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sists of engines direct acting, triple ex-
pansion with three inverted cylinders,
| 80 a-54-S1x54 stroke; to be supplied by
steam by four Scotch boilers, Is feet 9
inches diameter, II feet inches long,
and to be constructed in accordance with
U. :. inspection and Lloyd's Rules for
a working pressure Of $50 pounds per
square inch.
The dining saloon will he neatly pan
elled in quartered oak with marble top
sideboards, and will have revolving
hardwood polished seats with backs. and
polished oak tables. An ornamental
staircase of atiartered oak, with rubber
treads and brass nosings will lead to
social hall. The staterooms will be of
corrugated iron, white Senamel painted.
The social hall and smoking room will
be finished with hardwood floor. The
arrangement of the interior of the vessel
is up to the latest designs and it is one
Of the handsomest, steamers now building
Of this class.
In addition to the Denver the Harlan
Il Hollngsworth Co. is now having the
preliminary trials of the 2t2 feet. twin
screw steam pleasure yacht Alvina
building for Charles Fletcher, of Proyi
dence, X. l.. built from designs and
under the supervision of A. s. Cheese
brough. She is one of the handsomest
yachts on the coast and will be a vel
come addition to the feet of the New
York Yacht Club of which Mr.. Fletcher
is a member.
They will also in a few weeks have
Il trial of the torpedo boat Stringham
which has been undergoing certain re-
pars to her machinery. The work on
the torpedo boat destroyers Hopkins and
Hull is progressing, and the launch Of
+. these vessels will doubtless take place in
the early summer.
The ferry boat Cape May. building
for the Philadelphia & Reading Rail
way Company is in frame, and the two
ferry boats for the Central Railroad of
New Jersey are in frame and partly
plated up. The dredge or H. r. Dun
bar is well advanced and the tramp
steamer for Henry T. Knowlton is in
frame and about one-half plated up. and
will be launched very shortly. The
steamer Rio Grande of the Mallory line
is in the dry dock undergoing extensive
repairs which will take about a month.
when another steamer of the Mallory
Line. the San Marco, will be delivered
for general overhauling, new builers.
machinery. etc.
4 This company sshas also just closed n
contract with the Oiu Dominion s. s. Co.
for the building of a 200 feet freight and
7 passenger propeller steamer.
In addition to the work in the shin
department, the car shops are shipping
away this week the first consignment
of lot of twenty coaches for the Phila.
4 delpha & Reading Railway Company
4 The work is progressing rapidly on a re-
| cent contract for fifty go feet coaches
for the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad. This order for fifty is
the third received from the New York
Central Co. during the past IS months
aggregating 127 coaches.
The other work in the car shops con
sists of six 65 feet long vestibuled
Il coaehessend two wide vestibuled parloi
cars for the New York. Ontario & West
ern Railroad to be delivered early next
summer; four standard gauge coaches
for the Mexican Railway and three
sleeping cars for the Buenos Ayres &
i Western Railway
| The parlor cars for the New York
1 ontario N western are to have empire
roofs. with ceilings decorated in green
and gold and relieved with Carton
Pierre work. The woodwork is to be
mahogany with marguerite designs and
inaid borders. These coaches arc
equipped with Frost light, Gould stee
platforms and wide vestibules, have
six-wheel trucks having AZ inch Taylor
wheels and are thoroughly up-to-date and
I modern in every detail. The glass fol
the ventilators in the upper roof and
outside window sashes is to be cathedral