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VoL. XXXIII. WARD LINER MERIDA. The new passenger and freight steamer Merida recently delivered by Cramps, Philadelphia, to her owners, the Ward Line of New York, is one of the handsomest vessels in the coastwise service, as the accompanying beautiful photograph will very clearly show. She is the embodi- ment of the latest in steamship practice and is equal in CLEVELAND. MAY 17, 1906. No. 20. and two of the single-ended type, the former being 184 ft. by 15% ft. and the latter 10% ft, by 15 ft. 314 in. The Merida has 90 staterooms with accommodations for 187 first cabin, forty-eight second cabin and twenty-four deck passengers. Her steering gear was supplied by Williamson Bros., of Philadelphia, her life rafts by David Kahnweiler's Sons, New York, her metal life boats by the New York Ship THE NEW COASTWISE STEAMER MERIDA. every respect to the finest of liners. The Merida is built of steel throughout, including deck houses, pilot houses and spars. This steamship is 416 ft. over all, 400 ft. be- tween perpendiculars, 50 ft. beam and 38 ft. deep. Her twin screws are driven by two engines of the triple-ex- pansion, surface-condensing type, with cylinders 28, 46 and 76 in. diameters by 42 in. stroke, supplied with steam from four cylindrical boilers, two of the double-ended Building Co., Camden, N. J., and her windlasses by the Hyde Windlass Co., Bath, Me. Her rubber tiling is of the interlocking type and her pumps are of Blake manu- facture. A refined elegance characterizes her interior ap- pointments, the decorative effect being unobtrusive and in extremely good taste. Every accommodation possible is provided for the passengers and the Merida is certainly a triumph.