The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
THE LARGEST SCHOONER.
Five Masted Vessel Now Being RutIt
in New Jersey.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The eyes of the shipping eomnunit,
of this country are at present centered
with the deepest kind of interest upon
the huge five-masted schooner now in
process of construction at Camden Me
for Capt. John G. Crowley, for service in
the coal trade between PHILADELPHIA and
New England ports
This craft, whose frames are now IN
Is distinguished by reason of the fact
that she is the largest fore and aft sail
ing vessel the world has ever produced.
and when completed she is calculated
to have cost about $4,000, and will spread
1000 yards of canvass, carrying a cargo
oI 4,UUo tons OF coal on twenty-three feet
draught of water
In this huge undertaking a number of
prominent Phnadelphians have invested.
among them being Henry w. Cramp'
). p. Blackburn & Co. and Samuel +
Goucher, and while the craft. which has
not yet had her name determined upon.
wiz nan from Taunton, Mass, large per-
ceniage of her stock will be held here
This vessel unlike any other sailing
craft aioat, will be lighted throughout
by electricity and heated by steam. Her
SANS ana gear, excepting the steering.
will be worked by steam, and. despite
the condition of freights, she is looked
upon to declare large dividends to her
owners. Capt. Crowley and his broth
er Arthur, who now manage and sail the
schooners Mount Hope, Sycamore and
Henry w. Cramp now trading between
here and New England ports are the
nrst to show the ability of vessels when
properly run to declare dividends in these
hard times.
This enormous craft, which will, in A
measure, revolutionize coastwise business
Is being built by H. NJ. Bean of Camden,
Me-, and will be launched early in Noyem.
ber She is 2S2 feet long on keel, A feet
breadth of beam and 21lh feet depth OF
mold Her poop deck will extend 20 feet
forward of the main rigging. The length
over all will be 3lS feet. The keelson is
. rect nigh and the sister keelsons AZ
feet.
The ceiling of the lower hold is con-
structed of u and 14-inch tjmbers up to
the lower deck beams The tween" deck
ceilings are of and Pinch timbers Wa
terways are IA inches square, with two
lock streaks, 12x12 inches. The beams are
IA inches square and 3 feet apart She
has white oak frame 14xf6 inches The
depth of the lower hold is 1872 feet and
tween" decks is 8 feet. The upper deck
waterways are 12x12 inches and the lock
streaks 10x12 inches.
The new craft is to have five Oregon
pine masts, each 112 feet long and 20
inches in diameter. The fore topmast is
to be 56 feet long and 20 inches in dame
ter and the other four topmasts are each
to be Sc feet long and IS inches in dame
ter. The jibboom is to be Is feet long and
20 inches in diameter. The bowsprit has
80 feet cupboard and is 30 inches square.
The fore, main, mizzen and spanker boom
are to be As feet long and IA inches in
diameter, while the jigger boom is to be
Is feet long and II inches in diameter.
The vessel will have two 6,0OO-pound an
chors, with 100 fathoms of 2ss-inch chains.
Patent engines, windlasses and screw
steering gear will be fitted. John ]. War
dell designed the vessel, and in addition
, to being a large carrier, she is built with
a design to great speed.
The vast changes that have taken place
in shipbuilding in the last fifteen years
are made very apparent by the cOnstruc-
ton of this huge craft, when it is known
that even a schooner to carry 1000 tons
of coal was a thing almost unheard OF.
With the exception of the schooner Gov.
Ames, this craft will be the only i've
masted schooner afloat