The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-19
NEW PACIFIC LINERS.
To be the Largest Vessels Ever Built
in America.

III America,
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Jan. Elm
the lwo new Pacltic Mai s.eamsn. ps,
for watch The KEGS have just Deen la ID
a. the shipyard, the Newpor. News
SA.poulId.nS and Drydoun Company Is
building the .argest steamships ever
contracted for in the Unued STATES.
Unul The company secured these con
tracts from thu Pacific Nal Steamship
Company. the American Line steam
ships ST. Louis and ST. Paul, which
were built at Cramps Shpyald, Pnila-
delphia, were the largest vessels ever
undertaken by an American shipbuild-
Is plant. They are now the largest
vessels dying the flag OF the United
States.
When the Pacific Mail liners are com.
pleted and turned over to their owners
for service between San Francisco and
Hong Kong, this distinction will be
transferred, and it may some years be-
fore larger v.sse,s are constructed on
American soil, The first of the new
vessels will be completed by Decen Der,
1870 and the second will be ready for
service in March, 1901. The cost OF
each of these vessels will be about 81
OoJ 1000, which is almost as much as the
contract price of any of the big battle-
ships building at the shipyard here.
The general dimensions and main
features OF each Of the Pacific Mail
ships are as follows: Length over all.
515 rect; beam, 6S feet; depth, 40 f5e.;
displacement at q feet draught: 49,
400 tons; gross Tonnage 10000; ind ,cat-
ed horse power, $4,000; speed is knots;
bunker capacity, $500 tons of coal;
frs cabin passengers, $50; Storage
passengers. 1900.
Each of these ships will be driven by
two quadruple expansion engines. |
Seam will be furnished by six double
and two single ended boilers, all of the
cylindrical Scotch type, 10 feet mean |
diameter and built for working steam
pressure OF 2UO pounds to the square
inch. In addition, there will be dom
key boiler IL feet inches in diameter, |
and built for 200 pounds steam pres
sure. All of the main boilers Will be |
ttted with hot forced draugh,. supplied |
by thirteen Sturtevant steam fans.
These big liners will carry mail for
NbS SA'hNN anu
they are designed to lower the time be-
tween San Francisco and Hong Kong.
The speed OF eighteen knots required in
the contract does not mean that they
will not be faster than that; it means
that they will always be able to make
eighteen knots under favorable condi-
tons, and the guarantee of the New
port News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company that they will be fully as fast
as required settles the question as to
what speed they will actually develop. |
The ships. will be without doubt the
speediest craft crossing the Pacific. |
Being built for both passenger and
freight service, their ability to greatly
reduce the time OF passage between this
country and ports in China and Japan
will be big advantage TO the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company.
The main saloons and the staterooms
for first-class passengers will be cost
ly fLish. and will be especially arrang-
ed for the tropical climate, In which the
vessels will ply. All OF the staterooms
will be usually we'll ventilated, and no
expense Will be spared TO minister to
the comfort OF passengers. There will
be cargo capacity for about ten thou
sand tons. and both ships will have all
OF the latest facilities for handling
cargo. a