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VOL. XIX. NO. 30. CLEVELAND—JULY 23, 1896—CHICAGO. $2 PER YEAR. 10c. SINGLE COPY THE STEAM YACHT HUNTRESS. The handsome steam yacht Huntress, an illustration _ of which is here shown, was constructed last year at the _ yard of Charles L.. Seabury & Co., Nyack, N. Y., having _ been built to the order of Mr. F. C. Fowler, of Moodus, _ Conn. She has proved a perfect seaboat, and is, with- - out doubt, one of the best yachts of her size afloat. Shé _ had been guaranteed a speed of 16 miles per hour, but has really done much better than that. The Huntress is 120 feet long over all and 97 feet on the water line, with{16-feet beam, 9 feet molded depth, and a draft of 6% feet. The keel, stem and deadwoods are white oak, and the frames, deck beams, bilge, and walestrakes are of steel. The planking is of yellow pine. All through bolts are of Tobin bronze. There are four water-tight bulkheads of steel. The coal bunkers are of steel, and extend each side of boiler and engine space. The rud- der is of bronze. The heel of the rudder is stepped in a bronze scag fitted on the bottom of the keel. The deck is white pine, fastened by lag screws from the under side of the deck- timbers. The machinery con- sists of a triple.expan_ —— — sion engine of the latest ee Eee & design, and a Seabury water-tube boiler, with condenser, pumps, and all approved fittings. The deckhouse forward is of mahogany, the lower part paneled and the upper part fitted with plate glass win- dows. The _ interior, sides and ceiling, is fin- _ ished in panel work. On the bulkhead is ar- ranged a buffet, with a mirror in the center; the mirror is hinged on its _ lower edge,and is backed with green felt, so that when swung down it forms a writing desk. ‘The top of this house is covered with grating, and connects directly to the bridge. Directly aft of the chain-lockers in the forehold is a toilet-room, finished in butternut and mahogany. Aft of this, are two guest rooms, similarly finished. In one room is a single berth and in the other a double berth, with drawers beneath and dressing cases. Opposite these rooms are arranged clothes lockers and sleeping places for servants. Directly aft of the guest rooms is _ the main saloon, finished in mahogany and paneled on sides and ceiling with large plate glass mirrors in the forward bulkhead, and a stationary center-table of ma- hogany. Theentrance to this saloon is through a wide companionway !eading directly from the deck. Aft of the main saloon is the owners’s stateroom, which, with its private toilet room, extends the full width of the yacht. This room is finished in mahogany, and is luxu- riously furnished. Immediately aft of the engine is the galley, fitted with ice-box, dresser, dish racks, locker for coal, sink, xi a pump, and range. ‘The galley is finished in ash. Then come the crews’ quarters, aft of which is the captain’s room, witha large berth and a locker especially de- signed for nautical instruments, with other conven- iences. Steam heaters, with marble tops, are fitted in the main saloon, owner’s room, and the deck saloon. TT TNE DS EE NEW ORDER TO INSPECTORS. The Treasury Department, through Supervising Inspector-General Dumont of the Steamboat Inspection Service, has issued the following order to supervising and local inspectors of steam vessels, life boat and life raft manufacturers, and others: y! The department having been informed that certain life rafts, not built according to the specifications presented to the Board of Supervising Inspectors, at the time of the approval of stieh rafts, have been placed on steam vessels, all inspectors of steam vessels are hereby direct- -ed not to accept or n7ss hereafter any life raft or life on Bee ili +- enh afi vali STEAM YACHT HUNTRESS. Built by Chas, L, Seabury & Co, for F, C, Fowler, of Moodus, Conn. boat, unless there shall be furnished with each a We neg || guarantee, over the signature of the builder, that such raft or boat is constructed in strict accordance with the specifications presented ‘to the Board of Supervising Inspectors at the time of its aproval. It is further ordered that on and after August 1, 1896, no life raft or life boat shall be accepted or passed by the inspectors of steam vessels unless it shall have permanently attached theretoa metallic plate having thereon, in raised letters and figiires; the name of the maker of the raft or boat, the place where manufactur- ed, the shop number and date of manufacture; and if built of metal, the thickness, Birmingham gauge. rr Capt. Michael Anderson has sold the schooner Annie Dall to Thomas Christensen & Sons for $1,200. The sale took place at Milwaukee. GERMAN SHIPBUILDING. A new steamer is now building at Stettin for the North German Lloyd line, to compete with the flyers of the Cunard and the American lines. She is to be 625 feet long between perpendiculars, or more than 650 feet over all, 66 feet wide and 43 feet deep inside, with engines close to 30,000 horse-power. Another ship of the same dimensions is being built at the Schichau yard at Dantzic. The Hamburg-American line will soon have the largest freight steamer in the world; this, however, is being built at Belfast. It is a twin-screw ship 560 feet long, 62 feet wide and 41 feet deep, with a cargo capacity of 12,000 tons, or, say, that of 400 freight cars. Although Germany’s fleet of merchant sailing ships is smaller than that of Great Britain she has the largest ship of the kind afloat and several of the swiftest. The Potosi is a five-masted ship 360 feet long inside, 50 feet wide and 31 feet deep, with a cargo capacity of 6,200 tons. She spreads 50,- 020 square feet of can- vas. One German ship made a voyage of 13,485 nautical miles at an ay- erage speed of 8.14 knots per hour. Another ship made 6,425 miles at 9.25 knots. In shipbuilding, the Germans have some dis- advantages. Nearly all kinds of materials are higher at her shipyards than at the British yards. Labor is some- what lower; but the distance of the mines, especially of coal mines, more than makes up the difference. The builders are also burdened by laws compelling con- tributions to old age. pension funds and ac- cident insurance associ- ations, a EL HEIRIE. The half-rater Kl Heirie (The Swift Camel) which has been racingwith a Canadian yacht of the same class, is the property of Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of New York, who is only 23 years old. Mr. Crane designed her himself, and had her built at Lawley’s yard, South Boston. She is 23 feet 3 inches over all, 14 feet 4 inches on the water-line, 54% feet beam on deck, and 5 feet at water-line. She has a dagger-board of quarter-inch Tobin bronze. When this boardis raised as far as it will go it still projects about 5 inches below the boat’s bottom, forming a keel nearly 4+ feet long and 5 inches deep. This is caused by the pivot pin being placed 6 inches above the lower edge of the board, ‘This also makes the board very nearly self-balancing, and the scheme appears to be worthy of adoption by lake yachts of this class. With the board down the boat draws five feet. She is of a double-skin construction, mahogany on the outside, with white pine inner planking and deck. Her sail spread is about 240 square feet, and she carries a gaff mainsail.