Evening journal., 1899-11-04
SAN JUAN'S
INITIAL PLUNGE
Taken From the Works of the
Harlan and HOlIingswOrth
Company at Noon.
MISS CEBALLOs HER SPONSOR

THE SAN JUAN is NEXT TO THE
LARGEST SHIP EVER CON
sTRUCTED BY THE LOCAL FIRM,
AND WILL PLY BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND PORTO RIcAN PORTS.
At noon to-day another large and
eommodious steamship the San Juan.
designed for the New York and Porto
Rico Steamship Company, was launch
ed at the shipyards of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company making the
eighth ship taking its initial plunge AZ
the local yards during the past year.
The boat was christened by Mis-
Louise Adams Ceballos. daughter or
President J. NJ. Ceballos, of the New
York company As the vessel glided
easily from the ways into the Chris
tiana, her fair sponsor broke a bottle
or champagne over her bow, saying
christen thee San juan
The launch was rather an informal
a1air the only visitors present bein2
the officials OF the New York and Porto
Rico Steamship Company a few other
invited guests and the officials of the
local company.
Representatives and a few friends of
the New York firm arrived at the
French street depot about IL o'clock
and were met by Secretary w. De. w
Dimock, who escorted them to the Of
fees OF the local firm, and were made
acquainted with the officials of the
Harlan and HolllngswOrth Company
after which luncheon was served
Besides the out-of-town visitors and
the guests from this city. a large nun
Der OF Others viewed the launch. sOme
from the yard, while others saw il from
the opposite side OF the creek. Several
parties ON board tugs and in row boats
witnessed the San Juan's initial plunge
The San Juan is next to the longest
vessel ever constructed by the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Company.
i Her dimensions follow. Length over
all,335 et;length between perpendicu-
lars, 3ll feet length on water line
322 feet; beam moulded AZ feet depth
o. az centre TO main deck, 10 feet 10
3 linches; depth TO spar deck. q feet s
Inches; depth at side TO spar deck %
feet 9h inches; depth TO main deck at
lside, moulded, 10 feet; draft, loaded. 10
feet, gross tonnage, 3.503: net. 2.Sl9.
Her engines are direct tri-compound
with inverted cylinders "a, 80 and G.
Inches, and ~ inches stroke. Her steam
lis supplied by two Scotch boilers, ~
feet 6 inches in diameter and II feet
long and are fed by six furnaces as
Inches In diameter built to stand pres
lsure OF $50 pounds. She has six water.
tight bulkheads. four hatches and four
: winches She also has a Hyde steam
lcapstan, and a Hyde capstan aft Her
two masts are OF steel. On board there
, is an electric light plant. which fur
nishes power for $50 electric lights
, She carries a iive-ton evaporator. and
Ave water tanks OF 5000 gallons cana
city Her bunker capacity is $50 tons
and carrying capacity about $500 tons
She has accommodations for 70 firss-
class and 20 second-class passengers
: and is built to sustain q sea speed oil
- knots an hour. She is tastefuily fit
ted out in hard wood. and has every
: lmodern convenience.
Among the officials and guests from
{ New York who witnessed the launcl
y were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Ceballos. Mis-
Louise Ceballos. Robert Hewitt, Ed
- ward Jafray. j. NJ. Mossman. r. A. G
= Smith. Mrs. Charles ID. Armstrong. Mr.
j. and Mrs. Archibald II. Bull. Mr.. AM
Mrs. Ernest M. Bull. Mrs. W. A. Kig
gans Miss Evelyn r. Bull. Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. ID. Clark, MIR. and Mrs. Amos
l. lCarver, NJ e. Butler, Mr.. and Mrs r
stlJ. Gould. Henry G. Woodruff. Mis-
1fl Daisy Woodruff. Miss Violet Woodruff
le Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Guthrie. Mr. an
" Mrs. Henry r. Knowlton, John e. BeI
Is wind. r. w. Parsons, John Englis,
At NJ. Dunbaugh and II. S. Hayward, al
,e Of New York They arrived in th
ct Pullman car Faustina