Evening journal., 1904-03-19
BIC FERRYB0AT
To Be LAUNCHED
immigration Bureaus Hand
some Craft, Ellis Island,
10 Take Water
MANY PROMINENT VISITORS

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sioner Of immigration, to christen
Boat Which viii Ply in New York
Harbor.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the big
ferryboat, Ellis Island. built by the
1 Harlan 4 Honingsworth Company FOR
the Department Of Commerce and
Labor immigration Bureau, viii be
launched.
The boat VIII run between Ellis Is
land and the Battery. New York. IL
will be christened by Miss Sargent,
daughter of Commissioner General OF
Immigration Il. p. Sargent, OF Wash
/ ington, ID. G..
/ The vessel is 100 feet over all, As feet
beam. Is feet inches deep. and Is built
TO develop a speed OF ~ statute miles
an hour in service. The hull and cen-
tire house are built OF steel The craft
has one cabin on main deck and one
cabin on upper deck Engines are two
cylinder. surface condensing compound,
working a screw at each end OF the
vessel and the boilers are OF the Scotch
/ type for 1855 pounds working pressure.
with one smoke stack Band and
steam steering gear IS provided az each
end Of vessel A double bottom is fit
ted. extending between collision bulk
heads Rudders and stern frames are
OF the best cast steel. The deck Is of
oregon pine. rail Of white oak. together
with the stanchions and fonder OF yell
low pine. All necessary nautical in
struments. compasses boats. life pre-
servers. running lights, dock httings,
etc, are to be furnished. The vessel
is heated with steam. iron pipe IN main
cabin. radiator in Commissioner room
and in the pilot houses there are coils
of brass pipe.
The main deck is enclosed forming
one large cabin with "a toilet room on
each side; an upper cabin IS above this
for the employees The Commissioner
room is at the boiler end Of upper cabin
and there is a pilot house on each end
Of the boat. There is also accommoda-
tion for the crew In the hold. The join
cry is Of white pine. outside and inside
the cabin is finished with large panels
OF canvas. with stiles. rails and mould
ings OF oak The glazing is OF the bes
American double thick plate glass. Thl
Commissioner room Is finished In thl
p same manner as the cabin and Is fittel
= with an upholstered locker seat and
; swinging table OF oak. The seats Il
3 the main and upper cabins are Of slat
D ted oak The floors are covered wit
T interlocking rubber tiling. The vess'
is fitted with complete electric ligh
: plant and everything is built of IN
! best materials for the service and q
pass the Inspection Of the Bureau o
Commerce and Labor
Invited Guests.
The following are the invited guests
From Washington. ID. C.-George
. Cortelyou. Secretary Of Commerce anl
j Labor /. o. Murray, Assistant secre
e tary Of Commerce and Labor; f. r
Chamberlain. Commissioner of Naviga
tion. Department OF Commerce anl
Labor; George II. Uhler. Supervising
Inspector General. Steamboat Inspec
tion Service; L. Heisler BAN, and
Frank Alice. United States Senator
from Delaware: General c. +. Humph
reys. Quartermaster-Ge General. U. S. A.
Commissioner General Of Immigration
+. p. Sargent, Mrs. Sargent Miss Sar
gent.
/ From Baltimore Md. T. Weis
Commissioner OF immigration.
From New 1ork-James smith, Jr
receiver Of the United States Shipbuild
ing Company; Lieutenant Alfre
Brooks Fry. u. S. NJ; William VIII
liams. Commissioner Of immigration
D Ellis Island; William McAdoo. Georg
C r. Sheldon. Max Nathan, Charles S
n Fairchild. c., w. Wetmore John =
: Borne, Pliny Fisk. W. Vice. Thoma
+. Ryan. w. j. Curtis Stuyvesant Fish
g George G. I3oldt
n From Philadelphia. S. Rodgers
- Commissioner Of Immigration.
q From Wilmlngton-George Gray. An
p drew c. Gray, w. S. Hilles, j. Fran
- Ball.