The Republican journal., 1904-09-29
SCHOONER ellen LITTLE.

ed by John j. Wardwell, Launched at
Rockland.
The handsome four-masted schooner
Ellen Little was launched last Saturday
from Cobb, Butler & Co.'S yard, Rock
land. The new schooner is another
product of John J. Wardwell's skill as
a designer, and his reputation for con-
ceiving a beautiful and practical craft.
She takes the maiden name of Mrs.
Richard A. McCurdy of New York,
who christened her at the launching,
and will be commanded by Capt. c. w.
Sprague of Rockland, formerly of
Stockton Springs, who has followed
the sea for IS years and been in COM
mand for Is years. The Rockland Cour-
ier-Gazette gives the following particu-
lars:
Her registered measurements are as
follows: Gross tonnage, 999; net ton
mage, eO7; length, 1852 feet; breadth,
1872 feet; depth, III feet. Her esti-
mated carrying capacity is 900 tons.
Her frame is hard wood and hackma-
tack, cut in Maine and Canada, and
put together III most substantial man
ner. The vessel is square fastened and
every part is a model of strength. The
mastS are whole sticks OF Oregon pine,
each 96 feet long, and topmasts 81 feet.
Her keelSonS are composed OF four tiers
of main, 14Xl4 inches, with three tiers
of sisters the same size. She is planked
and ceiled with yellow pine, the former
being IL inches thick and the latter
10 and inches. The vessel has two full
decks, with substantial shelf streak
i'll the hold and full set OF hanging
knees between decks. She has wire
rigging fitted with patent turnbuckles.
There are two houses, the after being
31X2S feet, and the forward 25x23 feet.
The former contains the forward and
after cabins, captains room, two spare
state rooms, first and second mates
rooms, pantry, steward, bath and toilet
rooms. The after cabin is finished in
birdseye maple and quartered oak with
trimmings of birch and mahogany.
The captains cabin is finished in birds
eye maple and oak, and the forward
cabin in oak and sycamore, all the floors
being maple. Into the construction of
this cabin has entered some of the
handsomest wood ever landed from the
forest primeval, and the beauty Of the
construction is a tribute to T. J. South
ard and Arthur L. Gray, who have no
peers in Maine shipyards as ship joiner
and painter. All the rooms of the after
house are finished in North Carolina
pine, the two cabins being separated by
folding doors. The forward house is
constructed of North Carolina and
hard pine. the finish being in the
natural woods. The after house is pro-
vided with steam heat, one of the com
forts and Injuries of We modern ship
master.
Ia the forward house are the engine
and engineers room, forecastle and
galley. She has Hyde Windlass Co.
boiler and engine, knowlton Bros.
steam wlndlass, all the modern i'm
provements in hosting apparatus, and
patent steering gear. There is one large
Wlecking pump, with after suction,
and two hand pumps. The schooner
has two stockless Baldt anchors each
weighing 100 pounds, one stream an
chor of 1000 pounds and one kedge of
800 pounds. She has 200 fathoms of
l 1-S-inch stud-link tested chain, and
two chain riders. For water supply
there are two iron tanks on the keel
soH and two wooden tanks between
decks, the aggregate amount Of water
held by Tie four being about 100 gal
Ions.
She has two boats, one being a 24-
foot yaWl, 6rted with a IL Ii. D. caso-
line engine, and the other a l5-foot
boat. The vessel IS rated Al for 10 wears
IN the American Bureau of Shipping
She is designed for general coasting
trade and Will be ready for sea in about
week. Mrs. Sprague will accompany
her husband on the first trip.
IN connection with the building of
tins new schooner it may be said that
Mr.. W ardWeIl has designed a craft that
10 ali appearances will become strong
rival OF, II not a SUPERIOR in fast sail
ing qualities, the famous Jacob NJ.
Haskell, which was launched from the
yard OF Cobb, Butler K Co. IN August,
1901. 1T VIII be remembered that this
vessel is called the ''Flying Haskell,
Queen of the Seas, and that she was in
command of Capt. l.. X. Mckown,
who, with Mr.. Donnell is agent of the
Ellen Little. The Haskell among her
many record breaking trips made the
race horse time from Baltimore to Bos
ton, discharged a cargo of coal and was
back to Newport News III 10 days. In
the language of her commander, 1T
was Just like sliding down hill.' And
now 1t is up to Capt. Sprague to try
and outstrIp the record of the Haskell
by making such time that the Ellen
Little will wrest from the former hel
we'll earned title of the Queen of the
Seas"
The heads Of departments who took
part IN the construction of the Ellen
Little are: John j. Wardwell, master
builder; David A. WardwelI, foreman;
3. j: Southland, Joiner; Leon A. Chase,
blacksmith; F. f. Cottrell, fastener: L.
a. Dunton of Boothbay, sailmaker; r,
+. Dunn of Thomaston, rigger; G. NJ.
Duncan, caulker; Arthur Gray, paint
er; Johnson staples & Son, boat max
ers,