Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-03
New York Girl to ChriSten
Steamer 81 0riente.
LAUNCH SHIP SATURDAY
Third of Big Freight and Passenger
Steamers Building for Southern Pa
cific Company to be Put Overheard
informal Affair.

Another launching seventh OF
the present year-will take place at
the plant of the Newport News Ship
building & Dry Dock Company next
Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock when
the big steel freight and passenger
steamer FL Oriente, building for the
Southern Pacific steamship Company
Morgan Line), will be sent overheard
from the stocks on the north side OF
ship trestle No. 3. Miss Margaret H.
Patton, of New York. daughter OF T.
H. Patton, agent for the Morgan Line
at New York. will chirsten the ship.
Following the custom which has
been in vogue at the yard for several
years, the launching will be entirely
informal and the public will not be
admitted to the shipyard. However,
it is expected that several hundred
people will gather on the river bank
on the north side of the plant, from
which point an excellent view of the
event will be had.
Luncheon for Sponsor.
Immediately after the ship takes
the water, an informal postlaunching
breakfast will be given at the war
wick hotel in honor Of the sponsor
Miss Patton will be accompanied here
by her parents and several officials
of the Southern Pacific Company. Be
sides these guests. a number of local
people will be invited to attend the
launching.
The Ell Oriente is the third of the
quastette of steel freight and passen-
ger steamers building at the yard for
the Morgan Line TO he put overheard
Those which already have been launch
ed are the FL Sol and the Ell Mundo
The former is nearing completion ana
9probs bly, will be delivered to the own
ers this month These ships are
among the largest and most handsome
craft of their type ever built here and
when they are completed they will
make notable additions to the feet OF
steamers plying in the coastwise trade
They are 41O feet long and have
gross tonnage of 1900. They are. TO
be propelled b. a single screw driven
by a triple-expansion engine of $500
indicated horsepower. The designed
sea speed is seventeen knots an hour
To be Handsomely Furnished.
The vessels are to be handsomely
finished and furnished and there Will
be every convenience TO be 'ound in
the modern hotel. The craft are 20
be equipped with wireless telegraph,
submarine signals and all other ap-
pliances known for the safe handling
of passengers at sea. Besides the
passenger accommodations, the ships
will have large cargo holds and can
carry about 5000 tons Of freight. Eiec-
tire winches and cargo booms viii be
provided for the quick handling OF
freight The ships are to ply between
New York and New Orleans
Besides the FL Sol another new
steamer is rapidly nearing completion
at the shipyard. She is the freight
carrying steamer Ruth, being con-
structed for the A. H. Bull Steamship
Company, of New York. The present
program is to deliver the vessels to
her owners at the shipysrd Friday
morning. The Ruth probably VIII
leave here Saturday for Baltimore
where she is to load cargo of freight
for southern ports.
The Ruth is built on somewhat dfi-
ferent plans from any other vessel
constructed here in that instead OF
having transverse shell frames she
has longitudinal frames, which run
from gem TO stern and which sre
held in place By large steel bands
which circle the ships hull at inter-