Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13
FROM WAYS TO WATER
Launch Of the Steamship S. 7. Morgan
at the H. & H. Co.'s Yards.
VISITORS FROM RICHMOND HERE
Launch Was a Handsome and
Successful Event.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW STEAMSHIP

AS handsome launch as. was ever
seen was that of the steamship s. T.
Morgan from the ways of the Harlan g.
Hollingsworth Co., on Tuesday. The
steamer is being constructed for the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., of
which Samuel I. Morgan is president
and after whom the vessel is named.
Captain Thomas Benson stood at the
bow of the steamship and gave the
orders to drive away at 8.07 o'clock,
and after the wedges we're driven up
the shorings were taken down from
| the sides of the vessel, followed by the
! or Ia minutes after the work had been
started, the vessel began to move and
Miss Mary Warfeld Crenshaw, aged 10
years, daughter of treasurer Of the
company, s. ID. Crenshaw, struck the
| bow with bottle of champagne and
said in a clear tone, 81 christep thee
s. T. Morgan The visitors on the
staging at the bow of the vessel
clapped their hands and eheered Justify
as the vessel glided into the water.
The sight was a handsome one, the
Morgan taking course up the stream. >
The men at the snubbing hawser held
on we'll, and were directed by Captain
Benson from the top of the electric
crane. .The tugs Laura B. and Amanda
Powell were in readiness to tow the
vessel to the wharves, but the Laura
b. fouled the hawser and took it up,
in her propeller. The steamer then
touched on the mud on the opposite
bank, but was soon hauled Off and
brought to the wharves near the shears
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the purpose of allowing the visiting
party from Richmond to board the
vessel for the purpose Of making an
Those in the visiting party were the
president of the Virginia. Carolina
Chemical Co., s. T. Morgan and Mrs.
Morgan and Miss Blanche Morgan, the
secretary of the company, S. d. Cren-
shaw and Mrs. Crenshaw; Miss Fannie
CrenshAw, Miss Mary w. Crenshaw,
Miss Nebecca T. Ellerson, Miss
Roberta EIlerson, s. II. Ellerson, Mr..
and Mrs s. W. Trayers, Miss Evelyn
Gordon, E. B. Addison, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. HI. Addison, Jr., Miss Lillian
Urquhart, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lyons,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Urquhart, F. B.
Daney, Pascal Davie, w. B. CHS
holm. G. o. b. Warden, editor Of the
Richmond Dispatch; L. A. Carr,
t-Ja1nes Watts, Andrew Christian, W.
~. Walker, supervisor OF the fcompany;
Sinclair Stewart, and Captain ID. j.
Anthony. +
| The visitors arrived last evening in
the private Pullman car Oveido, from
Richmond. Some left the car and went
at once to the Clayton House, while
Others remained on the car and went to
the yards Of the Harlan Il Hollingsworth
Co. and viewed the vessel. Upon the
| assembling of all the guests at the
Clayton House Proprietor Bothman
tad supper served. The reception
committee from the local works was
composed of Superintendent 7. Jack
son Shaw and Treasurer Samuel X.
Smith Captain John Haug of Phila-
deiphia, an inspector for the Lloyds.
also attended the dinner.
Captain S. G. Chase, formerly
master of tho p. A. b. Widener yacht
Josephine, now known as the Vixen,
and which las done excellent service
in the recent Cuban troubles, was
visitor at the launch this morning
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.
The s. T. Morgan is the heaviest
steamship ever constructed by the
local firm and is ,first-class in all par
ticulars. BY the Lloyds sho will be
rated A1-100 and will load $500 tons,
steaming loaded at 10 knots Ear hour
at sea. 3S
The vessel is 26l feet between per
pendiculars or 275 feet over all, with %
moulded beam of Al feet, "a depth of p
feet at the side and % feet in the
centre. The hull is HAT and has
plate keel. The frames are of angle
steel. She is fitted with four water
tight bulkheads. The upper deck will
be of steel and the lower decks will be
covered with first quality white pine
3x4A inches. In the forecastle will
be placed the berths for the crew
and firemen. The bridge house will
measure so feet She will have two
masts of wood. There will be steam
and hand gear for steering, and tanks
for fresh water and cooking purposes
and supplying the boilers. eThe boilers
are of the cylindrical return tubular
type, - feet in diameter by liz feet
in length.
The engines are of the direct-acting,
triple-expansion compound type, with
inverted cylinders. The high pressure
cylinder is 20 inches in diameter inter-
mediate 33 inches, and the low pressure
so inches. The stroke is SO inches.
She will be fitted with donkey and
deck pumps, a steam towing machine,
lifeboats, RATS and everything to COM
plete a vessel in@first-class style. The
local firm will supply all furnishings
including bedding, furniture, kitchen
utensils, &c. .tr-.
After the launch the visitors re-
paired to the car for breakfast, after
which they returned to the yard and
inspected the vessel from stem to stern.
Tho party were then taken on trip
on trolley cars over the city in charge
of. Rodney Cause. They left in tho
private car attached to 1905 p. M. ex-
press for Richmond.
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