New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

was made with the following results: Mr. IAdew
is absent from the city. to be gone until May Mr..
rlagier is also out OF town. and his residence Is
closed Mr.. Astor was at his country home. Rhine
beck. for the night. Mr.. Borden could not be SEEN
and Mr. Gallatin sent word that he had nothing to
ray
The equipment and availability OF the yachts
named shown by the following interesting de-
tails concerning them:
With the exception OF the Nourmahal which was
constructed in 1884. all the yachts mentioned have
been built within the last eight years. The Alicia
was launched by the Harlan & Hollngsworth
Company, Of Wilmington. Del. In 1890 Her length
over all Is $50 feet: length on load water line. 100
feet depth Of hold. 1917 feet net tonnage le6 tons.
She has triple-expansion engines. Of LOO horse
power She is schooner rugged. and her steel hull
10 divided into i've watcr-,ight compartments by
transverse bulkheads She is lighted by electricity
and heated by steam. and one Of her main features
is glass dome 70 by feet. covering her main
saloon. which WILL Of course now have to he sacri
feed. She is most luxuriously fitted up. and each
stateroom has private bathroom attached. She
carried a crew of twenty men. Her speed is about
seventeen knots.
The Amy which was built IN the same year and
by the same company the Alicia. is schooner
rugged $50 feet long ALL beam. q feet depth
of hold, u feet inches; net tonnage. PA tons She
has a single screw. with triple expansion engines.
Her fittings are on a luxurious scale
certain amount OF protection TO her boilers and
have a total capacity OF 100 tons. She has COM
pete electric-ght equipment and Is heated through
out by steam and each cabin has ventilating fans.
She estimated to have between $500, 100 and
500 900 at the time OF her launching. She Is divided
into seven water-tght compartments and carries
crew Of twenty-four men. Her speed is about the
same as the Aicias
The Columbia was bull; at the famous shipya-d
OF the Cramps in Philadelphia.
She is $50 feet her water-line and 2Di6 feet
ALL with q feet beam and 10 feet draught. Her
tonnage is 100 tons She has triple-e expansion
sines OF an improved type and is as luxuriousiy
fitted as the Others. on her trial trip Of eighty
Knots of New-Lcndon she developed a speed OF
1875 knots an hour for the distance heating the
record, winch the famous Gould yacht ATLANTA
The Nourmahal was launched on July 20 1854, at
Wilmington. and was built by the Harlan Har-
lngsworth Company for the late William Aston;
Her interior fittings are all that money could
length of 235 feet - beam. 1881 feet depth Of
mold and draws feet inches She Is divided INTO
seven water-tight compartments, and her engines
are inclosed by water-tight and nreproof bulk,
and on her trial trip she made four
teen knots but il is not thought now that she can
do much more than twelve knots Her net ton
mage IS S3 tons. She is. however. than usu-
ally seaw orthy and being constructed So strongly.
it is said that she will require only slight altera-
Tho Sovereign was launched at the Erie Basin
Webb. who designed the Genesta She is 25l feet
inches over all. with waterne length OF 2l2 teet:
beam % feet, depth Of hold. 1874 feet and draught u
feet. She has twin screws and TWO sets OF triple
expansion engines OF the latest type Her interior
fittings are mainly in mahogany, and outside OF the
officers quarters and those for the crew she has
ten Staterooms and bathrooms in addition 10 dining
saloon. library. main saloon and other accommoda-
ra 0ms e ef bs aas Is ec s Vse Of the
lot. Her speed is more than % knots an hour. and
IN a race with the Monmouth last summer she
easily showed her heels to the fast crack OF the
Sandy Hook Line.
The Hermone was built IN Paisley, Scotland. IN
1891 and Is schooner-rigged She Is i45 feet on her
waterline, % feet beam with l3 feet depth OF hold
and a tonnage ri $50 tons
These vessels. or as many OF them as are secured
by the Government, will be taken at once 10 the
Brooklyn Navy Yard for conversion into dispatch
and guard boats for the squadrons and be placed as
sentres and patrols the from
being attacked and destroyed by torpedo-boats At
the ward their decks will be reinforced and guns
will be mounted while their engines will be protected
by inclined belt of thin steel Their coal ca.
paCity will have TO be enlarged In order 10 give
them a greater radius OF action. the berthing
quarters changed in order TO provide FOR the neces-
sarily larger TO be carried and magazines
built