The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-27
GREET MINNESOTA
BIG LINER ROYALTY WELCOMED
AT NEW YORK.
Great ThrOngs Line Piers, and ves.
sells and Forts Salute the Great
steamer as She Arrives at rho
Metropolis From the Builders,
Hands.

New York, Aug 23.-Heroic in
size, majestic in lines, the queen of all
American built ships, the Minnesota
had welcome to New York yesterday
such as as never accorded a new shin.
From the time she passed quarantine
her sail up the bay, past the statue of
liberty and the battery into the North
river to pier 3S, was triumphal. Hun.
dreds of steam craft blared ont the
three-whistle salute, and everything
that carried flag dipped its colors.
Even the Sandy Hook proving grounds
of the government and the great pieces
in Fort Wadsworth, the protecting
fortress of New York, saluted in tones
80 loud that the air convolutions were
felt in New Jersey.
The Minnesota left New London.
Connecticut, shipyards shortly before
O. clock Saturday afternoon and pro.
ceeded eastward to sea. During that
night she maneuvered, testing her in.
struments and machinery, but all the
time bearing around the south fiuke of
Long Island. Off Montauk poiLt she
took on board two of the old time San.
dy Hook pilots. At little after eight
Sunday night anchor was dropped
about four miles off the hook. At 9 80
Monday morning the tug Atwood, with
Bent's New York Militia band and a
special cornet soloist, met the ship off
the hook before she raised her anchor.
Then began the triumphal passage of
the ship up the bay.
At quarantine the great guns on
Fort Wadsworth fired a salute. the
government vessel gave the three whis-
tie welcome, and from there all the
way to the pier hundreds of craft Dip
ped their colors and joined in grand
welcome.
Thousands Crowd Piers.
AS she approached the Battery
thousands of people crowded the quays
and from that point to the landing pier
great crowds were in waiting to see
the monster. Never in the history of
shipping in New York or all the At
lantic, or perhaps any other coast did
vessel receive such welcome.
At the pier were delegations repe-
senting the city of New York and var
lous important civic organizations.
Luncheon was served for the guests in
the main saloon. With the last course
Acting Mayor Fornes welcomed Cap
tain Truebridge on behalf of the peo-
pie of New York, after which the
Captain made few remarks. Other
speeches followed.
Today Commander Truebridge and
George Sutherland, manager of the
company receive the merchants of New
York, including the Chinese importers
and representatives of the Six Compai
MES. Wednesday morning the ship
sails for Newport News, where she
takes on 5000 tolls of coal and thence
for the long voyage to Seattle, which
the commander says he will make in
fifty days.
The Minnesota is $50 feet long and
of 70 1-2 feet beam, with a depth of
50 feet. She is of 81 900 tons displace-
ment and 30, 600 tons cargo capacity
Her indicated horsepower is 10000.
Her speed is estimated at IA knots.
She carries 1000 tons of water ballast
and has thirteen water-tight compart-
ments. There are in addition to the
usual conveniences, telephones and hot
and cold air pipes in the staterooms.