The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-21

The bulwarks are to retain their natural
walnut color, but will be highly polished
and vanished. Inside, the prevailing
color will be dull white; the deck will
be painted a soft delicate yellow.
The boats rig has been the subject OF
much earnest thought on the part of her
builders. At length, however, it has been
decided to adopt the schooner model, and
she is to be rugged after that pattern. The
lib will be six feet long on the "heel" or
lower part. Each mast will have hoist
of eleven feet six inches, and will be
eight feet six inches on the heel. They
are to be sixteen feet eight inches long,
we'll and gracefully proportioned. The
two spirits will be fifteen and half feet
long. One boom will be placed on the
mainmast, and will have length of nine
and half feet. The foresail is to be
lug-rigged, and will trim eighteen inches
aft of the mainmast. The sails are being
made of fine cotton duck, they are double
bighted or scanned, and every effort is
made to render them at once light and
durable. All the masts, spars and sails Of
the Liliputian bark are detached, and will
be stored away in the hold to await an
emergency.
The steering apparatus will be most
COup1CtCs liz 1uuuC1 10 Va O0n avn
bound, and, in addition to this, steering
oar is to be added for use in heavy wealth
er. The boat will also carry a full sup
ply of canned provisions, and from SIX to
eight ten-gallon kegs of fresh water. She
will be furnished with charts, compasses
and other instruments of navigation, and
also with one of the patent umbrella drags
which has been found so efficient in keep
ing ships head to the wind, and which is
now in use on many ofthe steamship lines.
The boat will be fitted out with every ap-
pliance for rowing as we'll as sailing.
Three rowlocks of plated silver are to be
placed on each side, and six oars of WELL
seasoned ash, each fourteen feet
long, will be slowed in the hold.
All the minor details are at
tended to with as much care as
those of greater importance. Brass Delay
ing elects are to be furnished, a copper
stem and scag band will be added, and a
number of patent life preservers placed in
the cabin. The apparatus for detaching
the boat from the balloon is of the most
perfect character The great aim of the
Graphic Company and the builders has
been to secure a boat which would live
in any sea, and which would at the same
time be so light as to present no him
drance to the balloon. In this they have
been entirely successful; the boat, when
finished, with all her spars and sails, will
only weigh seven hundred pounds.
Should it by any unforeseen chance be
necessary for the voyagers to take to the
life boat in mid.ocean, is it possible for so
small a vessel to reach land? This ques-
ton can be easily answered by a refer
ence to the exploit of the Red, White and
Blue. This daring little craft, which is
just three and half feet longer than the
balloon boat, sailed from New York for
Paris on the 9th of July, 1866, and arrived
in London, England, on the 10th of Au-
gust, making the passage in the short
space of thirty-eight days. The crew con-
sisted of two men, Captain John NJ. Hud-
son and Frank Fitch, both of whom were
old and experienced navigators. During
the voyage a succession of head winds
and strong gales were encountered at all
times. However, the little ship behaved
admirably, and though from stress of
weather she was no less than four times
thrown on her beam ends with masts in
the waves, each time she righted, and,
throwing the water from her decks, again
sped in safety on her way.-New York
Daily Graphic, August4.