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42 We. LARIMER JONES—River Towboat—Stern Wheel Steam .. or fee sones & LAUGHL! WM LARIMER PME VESTA CORE OM: Name—Wwo. LARIMER JONES Owner—Vesta Coal Co. Builder—Howard Ship Yards & Dock Co. Naval Architect—Vesta Coal Co. Design Launched—Feb. 24, ’30; completed, July 2, Sister Boat—Tiran; launched, Apr. 5, 730; completed Sept. 17, ’30 HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 163 feet 8 inches; length between perpendiculars, 139 feet 6 inches; breadth molded, 34 feet; depth molded, 7 feet 4% inches; draft, 5 feet; displacement loaded, 660 tons; gross tonnage, 511; net tonnage, 192; number in crew, 24 men; bunker fuel capacity, in coal, 120 tons; speed, 8 to 10 statute miles per hour. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two tandem compound con- densing steam engines built by Frisbie Engine Co. Size, 14 x 28 inches x 8 feet stroke; indi- cated horsepower, 600 for each engine at 25 revolutions per minute. Boilers—Two Foster Wheeler marine water- tube type boilers; total heating surface, 3272 square feet; fuel, coal. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Worthington Pump-& Mach. Corp. Capstans—American Engineering Co. Steering Engine (hydraulic)—Marietta DESCRIPTION This vessel and her sister steamer Trran, though following or- thodox design are mod- ern in their special fit- ness for towing coal from the mines to the mills of the owner in the Pittsburgh district. The steering gear is of both hydraulic ram type and, electric to be used in an emergency. Steering Winch (aux. electric)—Lidgerwood Electric Refrigerators—General Electric Co. Condenser—Worthington Pump & Mach. Superheaters—Foster Wheeler Corp. Electric Generators—Elliott Co. Soot Blowers—Diamond Power Specialty Valves—Lunkenheimer Telegraph System—Chas. Cory Corp. The Wm. LARIMER JONES and sister boat TrTan are operating around Pittsburgh primarily in towing coal from the mines to the mills of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. The hulls are of steel as is also the superstructure up to and in- cluding the boiler deck. The cabin and pilot house are built of wood. Modern equipment includes, all metal beds, wash basins and mirrors in each room in addi- tion to three crew’s shower baths. There are two General Electric refrigerators and four Gen- eral Electric drinking fountains; four Ventura- fin heaters in addition to steam radiators in all bathrooms. There are two electrically con- trolled searchlights. Every care has been taken to insure safety, including engine indicators in the pilot house, and particularly the steering mechanism, in having a separate electric steer- ing gear ready to be used in an emergency as a standby for the regular hydraulic ram gear or- dinarily in use. The changeover only takes 40 seconds. ILO name MARINE REview—April, 1931