Evening journal., 1897-09-01
BIG LAUNCH TOMORROW
Queen Steamship Juniata to
Go Ovsrb oard.
DISTINGUISHED MEN EXPECTED

MERCHANTS AND MINERS CO.,
OF BALTIMORE, TO BE WELL
REPRESENTED HERE TO-MOR-
ROW AT THE LAUNCH OF THE
BRAND NEW ADDITION ToTHEIR
FLEET.
One of the finest steamships ever
built at Wilmington will be launched
at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from
The shipyards Of her builders, the Har-
Ian and Hollingsworth Company.
She is the Juniata, and great prep
araticns are being made to have the
event signal one in the history ofWil-
mington shipbuilding.
NEARLY 100 YARDS OF DECK.
The Juniata is to be added TO the feet
Of the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company with headquarters
ut the port OF Baltimore. She is full
four-decked ship OF 270 feet length on
the water line, AZ feet beam moulded
and "a feet depth Of hold. She is built
almost entirely Of iron upon the model
OF the steamship Fairfax, built at ehis
shipyard in 1891.
The hull. all the deck beams, all of
/ one and parts OF two other decks are OF
iron. The deck planling of the first
and second decks is Of yellow pine,
! 3iAx6 inches, and OF the third deck OF
white pine OF the same dimensions The
iron plating Of the third deck Is cover
cd with pressed bricks laid in cement
There are three freight matches on
each OF the first, second and third
/ 4 In |l4n do
after one OF which Is double. The
spaces between decks are about eight
feet each, the lower hold being feet
! 3 inches.
BEAUTIFULLY FITTED STATE
ROOMS.
The 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 pantrys
and closets. II will be finished In light
hard wood The saloon proper Is rs
feet long The house enclosing the ma
chinery. kitchen and secOnd-class
rooms. On the lhird deck amldahip, if
rs feet long: on the fourth deck there
Is a house about 100 feet long and q
feet wide. which will enclose the en-
gineer's rooms, the social hall ant
toilet rooms and passengers' state
, rooms; another house surrounding The
l emoke-stack on this deck will enclos'
the machinery, smoking-room, passen
gers state-roOms and officers quar-
ters.
On this deck forward the smoke
stack, an eliptical front room, will con
tain the steering engine first and sec
y ond officers rooms and toilets. On IN
: top of this house viii be the pilot
" house. the captains rooms and stair
I, way leading below decks. The joine
work OF the saloons will be Of har
wood and Of finish equal TO that of an
I. ships built for this company.
' MAMMOTH PIECE OF MACHINERY
The engine will be OF the direct act
j. ing triple compound variety with In
o verted cylinders; the high pressur
d cydlinder 2S inches, the intermediat
Y cylinder 45 inches and the low pressur
IS cyclinder 70 inches in diameter. Tn
l. stroke OF the engine will be AS inches
a This engine is nearing completion Il
a the company's shops and the most In
i teresting view of IL is as II Is lyin
about the floor on the various ma
d metal are put together they are so nice
, ly proportioned and 50 compactly an
Ie ranged that they do not impress tn
y visitor to the ship engine-room wit
le their immense size and strength. o
IS the shop floor and separate from eac
" other they are enormous pieces {
II metal. the weight alone OF which woul
l. appear to be a ships load
n PROPELLER 16 FEET IN DIANE
10 TER.
Steam will be supplied to this engi1
from four cylindrical return tube bOi
10 ers Of 13 feet inches diameter of she
: and IL feet inches long, the wOrkin
o. pressure of these boilers to be II
"A poun1s to the square inch. The spec
- Of the Juniata is expected to averal
\ fifteen knots an hour at sea, whe
= loaded to draw eighteen feet of waite
90 The propeller is four-bladed, blade
"a bolted on the hub, and about sixtee
n feet in diameter
I'd THE JUNIATA'S SISTER SHIPS.
u In addition to the Juniata, the 70
Y lowing are the steamers Of the Me
- chants and Miners Transportatic
~ Company, all actively employed on u
- Boston, Providence and Savanna
l lines out of Baltimore
The William Lawrence, 1904 toi
register built by the Atlantic Work
Of Boston. in 1869.
William Crane, 1,417 tons, built
III Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmin
az ton, Del, in 1871.
az Decatur II. Miller, 1926 tons, built
sd Harlan and Hollingsworth, in 1879.
~ Allegheny and Berkshire, each 20
v tons. built by William Cramp and Son
~ Philadelphia, in 1881
ID Chatham, 2,729 tons, built by u
a American Shipbuilding Compan
"a Philadelphia, in 1884
IL Dorchester, 2,5S7 tons, built by Ha
Ian and Hollingsworth, in 1889.
Essex. 1881 tons, built by Villa
Cramp and Sons. i'm 1890.
It's Fairfax, 1851 tons, built by Harls
N, and HOllngsworth in 1891.
be Gloucester, 2.542 tens, built by q
f. Maryland Steel Company, Sparrow
lr- Point, in 1898.