Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-26
THE MARITIME EXPOSITION.
Further Practical Suggestions as TO
its Management.

In continuation OF the practical sugges-
tiOns regarding the management of the
proposed Maritime Exposition, published
in last Sundays APPEAL, we this morn
ing present our readers with a second ar
ticle from the same pen. II viii be found
| ofinteress to all classes of readers, bat
more especially to river men, to whose
careful perusal we recommend it.
FIRST, CLASS OF WOOD.
The managers of the Marine and Mari
time Exposition Will find it to their in
terest to make wood (ship and boat tim
ber) one of their most important special
ties. We furnish the names of the most
suitable for said purposes, believing that
foreign dealers viii send specimens, as
the demand in a few years on our sea-
coast and rivers will be such as to war
rant an economical examination of the
relative merits of all timber in use in the
! Old World and America. The following
! timbers are used upon the Continent OF
! Europe and in Great Britain, in the con-
struction of vessels. Our timber (Ameri-
CAM will be found in the sched-
ule. Let the Maritime Exposition
Commission offer premiums for the best
fifty cubic feet of sny of the following
woods used, as follows:
Keel-English oak, East India teak,
greenheart, American rock-elm, Ameri-
can yellow pine, pitch pine, red pine.
keelson-English oak, teak, greenheart.
Floors, futtscks, bowlocks, stern frame,
ditto. Stern post, stem, waterways, hatch
~combings, rails, main deck, poop and fore
castle, deadwood, upper and lower pieces,
outside pIankings, in fact, the leading
parts of the wood work are OF the woods
as above.
Lower masts, topmast, topsail-yards,
jib-boom, spanker boom, lower yards. are
all of American pine, yellow pitch and
red. All other spars of American black
spruce. In addition to these woods, there
are Baltic pine for decks, cabin fittings
and bulwarks, and blue gum, New Zea-
land pine, Canadian yellow and red pine,
tamarac, white pine, birch, spruce and
juniper.
| sECONDAEXPEDTENTs FOR THE PRES
ERvATION OF TIMBER.
Premium for the best composition for
preserving ship or boat timber Satura-
ting with creosote, or oil of tar, is recon-
mended. Chloride of zine is good.
rHIRD-rHE BEST ARTIo4E GN TIMBER
AND PROPER TIMES TO Eel IT.
With all oaks the best preserva-
tive is believed to be due attention to
the season of telling 1t (which should be
when the timber is most void of sap, and
I AaAAAAA a A-RNA0oALAAH 1AN1A " -
Let some practical woodman write a lucid
article on this important question. To
show the Importance of good timber in
ship building, We give the procedure OF
preserving il in Calcutta. A composition
called "~gull-gull," is used as follows:
Commissioned ships or boats require a
protection from the chemical action Of
the copper s~heathing. 4 coating of gull
! gull is spread all over the bottom of the
vessel and then covered with wood
sheathing; another, but thinner layer, OF
gull-gull is then placed over these boards,
forming a bedding for the copper which
is fastened against the last coat. This,
and a substance composed Of mustard Oil
ar-S5unam, Qime)-hfty pound Of lime
to thirty of oil are generally used In the
East Indies, and is a thorough protection
against worms, which so often destroy
timber, especially on our waters.
FoURTH-coAL.
It's varieties-ln Anthracite and Btu
minOus. The immense consumption of
this important element of fuel viii war
rant an active interest in its presentation.
FIFTH-DOCKs.
There will be nothing more Important
before the maratime commission than tie
subject Of Docks, as the day is not far dis
tanJ when Memphis viii be a ship and
boat ward. At Cork, Ireland, a dock ca
pable of taking in "A dozen large boats,
cost three hundred thousand dollars, gold.
\ Slip for two large vessels or boats cost
twenty thousand dollars, gold. At Glas-
gov a splendid dock cost thirty-hve
thousand dollars, gold. Let able articles
be written on the relative value of docks
and slips. To exhibit the Importance OF
these docks, let the readers Of the APP
PEAL note the Craving Docks of the
Messrs. White at COwes, and those Of the
southampton Dock Company. We detail
the latter: One hundred and se~venty-ive
acres. The first, or tidal, comprises six
teen acres water area. 1t has a depth of
eighteen feet low water springs; the av-
erage rise of the tide is thirteen feet; its
quay frontage extends TO $500 feet. The
second. or close dock, tthe first of a series
intended to comprise thres others of still
larger dimensions) contains a water
area of ten acres, with an average
permanent depth of % feet water. Inthe
open docks are shears tested 70 the weight
OF 90 tons for shifting machinery. At
tached TO the wet docks are extra large
grazing or dry docks, As follows:
l-45O feet long, so feet gate, p feet depth.
2-344 4" d" Sc " E" Is "
9-256 " d" 81 " 4" ID /" "
The depth is over the blocks. We are
particular in these details, as we believe
there is no Is enterprise that will serve
to advance the material Interests of Mem
phis greater than the permanent establish
ment Of complete system Of docks. The
city Of Memphis can afford, at this mo-
ment, as poor as she is, to give her present
dock company a hundred acres on her
northern front, II they viii develop that
interest 70 a position commensurate with
the Importance of Memphis, as a port at
the head OF navigation on our inland sea,
the Mississippi. At this period, when
boats and vessels find time TO go on dock,
there is no place below Memphis exempt
from ma!aria and epidemic. Above us
they ass hound in by sand. We can as
sure the readers "a the APPEAL interested
in this most vital subject ri Ell matters
potent 10 the growth of the Mississippi
Valley Giant. that il will not be ten years
ere ali boats that ply the +" Father Of Wa
tiers and his tributaries, will, when
wanting it, dock for repairs at Memphis;
and 81 coasters and New Orleans home
steamers gill be examined upon Mem
phis docks,
OFFICERS OF H MARATrsFR EzPosITIor.
We would respectfully suggest Capt.
Isaac n. Brown, whose nautical knOwl-
edge is of national record, and whose
gentlemanly and superior IL
telligence stamp the man for any occasion,
as President of the Maratime Exposition.
Chief of Inspection, VIM. G. Gibbons,
Esq, firm Of Pussy, Jones x Co., Will
mington, Del, tship and iron boat build
ersl.
On Steamboats,, (wood).-CommodOre j.
z. Montgomery, of Memphis.
on Maps, Charts, Diagrams and Treat
ies.-A1ajOr Bradford, of the Mississippi
Valley Navigation Company, a gentle
man of classical and naval requirements.
on Aodels.-Capt. D.. DeHayen.
Arranging Frogrammes-Cols. Birney
Marshall, Louis J., Dupree, Leon Trous-
dale.
Reports upon the Navigation Of White,
Arkansas and other rivers-by such per-
sons as may be deemed competent, in
dexed by pioneers like Ashford and Davis.
Each State should be represented by its
best men.
These suggestions are made with the
proViso thai they will be approved of by
the gentleman who hasiRitiated the move
ment in your city, and to whom the honor
of the inception of the Maratime EXPOSE
ton is fully accorded-by your cores
pondent. b.
P.S. We have not cited, in our mention
of docks, the nine miles of such at Liver
pool, as we are confident Memphis has no
such aspiration; but we want 100 acres en-
the north front.
Give your present company q gratuity,
in lease, Of the region now covered with
water, for n~inety-nine years-and, take
our word for it, in ten years, where you
now fear cutting away you will have an
immense system of docks-as there Is no
greater reclamatory engine against tidal
or current fluctuations than dock bull