The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-06-21
A FLOATING PALACE.
Description Of The New Boat to Be
Built By Che Chesapeake Steamship
Company.

The Chesapea AXE Steamship Co. has
accepted the estimate OF the New York
Shipbuilding Co. for the construction
OF new steel passenger and freight
propeller steamer TO be operated on the
Chesapeake Line between Baltimore
and Norfolk, touching in each dircc-
ton AT Old Point Comfort.
The new Steamer Will bc similar III
construction to the Augusta" and her
dimensions will Toe 2S5 fl. in length,
30 It, beam and II Il. in. III depth.
The contract calls for speed of 10 miles
per hour. The steamer viii be equip
ed with four cylinder, triple expan-
sion engine OF the most modern design:
the power will be furnished by four
Scotch boilers Is #. in. in diameter
and u IT. i'll length. The stateroom
capacity Of this steamer will be double
that OF her sister ship, the augusta. "
Floating Palace.
Ever staterOoin will be IN outside
room and VIII be fitted with electric
call bells and steam radiators. There
will also oe running water lin all the
staterComs. The dining room and sa-
looms will be flushed i'll solid mahop-
any, and the smoking room will be
finished in select hardwood with hard
wood flooring: the seats of the srno5-
ing room viii be upholstered i'm leather.
The dining room Will Be located or
the main deck forward. right in the
DOW OF the ship, SO as TO insure a free
circulation OF light ana sea air while
the passengers are enjoying The elc-
giant meals for which this Line has
been SO long justly famous.
The ship will DC lighted with cleo
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powerful Searchlight as well as cleo
trio running lights.
The steamer will lie furnished with
steam steering gear OF the most mod
ern pattern, and will be equipped with
auxiliary hand steering gear.
No expense will be spared 20 make
this steamer the peer of any vessel Oh
the Chesapeake Bay. and the contract
calls for her to be rated Star Al for
twenty years by the American Bureau
or shipping; this is the highest rating
given to any steamer plying on the
Atlantic coast or tributaries
To be delivered in ten months.
The contract with the builders csl1s
for the delivery of this steamer within
ten months, so as TO insure her hem"
placed III commission before the James.
town Exposition in 1907.
The Chesapeake Steamship Com
pany's passenger and freight traffic
mas increased SO greatly within the
past few years that their present feet
OF steamers, namely, Augusta, AT
lanta, y Baltimore. charlotte" and
"Danville," has been hardly able to
handle their business, not only from
baltimore to the South, but also from
the South to Baltimore which includes
n large portion of Ba,timore's export
freight, such As cotton, tobacco. etc.
originating in the South.
rms company's increase of passen-
ger traffic has been greater than the
increase OF freight traffic, therefore
the passenger accommodations on the
new ship Will be arranged to provide
comfortable quarters for fifty per cent.
more people than can be Accommodated
on the sister ships.
ITO take place OF the Atlanta"
1t is expected that The new ship will
relieve the palace steamer Atlanta
on the Chesapeake Line early next
Spring before the opening OF the
J jamestown Exposition and the "At-
ianta' will be placed on the Chesa-
peake Steamship Co.'S. York River
Line, the famous route between Balti-
more, Yorktown, West Point and
Richmond in order TO relieve the heavy
traffic on tn 1T line.
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