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22 MARINE REVIEW. STEAM YACHT OSWEGATCHIE. The Oswegatchie, a steam yacht that will certainly attract a great deal of attention in the great lakes region, was launched recently from the yard of the Marine Iron Works, Chicago. She is as handsome and well built a boat of her kind as was ever turned out from any yard, and is a fine example of the high standard of work for which the Marine Iron Works are noted, and which their splendidly equipped plant enables them to turn out. : The Oswegatchie was built for Mrs. Carrie A. C. Vilas of Alexandria Bay, N. Y., to be used in cruising amongst the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, with an occasional trip around the great lakes, or off the coast of Maine. In view of her possible use in salt water, she was equipped with inboard surface condensing engines and particular attention was paid to making the hull so stanch as to be safe even in very heavy weather. The principal dimensions of the boat are: Length over all on deck, 80 ft.; length on load water line, 64 ft.; overhang for- blocks are closely fitted from frame to frame between ag keel and keelson and %-in. galvanized bolts hold all N [May 29 DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHTS, STEAM YACHT OSWEGATCHIE. Pounds. Per cent. Saete POORER oe a ee as a ee 38,000 39.7 Maiti eiisitics and boiler. ...< -cnjakicnccea5+ ase einns 15,500 16.2 Condenser .and -auxtliaries.. ices 6iik os asc ecko ee : 4,300 4.5 i i i rn tu an host 2s fae ie = . oe oe ee ate oe 2,900 3.0 Electric plant, hot and cold water tank, ice storage, etc. 2,000 2A Cabin and deck eqivpMeEN! .. :..no-- 00454019 +008 eee 11,200 12.7 Power equipment and spare partS ........-.seeceeseees 800 8 Coal in-fuel 'bunkers: ... 2.20060 6.6 JOA By ae 13,340 13.8 Water in boiler and tanks, ice, provisions, stores, etc... 7,000 7.2 Gta Sores St Ee ae ee pees 95,540 100 ward (cutter bow), 8 ft.; overhang aft, 8 ft.; beam a EEE SCANTLING SECT/ON amidships on load water line, 13 ft.; extreme beam z -- dit ae Ace amidships, 13 ft. 6 in.;. draught: ready for trial trip, 4 CO Cortings Birche'vih bee ft.; displacement on 4 ft. draught, 1,550 cu. 'ft. PY Reet aercen | The overhang both forward and aft is very grace- er Sebi wise towe Marine Iron Works. fully lined, the entrance is straight and clean cut and os : CHICAGO USA the sweep of the water lines into the counter promises of 3 well for speed. The body of the boat shows full strong & re : lines with very little dead rise, evidently. designed to oe : accommodate an exceptionally complete equipment of . v¢ ee powerful machinery, to furnish comfortable cabin ar- CS oF rangements below deck and still further assist that . ve oe stability that is so essential to real pleasure. The dis- f pd ee sergieeremincssine ihe Ml tribution of weights is shown in a table at the end of of Paneled Mahogany ' ------ or ~ ' this article. ext 6 on ZkatteltewFine 2S eter ob & sy The accompanying illustrations show the general if oes ly ¢ es arrangement of the boat. Below deck, aft of the engine % ¢: er 3 bs, é and boiler room, are the quarters for the crew, while ai v Os werendiy the space forward below the deck house is divided inta ae = 40 Ss ' a Le private staterooms for the owner's family with bath - 1 85: : } WW adjoining, and berth accommodation besides, for four Seung Deca 2° 2*Dow giass Fir 0) ---- 1p Frage As G&S in the forward cabin. The after part of the deck house oe i a | senate rte " Tt i Ne i is conveniently arranged as a galley, the main portion oy _ GLP Or [pe NRUNTNVRER being handsomely finished as a dining saloon. Paneled '¥' SAN a ome ri : 'Sees IND mahogany and plate glass play the principal part in the ? 6". y 'e i ee ee 2 ) Re re EER finishing, and while comparatively severe in style, the 2 5.0 ls ore ates | Ae oe oes \ effect is very taking. - CIEE ) Da eS li Hg ws Wht The splendid construction of this: boat, both as to of xt § i oe : ae aa WA | oes y y design and workmanship, entitles the Marine Iron ve N ee ee N N < Works to a great deal of credit. The scantling section oy & bole shes ; y\) shown herewith gives the main features of construction, of N Ser ee eee Bunkers 'ined min \ : but the Oswegatchie herself must be seen to fully ap- 9 y Sreratirn ber: M Ben 826" 2 ou" We tr? \ preciate the design and workmanship. The heavy ° a) ina rastideaidn agncngusd sais aise . shelf pieces of 244x12-in. selected white oak run ali ° 4 z Mi) thority Bitrate wad il Lilet pak «het ress, N N IN fore-and-aft and are strongly scarphed and bolted into oe N C plates at bow and stern, as well as tqeach frame and «= ¢ SW GY We eswarecan.Snocen i: N NI\\ beam, and to sheer strake and covering board. Oak y*® N\N secret 2° mowseiee Sarmec: 2éorceen N NY Double Fro mes te Deck at Bu/nreacds S N A three firmly clamped together. The stem is cut from a single piece of carefully selected white oak, and like the stern post and dgadwood, besides being well scarphed and bolted to the keel with 5-in. bolts and 134-in. oak dowels, has steel plates dove-tailed into each side, to make the scarph absolutely rigid. As shown ig the scCamtime section, the deck 'is. well re-: enforced at the openings for boiler and engine room transom, and both frames and deck beams are doubled at the bulkheads. The studding of both transom and deckhouse is tenoned into plate and coaming, while long 5£-in. rods between each stud pass through the plate and coaming, bolting the whole securely to the deck beams. The powering of the boat consists of a fore-and-aft compound high- speed condensing engine, splendidly proportioned, being of a solid-back, open-front, slipper-guide type for which the Marine Iron Works are noted. The high-pressure cylinder is 7% in. diameter, fitted with balanced piston valve. The low-pressure cylinder is 16 in. diameter, fitted. with slide valve. The stroke is 10 in. Completeness of the fittings and their character are in line with the design and workmanship of the engine itself, The propeller shaft is finished to 334 in. diameter and carries a 46-in. four- blade speed propeller wheel, made of phosphor bronze. The Roberts Overnment test safety water-tube marine boiler, of which the Marine ron Works are builders under license from the patentees, is a special size, measuring 5% ft. athwartship by 7% ft. fore-and-aft, and 5% ft. high. It has 25 sq. ft. of grate surface, nearly 800 sq. ft. of heating surface and carries about 1,250 lbs. of water to the second gauge. The hydrostatic ae on the boiler is to be 500 Ibs. and the steam pressure allowed s. a : S \ S\ S q 40 Zire 110 Corey Hft Com ths Waeelen inboure Surjace Conesser 4 a rr, gtidd =) 225 i 7 fare : Batok ¥ Ceiling ig Oon SQ @arertera of Bilge. Bottom Planking 18°™- Oar et Engine twit by PTARINE IROW WORKS Shs td Roberts Safely Matertube Bore: built by [Taming (Row Wonrs, a Engine To bers 68 (PRE ween 47 -O Leng 53D of N Kee/son: &% ©" W- Oar Borrea with £" Botts threagh LEP) Ye SSQRWZZASSSSIETBSSS KG 4 = Ls oS LN Perr ol = SWE} KS Ci <SCY/O. SSrraxes 276 "Cae (QB 1 "2-mterneres YL imier Chae -- SSE Mees. 67h" v- Onk SCANTLING SECTION, STHAM YACHT OSWEGATCHIE. The fittings and auxiliaries are very complete, including Penberthy auto-positive injector, Worthington duplex steam boiler feed pump and Marine Iron Works combination deck, test and hand boiler feed pump (capable of being worked against 700 Ibs. pressure). The entire outfit, excepting the special auxiliaries mentioned, is designed and built by the Marine Iron Works. A Wheeler light-weight inboard surface condenser, mounted complete on combined air and circulating pumps, very properly forms a part of the outfit of driving machinery, and it also is right in line with the balance of the high-class work incorporated into this steam yacht. Notices have been sent out calling for the payment of the, second instalment of 25 per cent. by the syndicate which underwrites the Morgan shipping combination. The issue of the call was construed in Wall street as evidence that the deal is going through smoothly. The underwriting syndicate agreed to furnish $50,000,000. About 60 per cent. of the sub- scriptions to the syndicate were from this country and about 40 per cent. from abroad. ' EF 0 fed STEAM YACHT OSWEGATCHIE--INBOARD SECTION.