Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
Fourth Of New Morgan Liners
to Go Overheard.
SUCCESSFUL in ALL DETAILS
Christened by Miss Jessie Adele Israhamy.
Comparatively Small Number Of Spec
taters. Description OF the
Vessel. Her EnKines.


"n'' ';'Sl VESSEL built here for th, Nor
san Lines service between New York
;'hi New Orleans. was launched at tn"
siiirNard yesterday morning at 1921
",ri X. Probably 1000 ,rppl,l SAW the
! large hull slide doWn the Ways ana
gracefully tax" To the water.
Miss Jessie 'r;.hans. Of brooklyn.
daughter Of Mr.. j. r. E,:,hnnls. Of this
lily. christenr,l FL Gid.
Tic eats III the F"r1y-iirSt street en-
| tra:'', t" TIL" shipyar,l W,r. thrown
"I'"n yesterday at 9:::::' oclo X ana
Immediately the crowd which had as
senbi",i in that vicinity filed in AMI
! 'lt hull rested. awaiting it's initial
plunge. The work III the yard went Mi
as usual and very few of the worklnrn
W"r" numbered in Til. estimate Of the
crowd given above. Little interest cen
t"l'.''i in this launching owing To the
i;ic' that three other ships built exact
IS like FL cid have been launched here
this year. and that accounted for the
SINAI! crowd present -
The christening party. including Gen
er;ti Superintendent Walter a. Post and
other officials of the company. Miss
Brahams. Mr. and Mrs. J. K; Brah;lns
ami Il number of invited guests left
I'll" yard offices about 10 O'Clock and
mad" its way to the platform which
WAS erected at the bow OF the ship
i'i lcllS an llouE previous TO TINS,
force of picked men was busy making
IN" final preparations for the iaunch-
ing. The long poles under the side of
the shil We're knocked away one by one
Finally the last of these was removed
and tn" stout plank at the bow of the
ship. which held the cradle to the
ground ways. was the only restraining
piece which prevented the vessel from
leaving the bed it had occupied since
the laying Of the keel some months
ago.
Two workmcn commenced to sever
this stout timber With a huge saw and
the buzzing Of the instrument as it cut
its way through, was plainly audible
TO the crowd around the ways. The
| spectators listened. in breathless sus-
pense. for the cracking of the timber.
| the signal for the christening ceremony
Finally it came. The big hun trenl-
| Died on the ways and then slowly start
| cd on its downward journey. Stimuli
| tareously with the first movement Of
the ship. Miss Brahams. who had been
| patiently waiting the critical moment
| in IN" christening booth. dashed the
traditional bottle of champagne against
| the. receeding bow and named the new
ship in these words:
| II christen thee. FL Cid"
! Gathering momentum as 1T moved
| along. the ship sped down the WAYS.
while the shipyard whistles. the whis-
| ties on the tugs in the river gave FL
Cd noisy salute. The vessel struck
the water with a splash and gracefully
slided out upon the James. On coming
10 stop she was taken in tow and
tied UP at one Of the shipyarh piers,
where a large force of men will be put
| to work on her.
DESCRIPTION OF SHIP.
| FL Cid, as Well as each of the either
three Morgan liners. will cost about
stooooo when completed and is design
ed for service between New York city
and New Orleans The construction Of
| these vessels is under the personal su-
| pervision Of Mr.. Horace See, Of New
| York. consulting engineer for both the
Morgan and Cromwell line of steam
ships.
The dimensions Of FL Gid follow:
Length over all. 4O6 feet.
Length between stem ana propeller
posts. $50 feet ID inches
breadth moulded. rs feet
Depth moulded TO awning deck, SO
feet inches
Gross tonnage. 1865 tens.
Net tonnage, 2,G0I tons
STEEL THROUGHOUT.
The hull is Of steel throughout the
outside plating having vertisal lap
joints below the water line The ship
''''
orlnp deck at forward end Of forchl!d,
! is rugged With two steel pole masts
ara necessary ornmS for handling
cargo. together with steam lllisting en-
slneS located at the different matches
The deck houses. as in the case If ali
o! the late vessels Of the Morgan line,
are OF steel, with round side lights
Ine vessel has two cross hatohes. with
an improved arrangement of covers
tor convenience in handling, etc The
rudder is to be built up with center
plate and made with stock in two
pieces. coupled together below counter
The vessel is provided with steam
steering gear at forward pilot house
and screw hand gear at the after
house. There is one Richtie compass
with Hands pinnacle and stand in the
pilot house, one Richtie compass with
brass pinnacle and stand on the bridge:
one Sir William Thompson s compen-
sating pinnacle compass on main
house, and one Richtie liquid compass
in after house.
WELL LIGHTED
! a flying bridge connects the forward
house with the main house Steam
Wlndlass and steam caDStans are pro
vided for handling anchors. hawsers
etc, also complete electric light
plant, with 112 incandescent lamps OF 16
cancle-poWer each in engine room, deck
mouse and crew space: portable lamps
| IN cargo space, masthead light of so
| candle power: side lights and Il power
full searchlieht placed on a stand on
foremost. This stand is arranged sim
liar TO the crows nest on the trans
| Atlantic ships and can be used for
| lockout; also a Russell-See running
| light control and Indicator, connected
with masthead and side lights. to be
located in pilot house