Evening journal., 1898-10-11
THE S. T. MORGAN OFF
Chemical Coinpany's Steamer
Left the Ways This Morning
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT
A PARTY FROM RICHMOND AR
RIVED last NIGHT TO SEE THE
LAUNCH-cHEERS GIVEN AS
THE BOAT WENT OFF.

Rived LAST NIGHT TO SEE THE
LAUNCH-cHEERs GIVEN AS
THE BOAT WENT OFF.
precisely at S.21 o'clock this morning
the steamer S. T. Morgan gracefully
and successfully went off the wavs AZ
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Gem
pany's shipyard.
A large crowd was present to witt
ness the launch, including the distin-
guished party Of Virginians. who ar
rived in the city last night. As the
boat slid off, cheers were given with
VIII, and the whistles of the tugs
Laura and Amanda Powell were
blown.
The Morgan's fair sponsor was Miss
Warfeld Crenshaw, of Richmond. who
broke bottle of champagne over her
bow. People lined the wharves ON both
sides of the river, and the deck of the
torpedo boat Stringham, now in course
OF construction at the companys yard
was fairly alive Nth people eager to
see the new iron steamer launched. No
one was on the steamer when she went
off except the men employed by the
company.
After the steamer had foated for a
short time on the Christiana ropes
were thrown to the tugs Amanda
Powell and Laura b., which, with the
assistance of the motor car in the COM
panys yard, towed her to the wharf.
where her machinery will be put in
place as fast as the workmen are able
to do so.
The vessels general dimensions are:
Length over all, 275 feet; length be-
tween perpendiculars, 261 feet; beam,
moulded, Al feet; depth, at side, 21
feet; depth, at centre, 22 feet. The
Morgan will have a carrying capacity
Of $500 tons, and when loaded will
have mean draft Of fifteen feet, in
order to permit navigation up the
James river as tar as Richmond.
The vessel will have direct acting,
triple expansion compound engine, with
inverted cylinders, of 20, 33 and so
inches diameter respectively, and &C.
inch stroke. Steam will be generated
in two cylindrical boilers Of the return
tubular type, II feet in diameter ana
liz feet in length. The contract calls
for speed of ten knots an hour.
The Morgan will be commanded by
CaptainD. ]. Anthony, who is in VIII
mington at present. The construction
OF the steamer has been supervised by
Sinclair Stewart, OF Richmond.
The Morgan will be used in the gem
eral freight trade along the Atlantic
coast, in addition to carrying the chem
ical company's produtcs.
The visitors who arrived from Rich
mond last evening in private car were
received by Samuel X. Smith, treas
urer, and T. Jackson Shaw, superin-
tendent, of the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company, and escorted to the
Clayton House, where an elaborate
supper was served. Excepting ten
men, who returned to the car, the party
spent the night at the Clayton House.
The visitors took a trolley ride after
the launching OF the boat as the guests
of the Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany. They will leave at 12.49 O'Clock
for home.
In the party were: Samuel T. Nor
gam, president Of the Virginia and
North Carolina Chemical Company,
and Mrs. Morgan; Miss Morgan, 6. D.
4 Crenshaw, secretary Of the chemical
ccripany, and Mrs. Crenshaw; the
1 Misses Crenshaw, "A. r. Ellerson, the
Misses Ellerson,, Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Travers, G. B. Addison, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lyons, Mrs. ]. II. Addison, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Urquhart. Miss
UrQuhart, Miss Gordon, F. B. Nancy,
Pascal Davie, 4. A. Carr, W. B. CHS
holm. C. o. B. Harden, editor OF the
Richmond Dispatch; W. ]. Walker
4 Andrew Christian, James Watts, Sin
4 clair Stewart, supervisor for the chemi-
cal company; Captain ID. j. Anthony
4 all OF Richmond.