The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
MAGNIFICEN W STEAMER.

MAGNIf ICEN 4 SFEAME:R
III De Bulit bys BOOM Company Tor
North Shore Run.
A great deaI &c credit ID giivensto the
report that the Booth u. ara going to
build i new boat for THE shore snext sea-
sun. pri1 the foll oWing article from
the Duluth Ne "a 81 iihnne.
Such q boat would e1lo 8 great business
on the route which the Dixon now has
and We hops 70 SEQ ii. hen the boat
begins to run We viii be svsry glad TO
assure our readers that Il IS al actuality,
until then We have hopes only.
"The faithful steamer Hiram r. Dixon
will be supplanted next spring 81 q new
and magnificent freight and passenger
boat. W Y. Booth, general manager,
and p. p. Garter, secretary Of Booth
& Co, Of Chicago, arrived ii Duluth
yesterday and gave their Official Sane
tion to plans for q new steamer which
have been prepared by Captain Joseph
Kidd, and the latter was instructed to
submit the plans and specifcati to
the various shipyards for bids. The
new boat will BE- ready to 60 in commits
sion at the opening Of navigation next
spring and the contract for her oonstruc.
ton will be awarded IN all probability
by Sept. /. The new steamer WILDE the
finest boat devoted exclusively to Lake
Superior traffic. Captain Kidd will
supervise the construction OF the now
boat. A SIS 49, Is b az Z
'rhe new boat will 60 on the north
shore run between Duluth and Isle
Royale and Port Arthur. The COMPANY
has not yet decided what will be done
with the Dixon but she will either be
sold or used in connection with the
bulness in some department. Of the Lake
Superior traffic. No name has az yet
been decided upon for the new boat but
the officials Of the company said last
evening that some local name will be
preferred. She will be 181 feet long, %
feet beam and u feet 9 inches moulded
depth. She will be fitted with triple ex-
panslon engines OF the latest and most
improved type, and Scotch boilers capa-
BILE Of carrying 175 pounds Of pressure.
The size IT the propeller will be s ,teet
6 inches and the speed of the engine will
be 40 revolutions / minute. The boat
Is expected to make Is miles an hour
add will be constructed Of steel from
the keel to the main rail. Above this
she will be of wood. o.. s.I :sE
''The hold will be fitted for cargo carry
ing, with capacity Of about 600 tons,
q hosting engine will be situated be-
tween decks. Forward on the main
deck will be situated; the kitchen, bakery,
rooms for the walters, crews wash rooms
deck hands quarters, cooks room,
butcher chop, ice house, steam Storage
engine, steam windlass and capstan.
Aft OF this on the main deck will be loca-
ted the freight house. boiler room and
coal hunks, with room for 10 tons of coal.
engine room, fremen's quarters baggage
room, purser's and stewards room, en-
gineers' room, smoking room, wash room
lavatories, porters' and watchman's
rooms, linen room. lamp room and room
Tor bonded stores. There are also two
staterooms on this deck. = S. ) ,zs>:
ION the cabin deck is situated the main
cabin, so feet long and lO16 feet wide,
containing 80 staterooms, pantry and
ladies' toilet. In the forward END of the
cabin are situated eight dining tables.
The cabin is to be provided with piano:
There is 9 passage way on either 81 de of
the cabin SO that people can. walk up
and down the deck from one end Of the
boat to the other. At either end ct the
cabin, fore and aft, there will be q large
open space so attractive to steamboat
passengers. The woodwork Of the boat
will be OF white pine with lard wood
trimmings. The awning deck, above the
cabin, extend from side to side and end
to end OF the vessel. This deck will be
covered by an awning and enclosed by
open bulvarks, with seats ranged Gear
around on boath sides. Forward on the
awning deck will be situated the pilot
house, chart room. captains quarters,
mates and wheelsmen's quarters. Four
life boats and number Of life RATS will
be situated on this deck. Tho cabin
skylight extends the entire length Of the
cabin, assuring good ventilation. I
sThe new boat will have two pole masts
and be schooner rugged. She will be
lighted throughout with electricity.
One hundred and fifty l6.candIe power
incande descent lights will be required.
There will be three water ballast tanks,
one forward, one amidship ard one aft,
The forward and aft tanks will be used
for trimming the vessel. Water may be
pumped from ono tank to the. other as
may be required for that purpose. All
Of the rooms on the host wiz be provided
With running water, but ipstead of car