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City Tug To Be Launched To-Day o |H BUILT FOE THE CITY WORKS DEPARTMENT by the Toronto Dry Dock Company, the tug "Ned Hanlan" Is to be launched to-day. Costing about $65,000, it is for use in the waterworks division. New All-Canadian Bulk Tug Makes Debut on Waterfront Ned Hanlan, First Steel Ship Built Here in More Than Decade, Rated Al at Lloyds Pride of Toronto's increasingly important water front, and the first steel ship built in Toronto in more than a decade, the tug Ne«l Hanlan, j built at the order of the Marine De-; partment of the city of Toronto administration, tbj£'*"superintendent of which is Charles Margerison, was launched to-day from the yards^of the Toronto Drydock Co., Keating'.' Channel. Not only is it the first steel boa. built here for a long time, but 11 Iholds the distinction of being the ! first boat built here at any time containing so much British, and especially Canadian material, for from stem to stern the materials are all* British except one eiectrlc generator Steering engines came from St. John, N.B., the pumps were made in Hamilton, the searchlight in Toronto, the lifeboats at Midland, ' the all compressor for diving purposes at Hamilton, the boiler in Toronto, thf fore and aft compound engine in Toronto, and the steel plating rolled in Canada, too. TO SUPKRSEDE GEARY. The New. Hanlan is expected to do the general utility work that the tug Geary has done in the past, such as carrying employes to the two filtration plants, carrying crews for periodic inspections of the water works intakes, and general towing. She will J>e commanded by Captain Frank Cook, of the tug Geary, and her engineer will be Jack Taylor, also of the Geary. With an orange colored huh, black painted funnels striped with red bands, and walnut superstructure, she presented a fine appearance, as the last finishing touches were put to her, a credit to the workmanship and supervision of Harry J. Dixon," manager, and Harold J. Dixon, foreman of the yards. In the wheelhouse a brass plate is to be placed, bearing the name of the tug and the names of the Mayor and Board of Control. TUG'S DIMENSIONS. Her length over all is 79 ft. 7 ins., and between perpendiculars, 74 ft. 9 ins. Her beam is 19 ft., her depth, moulded, 9 ft. 9 ins., and her draft, aft, 8 ft. She is classed at Lloyds as 100 per cent.. Al, built for the purposes of towing on the Great Lakes. Her steel plating is half an inch thick forward for ice breaking and keeping the channels clear in the winter, her keel is of half inch plate, and the body plating is three eighths inches. The boiler is 10 ft. by 10 ft. 9 ins., and built to the Department of Marine and Lloyds standards, carrying a steam pressure- of' 160, while her engine is of the fore and aft compound type. She is equipped with an air pump and jet condenser, general service pump and bilge pumps, and her steering engine is of the pilot house type, both steam and hand. She has a 12 inch, one mile searchlight, and is equipped with two lifeboats, while her cabin capacity for carrying passengers to and from the Island during the winter is 70 in the harbor and 40 in the lake.