The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-04

.xew Vessels Being Constructed In
r.s.eA States ShipyaFds on the Pacific
raasfv Is the title Of interesting arfi-
| - h late fssue OF the Nautical Gazette.
~serelr are descriptions OF craft on the
RAYS and sthers contracted for by the
tzding firms Of the Vest.
aThe Puget Sound Tugboaf Company.
vAteh enjoys 4 monopoly Of the ocean
! essing business in both American and
t4f:sh Columbia waters op the border
| Wsefn the two countries north.f says
/ = article, will build one of the largest
nee tugboats !n America She win have
18th speed ard power. ard her dimensions
| iii be. Length. $50 feet breadth e feet.
t*ptn Of hold 1919 feet She will measure
slout so tons gross ard ~ tons net, ard
have coai-earrying capacity ri - tons
eha Will have trIpIe-sxpansicn engines.
| ra1xs< b. e inches, ri 800 horsepower.
and guaranteed speed ri IL knots The
tssi aaa house will be- Of steel. Thc latest
and most modern electric and steam sp-
psiances will be placed on board The
vessel will be especially adapted FOR long
"a Voyages, and will carry sufficient fuel
IL last twenty-five days.
The Moran Bros. Company will prob
ably build the craft. Eteam VIII he sup
Piled by two Scotch marine boilers. each
II 1874 feet diameter ard Il feet long. with
shres furnaces each. Thers aiis be large
wreeking and IRE pumps. and electric
Hghts throughout. Including a powerful
ssarchlisht The winsiiass. eapaiaus and
steering GEAR Will he operated By steam.
TIE company now has eight boats In the
Nrsice.
For Hawaii md Alaska.
HAL Bros. ~ Port Blakeiey. Wash.
have completed the steam schooner Ma
sssna. which IL employed III the Hawaiian
inter island trade. Large yessels cannot
b. used In this traffic, al many of the
ports they touch Will not allow the en-
rance OF a large boat. The trade pFinei-
yaiy is In sugar. cattle and machinery;
ahd az there Is little passenger traffic
here are bat two statsrogms, The pas-
ssngafs are generally hanakas WHO sleep
on deck. The Aazsusa ii trim iltti.
Seam schooner ST ~ tons. and viii prove
8 valuable addition - he already large
Bet trading between those islands The
machinery was pat la by the Fulton Iron
Works San Francisco.
Haskell Il Crawford. shspbaiders. Of
Tacoma. Wash, building a new
steaner far the Southeastern Alaska
trade. The dime nsions al the haii are 10
b.. Length. 30 feet. beam. y feet; depth
II hold, feet z inches. She wiil have
freight and passenger accommodations.
ard Is guaranteed Ia make las knots.
The boat VIII he equipped with electrical
and other modern apparatus. ard Will be
an excellent coaasing craft The same
firm has iuat built a new steamer for
Wsmar 4 Blhbin for the Tacoma and
oaattermaaser Harbor line She IL S feet
b length. IT feet beam ard eih fest depth
II hold Her speed VIII nc - miles an
Aonr. Both OF the foregoing steamers are
hast ~ WASHINGTON fir The company
VI probably build a steamboat Tor serv-
~ on the upper Columbia river. The huli
vii he pat together ~ the shlpYard then
hken apart and shipped To It's destination.
New Oregon Craft.
THE news fngboat SAMSON has been
hunehed fran the silipgaFn of the Wolf
4 zwicker Company. Portland Or She
Il enc ng the nnest tugouatw ever con
sFactea IN the Pacific Northwest. She
has been built under special survey of
.lieyds Register, Capt. Gnorge Pope std
fservisiug, ard viii receive the hjghest
1aass for ihe material employed namcts,
Isngth ia feet beam. q feet depth af
faa II feet. She Is equipped with swo
Taylor watef~tuha boilers sad compound
engines capable Of developing .saa horse
reser. She Will bs used at ihf npufh II
he Columbia river, n eonnection with
Tire work al building the hreakwater.
ehe Ii owned hy Hale 4 Kern.
'The Oregon Railroad 4 Navigation
Company. n lis shipyard 81 ttiQag4a has
hsgs handsome steamboat fer service
en- The Snake river She 81 called the
Spokane and II ldn feet ionE a feet beam
and iis feet deuth IT held Her engines
have is-iuch cylinders. with fset zt~osSe
and the huisar carries Isl naaaaa -
sseaa The furnace burns coal sssstea3
81 wood has been the custom u9 the
Snake river This gives n1eFe ffsan fer
freight anu she easiis carries 5iesi sacks
q wheat. she il lighted by .lectgte5ty
and has All modern Improvements. Her
cost WAS aban' - issl
Many other Vessels.
'Vant Charles Nelson Is having hailt
81 Bendixseu'a shiryard Eureka. Cal q
fse f08r mastea schooner at about
60 toms. she viii be lss feet ia ienefh of
tie keel. s> teef beam. aud Is faet II inches
deep
4 new steamer has iuss been launched
VI Stockton Tai fot the California >Avt-
eatsan < fuprtx atfeuf Company snn Is
rs fes'f iane e sses beam ara fest t.an-
sad draws IS ns''fes ~ water 81 has a
lard a7 - rnutsnufi rorlav with Three ext
ins $. - Is aua "a lnehes diameter ~
II i0ches stfake She wlf }s- used IS a
iewhoat. She has hesn faGHfa shv J Il
Mcdonald
N thew Tanner 80 hla @hipsard cn
The sl4ure Il san kfanei4eu 1ts las bssigt
tAe auxiliary schconer Mascotte, a vessel
q lsAfeot keel. 49, feet beans ana feet
cfpth ~ hold She las q gasoline saeane
q q Horsepower Tier co~t waS sl3sa
IBIS yeasei aua fh.s sehaa{teY VI s~sf85.eH
arr eaIh for J ,esselsrtrsse fa~ tra}ing
about tho Marshall islands Ia the paeiac
TIE rev stea M schooner ns9la has
'aE beer nuiEhcd ara VIII - llsed Ia Fhe
saastns trade. She was haiii IN san
Francis. and iR owned ty \ y Eeaals
c.
Substitute for the Nhitsinw.
The WNtes,~ " reeksrE company w'n
essld a. N.rih braeh Cal Sc new wreck
Us steamer $50 tafe fhv place Of fhe
Naselaw burned as SkaEwav last wear
.ae al& ua#' wa~ isa fevt ions on aeek
- Tee between fefEUftslIeu}ara. - fs#t
sAfs sE's y ftet }een THE rev boat w5ts
- st9 ft.f .,+s 4ssL tst sasf between s>ef-
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