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STEAM SCHOONERS. The typical freight coasting vessel on the coast is the steam schooner, a designation which to eastern men seems a con- tradiction in tertns. Illustrations are given herewith of two of these vessels, inboard profile and deck plans of the Mel- ville Dollar and deck plan and outboard profile of the Robert Dollar. The photographs Trae Marine REVIEW are triple-expansion with cylinders 16, 25 and 42-in. diameter by 33-in. stroke, allowed 170 Ibs. pressure. The boiler is 13 ft. 6 in. diameter and 11 ft. long, the heating surface being 1,650 sq. ft. and a grate area of 60. "Sq: She consumes 12 tons of Pocahontas coal in twenty-four hours, She is also equipped with a donkey boiler 4 ft. 7 in. diameter and 9 ft. 2 in. long. The Melville Dollar show exactly what these so-called schooners look like. They were designed primarily for the lumber trade "and aré. so con- structed as to carry very heavy deck loads of lum- ber. The Melville Dollar was built of steel at West Bay City, Mich, by F. W. Wheeler & Co. She was intended originally for car- rying lumber on the lakes, but was purchased by the Dollar Steamship Co. of San Francisco, who fitted her out on the Atlantic coast for a trip around the horn. The Melville is 239 ft. keel, 38 ft. beam and 14 ft.. deep. Her gross ton- nage is 1,380 and net ton- nage 1,103. Her engines 'aptain > | Pilot House) Chart- "4 Room ; 9 es {Clos lost i ) F: | | Saloon and | ae aie Dining Rocm 8 Beiler Room i ~ -- aoa 3 opens. onkey iB Yj oe) X Wy. i) ee t at : Captains &| PFE (-- Chart Recms Hf » ) ) } | i ( ) oN STEAM SCHOONER ROBERT DOLLAR. i | 3d, e8 31 \ TB oa Porteble | Engine ESN ee an ea Engine --t.- 3} | Pos raet 3 = Ses ating ie 0. Room Capacity 83,074 cu.ft. ent Length bet.Engine Room and Collision Bulkheads 190 fect |_|Engine Rm (PERM RE A ee eee ee eer eey heb Ber PERE EEE EEE REL EE TTT CET EET TT LETTE TTT IT TIT ET [Collision Blkhd. Boiler Hatch Winche Capsian ete, 3 : z a ee : a ce es : 7 =| Engine : ed i \ \ 24 Ventilator = : ---+te be ! Bes | oe 1 ' can be used for 5 & a | ; \ | Hold | i | | trimming cargo' s 2 rd | _________ }apncity 88,074 eu.th, | | 3 Length bet.Engine Room and Le ee 3 Collision Bulkheads 190 feet PROFILE AND DECK PILANS MARINE REVIEW OF STEAM SCHOONER MELVILLE DOLLAR.