The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-31
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
TUG NJ. e. LUCKENBACH ARRIVES
FROM NEW YORK.

She Will Tow the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf COmpany's Dredge to the
Mississippi Riverside Is a Power
full Craft, Equipped for Heavy Out
side WorI-TwO Excursions From
BeaufOrt-Capt. DagRett Remains
Ill in New YOrk-Items of Interest
From the Water Front.
The tug NJ E. Luckenbach was a prom
inent arrival in the harbor yesterday from
| New York via Norfolk. She comes to tow
the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf Companys
suction dredge TO Vicksburg. Miss, and
stopped over in Norfolk on the way down
| to clean boilers and make other needed
! preparations for the long voyage before
her.
When 1t comes to powerful towing the
| Luckenbach is not to be placed at the
bottom of the column. Being 1921 feet
over adj, and presenting an otherwise cor
respondingiy large appearance, she was
quite an attraction along the river front
when she tied along side the schooner
Rob Roy, lying at the Georgia Lumber
Company's dock. She is twenty-seven
| feet wide, and draws seventeen feet when
coaled. She has roomy dining quarters
| commodious deck room for a tug, and
| does not look to be overcrowded in any
quarter. There is ample room for the
crew about the automatic towing vino
| lass and in the engine rooms the great
| triple expansion does not take up enough
space to cramp those working about.
I The Luckenbach was turned out two
years ago by the Dialogues, who also
| built the new Savannah tug Abram
g1ic lar ,crf. !
| triple expansion, with IS, SO and 45-inch
| cylinders, and 30-inch stroke. Her boilers
| carry 1855 pounds of steam. One of the
| features of the engine is the Marshall
valve gear, which has proved a complete
success on the tug. The towing appara-
tus is worked automatically. One of the
| American Ship Windlass Company's ma
chimes is used, and in addition the usual
amount of powerful rope and cables. The
| haWsers are 11-inch Manila and 3-inch
| wire cable, the former being used for
light and the latter for very heavy tow
ing.
L. Luckenbach. owner and manager of
| the great fleet of towboats in New York
| harbor. has been in the business for years
| The feet consists of seven tugs. two
steamships. twenty barges, and square
rugged sailing vessel. The tug now in
Savannah was named for the owners
wife.
Capt. George w. Willin commands the
| Luckenbach, and the other officers are
Martin Coph chief officer; Capt ]. w.
Durham, navigator and pilot, and Samuel
Dowdy, chief engineer. 1t is expected
the tug will proceed to-day on her voyage
South.
The vicinity of the Beaufort and Savan-
nah wharf presented a lively scene all
day yesterday. the event being the arrival
of the steamers Pilot Boy and the Cliff
ton from Beaufort, with colored excur-
sionjsts. The visitors spent several hours
in the city, leaving on their return late
| In the afternoon.
On the way over some excitement was
furnished the Clfton's crowd by a man
falling overheard. II seems efforts were
| being made to clear a way on the main
deck during which a railing was re-
moved. Through the opening an excur-
sionst went Unexpectedly, either falling
| off, or being showed by another The
| steamer reversed and went to the rescue.
| After some trouble rope was thrown out
and the strugger hauled in.
Capt. Deggett remains i'll in New York.
| though II is expected he will be able to
| resume command of the steamship City
of Augusta on her return trip to Savan-
nah, She went 40 sea last night in com
mand of Capt. Lewis of the steamship
Chettahoochee. who has been in command
since Capt. Daggetts physician recon-
mended that he take rest.
The tug Abram Minis sailed early yes
| terday morning for Key West in commano
of Capt. Frank B. Avery. As previously
stated, she will tow a barge from there
to Jacksonville, and thence to New York.