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VOL. 39. CLEVELAND, MAY, 1909. NEW YORK No. 14 Freighter for the A. H. Bull Steamship WHE steel) freight steamship being built by the New- port News Ship Building & Dry Dock: Co, for the A, H. Bull 2Steam- ship Uo, of -N ew York 15. dist guished in the fact that-she is the first freighter, intended for foreign. trade, built in the United States during the past 10 years. Her principal use will doubtless be in coast servicé or until fa- vorable opportunities offer in the foreign trade. The new steamer has the follow- ing principal dimensions: Went over all 3 i so ee 329 ft. Length from aft side of stem to fore side OL TNdder /POSt 4 os vise se ese S172 at: Pee molied 60). ecko es 46 ft. Dee molded) 2... oii cee cee ts o4 ft. 3 in. Ott gah oe ns ee eee 20 ft: Dead weight carried on above draught, PADOUE eee ee hoe ees 4,600 tons. As indicated on the accompanying general arrangement plan the vessel has a single deck, a raised forecastle, long bridge, short full poop and is schooner rigged with two pole masts. There are two separate steel deck houses on the bridge deck, a steel pilot house on top of the for'd deck house and a flying bridge at level of top of the pilot' house. The machinery is located amid- ships, the two main boilers arranged with an athwartship stokehold for'd and a screen bulkhead dividing the boiler and engine rooms. Side bunkers are fitted abreast -the boilers and at the Sides of the engine room, the bunkers being filled by a coal chute located be- Company. tween the boiler and engine casings, . with its hatch at the level of the top of the deck house. Additional coaling fa- cilities are provided through small hatches in the bridge and upper decks directly over the boiler room bunkers. Five Watertight Bulkheads. The vessel is divided into compart- ments by five watertight bulkheads all extending to upper deck. These are located at the fore peak, in the middle of the forward hold, for'd of the boil- er room, aft of the engine room, and at the after peak respectively. The after hold is divided into compartments by a portable wooden bulkhead, and a similar bulkhead is located near the after end of No. 2 hold to provide a reserve bunker forward of the boiler room. The cargo holds are further subdivided by a centerline bulkhead ex- tending from the tank top to upper deck. This bulkhead is of steel between the hatches and in way of hatches is of wood made portable. There is one large hatch to each of the cargo holds, all hatches having coamings 3 ft. 6 in. high. The space under tne bridge deck, with the exception of that devoted to machinery casings is used entirely for cargo, as is also the space under the poop. Portable wooden shifting boards are fitted at the centerline under the bridge deck, extending from the boiler casing to the for'd end. The total car- go space is 244,000 cu. ft. for bales and 263,000 cu. ft. for grain. Accommodations for the officers and crew. are provided in the two deck houses and under the forecastle deck. The forward deck house contains state- rooms for the captain and deck officers, a bath room, officers' mess, pantry and store room. The after ceck house con- tains staterooms for the engineers' and cooks, a. bath room, mess room and pantry. Under the forccastie two state- rooms are provided for quartermasters, carpenter and boatswain; also quarters for six seamen and 10 firemen: Phe galley is located in a separate steel en- closure forward of the boiler casing. The pilot house is provided with a sep- arate chart room which is also arranged for use. as a stateroom. In the cap- tain's quarters the finish is oak, in the other quarters it is cypress. Detail of Construction. The general type of construction is indicated on the accompanying plan of midship section. The vessel is being built under Lloyds Spar Deck Rules with' one deck: and a tier of wide spaced hold beams with a wide stringer fitted on the latter. There is a double bottom throughout with sofid floors on every frame and two intercostal longi- tudinals on each side of the vertical keel. _ Double frames and additional longitudinals. are fitted at the forward end. This construction of double bot- tom was adopted on account of the liability of the vessel being aground at times when loading. Between the peak bulkheads deep channel framing is used, and the ordinary angle and re- verse frame construction in the peaks. In way of the bridge the frames are cut at the upper deck and angle bar frames used between the upper and _ bridge decks. The upper and bridge decks are complete steel decks with channel beams