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STEAMSHIP TEXAN OF THE AMERICAN-HAWAITIAN STEAMSHIP CO.'S FLEET. SOME SPLENDID COASTERS. While the New York Ship Building Co., Cam- den, N. J., has not been in existence very long it -has already added some splendid steamers to the coastwise fleet. All of these vessels are of high class; (ithree: of them, the J. M. Guffey, Ligonier and Larimer are oil carriers, work- ing between the Texas oil fields and the ports of Philadelphia and New York. They have superior accommoda- tions for the engineers, firemen and seamen with bathrooms' for the officers and are fitted up in a manner that was not dreamed of a few years ago. The American-Hawaiian Steamship Co.'s ships. Texan, Nev- adan and Nebraskan which ply. between. California ports and Philadelphia and New York in the sugar trade are most elab- orately fitted up, having refrigerating machinery, bathrooms and most comfortable kind. of accommodations possible for officers and men. The latest new vessel. for the coastwise service which this company has turned out is the Ontario for the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Co. of Baltimore, Md. This com- [Bult by New York Ship Building Co, Camden, N /. light and Pullman berths. Her run occupies from thirty-six to forty hours and she is especially designed for the service she has to perform. These splendid ships are illustrated on the accompanying pages and are more specifically: described below. The Ontario is a single screw, steel passenger. and cargo steamer of the hurricane deck type, 315 ft. long, 42 ft. beam moulded, 33 ft. 2 in. deep, and is designed for the coasting trade between Baltimore and Boston. The ship has four complete decks, orlop, lower, main and hurricane, and on_ the hurricane deck is a large deck house. The hold, orlop and. lower decks are exclusively for cargo. On the main deck forward are accommodations for firemen and crew as well as two rooms containing berths for eighteen second-class passengers. Immediately aft is a large space devoted to cargo. Abreast of the engine and boiler casings are the engineer's quarters, officers' mess room, galley and ice room; aft of the engine casings is another large cargo space and at the stern are the stewards' and waiters' quarters. The hurricane deck house is nicely fitted up to accommodate first-class passengers. -There is-a large dining saloon tastefully finished in polished mahogany, pantry, toilet rooms and forty-eight large state- _Tooms. On the top. of the hurricane deck house, at the forward end is the pilot house, captain's quarters and the smoking room, the latter being finished in oak. At the after end 1s a small observation house, connected by stairs to the main saloon. The ship is propelled by a triple-expansion engine of about 3,500 H. P., steam being supplied by two large double-ended Scotch boilers. pany is one of the oldest in the coasting trade:-and = the Ontario is the largest ship that the com- pany possesses. She is a typical coaster with her side ports for handling Care Oo: on trucks. She has most excellent ac co Mm m.0- dations with running water The Me 3 Dollar, (now thie Guffey) was built by the New York Ship Building Co. in 1g0l and was single screw cargo steamer of 2,465 gross tons. The prin- cipal dimen- sions are as fol- lows: length over all, 309 ft., TI: in, Beam moulded 40 ft.; in every state- room, electric depth moulded STEAMER J. M. GUFFEY IN THE TEXAS OIL, TRADE. 26 ft. The ship [Built by New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N./. is of the three-