The Portland daily press., 1900-12-13
NEW STEAMER FOR SEBAGO
A Fast Boat soon To BE Ordered for Next
Season.

The Sebago Lake, Songo River anc
Bay of Naples Steamboat company ara
soon to give orders for steamer to ply
between Sebago Lake, over the Sone'
river and as far as Harrison The steamer
is to be up to date in all of its appoint
ment and no expense is to tie spared In
the equipment OF the boat which Will
probably cost about $4,000.
The model for the steamer is now be-
ing made by Mr.. McInnis, head draughts'
man for the Bath Iron Works. and IL IL
the intention TO have the boat in readi'
ness for use the first OF July. The steam.
or is to be named "LongfelIow," AND
will be known as the "Songo Flyer"
because of the fact that the steamer will
be- built to travel at the rate of 70 miles
an hour.
The steamer is to be 50 feet over all in
length and % feet team. The steamer is
to be equipped with two 70 horse power
Stickney compound engines, 8 19 an
II by 8 inch stroke, and is to be run by
twin screws. The steam is to be supplied
bv a Bcotch boiler which Will be allowed
$50 pound steam pressure. The boiler
10 icing made by the Portland Company.
Tue steamer Is to lie constructed of steel
and Is to have four watertight bulk
heads, with q draught of 20 inches of
water. The main passenger deck, which
is to be 80 feet In length, is free from any
obstruction, SO that one can set In the
stern of this boat and have a free view
of everything ahead, thus making it q
full observation deck. The pilot house
Ia to be located on the hurricane deck and
is to contain q berth for the captain.
Aft of the pilot houss are to be two state
rooms with four berths for the crew.
The lower deck beginning forward is
81 feet in depth, the same as the steamer
Hawthorne owned by the same company.
The smoking room. clerks office,
cook room, q IL feet boiler room ana an
engine room nine feet square, gang
way leading to the stairs to the upper
deck, and to this aft ladies' cabin and
toilet rooms, are located on the lower
deck. The boat is to be propelled by two
42-inch propeliers, and is to be capable
of main tanning q speed of 20 miles an
hour. The boat is to be licensed to carry
800 passengers. The steamer IL to be
lighted by electricity, probably generated
by Belknap motor, which is also to
supply a searchlight OF 500 candle power.
II Ia the plan of the management to
run special evening excursions two even
ings during the week during the summer
season, leaving the Union station about
7.1b O'Clock for an excursion across the
lake and up the winding Songo river
by searchlight, returning 80 as to arrive
in Portland about II p. m. The steam
er Louise, run by the Sebago Lake
Steamboat company will SO soon as the
Longfellow Is completed, be used as a
spare boat. The steamer Hawthorne of
the same company is to make the daily
morning trip from SebaRo Lake to
Harrison, It is probable that the ladies'
cabin win be finished in mahogany.
while the seats are to be uphoIste red In
plush The lower deck is to be equipped
with curtains, made In sections, SO that
the whole, or a part of the deck can be
closed In II necessary in y rain storm
Ths boat is to be built in four sections
and shipped on the cars to Sebago
Lake, where 1t will be put together and
launohed In the lake early In July,
in readiness for the summer travel, which
Is rapidly increasing every year.