Evening journal., 1898-04-19
WORK ON TEE ALLEGHENY
TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN AMERl-
CAN STEAMSHIP.


SHE Us THE BRITISH TANK
STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION
WITH THE CAUCAsE NEAR
SHIP JOHN sHOAL NEARLY
FIVE YEARS AGO.
one OF the most interesting sights
that was perhaps ever witnessed along
the shores Of the Delaware river is that
presented by the large force Of men
row at work on the famous old hulk |
O. the once fine British tank steamship |
Allegheny, which was sunk by cOlH- |
scn in the lower Delaware nearly five |
years ago. looking toward her ultimate /
conversion into an American steam |
ship.
10 the unframed eye this task would |
seem an mpOssibility, but before many
months &c is the hope Of her new own
crs that she will be one of the finest
steam craft on the American coast,
ard will perhaps act as one of the
transport ships for this country In case
oi war.
The A legheny, as she now lies at
Cc0pers Point, beached and kept ailoat
/ forward by means of Golfer dams, was
purchased several weeks ago by l..
! Iuckenbacz. OF New York, and 10 Is
| his idea to convert her into. a two
masted steamship. Her engines which
! have been beneath the water for many
/ years, naturally I'm bad condition,
/ bat can be renovated and fixed up by
| running through a lathe. Last week
! Mr. Luckenback expressed himself as
lpieased with the progress that was be-
ing made in the work Of the famous
/ lil-starred crafts conversion.
The history of the Allegheny since
| misfortunes overlook her October /,
! 1894 Is cf interest She WAS outward
bound to the Baltic sea, with upward
of 900, 600 gallons of refined OIL when
run into by the inward-bOund Belgian
| tanker Caucase and sunk near Ship
| John shoal The contract for raising
her was awarded an American salvage
| syndicate. and IL was then expected
1 that the hull would be raised and de-
| tlvered at me wharf right side mp In
twenty-one days. Years elapsed, how
ever. without the fuMllment Of the con-
tract.
] Misfortunes and financial losses seem
% have attended every one who had
lanythine to do with the vessel and the
. ultimate result was that the value OF
l The null was not a droD In the bucket
tccmpared TO the money that was spent
| en- The job. When first sunk the Aile-
| eheny had a big rent stove in her port
! side The Caucase had hole stove in
her bow and her owners libaled the
cghcnv for $4,000 The owners OF
Ale heny libe,cd the Caucase l0r
500 600, and it is said neither case has
- | A u n
was divided into seven compartments
or tanks and was practically intact eX-
cept for the hole in her stern and the
damage TO her machinery. her under
writer's, the London Salvage Company,
! after paying the insurance to her own
ers, decided to raise the sunken vessel.
The contract was awarded, as above
stated, upon the agreement that the
, craft should be delivered at Phiiadel-
| phia without further damage for $24,-
b 0o0 Failure to complete the undertake
Ing within three weeks meant f0r-
b ic.ure Cf Sl00 per day. The salvage
| company proposed to fiji the hull with
b air and raise the Allegheny at once
The tug Mascot and John +. VI hreI
b were engaged and operations COM
| u need about October 20, 1894. not
long afterward the Allan Liner Si-
brbn. outward-bound for Glasgow, in
? ! charge Of Pilot Walter Virden, passed
E @ WIN the river, and through a miscal-
s tculati0n struck the sunken steamer anf
e ! cut off about thirty-iye feet OF the
e | ANeghcny's bow The Siberian tore ,
b | lie in her bottom 100 feet long anc
e had TO return 10 Philadelphia, wher'
], She was repaired at an expense o
). nearly 100000. The work was after.
ward seriously hampered, but finally
d | the sunken craft was got to Ducl
g | Greek flats, where she remained all th'
d | Winter If 1885 The houses were
= blown from her decks by dynamite il
3. the early Spring of that year to de-
| crease her draught and she was finally
d tcwed un to Cramps and then TO pie
, G1. South Wharves.
+ By this time the American Salvag
r | scciation had become heartily sici
J. OF trying TO right the craft. and finally
= / became financially embarrassed. Thou
,, ! uds of dollars had bccn expended
d | hrt the craft was no nearer state o
q ! delivery than when lying of Ship John
d The vessels original cost was Sl25,0O0
}, ! ard she held LlOyd's highest class
l. There is much interest contered IN th
e ili-starred craft, but 10 is fe.t general,
tl.t the present owner viii accom-
+ p 'sh the task undertaken. and tina
u when the Allegheny leaves here it vii
2. be- as q first-class American steamer.
s- President Mckinley has none of tn
y vanity affectation or egotism that ha
D. delracted from some cf his predeces
n srs. le Is plain, direct and i0rciblo
e comprehensive to the masses as wei
Sc as to- The students Of economies gn
D. politics. and Is. as nearly as 90 is posi-
l'o for q man TO la g peoples prosi
,e q snt-Kausas City Journal.
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