Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-15


engineers Boston n
Philadelphia Steamship Co. Rear Adj
miral Silas Casey, commandant League |
Island Navy Yard; Paymaster j. N. |
Speel Engineer G. G. Wolcott: Col.
j. M. Forney, U. s. NJ. G. j; Chief En-
gineer Andrade, u. S. NJ; Chief En-
gineer W. S. Moore.
The local guests were as follows: |
George P. Bissell, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
Bush, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bancroft,
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. John Bancroft, Mr..
Daniel Bates, Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Bush, j. II. Bailey, Mrs. James
Bailey, Mrs. E. T, Belts, p. B. Cabell,
Collector of Customs W. H. Cooper,
George s. Capelle, Mr.. Campbell,
Misses Candy, William NJ. Candy, L.
7. Candy, Miss Anna Candy, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. M. Cabell, Miss Candy, Miss
Crowninfield, @. Q. Copeland, Mrs.
Cazier. Dir. and Mrs J. A, Draper,
the Misses Draper. Alfred l. du Pont
and wife, Lieut.. Benton @. Decker,
A. s. Elliott, Miss Elliott, Miss Annie
Finn. Miss Annie Ferris, MIR. and
Mrs. Spottswood Garland, Miss Gar
land, Judge Grubb, the Misses Gray,
Lieut.. W. HI. McGrann and wife, j.
w. Dawson, Jr., William H. Varney,
Naval Constructor; Harry Haskell, Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Hoffecker, Hon. j. II.
Hoffecker, 4. Bayard Heisel, Edgar M.
Hopes, T. A.. Hilles, e. G. jackson,
Col. w. A. La Motto, William Lawton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Lea, Miss Alice
Lea, the Rev. w. +. Lewis, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. G. Morse, Miss Morse, G. W.
T. Miller, Misses McIlvaine, Alvin r.
Morrison, Capt. Fl. B. Nones and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otho Nowland, j. Nor
ton Poole and wife, A. d. Poole, @.
W. Pusey, D. j. Reinhardt, L. II.
Savery and wife, H. P. Scott and wife,
O. M. Steward, A. w. Spruance, Mr..
and Mrs. j. .E. Smith, Miss Mary
Swift, Mrs. e. B. Sadtler, Miss r. g.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Sanborn,
Mrs. G. W. Sparks, Miss Sparks. Mr..
and Mrs. Alex. Sellers, Capt. Willard
Thomson, Lieut.. and Mrs. r. ii. Town
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Tatnall, L. O.
Vandegrift and wife. E. L. Warner,
Capt. Horace Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Wilson, Rodgers Wilson, Miss
Natalie Wilson and others.
Among the visitors was noticed
CAPT. Newcomb, U. s. N, who was
in charge of the U. S. S. Hudson at
the time Lieut. Bagley was killed off
Cardenas during the war with Spain.
He and Gen. Miles were given an
ovation.
Chief of Police Dolan had made ex-
cellent police arrangements, Acting
Sergeant William Davidson and large
squad of officers being stationed in the
vicinity of the boat for some time prior
to the launch in order to prevent people
from getting into dangerous places.
DESCRIPTION OF THE sTnINGHAM.
The Stringham will be. valuable
addition to the United States navy.
| Her length is 225 feet, breadth % feet,
! mean tiraught feet inches and dis
| placement $40 tons. This is 70 tons
larger than the Farragut, twice as
great as any other American torpedo
boat built or building. and is within
go tons of the weight of some of the de-
stroyers. Two vertical iple-expanslon
engines driving twin screws will de-
velop 1920 horse-p power when forcing
tho boat at her maximum velocity.
This power is greater by 1,500 than
that OF the Farragut or any of her
class. and equals that of several de-
stroyers. 1t is nearly rs great as the
horse of the cruisers Newark
and Philadelphia, which are over 4,0OC
tons displacement; is much greater
than that of the Detroit and the Mont
gomery, 2,000-ton ships, and nearly
twice as great as that of the Atlantt
and the Boston. The Stringham is tt
have speed of 30 knots an hour
LAUNCH OF THE AuPHITRIrE.
The last naval vessel built by tn,
local firm for the government was tn
| IL. S...,s DOL s,1Na fnR nj
rrite, launched on June 7th, 1883. Th
: christening of the vessel was done b,
Miss Nellie Benson, daughter of N. II
Benson, superintendent of the yards
/ Among the prominent people presen
we're Hon. William i. Chandler
. Secretary of the Navy: Chief of Nnva
CONSTRUCTION Wilson; Superintendent
of Naval Construction Hichborn Chic
Engineer Schock and Senator Hawle
Of the Senate naval committee.
: ~ OTHER WORK QUICKLY STARTED.
Almost as striking feature as tn
launch Of the Stringham, was the fac
that Immediately after she left Tn
stays force of men got to work o
: them, lined them up and laid the ket
: of the new boat for the New York .
: Baltimore Transportation line. Thi
!, is probably the only instance on reeor
in modern shipbuilding where boa
has been launched and another lai
:, down the same day on the same ways
= The company is enjoying an era 9
9 great prosperity. In addition to tn
. work being done in the shipyard, tn
a car department is also engaged on tn
q following contracts: Seaboard Air Lin
: Ten first. class wide vestibuled pa:
!. senger coaches, 60 feet long in tn
: frame; three second-class wide vest
:. buled passenger coaches 60 feet long
! the frame; two 60 feet postal cars an
!: three 60 feet baggage and EXPRESS car'
a All of these cars are to be equlppe
4 with Pullman vestibuled, standar
= steel platforms and couplers, Pintsc
+ gas, and steam heat. The trucks wi
q be SIX wheeled with 35-inch steel tire
:. wheels. The coaches are to be tinishe
;: in quartered oak. Metropolitan We
: Side Elevated Railway of Chicago
= Eighteen trailer cars, AZ feet, 334 inch
4, long, finished in mahogany and to col
a form in general appearance to the ca
Il now in use on that road. Texas Centr
!. Railroad-One 60 feet baggage and ma
i. car. Cu,nberlandaud Pennsylvania Ra'
road Co. Ono go feet baggage and ma
~ car. Great Falls Il Canada Railway
% One first. class narrow gauge passeng
: coach, 46 feet long. finished in Oh
! mounted on four wheeled trucks havil
/ 2s inch cast iron wheels. Also a slee
y u ing coach, 4S feet long, for the sar
y road. The trucks for these cars W
Z be SO constructed that the cars can
~ shipped out on their own wheels al
= a. after arrival at destination these true
y will be narrowed down to tit . fe
,d gauge of track. !.