The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-02
STEEL STEAMER
is LAUNCHED FOR
NANTUCKET LINE

For service between New Bedford,
Woods Hole, Marthas Vineyard and
Nantucket, new steamer will be
launched at the shipyards of the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company at Quin-
cy next Thursday. She will be chris
tened "Sankaty'' by Miss Elizabeth
Hathaway of New Bedford. The YES
sci has been named after the famous
headland at Nantucket
The extraordinary increase in sum-
mer patronage gained by the resorts
of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket
has made necessary this addition to
the fleet Of the New Bedford, Marthas
Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat
Company. The residents of the Is
lands and the transportation company
have worked together to make better
beautiful isles of the sea and as a
result thousands of newcomers were
induced to spend their vacations there
last summer.
The steamboat service to Marthas
Vineyard and Nantucket will be vast
ly improved this summer when the
new steamer goes on the route.
The -Sankaty represents the newest
achievements in marine construction.
The propeller instead Of the side-wheel
method of propulsion was adopted for
the new steamer, as a result of long
study by the present management Of
the New Bedford Company. It is be-
lieved that this type is best adapted
to the route travelled by these steam
ers, particularly since the extensive
channel improvements have been COM
pleted at Woods Hole and at Nan
tucket by the United States Govern
ment. Previous to that, it was be-
lfeved that the side-wheel steamer
was the only practical steamer for
this route.
Some idea of the size of the San
katy may be gained from the follow
Ing measurements:
Length over all 1875 feet
Depth at center 13 feet
Beam at deck 81 feet, 6 inches
Dartf, loaded 9 feet, inches
She is constructed of steel. Every
precaution for safeguarding the steam
er and her passengers that experience
and foresight can suggest have been
utilized by the builders of the San
katy. Five bulkheads extend to the
main deck, two more than are re-
quired by the United States Govern
ment regulations. The keel is a bar
of steel, two, inches tn ok. Imposed
on this are rolled steel beams eighteen
inches deep. These form the strong
and sturdy backbone of the vessel.
She will be propelled by triple ex-
pansion engines OF a new type. Her
boilers have a capacity of two hundred
pounds working steam pressure.
AS you step aboard on the main
deck, you enter the lobby or social
hall, as it is called. 1t is commo-
dious apartment, atractively finished
in quartered oak. Here is the purser's
office. Aft of the lobby is the mems
smoking room and opening off from
room is also finished in quartered
oak.
From the social hall, wide stair
way ascends to the joiner deck. Here
are the main saloon, the ladies' par
lor and 1avatory and eight staterooms,
four on either side of the main sa-
loon. The staterooms are equipped
with comfortable berths and may be
occupied as sleeping rooms. Instead
of rising at an early hour to board
the steamer at Nantucket, it will be
possible for passengers to sleep aboard
the steamer the night before their de-
parture upon payment of $3.50 for a
stateroom.
The, main saloon and ladies' parlor
are finished in ivory and gold. The
stateroonls are finished in red birch.
The electric lighting fixtures are Of
bronze. especially designed to harmon
ize with the interior decoration Of the
steamer.
The outside seats on this deck face
the water, an improvement that pa
irons of the Line will appreciate. For
ward of the grand saloon is what may
be called the observation deck-a place
from which splendid outlook over
the water may be obtained as the
steamer speeds on her way. On the
hurricane deck, the top deck. there
will also be seating accommodations
The pilot house on this deck is equip
ped with the newest devices for con-
trolling the movement of the ship.
Mounted over the pilot house is a
search light with a thirteen-inch lens.
The light is controlled from the pilot
house.
The Sankaty will carry four metallic
life boats. two life RATS, pickup
boat and 1,050 solid block cork life pre-
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