New-York tribune., 1910-02-05
OFFICERS QUIT SHIP.
Drpdochc People Say She Vas
Sfnaorfhu Learinr Here.

The ken5,lckv carried = crew OF forty
six men, Including Captain F. s. Moore,
her Tnsster. When she put hack to New
nort News for repairs after having passed
ny that port on her way south Ernest
Ssssi the Hrst officer: a {. Anderson. the
second efacer. and Alexander HcdlHnd. the
third officer. refused TO re-culhark. contend
ing that the vessel would not be able to
stand the 1onS journey TO the Pacific
y was sai6 that z Z Plaskett, repre-
sentative Of tae Alaska and Pacific Steam
.hlp Company. rhe was to have made the
entire trip 70 Tacoma on the Kentucky,
nuft her At Newport News and returned to
th.s city.
Besides she skipper and the tl'reo officers
who QUIT. the Kentucky took from this port
3 carpenter q deckhand. z chief enEinee:
and three assistants. six hrenen. four oil
e-s three coal passers. one wireless oPer~
ator. eight sesTnen. one chief steward and
twelve assistants.
At the Fletcher drxdock ia Ecboken yks-
+erdeT Il was said that the Kentucky was
thoroughly seawoTthy when she left the
companv's yards Her huh. il was said.
haa been properly caI5ed and her super
structure sto,tlv bearded 10 keep off heavy
seas.
IT wa- sata st TIE trydock that under
could easily hsve made the journey 10 the
pselic Coast.
shA vas not equipped ~ith ner engines
The old ones we're tuned up and repaired
snd pat into good working order.
i was said at the office of the United
States steamboat inspectors of this dis
trict yesterday that the ship Vas thor
ouEhlr eeaworthy when she cleared port
Although only thirteen wears old, the
Kentucky has had varied career. She
was built sf Bath, Nc, in 1891, fer the
KeaEebec Steamship Company and was
used on The run between Boston and Bath.
Her name at that time was the Lincoln.
She was az feet LONG had a 34-foot beam
and = depth of = feet. She was OF 996
kross sons ana was equipped With engines
of tsls horsepower. After n few years on
re Rostcsl-Bsth service she was sold TO
tsa. Florida Eset Coast Line. renamed the
NsrtinipuI ana Was Used by the FiagieFs
between Miami. Fla and the Bahamas.
In June IasS. The Joy Line bought her
ard changed her name 10 the Kentucky
After running for some time between New
York ano Boston she was sold Jo the Hart
ford and Kew York transportation Com
ysny. She vas recently purchased by fhe
aissRs and Pscirc Steamship Company
sua sent 10 the Fletcher drydocks 10 be
averlsaules 1t is said that about $4,000
vss spent ca the vessel before she left the
Yards IN Heookcr.
n Msuy small craft or lesser tonnage than
The Kentucky have been oveThauled in this
Tro1T ard sent ont for the West Indies,
South America and the Pacific Coast 4
few have met with disaster. The steam
ship St. CroiX. which LEFT the Fletcher dry
Geek IN E5obpkcn Tor Tacoma, caught fire
~ Sae Pacific some eighteen miles north
west Of Les Angeles III November of last
wear. but those aboard managed 10 get
sNsy IN nfeboats.
The steam lighter Columbia also x on
the list of missing small craft that have
hraTe5 the waters OF the Atlantic while
hoaad for long runs. Captain Brooks. VINO
commanded one Of the fleet of lightships
that went successfully TO the Pacific Coast
year ago, took the Columbia out Of New
York two months ago 10 deliver her at
ITsrti. She was spoken once after leaving
this port. but she never reached her desti-
nation. II is believed She foundered some
where of the Atlantic Coast and took ali
hands 10 the bottom.
The George ". Pride. q large tug which
did considerable towing in the waters of
the Delaware. WAS sent around to the Pa
ciic Coast by the SpTeckels company. She
T-ss boarded up and Dve-ha uied and al
1houEE she encountered some stiff gales,
she managed to get through Magellan
strait SAFELY, and IS nov in service in San
FrsRcisco.
About scar aso tug Was needed At
Vera Cruz. Mexico, and the We'll known
sea going tag Eugene r.. Moran vas pur-
chased. She was boarded Up 70 Withstand
iha heavy seas and was loaded with as
much coal as she WIS able TO carry il
her hold and on her decks. She arrived
IN Vera Cruz within twenty days after
leaving New York
OF all Who craft that wen: through the
Strait OF Magellan TO ape used in the Pa
cilc trade the river boat City of Kingston
IS perhaps TIE closest approach 70 the rype
20 the Kentucky. The City OF Kingston,
which elso resembles the Sound steamship
City Of Lowell. vas fitted out for her Jour
ney 10 the Pacific several years ago. She
vas owned by tie RamsdeIl company. and
,slied OF tie Hudson between New York
Men burg and Kingston. She encountered
fairly Eood weather on her long journey
from ocean 70 ocean. wea3hered a fev
gales and got safely into Tacoma without
1g7;shsp.
Tho big tug Navigator. which the Scully
Towing Company sold recently 20 a steam
ship liae at san Francisco. made the trip