ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. MANAPOURI.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4414, 17 June 1882, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. MANAPOURI.

The Union Company's new steamship Mr.ua•pouri, the latest and grandest addition to thac splendid fleet, crrived in Larbour from -Fort Chalmers at 5 30 p.m. ;est_rd_y, after agoodpa^sage of la hours fft/iu Ut'.go lie-ids ot- c wharf, against a head sea. Tho -wharf was crowded with peop.'e on the -team r coming aionge-ids, -*1 anxious to pet ou bi-ml and inspect the _«w arrival and the eletrie light. The Manapouri ia avery handsomely mo-all'd -__sel, of MUO long regt-ter, 283 ft in length between the perpendicular. 3. > ft extreme breadth, 22ft moulded depth, Etrakht stem and ellipticxl stern. She is bv.f tof steel, and has three dec.s, -with a poop, _*.urrit*a_e houae, and topgal!_nt*fiH<*> castle. 'J he steamer is built with seven bulkhead-*, five of which are watertight. She enrriea e__ toafcimilt boatr, euch > f whicn is fitted with patent -_isengag*_ig aj.<(aratus. Tbe Hanapoari is rigged as a two-mn_ve<i sch-x-ner, lower masts steel, and was launched on De a. 20 inst irom the _evern Shipbuilding Ya-da. Dumbarton, and was built, by Messrs W. iJonuy and Bros, nnder thn supervi-ic-n ©f the Union Cviapaay'j superintending en-jins-ir, Mr J. Darliug. lltr engines ar« compound surface 40*_densi)*g inve-tml cy'ind r high presinra engine?, of 2±.0 i_dica'fcd h^rar-power, aud SSO -torßs-powe; n\ __v__l. ike cyliudefs a-e 4lm a_d TOm in di-meter respectively, the length of tho -stroke beirg 49in. " St^am is snppied from ■two mulutubuiar boilers, hoatod by tweWe furnacta. The propeller is a four-bladed cc, l_ft diameter, with a pitch cf 2 f .ft 6in, and her estimated speed is 1. knots an hour on a oonaumpti-.n of 35 t--.ns of coal per day. 'l-^j engine-) are fitted wth Brown's patent hydraulic •starting g^sr, and the steering gear is filuir a&l • Caldwell's latent patent. The sbip 13 fitted with very powertul steaai winobe- at ei«h*?r hatch, and steam ia utilised for saving labour wherever -pOB-ible. One gi cat feature ia the Manapouri is Iter lighting, 170 of Swarm's incandescent lights being fitted in different parts Of the ship, in addition to a number of aro lights for use in working cargo, tho wh-tlo of wh ; ch can cc illuminated and extinguished .-imultaneonsiy . These lights are maintained by two , -machine-*, one a Siemens hydrodynamio, and ttb other a Siemens alternating ijurrent maohine, both of which are driven by a Brotherhood engine, making 750 ro volution 3 per -minute. Tbe light is beautifully .sot and pleaaiuc, and is enclosed in handsome silver.pla'ed iami»3, tiie- shades of which each bear the Company's fl.g and name. The sse&m^r is also fitted with oil Tampa, for use in case of any -a-iahap in tha electrio .lighting. Each cabin has an electric light, and in addition, an ordinary candle lamp.