The times., 1898-09-25
AN ENORMOUS SHIP.
The Big Ffye-Masted Schooner Now
Building in Maine.
From the Philadelphia Press-)

(FTom the PhiladelpAla Pfess-)
The eyes of the shipping community of
this country are at present centered with
the deepest kind of interest upon the
huge fve-masted schooner now in process
of construction at Camden, Me-. for
Capt John C. Crowley, for service in the
coal trade between Philadelphia and New
England ports
This craft, whose frames are now up,
is distinguished by the fact that she is
the al gest fore and aft sailing vessel the
world has ever produced, and when she
is completed she is calculated to have
cost about 1000, and will spread 1000
yards of canvass carrying cargo of
900 tons Of coal on twenty-three feet
draught of water.
In this huge undertaking a number of
prominent Pniladelphians have invested,
among them being Henry w. Cramp, S.
P Blackburn & Co., and Samuel J.
Goucher, and while the craft, which has
not yet had her name determined upon,
will hail from Taunton, Mass, a large
percentage of her stock will be held
here.
The vessel, unlike any other sailing
craft afioat, will be lighted throughout
with electricity and heated by steam. Her
sails and gear, excepting the steering,
will be worked with steam, and despite
the conditions of freights, she is look
ed upon to declare dividends to her own
ers. Capt. Crowley and his brother Ar
thur, who now manage and sail the
schooners Mount Hope, Sycamore, and
Henry w. Cramp now trading between
here and New England ports, are the
| first to show the ability of vessels when
properly run to declare dividends in these
! hard times.
The enormous craft, which will, in a
measure, revolutionize coastwise busi-
&c haf. hrai1 ntr
| Camden. Me-, and will be launched early
| in November. She is 2S2 feet long on
| keel A feet breadth of beam, and q 1-2
! feet depth of hold. Her poop deck will
| extend 20 feet forward of the main rig
| ging. The length over all will be 31S feet
! The keelson is 8 feet high, and the sis
| ter keelson 1-2 feet.
| The new craft is to have five Oregon
| pine masts, each 112 feet long and 2s
| inches in diameter. The fore topmast
! is to be Sc feet long and 20 inches in di-
| ameter, and the other four topmasts are
each to be 56 feet long and Is inches in
| diameter. The jibboom is to be rs feet
| long and 20 inches in diameter. The bow
spirit has 80 feet outboard, and is sc
| inches square. The fore, main. mizzen
| and spanker booms are to be 4S fee!
| long and II in ches in diameter, while the
! jigger boom is to be IS feet long and II
/. inches in diameter.
| The vessel will have two 6. 6.000-pound an
chors. with 100 fathoms of 2 3-S-inch
| chains. Patent engines, windlasses and
screw-steering gear will be fitted. John
| ]. wardell designed the vessel, and, in
| addition TO being 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
| construction of this huge craft, when II
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 fre-masted schaoner af1oat