The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-07
SPLENDID Piece Of Work Done at
Newport News.
SISTER TO FINE SHIP KOREA
Shipyard Established In Virginia City
by c. P. Huntington the Greatest In
America-SC mething About Its
History and Growth.
Especial Correspondence to The rimeso

day and Wednesday of las, week the
officers and directors of the Pacific Mail
Stea mship Company and OF the Newport
News Shipbulding and Dry Dock Com
pcny entertained a remarkable assem-
blage of men conspicuous in finance and
commerce on board the steamship Isl
bsria." at Pier 10. North River. The
peculiarly significant for the swo-fold
reason that al this time Commercial! en-
terprise IS setting toward China and in
dustrial enterprise is striving TO lead
the world in shipbuilding Ths steam
ship iberia" was. in measure, re-
g2r6e6 by the 6n2nciers and merchants
who inspected this noble type Of pas
senger vessel IS an embodiment OF both
tceas. Destined for the trans-paciac ser
vice OF the Pacific Mail Comp ny, the
Siberia will contribute 10 the China
trGce: and being. with her sister ship, thu
II o-ea' the .arges, ships ever built in
a. American shipyar6. they become
typical examples OF American skill! and
brains in the art OF shipou!ding
The ..Eorea" was launched at the yards
Of the Newport News shipbuilcing and
tho Siberia" in October o! the same
war. Each has DISPLACEMENT OF Is .
1c-s, which is 1860 tons more than that
o, our largest battleships. Their other
Dimensions are: length over all. 7'2 feet'
Ici:sJh between perpeno!cu!ars ooO Iess'
beam. IS feet: depth, 20 feet; oraught.
q tset The ships were designed Tor
sustained speed Of IS knots an hour al
rec. acting. Qua6ruple expansion etl6t''es'
5esisne6 to develop 1900 tnI!catec morse
o,v.e- On SIS revolutions per minute
these sister ships are an honor to Am srt-
brains and skill Both were built for
~. Oriental service o! the Pacific Mail.
--a ho7h Tar exceeded on their tria!
--fns the contract speed required OF
+hern The ..Norea. has already rejected
,o,o- ~ her builders by making the
,assae &c from Yokohama TO san ran,
c,eco j, ten days. thereby bTeafIns u.
-.cor6s by three days. The S'oe.,a
IN n-ore-d le.surely around the f7''A
art in January next en1e? I-!e
cREArFsT OF sETP-gARDs.
y seams very proper TO refer parrico-
-. ~. nlant OF the Newnort News
s,,fnhri'dine and Dry Dock Con7Danv.
v--.ch has turned ont these TWO ocean
monsters and which has we'll Deserved
~ he called the greatest OF AHeFican
s,,i-,-va-fs II has launched rot only the
largest handsonest ard fastest oc7d!
steamships but the most s1eHdV war.
shin OF irs class IN any navy. n F8c"ro
- the la,-nc:res Al this yard OF "hica
ne sra1e Of Virginia is herself especial
H. ,ro,,5 snaalze eloou=ntly OF the worl.
done in the fourteen years since II vas
es-ahlf@h-d. which in co-anaTison win
ria history OF ship-yard7 over the
world are few tndeei. in which 70 bring
10 nerfect!on so stupen6ous an under
taking.
The world has not had time vet 70
forget the exn1oi+s during the SPANISH
var OF such vessels as :'7a ''Nashv''e.'
..7elena." Yankee ''Pra'rie.' 'Eose-
mite" Dixie" 'sBnTa'o." and so
lace. aid these vessels wera built
Dry Dock co-,72a nv fo~ merchant service
and were found hv the government TO
he e-ectailv valuable as fast cruisers.
enrrGa-s ard dfe-a-ch Sims It was the
eunboat Nashville" which captured rhe
first rrize OF the war It was the
Nicrherov,' formerly the '.El Cid"
which haokea nv her big dv-a77ire
II org Tom brought the tro,,h'e il?
Brazilian waters 70 a cloeA with ridicu-
Ions crio7oe~e The North G,r-nan Tlovd
steamship MAN. one Of the victims
he H,ho'san FIRE wos rebuilt here a. q
cost ~ ss17ool List war the yard
launched seven vessels. SIX for the -oer-
Giant marine a-d one f~er-claee he+-lc-
shin The ..Tloarea~re aud the Ken
+,,clzv'' are too we'll known to he r-o~e
than mentioned except as snecia1 -v-es
If hartlneF71-e having sI,neri-7roeod FUR
refs. p novelty IN war vessels v',fcll has
o~oused wide discussion in marine cir
cles
WIEN -rT- Trr.r%oTe WAS pT-7T.T
Last v-a- thu N-w-o-t News cononnnv
de'ivo-e9 the r-t.1.-f7in "T1r1nois'' 70 thu
--ororn-,.-+ Sc has proved to be the
ta--cs- sh'- ~ her cl"-e nor o7,v IN our
-ev-- h,-+ T. 80 ra'-'oe or tho --o~'1 q,
her trial tr'n. she 7oade the remarkable
e-,eaa Of I747 Knots an hour exceeding
ho-=' and "vvT-~oae'n which we're
cooe+rrc.ed In othar yards. The tom
na~e ~ vesee,s trtlt al the yard in
-9-1 amounted 70 q ";7h 4 feature Of the
vo-,5 81 rre v,rd which IS alu-ave sub
o-ai1o-ed IN the public nfnt7 TO the con-
e+rrc.ion i+ee'f Of ehoe is the renair
VOL, II Sc f7- form hai,-c a si6e Issue
al the Newport News yard and has be-
co-oa a most i~7nortant factor in the
v.c-'- IF tho co-orarv. # has been well
sid bv nautical mon that whenever 4
ship gets In trouble anywhere on the
A-l,-ric Coast hntweer Jersey end the
Gulf sh. drifts into the ha~hor of Fanlp-
ton Rods as a matter OF course. A
enec'art1. &c made Of ronairs 70 foreign
bottoms To 90 this rerair work IN the
e~oedies- and most efficient n7nrnar
mo-ev has boe- fairly poured ont IN t'2e
eFrort ~ ger Tho hest ard biggest tools
no-co for such work. One dry dock. 800
fea- f. lanc+h was built when the ward
was established hut few years ago 1t
was fond that th's dock could not ac-
ro-,-- ora-. the vose-'s which kent COM
ing IN for repairs and was no. long enough
FIR the g-eat ocean srnam9hins Of con-
stanrrv fnc~ao ein- length thar were ready
20 come whenever they could be cared
for. ACCORDINGLY. Mr.. Huntington or
derad new 6-v doc,. ard the 'arras!
one on t''a American Continent. ard one
cf thu LARGEST in the world. VS. nro~rnt-
NV started and completed within a short