The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-30
NO news AS TO
WHO BUILDER /
TTrigg Company Gives Out No In
formation-New Trans
SAtlantc Service,

Up tos the hour. 81. closing yesterday
afternoon there had beens no announce
ment made as to the awarding Of the
contracts for theItWo new steamers for
the Old Dominions Line President Il riggs
was in New York IT thursday when the
directors of the steamship company.
met. It is tkought. however, that the
local builders VIII surely get one,Nif not
both Of ti3e boats: They.swill cost be-,
tween S125, 0oG and s175, 300.
NEW STEAMERS.
The Observation-Disclosures which
about two years ago took up the Service
from Virginia to otterda M and Ans err
dam and which service it has been rum
ming with chartered vessels; has con-
tracted to build three steamers specially:
intended and suitable forsits Amsterdam
trade This. well-k10wlls company has a
fleet of large twin-screW boats, built by
the most eminent ship builders on the
other side and specially suited for the
passenger traffic. These boats; have es-s
tablished a. reputation for the regularity
O. their voyages ana the treatment Of!
their passengers
The boats in the New Y Ork service are
called after the Dams Of Holland. and.
the fleet consists a. present of the Rot
tcrdam." ''Statendam.'' "Pots,iam. .'Ryn
dam and ..Noordaln,"s which sail regu-
larry every Saturday for Rotterdam. The
boats building for the trade from Nir-
GINA to Amsterdam are to be called
after the dykes Of Holland, and they have
been named as follows: "Amsteldylie
end "Soesteldyl1e'' and '.Sloterdyl1e.
These boats are Ais feet long, 50 feet
beam and 20 feet depth Of hold. Their
engines will have cylinders q II inches,
ii inches and rs inches, with As inches
stroke, capable of developing an average
speed of II knots at sea- The ships Will
lift $500 tons dead weight all told and
will have a measurement capacity OF To-
600 tons of 40 cubic feet. They have three
laid decks, and the shelter deck is espe-
cially suited for the transportation OF
livestock. The ships have six matches
and twelve winches, and all other mod
ern appliances for the rapid building CO
cargo. In order to provide for proper
submersian when westward-bound these
ships have been fitted with sufficient wa
ter-balast tanks to assure reliable pas
saEes. both summer and winter.
WITHIN. A FEW MONTHS.
1t is the aim of the Holland-American
line with these new boats to keep up abb
solute regularity of departures from Vir-
sinia and to sail the boats every two
weeks. The ships are built by the we'll
known ship-builders Messrs. Furness,
Witty G. Company, of West Hartlepool.
and the engines will be supplied by Sir
Christopher Furness; Westgarth & Com
pany, Limited. of Middesborough, Eng.
The first boat is expected to make her
maiden voyage from Virginia by the
middle of August and will be followed
by another one ready to sail the end of
September and the third one to sail early
next February.
Until these boats are placed In the ser
vice the sailings will be continued fort
nightly by chartered vessels, but with the
new boats in the trade it is expected
that Virginia will have the best service
Of any port in the United States for
Amsterdam.
Pending the service of the new steam
ships referred to above. Amsterdam traf-
fic will be taken care of by the Holland
American line, under the auspices OF the
United States Shipping Company, same
as heretofore, from Primers Point and
Norfolk.