Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
THE HAMILTON HERE
Old Dominion's Fine New Steamer
Makes Her Maiden Voyage.
Sho is Modelled After the Princess
Anne, bnt Is an Improvement over
That vcsseI-Her Twin sister, the
Jefferson. soon to he out From
NOnch's Yard.

The Old Dominion Lines new passen-
ger steamer, Hamilton, arrived 1T this
port yesterday morning n i0:30 o'clock.
having made her maiden voyage from
New York on the schedule time.
The Hamilton is Just out from
Roach's ship-yard, at Chester Pa,
where her twin, the Jefferson, is now
nearing completion. The Hamilton is
built very much after the fashion of
the Princess Anne, though taken all to-
gether she is a more elegantly finished
vessel and has some improvements
ever the latter.
These improvements are such as were
suggested by experience with the Prin-
cess Anne. For Instance, instead of
her ladies' saloon being situated ait, as
with the Princess Anne. il is; adjoining
the main mast and very closely con-
nected with the dining-nall and located
conveniently near the main saloon, on
the deck above. The dining-hall and
saloons are finished in the finest ma
,hogony. and their arrangement and
color scheme is unsurpassed in beauty.
The main saloon is whore the fnishers
expended their greatest effort and Sc
cured the most magnificent result. The
finish Of the ceiling and panels in this
saloon, with the magnificent furniture.
gives the place an air of most luXuri-
Gus surrounding. The ladies' saloon is
finished pretty much after the same
style.
The Hamilton is a steel ship and has
large passenger ana freight accomnlo-
datlons, She can carry 40 nrsi-class
ana 100 Sccond-class. Her officers and
crew number iifty-eight persons Her
gross tonnage is 3.127 ana her net tom
mage 2.O25 She has four freight spaces,
Including portion of the main deck,
and Is provided with the McCreery sys-
tenn of ventilation for perishabic
freight.
The new steamers officers are
Captain. /. Il. Dole, formerly of the
Yorktown; First officer. l.. w. Gates:
Second officer. j. 4. Rogers; Chief En-
gineer, c. Charlton; First Assistant En-
gineer, John Evans: Second Assistant
Engineer. j. +. Tull; Purser. ]. Il. Lew
ellyn; Assistant Purser, Drewry Wits
ton; Steward. G. otto
Her dimensions are as follows:
Length over all. 80 feet; breadth of
beam, ~ feet; depth of hold. u feet.
She has triple expansion engines with
cylinders as follows: High pressure. -
inches; intermediate, iih inches: low
pressure, T3 inches. Stroke. "a inches.
Ter boilers, four In number. are of the
scotch circular tyne, In size IA feet 3
inches by IL feet, 6 inches. ana carry
100 pounds of steam
On her initial voyage yesterday she
brought about 100 passengers. among
whom were: Mr.. w l.. Guillaudeu.
president; MIR. George V. Sloat. superin-
tending engineer; Mr.. John Il. sun
dali. assistant experimenting engineer;
also the following guests of the COM
pany: Mr. +. Guillaudeu brother Of
the president: Mr.. Peter Mcdonnell,
Rev Father Doherty. Mr.. King ana MIR.
O,Rourkc. all Of New York.
The vessel is named i'm honor If The
famous Federalist leader and member
of WashngtOns Cabinet Alexander
Hamilton. and on her main stairway is
hung Il picture Of the great statesman.
painted by Jensen. quite a noted artist.
and was exhibited in New York for
few days. The IIamilton's twin. the
Jefferson. is named for Ddmociacy's
patron saint. Thomas Jefferson. She
will be off the stocks in about six
weeks. They are exact models of each
other.
The Hamilton will rum between Nor
folk and New York. She left Yesterday
afternoon for Newport News