Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-20
TWO SPLENDID STEAMSHIPS
For the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Co.
THE FRAMES OF CHANNEL STEEL
Different From Other Boats of
Same Company.


tion Of Their Arrangements and Appoints
snents-One to be Compietedlby April LIST |
and the Othor by june 10th, 1909.
After the launch of the steamship |
T. s. Morgan at the shipyards of the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Tuesday
week, men were at once employed
In the work Of making ready for steam
ship No. II, for the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Co. of Balti-
more. This is the third vessel ordered
from the local builders by this com
pany within a short period. One of
the vessels is the Juniata, recently
completed and now in service between
Boston, Providence, Baltimore, Norfolk,
Savannah and Newport News. The
second is the one now in frame and
known as No. 10.
The statement has been made that
the steamers now under way are SINH
lar to the Juniata, In fact, exact
duplicates; but it it is not true. Nos.
10 and IL are different in many respects.
The frames of the other vessels are of
angle steel, while those of Nos. 10 and
II are of channel steel much different
in that greater tensile strength is de-
veloped.
The beams of the new vessels are
also of channel steel, giving a much
greater strength than possessed by any
vessel now on the line Of the same
company. The length of No. II is the
same as that of the Juniata, 274 feet on
the water line from inside of the stem
to the inside of the main post. The
nodded beam is AZ feet The depth of
hold from the deck beams to the base
line is 26 feet at the third deck.
All deck beams are. of steel and on
the third deck aft there will be pas
sage saloon, with pantry and 20 state
rooms and toilets. The saloon will be
70 feet in length, with the full width
Of the vessel outside of the necessary
space utilized for the state rooms.
On the same deck will be located
amidship a house II feet in length by
16 feet in width, to be used as an
engine room, kitchen and second class
state rooms, cook room and wash rooms.
The forecastle, 80 feet long, divided
cooks stores, icehouses and lamp rooms
will also be on the same deck.
On the fourth deck will be house
"a feet in width by los feet in length,
aft of the smoke stack. This house
will contain the engine room open ing,
engineers rooms, the social hall, toilet
room for ladies', and passengers state
rooms.
On this deck, surrounding the stack,
will be erected house 40 feet 6 inches
by q feet 6 inches in width, which
will comprise the smoking room, pas.
sengers' state rooms, toilet, officers
mess and pantry.
On the forward part of this deck
will be located a house IS by 81 feet il
the clear, subdivided to contain ter
state rooms and the stairway leading
to the captains room.
On top of this forward deckhous,
will be located the pilothouse, cap
tain's room, toilet, one state room ant
two officers rooms.
Located on the second decks will b.
two cargo ports and two coaling port
on either side. The third between
decks will contain three cargo ports OIL
each side; also, an air port on eithe
side, which will be placed abreast o
the gallery.
Motive power will consist of tw
direct tri-compound engines, with in
verted cylinders of %, 40 and 7
inches, respectively, with stroke @
"a inches. The condensers will have
surface OF over 1900 feet. The big
and feed pumps will be of the Blaz
pattern.
-Four boilers will supply the stear
and will be of the cylindrical and re
turn tubular pattern, ~ feet in lengt
and 14115 feet in diameter.
The donkey boiler will be of tn
Scotch type, 6 feet 10 inches
diameter by feet in length, and wi
be built for a pressure of ITO pounds
the square inch.
-Four Williamson steam hoistir
engines, with cylinders 8 by inche
will be placed on each vessel; also,
Hyde steam windlass.
The electric lighting plants will
installed by Electrician Shaw of IL
local company, and will be similar
that on the Josephine.
The interior space of the vessels wi
exceed that of the Juniata, as tn,
will be more elaborate. Each roo
will be steam heated.
The captains room will be PANEL
in light hard wood, with floors
similar design. The vessels will
completed as follows: No. 10, APP
LIST, and No. IL June 10th, 1899.
1t is the intention Of the buildt
that the new vessels will show great
speed than any vessel built by I
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. for
same line.