The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-03
THE PROVIDENCE.
THE LATEST ADDITION TO 4
 NOTABLE FLEET.

Another Floating Palace to PIow Long
 Island Sound-MOdern in Every Re-
 spect--DescriptIon of the New Vessel.
 Nature has endowed the various ad- ministrations which have been tnstru- mental in the development of the Fall River line and the Providence line with exceptional conditions upon which to base the efforts which have result ed In placing at the service of the Public the great steamboats which have been constructed at various times during the past few years. Early in the beginning of steamboat passenger service it was realized that Long Island sound was destined to become one of the most popular routes for water travel in the whole world. This belief has been firmly adhered to by The owners of the lines during the past fifty odd years of their operation and the demands made upon their facil- lties have given them faith to con- struet the greatest steamboats known ln the history of inland navigation. Of these vessels, the Priscilla, Puritan, Plymouth and Pilgrim are opponents of this truth and the records of the Fall River line and the Providence line, which have always been in the lead, have been those of supremacy from the time of their inception to the present. To the unrivalled fleet above mentioned, is now added the great modern steamer Providence which will take her place on the Providence line from New York on Monday, June 5th, 1905, the beginning of the period of summer passenger service via that route
 The new Providence is the fourth of her name and joins her sister ships, the Priscilla, Puritan, Plymouth and Pilgrim, which comprise the fleet operating the Fall River line and the Providence line. She is designed prim- arily for use on the Providence line but there are times, especially in winter, when she will be in operation on the Fall River line.
 The Providence was designed by MT. George Pierce, the late superintendent of marine construction of the Fall ! River, Providence, and other sound lines, whose death occurred soon after the contract for the steamer was made, and was built by the Fore River ship building company of Quincy, Mass under the supervision of MT. Steaven- son Taylor, consulting engineer, and Mir. J. Rowland Gardner who succeed cd MT. Pierce as superintendent of marine construction.
 The Providence cost to construct over s1,O0O,000. which was about the cost of the steamer Providence built in 1S86 for the old Bristol line, which, at the time of her construction, was the finest steamboat in the world.
 Although she resembles in a general way the various other vessels of the fleet, she, possesses the fnestimable advantage of being right up to the minute in all those countless details of beauty and comfort that are only pos sible in tue newest creations. She is nearly of the same tonnage and dimen- sions as the. Puritan ard is quite like that vessel in her fittings and furnish ings though differing somewhat in out ward design.
 In general appearance she somewhat resembles a propeller, her paddle wheels being so enclosed that the con- tour of the boat remains unbroken by the usual paddle wheel box, and this illusion is heightened by the fact that -her engines are of the double inclined compound type, similar to those on the steamers Prieilla and Plymouth, with out the walking-beam characteristic of the Puritan.
 She is smaller than the Priscilla, the largest of the Fall River line fleet, and larger than the Plymouth and Pilgrim, her dimensions beings as follows:-
 Feet Inches