The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
STEAMERS FOR
ALASKA PACKERS
ASSOCIATION
Will Take the Place of
"Wind-Jammers.
PLANS ALREADY PERFECTED
THEY ARE TO BE BUILT OF
STEEL THROUGHOUT.
Orizaba to Take the City of Topeka's
Place in Alaskan Waters-Cap-
tain Kustel to Turn Orange
Grower.
PLANS ALREADY PERFECTED
THEY ARE TO BE BUILT OF
STEEL THROUGHOUT.

Henry F. Fortmann, president of the
Alaska Packers Association, is nothing
if not progressive. He is thorough ad
vocate of the use of the best material OBJ
tainable and is constantly on the lookout
for Improvements in the machinery that
moves the vast concern over which he
presides.
The Alaska packers own and operate
the largest fleet of sailing vessels and
small steamers on the Pacific Ocean, but
II is Mr.. FOrtmann's ambition 60 see the
'wind-jammers' replaced in part, If not
altogether, with ocean-going steamers
With this object in view the plans are
now being perfected for the building or
one of the finest steel steamers Of her
class ever seen on this coast. Instead or
the designing being left to the builders
: the plans for the new vessel have all been
made by the associations engineers and
. the steamer will be built under their su-
pervision.
The designs for the new vessel have
been made by ". P. Lindley and the de-
tail drawings of the engine by Tom Ran
som. The name has not yet been decided
upon but on the plans the new steamer
appears as The 1900. she Will be bullt
of steel throughout, no wood being used
except i'm the trimmings of the cabins and
the faCings of the berths She will be
2l7 feet over all. 30 feet beam and Is feet
deep. with displacement OF 200 tons.
All the sCantlngS used in her cOnStruc-
tion will be in excess of Lloyds demands
so as TO make her extra strong, and. be-
sides this she Will have a cellular double
bottom and six water-tght compartments.
The main matches are TO be very large
SO as 10 make the handling of long tim
lower hold is to be los feet clear and is to to
Le specially fitted for the carrying of
1000 cases Of salmon. The 'tweendecks
will be very large and cOmmodious and
would make the vessel splendid troop
ship. 1900.
ElneS and twin screws. Her BabCOCk IL
Wilcox Water-tube boilers will have a
working pressure Of 225 pounds and a
heating surface of 5000 feet She will have
inverted cylinders of the triple expansion
type. with diameter OF S.15l2 and y
inches and common stroke of "a inches.
There viii be piston valves in the high and
intermediate cylinders, and double port
ed slide in the lower pressure, all of which
VIII be worked BY the Stephenson valve
gear. The crank shaft will be of the
built-up type and inches in diameter.
There Will be an eVaporatOr and auxil-
lary condenser and a steam reversing en-
gine.
The engines will be $50 horsepower. and
the 1900 viii average 10 knots. She Will
have accommodation for twenty-six cabin
and twenty-six steerage passengers. She
VIII be fitted with steam steering gear
steam towing machine, steam capstan,
and electric light plant, with d Pinch
protector searchlight.
In her passenger accommodations she
VIII nave bath rooms, social hall, dining
room, private dining room, smoking room
and splendid galley. The officers quar-
ters and the smoking room will all be on
the upper deck. Bids for the new steamer
Will be called for in few days, and until
they have been opened it will not be
known whether she will be built in San
Francisco or elsewhere.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
viii withdraw the steamer OriZaba from
the southern route in a few days and
send her 10 Puget Sound to take up the
business Of the City Of Topeka on the
Alaska line The IOneka the
rocks in Wrangel Narrows but was got
off, and when last seen was on her way
to Juneau for temporary repairs. The
OriZabas place on the southern run will
be taken by the Bonita. The latter vessel
has been thoroughly overhauled and built
up ana Is now nrst-class passenger
steamer.
Captain Oscar KusteI of the ship Ha-
waiian Isles has given up the sea and is
going to purchase an orange orchard in
Southern California. He and his wife left
for Los Angeles last night. Captain hus-
tel was succeeded in the command of the
Hawaiian Isles by Captain Rice, late of
the Bundaleer. Captain kuStel, always
accompanied by his wife has been at sea
continuously for fifteen years. When he
moved his belongings ashore from the
Hawaiian Isles il was the first time in all
those years that he and his spouse had
slept on terra tiTma. He now vows that
he viii never sleep on ShipbOard again,
but viii spend the evening Of life in culu-
waiting oranges.
There was considerable trouble in dock
ing the ship Charmer An attempt was
made to get her in at Spear street. but il
was only after four tugs had been at work
on her that she was got alongside Then
il was discovered that her forefoot was
resting on a rock SO she had to be taken
into the stream. Finally berth at an
other wharf was secured and she was
placed in it, She will begin dscharging
to-day.
The harbor police are looking for two
silk dresses that came here on the United
States transport Hancock (Arizona). from
Manila. They were richly embroidered by
Ffipinos and valued at $500 At Manila
they were boxed up and given in care of
Captain Ames. That officer turned them
over TO the mate. and the mate in turn
gave them in charge of the bo'sun. They
are now missing and Officer Tom Ellis
is trying to locate them.
Mrs. Kautz Here.