The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-13
EMBRACED THE
BAY AND MANY
SAW THE STUNT
Blowing of Many Whistles Told
People That Brunswick Built
Vessel Was AflOat.
WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCENE
Notwithstanding the Unusually
Cold Weather Hundreds Were
Out to See the Beautiful Boat
Take to the Waters and All
Were Paid for Their Trouble.
WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCENE
"All is well that ends Well"

All Is Well tlaJ enQS we'll.
The schooner Glynn, built by the
Brunswick Shipbuilding company was
launched yesterday morning. with as
little trouble as if she had been prac-
ticing on the job for years. There was
not hitch in the arrangement and in
less time than half hour after the
hawsers were made fast to the tugs
Angler and Nellie Inca and the Ray
lmond, the graceful craft glided into
Ne water and rode the waves with all
of the beauty and the majestic out
lines that such a scene could offer.
In the rush of the new schooner to
her new home, one of the lines to an
old wharf in the vicinity was not re-
moved quite as speedily as it should
have been and a portion of the dock
was carried away. However, the
property was not in use, was old and
out of commission and no real harm
was done
1t was at first feared that this
might cause the Glynn to come into
contact with the jetties on the other
side of the river, but such was not
the case. as the lines were instantly
caught by the tugs and the force was
thus stopped. The Glynn made pret-
ty picture in mid-stream Her colors
very beautiful any way, showed up to
splendid advantage as they were
tossed by the early morning breeze
and the water seemed to add to the
size of the beautiful ship
Something About the GIynn.
The new schooner, strictly Bruins
wick product measures 176 feet over
all, her keel is 151 feet and one inch
beam, thirtv-eieht feet five inches
depth of hold IA feet while her net
tonnage is 576 tons She is to be
equipped with Fairbanks and Morse
engines for hosting anchors. sails.
etc. an Edison steering gear. the best
there is and all of the other equip
ment will be in ratio. She is three
masted schooner, the three lower
masts measuring 90 feet and the top
mast so feet. All of thee sails were
made bv Dunn and Elliott of Thomas
ton, Maine, and thew are patterned
after the very last word there is in
sailing outfit Her cabin and forward
house are to be finished in North
Carolina pine and a coat of pure
white will serve to put the finishing
touches on the Brunswick built beauty
who kissed the waves here yesterday
Cant. A. Larson was the master
builder in the splendid work lust
finished and he deserves a large
measure of credit for the substantial
build of the vessel as we'll as for its
graceful outlines He has labored
very hard in the intricate work he has
bad to do and he is very Justly proud
nf his work. Gilmore and Wood are
to do the plumbing on the vessel and
the iron work, etc, is to be done by
the ParkerHensel Engineering COM
nanv. One of the neat pieces of work
on the ship is the cabin and the for
ward house which were built by
George Cowman and which testify to
his skill in that line.
Ready For Sea in Month.
Capt. J. H. Leo, who conceived the
idea of creating the Brunswick Ship
building Co, and building the Glynn.
says that the vessel will be ready for
sea in month. She is to be rigged
at the plant of the ParkerHensel com
pany and ought to be completed in
week. Whether the Glynn is to be
sold or operated by the local company
is not known. Capt. Leo says these
matters are with the directors of the
company and will all be determined
later. It is known, however, that
something like $4,000 has already
been offered for the vessel. in the
event the owners wish to sell.
~ Her final launching is great tri-
nmph for local shipbuilding and
means much for the future in that