ feet
Dean moulded ana Is feet depth of hold.
She Is built amoat entirely Of iron.
upon the model OF the steamship Fair
Lax, built by the Harlan e Holdings
worth Company in 1891. The hull. al
inc deck beams, all on one and parts
OF other decks arc OF iron.The deck
llankinE Of the first and second deck is
or yellow pine three and Il half by six
inches. and OF the third deck
OF white pine Of the same dimen-
Sionf. The iron plating OF the third Gccl
Is covered with pressed bricks laid In
cement. The spaces between the decks
are about eight feet each, the lower
loid being S feet 3 inches.
n passenger saloon Is on the third
deck aft. and connects with the fourth
deck by a large open double stairway.
This saloon will Include twenty state
rooms and all the necessary pantries
and closets. IT will be finished in light
hardwood. The saloon proper will be
"a feet long. The house enclosing the
machinery, Kitchen Ii a~ccond-class
rooms on the third deck amid ship viii
be 10 feet long. On the fourth deck there
will be a house about 100 feet long and
20 feet wide, which will enclose the en-
s%ineers' rooms, the social hall and toilet
rooms and passengers sta:croouMs and
officers quarters.
On the fourth deck forward of the
smokcstack will be an clliptical room,
which VIII contain the steering engine.
first ard second officers rooms and toll
cts. ON the top OF this room will be the
~pilot-housc, the captains rooms azn a
stairway leading below decks. The Join
er work Of the saloon will he OF hard
wood. and Of finish equal TO that Of any
OF the other snirS built for this company.
the cniGne will he uf the direct-acting
triple compound variety, with inverted
cyiindcTs--the higil-pressurc cylinder IS
inches, the intermediate cylinder IA in
chea and the low pressure cylinder 70
inches III diameter. The stroke of the
engine will be As inches. This enginc
Is now nearing completion in the shops.
Steam will be supplied 10 the engine
from four cylindrical return tube bolt
c:a OF il feet G inches diameter of shell,
and II feet 6 inches long. The working
pressure Of these boilers will be 100
pounds to the SQUARE inch.
The speed OF The Juanita Is expected
20 average fifteen knots an hour at sea