Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-07-05

made the trip up the coast on her. He
joined with Capt. Francke and Capt.
Hall in praising the ship.
Are Guests on Board.
As guests of Mr.. Lacey was H. S.
Richards, representative of the WEIGH
Anthracite Coal company Of England
land connected with the Pacific Coast
company at San Francisco, his wife
and daughter These were the only
passengers.
In addition to Capt. Francke, the off,
GERS of the Dakota are: Chief officer,
Joseph Roberts; first officer, James B.
Berneson; second H. L. Smith; third,
H. D. eileen; surgeon, w. H. Lopp;
chief engineer, Robert Paul; chief
steward, George W. Needy; purser,
Alfred Watson, In all there are
eleven officers in the engineers de-
partment. The majority of the engine
room officers of the Dakota are from
the transport service, having resigned
from the transport Summer to accept
their present positions.
Andrew B. Cox and Joseph Neils, ex-
perts from the company which manu-
featured the boilers in the Dakota, and
William Clark, who superintendent the
installing of the ships engines, we're
aboard of her during the entire voy-
age, but little necessity for their serv-
ices developed, as every portion of the
ships machinery worked without a
hitch.
Will Discharge Cargo.
The Dakota will commence discharg-
ing her cargo of rails, of which she
has some 5000 tons for the Alaska
Central railway, and about 1900 tons
of general merchandise, today.
1t is thought that she will be ready
to receive the North Dakota guberna-
tioral party July 10th, (date has since
been changed to 15th). 49,,
Her American crew, which brought
her around the Horn from New York,
will be paid today, and will later be
replaced by Chinese, who will come
lover either on the Minnesota or on
some one of the Empress boats. They
will be taken aboard at Victoria. :
On her first trip the Dakota will go
to Japanese ports only, in order that
she and the Minnesota may be placed
on the run in such position as to
make regular schedule of sailing
possible. She has a full cargo for her
Japanese ports Of call waiting her at
the Smith cove warehouses and at
Everett. 1t has been intended to get
her away June 10 or 20, a day or so
after the Minnesota arrived, but the
delay caused the latter steamship by
her accident at Nagasaki may cause
a postponement in the sailing.
Dakota's Measurements.
The Dakota measures $50 feet from
stem to stern. has breadth of 70 feet
6 inches and is Sc feet from her keel
to her upper deck. Loaded to her
Pilmsol mark, she has draught of 40
feet, and so loaded she has a displace.
ment of $3.50 tons, though when she
came into the harbor she had a
draught of rs feet, so light was the
load slowed in her hold.
The vessel is built according to
American and British laws for foreign.
going passenger steamers, and she is
given the highest rating by Ioyds.
She is practically non-sinkable, made
SO by her double bottom, which is six
feet deep and divided into thirty
watertight compartments. There are
five steel dacks, extending the entire
length of the ship, and above the up
per one of these are four others in a
superstructure amidships which is
designed for passenger accommoda-
tons. The bridge is 80 feet above the
keel. She is driven by twin triple
expansion engines that give her a
speed of fourteen knots.