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18 | THE Marine REVIEW IE MOI CSIDLED KELP ho" be "i ea HEE MESHES THE STEAMER HENDRICK HUDSON AS SHE WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED. ventions. The steamer will have accommodations for 5,000 passengers. A physician will be carried on each trip. There will also be stenographic rooms, photographic dark room and all conveniences both for the business man and _ the tourist. The familiar walking beam will be absent in the new ves- sel. Her engines are to be of the inclined three-cylinder short-stroke type. The steamship company feels that the Hendrick Hudson is the climax in a long period of 'evolu- tion as this company has done the passenger business be-= tween New York and Albany for the past sixty years. As- sociated with Mr. Kirby in the construction of this vessel have been Mr. J. W. Millard, naval architect, of New York; Mr. Andrew Fletcher, Jr., Hoboken, mechanical engineer; and Mr. Lewis Keil of Detroit, specialist in ship joiner work designing. The engines for the steamer are being built by the W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J., the joiner work by John English & Son, of New York, and the boilers by 'the New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J. There is no doubt that Mr. Kirby has produced for the Hudson River Day Line a splendid type of steamer. She is fast and safe, her structure being as rigid as a steel building and absolutely indestructible by fire. FOUR FREIGHTERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., is building four steamers, duplicates, to be known as Satilla, Ocmulgee, Ogeechee and Ossabaw for the Atlantic & Birmingham Construction Co., Empire bldg., Atlanta, Ga. These vessels are being constructed of mild steel from designs prepared by the ship building company, and are of the following dimensions: Length over all, 313 ft.; breadth, molded, 40 ft.; depth of hold, 25 ft. 6 in.; displacement in ton's, 5,000 tons. These vessels have been designed to car- ry the maximum of freight on an unusually light draught, and consequently are arranged with the propelling ma- chinery at the after end of the vessel, the remainder of the ship being devoted to the stowage of cargo. To mini- mize broken stowage the pillaring of the cargo holds is being carried out on the girder system with two large columns in each hold connected at the head to a continu- ous deck girder. Special consideration has been given to the strength of these vessels, which is in excess of that usually provided in ordinary freighter construction. These vessels have a straight stem and _ semi-elliptical stern, and have the general appearance shown in the illus- tration. There are three large cargo holds having four hatchways suitably arranged for the expeditious handling of freight. In addition to these hatchways the cargo can be manipulated through four cargo ports on each side of the vessel which are about to ft. by 7 ft. in the clear, and arranged with sliding trolley doors. These cargo holds are isolated from each other by steel watertight bulkheads, which -with the collision, machinery space and stern tube bulkheads divide the vessel into seven separate watertight compartments which will insure the vessel floating with any two of the compartments flooded by the sea, and in addition to this will insure greater isolation in the event of fire, to one compartment. The vessel has been rigged with two steel pole masts having four derricks fitted to each with a working capa- city of 7%4 tons per derrick. These derricks are stepped on strong steel tables and are suitably rigged for work- ing the cargo by means of powerful winches, in the most expeditious manner possible. These winches are of - the most up-to-date type and are arranged in pairs at the forward and after sides of masts, making eight winches it all: To insure that the vessel will trim properly when steam- ing light, owing to having the machinery arranged at the extreme after end, deep trimming tanks have been ar- ranged right forward and in the fore hold a water ballast tank has been arranged for. The officers' quarters are located in a steel superstructure built around the engine and boiler casings, providing especially well lighted and ventilated staterooms for the officers and engineers, with a handsome dining saloon amidships at the forward end of the superstructure. The crew, firemen, oilers and water tenders will be berthed on main deck in way of machinery space. The superstructure is decked over forming a bridge deck, on which the life boats are stowed, and with pilot house and captain's room at the forward end. The cap- tain's suite comprises bed room and sitting room, with stairs leading therefrom to the dining saloon on upper deck. The usual pumping and drainage, sanitary. and firemain systems have been arranged for on the most approved lines and in additiom an electric light installation of ample power will be fitted. Steam steering and screw hand gear will be