Bisbee daily review., 1907-02-06
THOs F. COLE IS NAME OF LAKE
 STEAMER
Pittsburg Steamship Go, Pay Tribute to Copper Magnate In Christening of Mammoth Craft


 The new Pittsburg Steamship com pany's vessel. the Thomas F. Cole. ac- cording to the Detroit Free Press, will be the flagship of the large fleet of that mammoth company. The vessel, just launched at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineerings work. the Great Lakes Engineering works. sel that will sail the great lakes this year. The Free Press. in describing the launching says:
 "As the great 6O0-foot hull started down the ways. the customary bot tie of wine was broken by MiSs Marion L. Wright. daughter of James x. Wright, Detroit. The launch was thorough success. and not even the zero weather chilled the enthuslasih of the spectators.
 1 Tt is understood that the Cole will ] have the finest accommodations of any l similar vessel on the lakes. Harc- somely furnished cabins for passei- gers are being constructed. and thosN the big ship will be subjects for con- i graduation. Capt. James W. Morgan of Geneva. ohio, will bring out the vessel. He is one of the veterans of the Pittsburg fleet captains and has been in command of the steamer Bunsen.
 Reports were in circulation that the Cole Is the longest boat on the lakes. according to measurements made before the launching but this is | not substantiated by the officials at the yard. The steamer, Kerr, launched recently at South Chicago. is sos feet long and the story about the Cole Is that 1t is five inches longer than this ] Official reports are awaited with in- terest. Contract dimensions of the boat are: Length over all, 500 feet: on the kesl, bso feet: beam. 5s feet; depth. s2 feet. It has 3s hatche- spaced 12-foot centers.
 ''The Cole rates as 12,oo0-ton car rier.
 "Mr. Cole. whose home is in Duluth came from New York to the launch Ing. and besides Mrs. Cole, he ws' accompanied by several we'll knowr residents of that city. Among thos! on the stand were William D. Thor,.- ton, Mir. and Mrs. John D. Ryan, oi
 New York; MT. and Mrs. Cole, Mir and Mrs. J. H. Mclean, Ar. and Mrs by, president and general manager o' the Pittsburg Steamship company
 ". W. watterson, F. B. Smith. E. c Collins and A. H. Langell (also of thu
 Pittsburg Steamship company. Ralpf
 Williams all of Cleveland; MT. ant
 Mrs. W. H. Johnston, Ishpeming Mrs. c. A. Wright, Hancock; L. L
 Wright and daughter. Ironwood: " D. Mershon. Saginaw; Capt. D. Sulli van. Chicago; c. B. Calder. Toledo Frank E. Kirby. Cameron Currie, R
 E. Plumb, Antonio c. Pessano an,
 John R. Russel, Detroit. The launch ing party went to the Detroit club fo luncheon on the return from the ship yard.
 Three more ships of the same di : mensions as the Cole are building 10
 the Pittsburg Steamship company. Tn
 Henry PhIpps is under construction a the Bay City yards of the Ameriea' ShipbuiIding company; the Thoma Lynch at the South Chicago yard an
 the Baker at the West Superior yard It is stated that there will be no pas v senger accommodations on the otht , members of the quartet of soo-footer
 which will be added to the PittsbuIl
 fleet this year.
 The steamer Cole Is the longest yes
 seI ever bull tat eDht eGelt MDe os g gel ever built at the Detroit shipyard.