Evening journal., 1900-03-30
LAUNCH Of THE
MANNA-HATA
Will Take Place From the Yards
of the Harlan & HOllingswOrth
Company Tomorrow.
MISS AMY HUTTON HER SPONSOR
EXPECTED TO BE PRES
ENT FROM NEW YORK, BALTl-
MORE AND PHILADELPHIA.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE
STRINGHAM'S LAST TRIAL.


The Harlan and Holilngsworth Com
pany will launch the steamer Mamma
Hata tomorrow morning, at 11.45I
O'Clock. She is one of the two vessels
which this company is building for the
New York and Baltimore Transporta-
tion Line. of Philadelphia, OF which +.
5. Groves is general manager. The
first, the Chesapeake, which was
launched March 3. will be delivered in
week or two. These vessels are in
tended to run outside beaween New
York and Baltimore on what is IA
miliarly known as the Shriver Line.
The Manna-Hata will be christened
by Miss Amy Clare Hutton grand
daughter Of Walter Shriver. OF New
York, who is expected to be present, to-
gether with a party from Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York.
The dimensions of the Manna-Hata
are as follows: Length over all, 219
feet; length between perpendiculars is
2O5, with 32 feet beam moulded Her
depth to upper deck at centre is %
feet inches. Her motive power con-
sists Of one triple expansion three
crank, surface condensing engine OF
the open front type with cylinders IS
inch, 2S inch and 40 inch. with 302
stroke. She Is supplied with steam by
two Scotch boilers IL feet in diameter
and 10 feet long.
She is built Of steel throughout and
has two decks and three side ports on
each side and is designed TO carry
about 900 net tons of cargo and will
develop a speed when fully loaded of
about u knots. There are no passen-
ger accommodations on her excepting
those for the officers and crew, as the
steamer is built as a freight carrier
only.
OTHER WORK UNDER CONsTRUC-
TON
In addition TO the above steamers
the Harlan and HOllingswOrth Com
pany has under construction a steamer
2SO feet long for the Metropolitan
Steamship Company Of New York; the
steamship Grecian, for the Boston and
| Philadelphia Steamship Company
which viii leave in about two weeks
| three tugs for the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and two torpedoboal
destroyers, Hopkins and Hull. for the
government. They have also Just
signed the contract for six 200 feet
long barges fer the Rockland-Rock.
port Lime Company. of Boston; a shin
400 feet long, for the New York and
Texas Steamship Company, known as
the Mallory Line.
STRINGHAM'S OFFICIAL TRIP.
On Monday morning the torpedo
boat Stringham will leave her wharf
flor Norfolk, Va. She will be towed out
Of the creek, after which she will make
the journey under her own steam. Cap
tain Lewis, of Baltimore, will command
her, both in the run to Norfolk and
on the trial trip On the Chesapeake
bay. Several officials OF the Harlan
and HOllingsworth Company will ac-
company the slender flyer on the fnal
trial trip 1t will be several days be.
fore the Stringham will arrive at hel
destination, as she will not &c
through the Delaware and Chesapeake
lcanal, but will proceed down the Della.
ware river and bay, and along Atlanti,
lcOast No great pressure will b,
brought to bear ON her boilers unit
April 9. at which time the government
trips will be made on the Chesapeak,
bay. opposite CherrystOne Light, ;
course laid out by the government.