Evening journal., 1899-03-16
WILL GO OFF TO-DAY.
The Nantucket to Take Her
Initial Plunge.
THE HOUR SET AT O'CLOCK
TlHE YARDS WILL BE THRCML>
OPEN TO TITE PUBLIC TO WITT
NESS TlHE IIAUNCH-MISS JAMES
WILL BE THE SPONSOR.

OPEN lO fllitE fUBllO ~ 'MUl-
NESS TlHE IlAUNCH-'MISS JAMES
WILL BE THE SPONSOR.
Another steamship for. the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company,
OF Baltimore, will be launched at the
yards of the Harlan and Hollingswordh
Company at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
1t Is the Nantucket, a sister ship to the
Kershaw, which WAS recently launched,
and is now moored at the wharf of the
local company.
Owing to the tide the launch will not
take place until late in the afternoon,
and for that reason There will be no
lunch and entertainment and no in
vited guests. The yards Will be thrown
open to the public, and all who desire
may witness the initial plunge
The Nantucket lis the eleventh YES
sci that has been built by the local
company far the Merchants and
Miners transportation C-mpany
This steamer will he chrstened by
Miss Frances Beverly James, daughter
Of Colonel n. w. James. president OF
the company A special train will
bllng the Baltimore parity to this city
this afternoon-
The Dimensions Of the new boat are
as fellows: Length. 294 feet; AZ feet
beam, and "a feet depth of hold. Her
engine is tri-cOmpound with inverted
cyhnIder, 2S inches diameter; interme-
diate, AZ inch; low pressure, 70 inch;
stroke, "a inches.
She has four cylindrical and return
tubular boilers. diameter Of shell. 141k
feet; length inside, 12 feet; three fur
naces in each leading to separate COM
bust.on chambers; diameter Of fur
naces in each about so inches outside;
CRATE surface, about 32O square feet;
heating surface about 1O,16O square
feet; pressure 10 pounds per square
Inch
The vessel is a four full decl0ed ship
With two cargo points; two coal ports
ON each side. in second between decks,
and three cargo ports and one air port
opposite to kitchen on each side on the
third between decks.
On the third deck there is a passen-
ger saloon with twenty state rooms
pantry and toilet, fitted with light
hard wood and having large open dou-
bic stairway. The main saloon is
labout 70 feet long and 80 feet wide.
The Kitchen and second class rooms
cooks and wash rooms are on the
third deck. On this deck there lis also
a forecastle with proper accommoda-
Ions for stores, Zee, oil, lamp rooms, etc
On the spar deck abaft the smoke
stack there is a house containing en-
gine room opening, engineers room
sacial hall, toilet rooms, passengers
state rooms, toilet and officers rooms
etc.
Forward of smoke stack will be Z
house containing ten staterooms for
passengers. On top of this house 10 ;
pilot house. THE vessel is schoone
rlgged, with two pole masts. with wlr'
standing rigging. AL statercoms ar
finished in hard wood
OTHBR YARD NOTES.
The thilty-knob torpedo beat de
stp0yer Stringham viii be launchel
eau,y this Spring. Although the govern
ment has given seven months exten
tion on hen, she will probably be com
/ pleted before that time.
, The water bottoms and margil
- plates for the 335-foot steamer Ponce
for the New York and Porto Ric
steamship Company, are in place. Th
work of framing up has been com
menced on this steamer.
p The San Juan, sister ship to th
Ponce, will be laid down on the way
vacated by the Nantucket.
The steamship Maracaibo, for tn
8 Red ID line, has her keel laid, sber
in place and frames are going VI
The three last ships are being bui
under the supervision of John Haug.
r The new ship for the Windso
3 Line, the fourth ship for that con
pany, which is being built under tn
supervision of c. w. Wiley, viii Z
, laid down next week, as the new way
have been built for her and have bee
r ined mp.
The keel is laid and the centre kee
in position upon the torpedo boat IL
stroyers Hopkins and Hull.
Immediately following the launch
= the Nantucket ths steamer Kersha
will be given a deck trial. The Ike
shaw is nearly completed, and it is e
\ pected that she will be turned over
: her owners before the close OF d
- month.
a A new plate and angle furnaC
6OXl5O feet, is being laid dawn, al
, piles are being driven for a NEW whai