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VOL. XXXII. _ CLEVELAND. APRIL 5, 1906. ; No. 14. LAUNCH OF THE HENDRICK HUDSON. passenger trade and is not intended to carry a pound of The steel steamer Hendrick Hudson, building for the freight. She has four decks, namely, main deck, saloon Hudson River Day line at the ship yard of Thomas S. Mar- deck, hurricane deck and shade deck. Below the main deck vel, Newburg, N. Y., was launched on Saturday afternoon are large rooms forward and galley aft. The lunch room is last in the presence of thousands. ~The vessel was christened finished in what is known as the cabin style of decoration. by Miss Katherine Olcott, the twelve-year-old daughter of The main deck is finished in oak in a French gray tone for Elmer E. Olcott, president of the Hudson River Day line. the music room and as far aft as the diningroom, which is Instead of the customary ,bottle of champagne, however, she broke a bottle containing water over the bow of the vessel as she was released from the ways and at the samé time liberated a number of doves, accord- ing to the Japanese custom. The sister steamer, New York, carried a party of about 500 guests from New York to Newburg to witness the launch. The most notable of these 'guests was Mr. Charles H. Haswell, the dean of American marine en- gineers, who is now approaching his ninety-eighth year, and who person- fg ally remembers the Clermont, the ae pace | If | SSe==== first steamboat ever constructed. The launching was really a gala oc- casion, as the river was covered = ==r with steamboats, launches and tugs, ¥/ === ae : => all of them gaily decorated. eee The Hendrick Hudson, which was : designed by Mr. Frank E. Kirby, of - MIDSHIP SECTION . SECTION AT SHAFT, CROSS SECTIONS, Detroit, is the largest. river steam- DAY BOAT wanine Review, boat in the world. She is 4oo ft. long, 82 ft. beam and id it. deep. 8 3 A n ~ 8 > a 3 » a tp = a 8 eo c a 2 & Bw a i) Level MIDSHIP SECTION OF THE STEAMER HENDRICK HUDSON. In a way she is the best thing that Frank Kirby has ever to be finished in mahogany. The entire saloon deck will done. She is the embodiment of everything that is best in be in mahogany. A new feature of the boat is large ob- steamers of her type, and Mr. Kirby was given a free hand . servation rooms on the hurricane deck finished in cypress 'o ol o I 4 | MARINE REVIEW eed Frame-Spacing-24---- ---- -- ---- --------- Fed oes --Frame-Spacing-27~ -->i<-- -- -- --Frame-Spacing-30-- -- -- -- >| ! ke -- -----Frame-Spacing-30%-- - -->|<-- ---Frame-Spacing 21- - LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE STEAMER HENDRICK HUDSON. in making her the finest steamer for day service that has in a dull gray stain. It is the purpose of the company to yet been built. She is exclusively designed for first-class devote the large after-observation rooms for holding con- .