The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-21

lSXl6 rect Tn size, finished in old oak, and decorated with delft placques of a quaint old Dutch pattern. Beyond this is the owners office and deck bedroom in East Indian mahogany, which opens into an observation room, occupying the extreme end of the deck house. Two of the sides are of glass, the eX- treme and being left open. This obser- Vation end Is a unique feature and IS found on noother yacht.
 A broad stairway leads from the so- cial hall on the spar deck to the library on the main deck. This room 22xl2 feet, will be finished in hand carved American walnut. Opening of the li- brary is ladies' boudoir.
 Forward of the library Is the owners dining saloon. 24x36 feet in size, finish ed in hand carved quartered oak and old Renaissance tapestry Two sky lights overhead furnish light and venti- lation. At one end of the room will be a beautiful onyx fireplace, and. at the other piano with hand carved case.
 The owners kitchen will be delight to the chef who will preside over it.. The kitchen for the officers and crew Is abaft the owners kitchen and will be managed by separate set of chefs. | On the starboard side of the main deck is the owners suite of apartments | consisting of a bedroom 16 feet square, dressing room and tiled bath room. | The woodwork will be in natural birch. | On the port side, directly opposite is a suite consisting of a bedroom of sim | liar size as MT. Gould's, a dressing room, boudoir and bath rooms. The suite will be finished in ivory. gold and rose of the Louis XVI period.
 Forward of these two suites on the same deck are four guest rooms eleven feet wide by twelve long. each one pro vided with its own private bath room, and each one furnished in different kind of wood. A stairway from the main deck leads to social hall eigh- l teen feet square, on the lower deck. | Opening on this hall are three addition al rooms of the same size as those on the deck above and provided like them with private bath rooms. Beyond these are the rooms of the doctor, private secretry and maids.
 Abaft the engine space there is a re- | frigerator plant having capacity of making four hundred pounds of ice per l day and to cool fifteen cubic feet of l space to temperature of 34 degrees | Fahrenheit.
 The interior arrangements of the Mi agara are such that the owner and his l private secretary are absolutely cut off from the officers and crew.
 One of the novel features of the Mia gara is the recreation space given to the officers and crew. This is located on the main deck and is about 35 feet long and runs the width of the vessel. By throwing open the large square ports on either side it may be convert l ed into a shade deck.
 There are two sets of engines, so that if one becomes disabled that yacht can still proceed under the other. The coal | bunkers, with capacity of 450 tons, will hold sufficient to take the yacht to Southampton at a twelve knots speed MT. Gould prefers comfort to speed and so he reuired the builders to guar antee speed of only fourteen knots an hour.
 When desired the electric dynamos l can be made to operate 300 display lights at night, also a powerful search lighton the bridge Electricity will be employed in every conceivable way on board the Niagara. There will be elec- l tric heaters, curling tongs, smoothing irons, ranges warming pans Ind lifts Elelctricity will operate tho laundry and drying rooms; 1t will heat chafing dishes and bring out the music of the big orchestrion. The ship will be cleo trically steam heated throughout witt radiators, coils and pipes in the usua
 manner. Tanks, having a capacity o1 15.000 gallons will supply fresh water for cooking and bathing purposes. When the Niagara goes into commits. sion in April and is made ready for 3 six months cruise, which MT. Gould
 will make this summer with party o1
 guests the yacht will carry crew o1 sixty The yearly cost of running the
 yacht will be about $100,000.
 The Niagara will be commanded by
 Captain W. C.. Shackford, formerly
 Commodore of the Pacific Mail fleet
 and captain of the late Jay Gould':
 yacht Atlanta, who suggested the lin
 es of the model upon which the Mag
 ara was built. Captain Shackford hal
 spent the entire winter at Wilmington
 experimenting the construction of tn,
 yacht.