The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-06-13
THE new STEAMER CAMDEN.
RAID Belfast Brief Visit last Saturday
She Will 60 on the Route June ais
Arriving Here From Boston June 2and.

Paid Belfast a Brief Visit last Saturday.
She Will 60 on the Route June 21st
Arriving Here From Boston June aand.
The new turbine propelled steamer Cam
den, built by the Bath Iron Works for the
| Eastern Steamship Co., and soon to be
placed on the Bangor division, arrived here
last Saturday about p. m. with a distin-
guised party on board, including Charles
M. Morse, the ice king and who now con-
trols practically the entire steamship bust
ness OF the Atlantic coast; Calvin Austin,
president of the Consolidated Steamship
Lines, which include the two Hudson River
lines. the Clyde Steamship Co., to all
Southern points as well as the West Indies
the Mallory Steamship Co.. which operates
to southern cities the Eastern Steamship
Co., which controls all of the Maine coast
steamboat lines, and the Metropolitan
Steamship Co., running between New York
| and Boston; A. Ii. Hanscom, assistant to
president Austin, and other officials and di-
| rectors of the company, Hon. William T.
Cobb of Rockland, President John S. Hyde
and superintendent Weatherbee of the Bath
here and returned to Rockland that after
.. noon on the City of Bangor. Mr.. Wing, a
director, who is building cottage at Satur-
day Cove, landed here and was driven to
Northport and boarded the City of Bangor
from a launch as she passed down.
The Camden left Boston at eight minutes
after one O'Clock last Saturday morning and
made the run to Portland in five hours and
eight minutes, which is faster time than has
ever been made before. She went from
Portland to Bath and while there the Morse
| Machine shop owned by the Eastern S. S.
| Co., was burned, causing a loss of $4,000,
| The Camden was laying about 200 feet from
| the fire and before she was moved her paint
was smoked slightly. She left Bath for
Rock land, where short stay was made.
She did not stop at Camden, but simply
swung around the harbor and then headed
for Belfast. Agent Pote had everything on
the wharf in apple pie order and colors fly
ing to greet the newcomer, but as few of
our people knew the boat was coming there
| was not a large crowd present. The new
boat showed her great speed in Coming up
the bay, but shut off steam when not much
above the battery and made an excellent
landing. The Camden does not appear SO
high out of water as the boats now on the
route and the absence of the paddle boxes
makes her appear narrower. She has 19
inches more beam than the City of Rock
land and is nearly rs feet longer. She looks,
and is, speedy and staunch
The hull of the Camden is of steel, 1856 #.
in. in length over all, 800 ft. long on the
waterline, 81 fit. in. beam over the guards,
! 40 it. beam moulded, II ft. depth moulded,
and mean draft of 10 it,, the displacement
at this draft being 1000 TONS The gross
J tonnage is 2,153, and net tonnage 1,143 The
, general design Of the Camden is similar to
that of most vessels of this class, carrying
her freight forward on the main deck, the
after end of the main deck being devoted to
a social hall, aft of which is the dining
room. The next deck above, or the saloon
| deck, is devoted to StaterOOmS, as is the up
per or gallery deck. There are large wells
in the gallery deck surrounded by a bronze
| railing finished in green, and the ceiling
over the gallery deck has dome. The hull
is constructed of steel and the firerooms are
entirely enclosed in steel. The dining room
! on the main deck, above referred to, is a
very spacious apartment and has extra
| large windows. The joiner work of the
main saloons is finished in white, and all
| the fittings, such as electric light fixtures
and hardware, are in bronze and verde
antique The general tone of the interior
is white and green.
The Camden is equipped with three Par
sons marine turbines, driving triple screws
| The high-preSSure turbine turns the middle
shaft and the low-presSure turbines are
placed on either side. turning the side, OF
| wing, shafts. The low pressure turbines
are equipped with backing gear so that the
two outboard propellers may be reversed
The outboard shafts are arranged to be
somewhat widely apart in order to provide
ease in handling. The engine room is
equipped with the usual condenser, all
pumps, circulating pumps, Oil pumps, etc
Steam is furnished by four 3-furnace Scotch
| boilers, each IA ft. in. in diameter and L
it. long, built for $50 pounds working pres
sure
The Camden has 204 staterooms in the
main cabins, 1876 berths in the gentlemen's
cabin and 81 berths in the ladies' cabin.
The fittings are as follows: Pilot house fur
nished with Wilton carpets, brush mats,
| imported chairs and stools, upholstered in
| leather. Captains room furnished with
Wilton carpets, metal bed, mahogany frame
box couch, mahogany desk, rattan chairs
and silk draperies. Pilots room furnished
with Brussels carpet, imported chairs and
stools. On the gallery deck the saloon is
| furnished with Wilton carpets, mahogany
frame sidechairs, upholstered in plush
throughout. The center section of the boat
is fitted with tub chairs, mahogany frame,
upholstered same as side chairs. On the
stateroom deck there are two parlor rooms,
| lLLou WIFI DTdSS DeuS, uull unlSIl, TdGLdL
, furniture, upholstered in silk damask,
frames gold finish. The windows are
draped with damask, same as upholstering,
and floors laid with Wilton carpets. Other
stateroUmS on this deck are fitted with
regular wire springs, mattresses and i'm
ported bent wood furniture. Mirrors and
notice frames are made of sycamore to
match finish of rooms. On the saloon deck
the carpets are of Royal Wilton, and the ma
hogany frame armchairs are upholstered in
plush. The center of this saloon forward
is fitted with tub chairs, double writing
desk and comfortable center seat, which
will seat ten persons. Aft of this saloon
there is center seat similar to one forward
and an oval mahogany table. The windows
in stern are draped in silk damask. All OF
this furniture is of solid mahogany. AL
tables, writing desks and fittings of this
description, are fitted with plate glass beds
so to protect the finish of the mahogany
tops from scratching or soaring
On the main deck the social hall is fitte(
with rubber tiling and is furnished witt
seventeen solid mahogany wood saddle sea-
arm chairs for the convenience and comfor
of the passengers. Leading from the socia
hall on this deck is the dining saloon, which
is fitted up in novel manner. The carpets
are of the best Wilton, and there ar,
seventeen tables, seating five persons each
arranged upon the side and through th'
center of the saloon. The majority of thes'
seats are placed on the side, giving larg,
window directly opposite each table, so tina
diners will have as fine view as the,
would If they were out on deck. The chalr