Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-28
Excellent Showing Made BY New
Oh Carrying Steamship
SPEED stQuIaEIENI FxstflEl
During Run to currituek Lighthouse
and Return the Vessel Averaged
u 70 Knots an Hour for Six Con-
secutive Hours-officials Pleased.

Steaming over course between
Cape Henry and Currituck lighthouse
the Texas Company's new steel oil
carrying sic amer Texas. q product OF
the plant of the Newport News Ship
building & Dry Dock Company. yes
!terday afternoon maintained an av-
eraee speed of ~ u knots an hour
for six consecutive hours. eXct edin%
the contract requirements BY | IL
knots ar hour. The vessel behaved
splendidly throughout the trial and
both the representatives of the owners
land the builders were highly pleased
with her performance.
Manned by a picked crew a ship
Ward mechanics. the Texas left the
shipvard shortly after O'Clock
yesterday morning and proceeded on,
to sea. The cOmpasses were adjust.
ed lv Captain John Hand. CT Philauei
mia. White at sea the steamer was
put through various maneOuvers to
test her stearins gear. She returned
TO the yard at s o'clock last night.
Officials Aboard.
Manager Thompson. Of the Texas
ComDanv and Messrs. Matheson and
Drake. architects and engineers VINO
designed the Texas and snperintend-
cd her construct ion. were aboard DUR
inc the trial. Among the shipyard Oh
fcials who made the trip were Gener-
al Manager W. A. Post. Superinten-
dent of Hull Construction Homer l..
Ferguson. Superintendent OF Machh-
erv lanes Rowbottom. Naval Aren't
ltect William Gatewood and Chief En-
g;neer Charles F. Bailey. Canaan
William G.. Melvin. CT this CITY. shore
srnerintendent for the Seaboard
Transnortation Company. OF Ne"
ycrk was in command Of the vessel
rho Texas will he delivered to tne
owning COMPANY within week. She
n,;,I NV. IN the oil carrying trade ne
wnan New York and Port Ar'h"!'
Texas the later being her honnr pr ~,
The Texas signal letters are N W.
Q. L." u
The Texas is the largest oil tahn
steamer ever built at the Local va'u
avid Is one f the largest Of the meet
# American oil carriers. Sne Is :"
abou; 5000 gross tonnage and IS 4i'
feet long. 50 feet broad and 80 ise'
deer Her cost is about $6o'."'.
The oil carrying capacity is +i''c"
barrels Of crude oil. or 56.00o ba'ieis
If r. find oil
CHI, is spar-deck type, singh
screw steamer. with all OF inc Ma
elmer in the afteI end. TWO F'r-
ti,uous decks run ION stem to stern.
and there are raised forecastle ana
bridge deck. and orlop deck in pa T.
age freight hold. TIL" hold is d1v'sId
by oil,iSht and va'e"tight transverse
bull; neads. and IN 'iltisht center HE
khulkhs ai into compartments for low
Sen oil tanks. iIal Gil tanks p"H'
room cargo hCl. ru:wari!. machinery
space aft. and peak trimming -an"s
at ends. A double bottom is fitted
uudsx the boiler and engine rooms
for Keed water and ballast. The space
around the boilers is utilized for coal
bankers and a cross bunker is pro-
yided forward Of the boiler space.
She is propelled bv a single-scre~'
vertical inverted triple-expansion en-
ein. Of about $500 horsepower.
steam is furnished by three single
ended Scotch return tubular boilers.
100 pounds pressure. "a feet 1nchts
inside diameter by II feet over heads
Each boiler contains three Morrison
suscension corrugated furnaces. win
heated fcrcetdraft system, and -
eo,,ipped with Rogers. boiler purifiers.
The furnaces are equipped for burn
ing either oil fuel or coal. Interchange
| ably.