The Detroit times., 1912-11-09
GIANT STEAMER
TAKES FIRST DIP
AT WYANDOTTE
"See-and- Bee" largest Passen-
ger Boat Ever Launched
on Great Lakes
LAST WORD IN
MARINE ARCHITECTURE
Can Carry Population of Good
Sized Town-To Ply Between
Cleveland and Buffalo

As the bottle from the hand OF lit
tles Miss Eleanor Moodey, OF Paines-
Vile, o., broke against the nose OF
the giant new sldewheel passenger
steamer "See-and- Bee" launched al
noon, Saturday, In the Wyandotte
ards of the Detroit Shipbuilding Co,
NE leyiathan of the American fresh
Waler ocean, the great LAKES. started
toward her future nome-the water or
AXE Erie She is the property oil
the Cleveland a Buffalo Transit Co.,
ana will ply between Cleve-and ana
Buffalo.
The "Seeand-Bee" is the largest
passenger vessel ever launched on
the great lakes. and is, also, the larg
est side wheeler In the world. She
marks the last word in marine archi
lecture and II Is not likely, experts
say. that there will be built In the
future anything OF her type exceed
ing her proportions.
She Is a whale OF ship, as may
he gathered from her dimensions:
Length over ali. .......... 500 n.
Length between perpendicu-
ps lars ., mi m,o,oiiided So r..
Extreme beam over guards. 81 II, s In
Depth OF hull at STEM. 80 n. IN.
Depth CT hull at stern $50. p II. IN
Depth OF hull. moulded. % n. IN
Depth OF hull at guards - II. 10 TN
Her shaft piston and connecting
rods, air pump, furnaces, cylinders
and paddle wheels make those OF
other fresh water steamers look like
TOYS. The paddle wheels are 32 II. .
outside diameter. each fitted with IL
curved steel buckets, IL IT. 10 in
long. by It. wide. Steam at les
pounds per square inch pressure IS
supplied by nine boilers. Her guar
anteed speed is % miles an hour. and
TO make II she has been given 10000
horse power. which is 1000 horse
power more than any other side
wheel steamer has. q
fAI4- Att ll4l Is constructed of steel
and has IA water-tight compartments
Including the tank top there are
seven decks.
The "Seeand-Bee" has 5l0 rooms.
including "a parlors richly decorated
and royalty furnished. She has sleep
ing accommodation for | 500 and car
carry about 5000 passengers. the
population OF quite respectable
sized town. Air will be washed and
forced into every room; $500 electric
lights will turn a lake night into day;
500 telephones enable the passengers
10 talk 10 one another from their
rooms dining room, In mahogany
and white enamel, a banquet room.
and private dining rooms. cater espe-
cially 10 the hungry; there is also q
buffet-tavern, after the manner OF All
ola English inn.
The lobby is as large as that OF al
ordinary city hotel, and even more
deliberately decorated. Passengers
will also enjoy Pompeiian court
with sleeping rooms adjoining
The life-saying appliances are In
accordance with government require
ments, there being l8 metallic life
boats, all in special design. capable
OF saving 632 persons, including as
many or the crew as are needed to
manage the boats. For the rest or
the passengers and the left-overs OF
the crew there are the usual number
OF life RATS and life preservers as re-
ouired by the United States steam.
boat service.
Nearly 500 invitations were issued
for the launching and many guests at
tended, leaving Detroit on the ferry
steamer Britannia at 1890 Nearly
300 came over from Cleveland for the
ceremony. Those to whom seats were
assigned on the launching stand In
clude: Miss Dorothy Taylor, OF
Cleveland; Mrs. Fannie v. Moodey, OF
gainesville, o.. grandmother OF Miss
Moodey, who christened the boat. ana
mother OF Treasurer Moodey, OF the
G. q B. Transit Co.; Mr. and Mrs
Robert c. Moodey; Director Carl &.
Harris and Mrs. Harris. OF Cleveland:
General Manager T. F.. Newman and
Mrs. Newman. OF Cleveland Mrs. &.
+. House and Mrs. G. w Alvord, OF
gainesville; J. G. Wallace, president
American Shipbuilding Co., OF Cleve-
land; NJ Il. Farr. president OF De-
troit Shipbuilding Co., of Detroit M.
A. Bradley. president of &. & b.
Transit Co.; Harvey ID. Goulder, pres
idont and general counsel Lake Car.