The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-17
Probably VIII Not Reach New York
Before Saturday Night Unless As
sistance BE Given.
LEFT SOUTHAMPTON JAN. 8
AND SHOULD HAVE MADE THE PAS
SAGE IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
Friends OF Passengers Were Anxious,
but Officials of the Company
Did Not Feel Alarmed.

sIAscONsET Mass. Jan. 1s.-The Amer
lean line steamer st. Louis passed Nan
tucket nghtship at $40 p. m.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-word reached this
city this evening that the st. Louis, from
Southampton. Jan. g. for New York, had
been sighted off Nantucket lightship this
evening Signals were made to the south
shore lightship, but owing to the fact that a
heavy gale was blowing they were unntel-
ligible. The slow rate of speed at which
the ST. Louis was travelling indicates that
unless assistance is rendered she will not
reach New York until late Saturday night
Appearances indicated that the st. Louis
was short of steam power and the signals
were thought to imply that trouble with
her boilers had been experienced.
The delay of the ST. Louis caused much
anxiety among friends OF the passengers
and the officials of the American Line Com
pany here were kept busy answering re-
quests for news. The anxiety of the pub
lie. however. not shared by the off,
cials. Clement A. Griscom, president OF
the company. said to-day: 1T has been
said that the steamer has leaky boilers. 1
do not know that she has. There are thou
sands Of small tubes which the flames
play to heat the water. II, as sometimes
happens. some OF these tubes leak enough
to damp the fire. IL is necessary TO plug
them Up. This does not mean that there
Is serious damage. but il does mean that
you have less surface to heat the water,
and so less steam. ] do not think the st.
Louis Is in trouble. but that she Is not max
ing very fast time"
Tonight after the news of the steamer
being sighted had been received. Mr.. Girls
com said that the agents of the line had
heard nothing OF the st. Louis beyond the
fact that she had been sighted 1t was
not considered necessary, he said, to dis
patch a vessel to her assistance. because
IL aid be needed the st. Louis will have
ample opportunity to signal for IL when she
arrives off Fire island. He does not ex-
pect the st. Louis will reach Sandy Hook
before noon tomorrow.
James A. Wright, vice president of the
American line. said this afternoon: Need
less anxiety has been caused by reference
10 the condition of the boilers of the st.
Louis and mich misinformation has been
circulated about them. The boilers. which
were not in the most efficient condition for
fast steaning, have been carefully over
hauled once every week ever since the ship
was built. and are perfectly sound and safe.
The ship may have met with a mishap to
her machinery. but any attempted explain
alton OF her delayed arrival is but a guess.
While the suspense is very uncomfortable
for the relatives and friends of passengers,
we do not think there Is the slightest cause
for uneasiness."
At the American line offices the home ad-
dresses of most of the important officers
connected with the st. Louis were made
public today. No comment was made on
the giving oft OF the list. Capt Frederick
NJ. Passow is native of Pennsylvania
His family lives in England. Other ad-
dresses follow: Chief Officer II. NJ Powers,
bs57 Christella street. Germantown. Pa; II.
j. Turner. senior second officer, Southamp-
ton, England; George Barry. extra second
deck officer. Liverpool. England; Severin
T. Frost. senior third deck officer, Ant
werp. Belgium; j. +. Blair. junior third
officer. Huntington. Pa; DIR. Lloyd Parker,
the ships surgeon, bachelor, New York;
Thomas Kinsey. purser. married. residence
In England; r. H. Arquardt, the assistant
purser. bachelor. England: George W.
Campbell. the chief steward. married. Eng
land; William Meadows. assistant steward.
England.
IL was said in Wall street to-day that
there were about s2.5Oo.Oo0 of stocks and
bonds on the st. Louis. Their nonarrival
caused inconvenience.
The premium for reinsurance on the s..
Louis had risen at Lloyds, London, to
20 guineas.