New-York tribune., 1905-10-29

they must be Of the ghest possible pos aers II
tent nammable; but this is provided for-fire dan
ger is n,inimized by isolation and insuiatlon aii
th IRRESPONSIBLE the drunkard through careless
ness. an insane person by intent s.a.tS M thc
6ies 55s alarm wi" be instantly communicated w the
on shipboard now have every device & ninn{ SAILING
mheans for putting out fire. First, there is tne
seq s pbe e sgS.e MSd is READY at ali
then its auxiliaries-ths fire hose ana the Td Stlgn
and river have more Of all these than the law
Describing faulty installation of the fire system
they said: Passenger boats in many instances ta5
6ny dh h PP9 PPPape Better GqR 10
four separate standpipes-one for the forwara arc
afeP ssrboaTd and one for the after port side
of the ship; and also to have many IRE re Ieib nozzSs
Of hose-the latter are to kink and SO lose the
rehghters much precious tms & should TI and
leave 1t with open end which would put the the
but with four standpipes, three are more than apt
to survive to cope with the fire.. Ihey nave cause
to plume themselves on this innovation.
MODERN STEAMBOAT BUILDING.
Along the waterfront of Hoboken, -unning from
Atl-st down the Ncrth River. the distance of half
a block below 13th-st lie the great and splendidy
equipped shlpyards Of the w. & A. Fletcher Com
pany the output of which is to be found on all the
coastwise waters, sounds, lakes and navigable
rivers of this country. 1t contracts for the COM
plete CONSTRUCTION many uSSCit tptiCiio VI 1NN"
craft building and installing all their motive
power and subleting the contracts for their hulls
and joiner work to other important specialists
the last mentioned task including the painting and
decorating Of the supersructure 1t is building for
the Champlain Transportation Company. to run on
Lake Champlain, side wheel steamer of l5eo lndl-
6ae 6eeq Of @ ndeated
the New-York Central, for its West Shore ferry,
Point boats has the contract for the splendid $500
indicated horsepower steamer Hudson, of the AL
cylinder inclined compound engines; and has the
contract for the rob;aby1 INST turbine s steamer a
the Eastern Steamship Company-it is to be of
and with an estimated speed of 1712 knots length
OF 20 feet beam q 81 81 feet ssst depth of 20 feet
This company IS also building two magnificent
1oooo indicated horsepower turbine, Parsons)
which are to run between New-York and Boston,
and are intended to carry only passengers and ex-
In ALI the Fletchers, work in hand comprises the
haps than can be counted in the nayieS Of Of some
of the powers and all of this great Work is to be
When the achievements of this great industrial
STEP the c3qntry In the d art OF Il
he snEs naer
SECOND. in the Aibany, Day Lines fine boats me
surface surface condensing, featherng Wheel sidewheeIer;
third. in the Fall River Lines Puritan. the com
Ing wheel; fourth. in their Priscilla, the double
compound inclined. surface condensing, feathering
wheel fifth in their Plymouth. the four cylinder,
triple expansion, inclined. surface condensing side
wheeler sixth. in Commodore ]. Pierpont Nor
gans flagship Corsair. the four cylinder, triple ex
panson. high speed. balanced twin screw propelIing
engines; seventh. in the Spaldings' (Boston) Isis
three cylinder, triple expansion, high speed. twin
propelling engine, and eighth in Lloyd Phua-
nix's auxiliary yacht Intrepid. the compound; high
The above named vessels do not OF course rep
resent all the classes OF steam craft which have
come from the yards of this old concern but are
selected from its long roll partly for the reasons
given above. and partly because they are known
far and wide. The concern founded, as long
ago as 1853, as Fletcher, Harrison & Co. by An
drew and William Fletcher and Joseph G. Harri-
son: later. IN 1880. Mr. Harrison retired when the
firm name was changed to ". e. A Fletcher Then
In 1883. the death OF Mr.. William Fletcher II was
Incorporated as the W. & A. Fletcher Company of
New York. and eventually in 1890 was reincorpo-
rated under the and style OF the w q a
Fletcher Company OF New, Jersey. when the bust
ness removed to Hoboken; the second genera
ton of the Fetchers is represented in the company
by its president and treasurer Andrew Fletcher
and its vice president William H Fletcher