The Republican journal., 1900-08-16
LAUNCHING OF THE SIx-MASrER

The First Vessel Of Her Rig Ever Built
Went Overheard From H. NJ. fean's
Yard, Camden, Aug. 18th.
The six-masted schooner George W. Wells,
built at Camden by H. NJ. Bean for Cant.
John G. Crowley of Taunton, Mass, was
successfully launched Tuesday at Il. "a D. nj.
in the presence of an immense crowd of
spectators. No champagne was spilled over
her bows. but Miss Mary Wells, the daugh-
ter of the man for whom she was named.
scattered flowers and liberated flock of
white doves as the leviathan left the ways
The George W. Wells is a02 feet II inches
long on the keel, 215 feet long on top, Is feet
. inches beam, and % feet deep. She has
two full decks. with poop four feet deep
extending from the tatfral to the forward
hatch, and a set of beams in the lower hold
forward, braced with hanging and fore and
aft knees. Her frame is white oak through
out and all her panking and ceiling hard
pine. The garbOards are eight inches thick,
other planking six inches her ceiling to the
lower deck beams is l. and IA inches
thick, and between decks 1Ox14 and
1:x14 inches. Her keelson is Is feet high
aft, running up to a height of IL feet for
ward. 1t extends up to the lower deck
beams, which are bolted to it, and acts as
great back bone to strengthen the vessel
This keelson is built up Of hard pine tim
bers II inches square, and is fastened with
80 tons OF Il inch iron bolts. The ceiling is
fastened with Il and II inch iron, and the
planklng with Il inch locust treenails and
iron and copper butt bolts
lhe after house is IS feet square: amid
ships Is the galley, and forward the engine
house and forecastle, while she also has
Wheelhouse for use in bad weather, some
thing seldom found on coasting vessels. In
the aftershouse are the cabins and six state
rooms, besides chartroom The state
rooms will be occupied by the captain, his
Two mates, steward and engineer, and, in
Guiding the chartroom, which can be fitted
up with sleeping accommodations, there will
DC two spare rooms for passengers The
| cablnS and StateroomS are finished in ash,
sycamore and cherry, and supplied with
| steam heat, baths, hot and cold water, cleo
trlc bells, and telephone line to the galley
and engine house.
| Her SIX lower masts are splendid sticks of
| Oregon pine, each l19 feet long and 80 in
ches IN diameter in the partners; topmastS
each 53 feet long, the foretopmast 20 inches
IN diameter at the cap. The iibboom is 15
% feet long, Is inches in the slings; other
booms II feet long, II inches in tie slings.
| Her foretopmaSt, driver boom and jibboom
are OF Oregon pine: all the other spars Of
| native spruce. All the standing rigging is
| wire, set up with turnbuckles; riggin. on
the foremast /! inches, on other masts i in
ches. The masts are named as follows. be
ginning forward: ForemaSt, mairmast.
mlzzenmast, spankermast, iiggermast,d DIR YER
mast. The vessel will carry 1200o square
yards of the heaviest duck, in the following
| pieces: Driver. jigger, lInker, mizzen.
main and foresailS; six gatltopsails of the
same respective designations: driver, Jig
ger, spanker, mizzen and maintopmast stay
SAILS. and five jibs.
in the construction of this vessel there
| Il. % h.Aan