The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-10
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TONI e /. Y ~ YRS 10, lsss.,s

R B |. ;|Is.' o D o ,l| 10, 1889
was problematicaFin their undertake
ing hassbeen favorably decided. 4 ssg
h Theirsboatsl ies%on theawater, IA neat
model, having extraordinary capacity
Tor carrying, staunch as they could
desire, and drawing fas she Elieslready
TOR her engine and upperaWorks, nine
inches water only. s...,.s ). j ].
The Iron steamboat will be COM
pleted, ready to run, in tile course of
five weeks. When Completed she.
will unite 50 many advantages over
Ordinary steam vessels, that we are
5temptedstoi prolong this article by a
Notice ofsthem. 3ss,T ..a4 Isl .ss.. ,,ss Fl,
She Will have two engines, entire
.ly distinct, supplied BY one set 81 BOZ
tlers. To, obyiate the only objection
usually found with double erlgin es--a
which is, that having no couplings the
engines cannot run when the boat is,
still, creating a liability to ashort4 sup,
ply of&Waterin the boilers--two small
engine ss, working at right angles, are
placed close TO the after end Of the
boilers, for the purpose Of working the
force pump and the cold water pump.
TIE 6oilers are thus supplied iinndepeh-.
IDENTITY Of the propelling engiiuees- --iiiii ]
diminishing vastly the hazard of explo-
sion. y To place security against ex-
Iplosion beyond question. altogether,
the safety valve and safety guard in
vented, by our ingenious toWnsmann,
ECadWalllader Evans, Esq, have been
attached To the boilers. SIS 81 y .ss,a.
10 guard against sinking, the hull
ofthe boat has been divided into three
compartments leigthwise by two
staunch, waterstight, bulk heads of
iron. 81 Either Of these divisions filing
with With " water. would not suffice to sink
the boat '.sa S
To stiffen her, there is, III addition
to these two bulk heads, one running
fore and aft from stem to sstern. Ia
Against fire. every provision has
beensmadein the hull, which is COM
pleteIin every respect, without. an
inch Of timber or other combustible
material. 'ls's Is =
Here then, is a boat, the product
Of Pittsburgh enterprise and mechan-
ical skill. the first of any considera-
bic size built in the country. which.
when finished, will afford tie safest
vehicleafor the conveyance ofpersons
and property which can be. produced
in the shape of q steamboat, She can
not be sunk, she cannot be burnt, she
IS proof against explosion, and She
runs in almost no water at all; and
what we would ask, does the traveller
or shipper want mere than theseg ii
Her length in deck is 100 feet,
length of. keel 40 feet, breadth Of
beam IS feetI4 inches, depth Of hold
8 teeth III d asa s.t,sysa tt,,,.i s
CALCULATIONS MANAGEME,,Nr. On
passing by q hay field the other day,
We stopped to see the calculation
of two hired men, who with the aid Of
a boy, We're attempting to load acart
with hay.They drove the cart mid
way, between. two tWinroWs which
were more, than twenty feet apart.
One man was mounted on the cart,
one used d pitchfork. This man was
obliged To carry every forkful notices.
than eight feet to reach the cart, and
when he had pitched awhile on one
lside heswas obliged toamove round to
1.-THE other side for the hay onfahe 9TH
Ter Winisow.a Their movements gave
opportunity to the man on the cart
Ito stand still one half the time and
more. But to- balance this, the boy
who was rakmg after the cart had
twice as much labor as he could per-
form, for the cart was 50 distant from
each wilirow, that the scatterings
were strof 'i1's nearl over the whole
ground. s.. 800. i. 3
The boy fell, IN the rear, and the
farther the team advanced the more
Hopeless Wassthe case OF the boy, for
he was getting farther off from the
place of deposit for the scatterings.
|sWeg could not butsinquire ofthe men
Iwhysthey did not drive close by one
lsWinroW --.tllen close to the other;sin
Ewhichscase9t they would make ebutlit-
tile scattering for the boy, and the
man on the load would have no gfeis-
lure timer oH look up and see how high
1.-THE sun was. @ '1siass
The .pitchfork man asked with a
smile if We though we Gould pitchbet-
tesnr w . took the fork from his Weld
ling hand lhalWed tile team close 10
the WinroIW T. tossed on the hay in
small f99'rkfluls, ssmany and not farsbe-
Tween, SOFAS to allow the marlsOn the