The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-15
The "Arla."
The Largest and Costliest Yacht Owned In
Maine.

The Largest and Costliest Yacht Owned in
Maine.
A splendid addition to the fleet of
steam yachts in Maine waters will be the
sAria," built for former Mayor Edward
H. Blake of Bangor, by ''The Gas Engine
and Power Co., & Charles L. Seabury d
Co., Consolidated" at Morris Heights,
New York City, and which Will have her
trial trip this month and then be brought
to Maine.
The ''Aria" will be the largest and most
costly steam yacht owned IN this State.
She is of steel construction Throughout.
She is AS feet over all and III feet on the
| water line; her depth is III feet, beam II
feet and draught I feet She has high
free board and is schooner rugged. Her
guaranteed speed is IS knots, which places
her among the swiftest boats Of her class.
The "Aria's' machinery is the best
that money can buy, consisting Of a Sea-
bury trinle expansion engine and a Sea.
bury water tube boiler. Her wheel and
rudder are Of bronze. The coal capacity
| is great enough to allow OF steaming
radius of 1900 miles at moderate speed.
| She will carry several small boats and an
| 1S-foot naphtha launch.
| Her deck house. we'll forward, is built of
selected mahogany, beautifully panelled
and having plate glass windows. The
| diningl saloon is roomy and well lighted
and ventilated, and the same is true of the
| buffers pantry connected, which has a
dumb waiter running from the gallery be-
low. The steering gear, compass, etc,
are on top of the deck house, where there
is substantial bnt ornamental bridge.
Below deck is the usual chain hold and
| forward of it "a storeroom. Att of the
chain hold are the crews quarters, mess
room and toilet room, the quarters fitted
with folding beds and lockers Here is
also stateroc N for the captain and an
other for the chief engineer. The galley
! is next. aft, md this is fitted with range,
stove, ice box, pumps and other neces-
sary and useful appurtenances. Abaft the
galley are the boiler and engine rooms
which have floors of sheet steel and brass
respectively. Between compartments are
bulkheads protected from heat by non
conducting materials.
The owner staterooms are aft of the en-
CINE and boiler space, and are fit for king
to live in when atloat. He has two rooms
connected, S feet 6 inches in length and
running the full width of the yacht The
finish here is in hard wood rubbed down
anu pcllSlStl uutil II 10 Inv q ilillol j It
dressing cases and clothes closets are
roomy and in the sleeping room is a hand.
some brass bedstead. Skylghts anc
portfolios afford ample light and ventila-
ton. Abaft these rooms are the owner 5
bath and toilet rooms. Then comes the
main saloon, finished in hard woods, light
ed from the sides and top, and having an
entrance from the deck 10y a spacious com
panion way. There are two perfectly APP
pointed guests rooms opening out Of TIL
saloon. Mr., Blake is expected in New
York shortly to make final inspection 0
the ''Aria." After her trial trip sh
will proceed under her own steam to Ban
COR where the denlzens Of the "Quee
City, will be given opportunity to feas
their eyes upon this beautiful foatin
palace. During the summer the zach
will be in evidence in Penobscot bay AM
other Eastern waters, and later on Mr.
Blake will invite a few of his friends t
join him in trip to New ork to witness
the great race between Shamrock aut
Columbia