The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-26

Witnessed by Large Crovvd-SOciaI
Features of the OccaSion-A De
Scription of the ScSseI-Speed
TRIMS to BE in ChesnDcnI1e Bay.
BALTIMORE. March 26.-Fog and mist
aid not interfere with the interest taken
Yesterday by the large crowd which wit
EeSSod the launch Of the torpedo boat
TiuIay from the Shipyard Of the Column
ban ron Works. The hour set for the
launch was kept to within a few min
Utes ana IT 1912 o'clock a. m. the little
warShIp took the water amid the screams
Of tugs and the cheers il the spectators
The presence Of Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy Hackett, who came over from
Washington in the Government yacht
Sylph. in command of Lieut. William ..
Cole. gave the launch Of th@ TInEey an
official recognition In his party the Sec
rotary had Mrs. IIaCkeJt. Master Willie
Hackett. Miss Gertrude Graz en, of New
York, and Miss Emily Craven. Of Youk-
eTs. y. y. uioces of Mr.. aud Mrs Hack
Ell
W g. Fitzgerald. the ncN superin-
tendenJ os the works for the receivers, e5-
corted HE christ. nins party from the city
on the handsome launch PeJroIla- IN
the party Q.ere Miss Anna TruNton
ia f-Llr % HfiNt-L~. no.
daughter of Commodore Thomas Craven.
after whom the boat was 10 be named;
Lie1lt- ; L Craven. L. :. y. atJ-ehcd u
the Naval Academy: Mrs J L Craven.
Mrs James A. Merritt Miss Merritt. Miss
Josephine Wicks, OF Chestertowu: Mrs.
Maria Craven, Miss Woodward Of An
napCliS, d > Barnard. OF PiJtsforI
y y; G. Howell Parr. J. . Stafford.
Robert Merritt, Steuart Janngy. Mrs
Thomas GoodwilIie, air and Mrs Baker
Waters. c l. Jones. il. Mr. and Mrs
c. D. Hill
Upon raised platform the sponsor and
attendants took their position AZ the bow
and As the Tingey moved. at first slowly
and then swiftly, but gracefully. sho bore
the mark OF the wine and received her
baptism
Mr. Fitzgerald personally sllperintended
the work aided by the staff Of foremen
who have assisted in 50 many launches
that have taken place from the same
spot
There were present Chief Engineer W.
w Dugan, Passed Assistant Engineer
John W SaviiIe. of the Navy. both re
tired; Commander John D. Ford, Superin-
tendent Of Machinery for the Govern
! nent and Lieut. D. II. Cox. naval con
structor; Naval Constructor W w Var
/ ney, retired; Mrs. Samuel NJ Thomas.
Mrs A " AIears- eX-CIty Commissioner
W II Naruey. A g Richie Lawrence
/ Ford. John c. Davidson of Washington
whose wife was Miss Minnie Chichester
/ a daughter Of Mrs John Chichester. d
granddaughter Of Commodore Tfna,ey.
| Samuel Z Loving. Of Washington. who
also married daughter Of Mrs Chiches-
ter and his son, Master Thomas Tingey
! Loving.
J. Benjamin Bayue gave an excursion
to the launch on the tug Solicitor The
party were Nj and Mrs Parker AIcPher-
son, Misses Myra Stewart. Rose Luken.
OF Wheeling, " Va; Misses Josephine
and Katherine Glauvilie. Alessrs L Kelly
Rothsteln, Frank f'osse:r, Frank Baync.
and Gene Joyes- The il ness OF e-x-Aiayor
William T Master. president Of the
works. prevented his attending the
launch
At the conclusion. of the Isrrncr Assist
ant Secretary Hackett and the t-Flrfst-r-
ing party were entertained AT luncheon at
the office OF the rkS \ tris down tho
river 10 the Baltimore Yacht Cub
Sfoli1GS ana return ended the social f-a-
lures Of the event The Sylph Jeff later
for Washington by way of Annapolis.
ne 4iESeE Is built Of steel Is 10 feet
long Il 16@I beam. and when loaded with
her ammunition she viii disDIace q ForIr
I54 tons and draw five feet OF water Tho
nun IN divided into nine Water-tight bulk
AtduSr 10 which access Is gained through
matches from the main deck Th+- offi-
GERS quarters VIII be forward While The
quarters Tor the crew viii be aft. There
are two boiler rooms ard two engine
rooms enclosing triple expansion engines
which are 10 drive the twin DroDeFIers at
d speed Of twenty-SiX knots an hour De
aent.
For fighting purposes there are three
I0TPs 5 tubes and there viii be three
Fapld-nTlnS guns a steam steering gear
VIII be placed IN the rickei,-d coming
tower forward. and in the coming tower
aft there VIII be a hand steering gear.
! he torpedo boat Thornton arrived II
Annapolis on Sunday and will b. foiued
there today Dy the ShubrIck These yes
SeiS were built by the William r TrilsS
s4lpPuIdlnS Company, OF Richmond Va.
"Illch mas completed the Stockton and
turned her over to the naval authorities
4 the Norfolk Navy Yard
during the next IwO weeks the speed
trials OF the Thornton and ShuBrick are
20 take place over the measured Govern
Laent course OF Barren Island in the
tieSa peake Bay The standssEdiZIne of
pfpp@iierS VIII be first finished and then
as each boat IS regarded q ready the
Dotiru OF inspection viii be notified ny the
DdlIderS that they are prepared for the
hnal test, upon which the boats must s1is-
tam tWenty-SiN knots an hour fer two
CONSECUTIVE hours. the same as VIII be
derna 1dcd Of the Tingey. launched from
the Columbian Iron Works
The Thornton and ShUbrick are about
the same measurements as the rringreZ-
De4A5 10 rect long, l. feet beam and &
feet draft with L feet inside height Of
hui The displacement VIII be about I75
Each boat is fitted with three ,Thorry--
croft boilers supplying steam to two 4
cE5laaeT triple expansion engines Of ? 2J9
indicated horsepower at $50 revolutions y
minute. '''i9 q
The same builders have now in hand the
torpedo boat destrOyers Dale and Decs-
tl-- q user 'Es1lEE=tBE AL fJ
ana revenue cutters Nos. and s The
SUBMARINE boat Piunger bui:t b,- M
'"+Ln1 piau Iron Works. Is having changes
made IN her at the TrieS Works. and .
passenger steamer 10 be named the Efr-
5lhl4 Is being pushed for the ChssapaaIz4
ana Ohio Railroad. for service between
Newport News and Norfolk
An agent Of the Trigg Comuan- was I'm
The CITY yesterday and arranged for m.
American Towing Compauy's tug Vulc@n
L" Dc used IS 2 tender 20 the Thornton
and Shubrlck on their speed trials
For IN EIectro-Duit Pine.