Evening journal., 1905-05-05
'FIREFIGHTER' TO
Be LAUNCHED
Will be Christened With
Water From George Wash
ington Well
MISS MARIAN |, WEST SPONSOR

From the ways IN the yards Of the Har-
Ian ana Holiingsworth Company at Las
o'clock tomorrow afternoon the FIRE boat
Frcnghter. under construction for thu
District Commissioners Of Washington,
ID. c.. will be launched and the event
promises to bc one OF Importance In So
cial as Well as bodybuilding circles.
In honor Of the christening and in sig~
nihoanoe OF the work for which she Is in-
tended the christening OF the Firehghter
will be out of the ordinary. Instead of
the usual bottle Of champagne which IS
broken over the bow OF new vessels as
they glide of of the ways a bottle con-
tanning water brought from the George
Washington weil at Mount Vernon. WA
be used in the ceremonies.
LARGE WASHINGTON PARTY.
The ceremonies viii be under the d..
recuon of the officials Of the local plant
and amidst the blowing OF whistles and
nuttering OF flags Miss Marian West, one
of Washington's most charming young
society women will christen the boat
Firehghter.
Among those who are invited TO attend
the ceremonies from Washington and who
win arrive here in special cars tomorrow
afternoon are the foliowing
Commissioners Macfarland, West and
Biddle, William IF. Belt, chief engineer
FIRE department; Mrs. Henry B. r. Mac
farand. Mrs. Henry l.. West. Miss Biddle,
| Dr. william Tindan. secretary TO tho
Board of Commissioners; Waldo C. Hibbs,
farland; Louis G. Wilson, private secre-
tary TO Commissioner West; Daniel T..
Garsos, private secretary to Commissions
or Bidder w. v. Cox, president Washing
ton Board Of Trade; James r. oyster,
president Washington Business Mems AS
ISOLATION; Walter A. Brown, president
board of fire underwriters; George II.
Harrios, secretary Washington Board OF
Trade. w. r. GUIDE, secretary Washing
ton Business Mems Association A. N.
Hamilton. secretary board of FIRE UNDER
writer's. M. l. Weller, chairman commits
tee ON harbor and river. Washington
Board of Trade; Rudolph Kaunmann.
Scott G. Bone, Edgar ID. Shaw, Wood
worth Clum, A. r. Israel, Carl Sheppard
I Roy l. Knapp and Major and Mrs. G. A.
Flagler.
Besides officials of the company among
. those who win attend the launching from
this city are General James II. Wilson
/ tho Misses Wilson's, Mr.. and Mrs. Henr,
b. Thompson and others.
DESCRIPTION or BOAT
The Fircnghter is the first vessel Of iti
class ever built IN this city and VIII b'
complete IN every respect and is the fines
of her size ever constructed. The hui
Is 95 feet In length on the low water line
, length over an. iOi feet; beam moulded p
feet inches: depth from top Of deck L
top Of keel, l3 feet draft loaded, feet
and is of steel.
The boat will be equipped with two fr'
7 pumps each double acting. vertical. cranl
e and hy wheel The cylinders are 20 havl
a bore of n inches and a stroke OF 1
inches the bodies to be two separat
and distinct double acting piston pump
in single body. The pumps. when run
( ming, are 10 have "a capacity of 5000 gal
q Ions per minute each.
Discharge valves for each pump vii
r have "a discharge Of inches on the for
e ward deck and the one az the top Of tn
enginehouso z inches
INc machinery VIII consist OF one en-
$ ginc. with a cylinder "a inches in diane
y ter end 2G inch stroke; one bilge pumr
two independent boiler feed and two larg
pumps for fire service. The steam will b
furnished from two boilers Of the scotc
type, 10 feet inches IN diameter and
feet G inches long.
The vessel is lifted with a wheel OF tn
v best material. The llfeboats are to be q
| iron. The carpenter work consists Of ore
gon pine.
The lighting viii be from an electri
& lighting plant complete in an respect
and with a searchlight Is inches in diam
eter.
The vessel viii be complete in every ds
tail and will be thoroughly equippe
when delivered in Washington.
The designers were Tams. Lemoine
T. Crane Of New York and during the cor
y struction Of the vessel Mr.. Tams has 81
I pervised the work.
When completed the boat win be use
y as fire and police boat in the waters
- the Potomac river at Washington 70
lowing the launching an elaborate lur
cheoa viii be served IN the mold loft
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
yards.