The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

and promenade and accommodations
for about so passengers. all first class.
The finishing work on the vessel will
be hurried forward as rapidly as pos
sible as the business of the company
demands that an additional ship be put
on the line between Savannah and
New York as soon as possible.
Guests at the Launching.
Those who will be present at the
launching are Maj. ]. f. Hanson,
president of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany. and Mrs. Hanson; Mr.. w. II.
Peasants, vice president and general
manager, and Mrs. Peasants; Mr. p.
E. LeFevre. superintendent, and Mrs.
LeFevre; Mr.. e. T. Charlton, general
freight and passenger agent, and Mrs.
Charlton; Col. A. r. Lawton, of gem
eral counsel, and Mrs. Lawton, and
Mr.. c. c. Williams, assistant secretary.
The party from Macon viii consist of
Miss Rietta Etheridge Mr.. and Mrs.
S. r. Jaques, Miss Adele Kershaw,
Mrs. lila Johnson, Mr.. Richard john
son, Mr.. Hardy Barden, and Mr..
George A. Cunningham, also Hon. John
ID. Little. The party left Macon We'd
nesday morning and spent Thursday
and yesterday in Washington, leaving
in time to reach Chester to-day.
Miss Rietta Etheridge is the daugh-
ter of the late DR.. ]. A. Etheridge.
during his life one of the most dis
tinguished physicians of Macon. She
was educated abroad chiefly in Berlin
and Paris, where she achieved a pro-
nounced proficiency in languages. Her
mother was, before her marriage Miss
Eugenia Munerlin, a daughter of Col.
Charles Munerlin of South Carolina
who was member of the Confederate
Congress for two terms, a position that
he resigned to become colonel in the
Confederate service, where his record
was marked by both wisdom and cour-
age.
Miss Etheridge made her debut in
Macon society about a year ago, and
since that time has been one of the
central figures of the social life of the
city. To her charms of mind and man.
ner she adds a rare beauty of person
and magnetism that is one of the
chief of her many charms.
1t is probable that either Capt. Fish
er, now in Command of the City of Sa-
Tannah, or Capt. Daggett of the City
of Augusta viii command the new
ship.
Two More New Ships.
The contracts for the two new ships.
authorized at the last annual meeting
of the company, as was exclusively told
in the Morning News, have been let to
the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding
and Engine Works at Chester, Pa, ac-
cording to a statement in the New York
journal of Commerce.
The new ships will be similar in gen.
eral appearance and construction to the
City of Memphis. built by the same
company and launched last May and
10 the City Of Macon, which is TO be
launched to-day. Each will be of more
than 5000 tons register. and OF the fol-
lowing dimensions: Length 1892 feet,
breadth OF beam ~ feet. depth Of hold
q feet. They viii have "A freight ca
pacity Of about 1000 tons and a bunker
capacity Of $50 tons OF coal.
The engines VIII be triple expansion
with cylinders Is. 46 and IS inches In
diameter and 4S-inch stroke four boil
ers "a feet inches by 10 feet in dimen-
Fl0ns, and working az pressure Of $50
pounds 10 the square inch. Ia addition
10 an equipment Of winches. and appll-
onces 10 handle eKpediuOusly the large
amount o. freight. they are designed 10
carry, The ships VIII each have accom-
naoaau9ns Tor about eighty hrst-elass