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26 MARINE REVIEW. a = 5] ’ my d ~ i 1 fi) c , ’ , & ’ AN ORDER INVOLVING FIVE MILLIONS. THE NEW YORK SHIP BUILDING CO. SECURES A BIG CONTRACT FROM THE AT- LANTIO TRANSPORT CO.—SEVERKAL OTHER NEW CONTRACTS ARE NOTED IN REPORTS FROM SHIP YAKDS ON THE SEABOARD. The largest ship building contract for merchant craft that has ever been awarded to a ship building firm on the Delaware river at one time has just been awarded to the New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J., by President Baker of the Atlantic Transport Co., which has hitherto owned only foreign-built ships. It should be understood, however, that the company latterly gave a contract to the Maryland Steel Co. for two steamships. The four vessels are intended for the trans-atlantic service and will ply between London and Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York. Two of the ships are to be 600 ft. long and the others a few feet. shorter. Their equipment will be equal to anything engaged in the Atlantic service. The two largest vessels are to be of 12,000 tons capacity, and the four when completed will cost the company over $5,000,000. Each vessel is to be constructed of steel throughout and will be ‘built in excess of the underwriters’ requirements. The machinery will consist of triple expan- sion engines, and boilers of the Scotch type, able to withstand the highest pressure for vessels of that type. This award, given to the New York “Ship Building 'Co., makes eight steamships to be constructed by that concern, the others being three vessels for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. and a passenger steamer for Robert Dollar of San Francisco, to be en- gaged in the Yukon river trade. The four-masted wooden schooner Edith G, Folwell was launched from the yards of the New England Co., Bath, Me., last week. She is built of selected material and is fitted with the latest improvements, in- cluding Hyde_ windlass, hoisting engines and wrecking pumps forward and aft. Her dimensions are: Length, 196 ft. 9. in. : breadth, 40° ft.-4.1n. depth. 18 ft. 4 in.; gross tonnage, 1,265. The keel, stem, stern posts, ae der posts and apron are white ‘oak: ceiling and planking yellow pine; the latter is thick. The masts are Oregon pine. The lower masts are 100 ft. long; the fore is 28; jigger, 27, and the main and mizzen, 26% in. in di- ameter. The topmasts are 53 ft. long. The rigging is wire set up with turn buckles; will spread 5,000 yards of canvas. She carries four anchors, two 4,000-Ib. wood stock anchors and 200 fathoms of 2-in. chain; also an 800 and a 500-Ib. iron stock anchor. The cabin is finished in quartered oak, cherry and mahogany, the arrangements commodious, and the fur- nishings up to date. The vessel is heated with steam. She will be ready for sea in a few days and will represent an expenditure of about. $60,000, and will have a carrying capacity of 1,850 tons. Bids will be opened at the navy department Feb. 1 for the construc- tion of three protected cruisers. The following named firms have been furnished plans: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; Burlee Dry Dock Co.. een Wa.;-Cramps of Philadelphia: Crescent Ship Yard, Elizabeth, Nees Eastern Ship Building Co., New London, Conn.: Fore River En- gine Box Quincy, ‘Mass.; Harlan. & Hollingsworth ‘Co., Wilmington, Del.; [January 31, ; Maryland Steel Co.,; Co., Seattle, Wash: Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia; New- port News Co., Newport News, Va.: New York Ship Building Co., Cam- den, N. J.; Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works, San Francisco; Wm. R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.; Union Iron Works, San Francisco, ‘and John He Dialogue & Son Camden, N. J. The W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J., has contracted with the Champlain Transportation Co. of Burlington, Vt., for a new side wheel steamer for Lake Champlain service to be completed in 1902, The hull will be built by T. S. Marvel & Co., Newburg, N. Y., and the general dimensions are as follows: Length of water line, 250 ft.; length over all, 262 ft.; breadth, molded, 35 ft.; breadth over guards, 62 ft. ; depth, molded, 11 ft. 8 in.; depth amidships, 111 fs 9440; The engine is to be of the ver- tical, beam, jet-condensing type, with a cylinder 55 in. diameter and 10 ft. stroke, having feathering wheels with curved steel buckets. It was announced last week that the two steamships which the Cramps are building for the Ward line will be named the Esperanza and Monterey. The Esperanza is far enough advanced to be launched in a few weeks and the Monterey is about six weeks behind. The ships are 341 ft: long, 47 ft. 6 in. wide, 36 ft. deep, and have a draught of 20 ft. The contract calls for a continuous speed of 16 knots. The vessels will accommodate seventy first-cabin, forty second-cabin and seventy-five steerage passengers. Citizens of Pensacola are endeavoring to raise sufficient money to purchase a site for a ship building plant which New York capitalists have decided to locate there on condition that a site could be secured free. It is represented that the initial equipment will cost $600,000. The Hartford & New York’ Transportation Co., Dutch Point, Conn., is building a steam barge for E. S. Belden of Dutch Point to cost $12, 000. She will be derrick- rigged and equipped with powerful engines for the handling of heavy materials. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the light-house board, Washington, D. C., until March 2 for furnishing the material and labor necessary for the construction of the twin screw, steel, steam light- house tender Larkspur. The Kennebec. Steamboat Co. is in the market for a new steamboat. The hull will probably be built by the New England Co., Bath, Me., and the engines and boilers supplied by the Bath Iron Works. A contract has been made with Kelly, Spear & ‘Co., Bath, Me., fora four-masted wooden schooner of 166 ft. keel, 36 ft. beam and 18 ft. hold. Capt. Frank Oram of Bristol will be the managing owner. A four-masted wooden schooner. the May T. Neville, was launched from the J. T. Hawley ship yard, Bath, Me., last week. Her dimensions are: Length, 195 it.; breadth, 40 ft.; depth, 18 ft. 4 in. The navy Le See has made a contract with the Holland Torpedo Boat Co. for the construction of an additional submarine boat, to take the place of the Plunger. The Bendixen Ship Building Co., Eureka, Cal., is building the b ke : tine Kohala for Hind, Rolph 8 Ce. of San Francisco. a Sparrow’s Point, Md.; Moran Bros. American Bridge Co. General Offices, 100 Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y. DESIGNERS ann BUILDERS. OPLALL CLASSES OF ——=METALLIC STRUCTURES. 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