New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-12
WILL BE THE LARGEST AFLOAT.
A SIX MAsTEDr SCHOONER. THE FIRST OF
HER RIG, TO BE LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY.

Bangor. Me, Aug. IL (speciaD.-A six masted
schooner the first vessel of that rig built. will
be launched Tuesday next from the shipyard
of Hollis NJ Bean, Camden, Me-, and the &C.
cason will be celebrated as marking new mile
stone in the progress of American wooden ship
building This monster schooner has been named
the George w. Wells. for one of her principal own
ers a resident of Southbridge, Mass. Other owners
are merchants of New-York Boston and other
cities, and Captain John G. Crowley. of Taunton
Mass who has won distinction as a promoter of
giant sChooners. The vessel Is intended for the
coal carrying trade. and will sail chiefly between
coal shipping points and Boston. Portland and
Providence.
She is able to carry at least five thousand tons
of coal on a draught of twenty-four feet and carry
it so cheaply that she will have nothing to fear
from the competition of barges. She will require
only fourteen men all told for her crew. or less
than half as many as would be needed TO
full rugged ship of equal size. engine will
operate winches by which her sails may be hoisted
windass by which her heavy anchors will be
raised and pumps which will throw 1.2OO gallons
of water minute.
The cabins in the after house and the six state
rooms there are finished in ash. cherry and syca-
more. highly polished: rich furniture and soft
carpets in the various rooms, there electric
bells, steam heat baths. with hot and cold water
and telephone line from the after house to the
engine room forward and to the galley amidshps
so that the captain, without getting out of his COM
Portable berth may give orders or make INQUIRIES
telephone line viii be appreciated when i is known
No schooner now ahOat approaches this six mas
ter in size, and the six master now being built at
Bath Me-. is slightly smaller The largest schooner
now ahoat is the John B. Prescott, also built at
Camden, registering 2.249 tons net and the second
in size is the Nathaniel T. Palmer. built Bath
last year, 2,245 These two five mas
tiers and carry about 400 tons of coal each. The
Camden six master is of 2.75O net register
about 5000 gross. and will carry 5000 tons. al
though for the sake OF limiting her draft OF
water to "a feet not more than 5000 tons will ordi
narily be put into her. Very few full rugged ships
are as large as this schooner and not many of the
freight steamships, aside from the very newest and
largest have so great cargo capacity.
In the construction of the big schooner there
Der, $50 tons of white oak timber. 100000 feet of
white pine deck plank 450 tons OF iron bolts and
a large quantity of other materials. The vessel
was begun in April and cost 100000
Some of the measurements and statistics concern
ing this king of all schOoners
Length on the keel. 1902 feet IL inches: length on
top S45 feet; beam As feet inches: depth of hold
% feet; length of lower masts (single sticks of
Oregon white pine), 11s feet; length OF topmasts
IS feet: length Of driver afterboom. Is feet:
length of tibboom 70 feet; length OF other bOoms,
AZ feet weight of anchors $780, 1890, 900 and 600
pounds respectively; cable. 200 fathoms of pa inch
bar chain: engines. 80 horsepower; water tanks
capacity 1000 gallons.