ANN ARBOR R. R. CO. VS. C. L. GLASGOW ET AL.
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Q. Mr. Towsley, are you familiar with the three car ferries of the Ann Arbor railroad which have been in service during the years 1914 and 1915 and ending June 30th?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Will you kindly describe them by description as to size, dimensions, boilers, age and all the things that enter into a brief description of them.
A. The Ann Arbor railroad owns three car ferries. The descriptions of these vessels are as follows:
The name of the first vessel is Ann Arbor No. 3: registered as to port of hail, South Frankfort. Michigan : type of vessel, propeller; flag, American; material, all steel; gross tonnage, 1677; net tonnage, 996; car capacity, 22; length 259 feet: breadth, 52 feet; depth, 18 feet 6 inches; number of decks, 2; construction, for car ferry service; equipment, electric light and wireless telegraphy; date built, 1898; builders, Globe Iron Works Company of Cleveland, Ohio; engines, two fore and aft, horizontal compound; cylinders 20-40; stroke, 36; indicated horse power, 325; number of revolutions per minute, 86: builders Globe Iron Works Company; boilers, number, two; type, Scotch; diameter, 12 feet 7 1/4 inches; length 13 feet; furnaces, four; square feet of grate surface, 99; square feet
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of heating surface, 3968; steam pressure, 135 pounds; built by the American Ship Building Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 1913. I desire to have the permission of correcting the date of the building of’ these boilers if I find that this is in error; I think it is a typographic error.
Q. Which one is this?
A. Number three. The second boat, name, Ann Arbor Number 4; port hail, South Frankfort; type of vessel, propeller; flag, American: material, steel; gross tonnage, 1884; net tonnage, 1082; car capacity, 22; length, 259 feet; breadth, 52 feet; depth, 19 feet.
Q. Pardon me, where the word ‘car” is used in your testimony, does that refer to freight cars or passenger cars?
A. Freight cars.
Q. Very well, all through this description that will be true, I take it?
A. Yes, sir; freight cars. Number of decks, two; construction, for car ferry service; has four water tight bulk heads, steel boiler house, electric light plant and wireless telegraphy; date built, 1906; builders, American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio; engines, two triple expansion; cylinders, six; diameter 14 – 22 ½ - 38 stroke, 32; indicated horse power, 2400; built by the American Ship Building Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 1906; boilers, type, Scotch; number, two; diameter, 12 feet 10 1/2 inches; length, 13 feet; furnaces, four; square feet of grate surface 104; square feet of heating surface 2061; steam pressure, 175 pounds; built by the American Ship Building Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
The third boat: name, Ann Arbor No. 5; port of hail, South Frankfort, Michigan; type of vessel, propeller; flag, American; material, steel; gross tonnage 2284; net tonnage, 1961; car capacity, 30 cars; length, 363 feet; breadth 63 feet; depth 21 feet; number of decks, one; construction, for car ferry service. There are three water tight bulk heads and some additional bulk heads not water tight. Equipment, electric light and wireless telegraphy; date built, 1910; builders, Toledo Ship Building Company, Toledo, Ohio; engines, two triple expansion; cylinders, six; diameter, 21-33-52; stroke, 40 inches; indicated horse power, 3600; revolutions per minute, 90; builders Toledo Ship Building Company, Toledo, Ohio; boilers, type, forced draft Scotch; number, four; diameter, 13 feet six inches; length 12 feet; furnaces, eight; square feet of grate surface, 184; square feet of heating surface, 8096; steam pressure 185 pounds; builders Marine Boiler Works, Toledo, Ohio; date built, 1910.
