The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-16

tiers fitted up fer the emperor. The ROYAL
Yacht now building Will, on the other hama
be simply yacht for pleasure cruising.
The keel of the new GRAFT Was laid Of
Pembroke on December 20, 1891, and since
that time progress has been much DELAYED
by strikes At present, however, ID" men en-
plt yea in the construction of tn yacht arr
working overtime. and rs only the bes,
artisans In the United Kingdom are engaged
tor the task. 1t Is more tnan likely that u
queen NictfOin goes 10 the south OF Franco
/ IN the early spring OF 1900 she " IL be able
to crasa tho channel In the new boat.
| This huge pleasure craft y TO be $50 ic',
/ In lenEth, 20 feet beam. rs feet drausht ard
/ her displacement 400 tlns. The hull is 10
b. Of st 81 sheathei with wood and coverel
| with copper. and VIII be provided With double
! bot oms She will have t6rae tunnels and
/ two masts. The vessel will have orlop lower.
main, upper and foreeastle decks
! Sped ls to be an importan; conslderatt,r,
/ nud tie yacht will have two sets OF trll l1-
expansion. four-cylinder engines, driving
| Twin ecr'ws and having an indicated horse
1 ppwtr CT ll,uOo. TIE high pressure cylinder
! OF each engine Will be a6la Inches In diameter.
! dame,cr. and two lOw-pressure cylinders .!
inches iu a. meter, all having stroke OF
30 Inches. Steam VIII be supplied by eighteen
! Btlleyilla boilers wcrkiuE az pressure o.
500 pouudA which Will he reduced at the Gu
zines to $50 pounds The CRATE area under
the boilers will he $40 feet aud the heatinH
surface VIII be $1,000 square feet. This ma
chinery is sNuectcd o drive III vessel ihfoirh
the water a. d speed OF thirty knots an hour
with this engines making ii0 revolutions
minute.
Sslurated than any vessel OF this tinh Prev
ousS built heretofore the admiralty ha'
hcen averse to giving out information con
IteIuing the plans for the queen yacht, bu
Il Is already known that by the time the yach
ils launched her estimated cost VIII be nearl,
81 POO eco, and that by the time her tntorio
fittings have been put In place 100000 more
Will have been expended. making her tota
cost a million and half dollars
Some idea of the magnihcence aud cost o
the hull may be gained from the fact that re
Gently the admiralty ordered Ieo feet or rop
nto'ding for the sides OF the yacht. The mold
ing is to be carved out Of solid mahogany an
a. to represent a ftteen-lnch cable laid rope
when in place II Will be richly gildcd.
Tho how OF The yacht will be decorated wit
shield bearing The royal arms and sur
mCunted by crown three feet In diameter
The shcd itself VIII he set or with scrn
work from winch ornamental carving WI
t,An back some nifty feet on each side o. III
stem. Tho stern Of the vessel VIII be eve
mere handsoms than the how
on the siarhoRrd quarter will he ten-foo
similar sited nEure ~ Neptune. In the cen
tsr 81 tho stern will he an immense shlel
hearing the royal arms. With the rose, sham
tcck and thistle underneath
! II has not been stated vet MS 10 Just vha
armament the new craft will csuyy Althoue
she is huilt for pleasure. u vs. more tina
hkely that she will bc fairly well supple
eovs rnments nowadays from that Of Emperc
William 10 President McKiueyE ofhcig
yacht What Is TO become OF tho present rows
Yacht has not been determined, though II
probable that she VIII he preserved IN ono
England's dockyards as nautical curiosity