New York Central No. 3, the power
ful seagoing tugboat recently pur
chased in New York city by White
man Bros., general towing contract
ors of this port, and which was tow
ed down the Atlantic coast from New
York to New Orleans, arrived here
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
and was given a noisy welcome by
the boats in the local harbor. Steam
whistles in the city joined in the
greeting to the new craft, and a
number of citizens proceeded to the
river front to see her come in. On
her first trip up the mighty river,
the tug propelled a big tow consist
ing of four pontoons loaded with
structural steel consigned to the
Texas and Pacific Railway at Mel
ville, to be used in reconstructing
and. raising the railroad bridge over
the Atchafalaya river at that point;
one barge containing 3000 barrels of
fuel oil for Cedar Grove plantation
at Whitecastle; Whiteman Bros.'
sternwheel towboat Ella, and a fuel
flat.
The New York Central No. 3, to
be renamed the A. W. Whiteman af
ter the junior member of the White
man firm, was built in 1886 atl Cam
den, N. J., by John H. Dialogue &
Sons, for the New York Central and
Hudson River Railway J y which com
pany she has since been used for
harbor service in New York bay.
She. is 100 feet long by 22.6 feet
beam, and has a depth- of hold of
10 feet, with iron hull. Her engines
are capable of developing 600 horse
power, and she is electric lighted
throughout, current being supplied by
a direct-connected turbine engine
operating a 2 to 3 K. W. dynamo.
