The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-04
The MONSTER ALG0A
A Sketch Of one Of the Largest Crafts
Afoat al This Time.
s0AE OF HER GIGANTIC DIMENSIONS
'Enr Largest Vessels In Port Look dc.
eitlcsl}y UnHcsNixrd When Com.
pared 10 This si= Tramp Of Tho
Sea Some Comparisons. Made md
OsScr Vessels Recalled TO Mind.

Grow, Rudolph & Co.'S. big tramp
steamer AiEoa, now waiting at the Nor
folk 81 Western whnrveS, III this city,
for her turn at the elevator, is attract
inE large crowds Of slghtseers, and pro-
voking considerable comment on account
OF it's vast proportions.
The .Alt,oa is probably the largest yes
sci that has ever been brought up into
this hurhor since tile Tower Hill was
here some % years ago. She Is AIS feet
long, IS feet broad 80 feet deep or 81
feet 10 the tanks. ana draws when LOAD
Ell 26 feet s inches.
STRIKING COMPARISON.
The big ship as IT lies by the wharf
towers above the roofs OF the n. & ".
warehouses. the upper bridge being is
feet from the water, chart bridge II.
bridge deck 81 To reach this bridge
deck one must ascend forty steps. 4
Nirginan reporter was aboard the Al
goa yesterday when the Franiicld came
IN and tied up alongside her. y SPLEEN
did chance FOR comparison was the re-
suit. The Franfield is no baby. In
fact. she is capable OF loading 1909 tons.
The average tramp will load from this
figure any where on to $500. The Algoa
carries easily 1887 tons OF solid cargo
or more than three times the amount
which would load the smaller vessel
Indeed, It is probable that could the AL
So;t's load be transferred to the Fran
field, the latter would sink below the
rail in the water
LIKED GALVESTON.
y sailor standing on the bridge deck
Of the Frnmlicld finds the deck Of the
Algon many feet above his head. With
their SternS together the smaller boat
measures hardly over two-thrds the
length or the larger. The Algu;L was
built in January, Il little over a yea.
nEo, and made her first trip out Of
sunderland on March 20. 1896. for New
port, where she loaded II ITO tons OF
coal for Bombay. She was 1T Lam
bert's point in November. and took on
coal. After that she went to Galveston
| FOR cotton. The men seem to have fall
| len In love with the Texas port. and one
cannot mention anything anywhere hllt
what the nearest sailor to him will say:
! oh, but 1t can't touch GulvcstCn" or
| "ENcrythinE here is very good l like
! this place but then l would rather be
| in Galveston" None Of them ucigncd
| to explain their peculiar prediction FOR
Galveston other than tn say that they
| were stuck on the climate, and the cle-
Nator there had eleven chutcs."
| BROKE HER SHAFT.
| The Algoa, with Captain Frazier in
command, left Liverpool on Dec 5 for
shaft In mid-ocean. The event was
Ichronicled by tho daily press The yes
sci uriited about practically at the
mercy of the waves, for fifteen days,
and was enabled on Jan. T to put in at
st. Michaels in the Azores, for repairs
She left there ten days later ana arrived
here on Monday last passing in the
| Capes at 2:l0 p. III. She was brought up
to the wharf on Tuesday night by a
pilot. who. by the way, made Il splen-
| did job of it, as the fog was so thick
that Il man could hardly sec half the
length Of the vessel
300 TONS BALLAST.
| The propeller OF the monster is some
thing phenomenal in the matter OF size
Some slight repairs were made TO It
yesterday, half Il dozen men being low
cred In n boat from the bridge deck for
the purpose. These men climbed about
OH the propeller blades. and none OF
them could reach the top Of one.
The Algoa Is being loaded by the
North American Transport company,
and will take on a cargo valued at
about million dollars. or two and a
half times the original cost of the YES
sci. incidentally she will DC baliasted
With 300 tons Of corn, after which She
will take on n general cargo Of oil, luml-
Der, cotton, etc
Two views Of the big tramp were pho
tograDhcd by ITaber, one OF them being
taken from the top Of the grain eleya-
tor.