The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-20

The Scripsurai .dage Of pourSns oil
On troubled waters has eng.sed ths NJ
ten;ioa Of the English tsoTcrnm-.:.
through the effort. of Lori Caxnarvon.
who introduced the matter in Partia
ment Recently ~i;h such sacces,fhs: tho
Board 81 Trade IL about to adopt msss-
ur-. 70 ties. the value % experiments.
and II they prove 10 BE- OF practical inn
prprtanee viii Institute further MEASURE.
for the protection IL life and property
By this process In his srgunen; Lord
Csrnarson called attention to pryst.
experiments which had been made. and
which were very interesting In their
results Mr.. Shields. Of Perth. ob-srs-
ing tina, the osl which came from some
machinery stilled the s~arfsc. os \ pond.
laid perforated pipes under a danger
Gus bar across the mouth Of feierte.d
Harbor, Ind then pumped oil into them
from = reservoir on SHIRE. As the ~
suit. be says: Huge green billowssr from
ten To twentg feet high. which curied IN
white cresis as they ncATed the barsor
mouth. and broke In mad surf over the
bar. were reduced To swelling waves.
over which any vessel could have ridden
in SAFETY"
The remarks made in Parliament by
various speakers show that this process
OF siilling troubled waters is not ai all
new. but has not been Systematically
used The quoting virtues Of O. have
been known for centuries. The Syrian
fishermen have always used IL. and
Persian boaimen are in the habi; %. tow
ing astern 81 their crafts blaidcrs tllcd
with oil and prickcd ~ that il can leak
out gradually. In fliny's time the
sponge-divcrs in the Medi .~rrincIn
ussd oil 81 n 20 obtain 4 smooth sur ace
when they rose Whslers have always
observed The effect when blubber i cut
of alongside OF the ship. Fishermen
in the Shetland Islands. Cornwall. an |
on the coast Of Norway use a great deal
Of oil for soothing the sea. Since The
experiments 81 Pcterhcad. referred TO
above. the London Standard LAY,
numerous cases of the use of oil have
been recorded. and IL mention, the fol-
lowing:
For instance. two Italians cry-~ai the y.
liant G from Buen's- Ayres to- ths Me iifsrra-
mean In 4 small sailing boat. which was -u's .
qucnily EXHIBITED In Milan. They expert
- 'ssf 'AN ~ - Nh - -
q ] 10 a. through the waves withbut Sh'pp M .
bu"ketfui. wha.crs have bc-a O. cain
tho surface 10y towing y ece- OF hiubicr along
side AMI asiern. ant the Captain If n steamer
declares that hts vessel would have b. n lost
in the Bay of Bisciy had q not teen Tor bis
foresight IN pour NJ oil TN 'h" troubled wa
frrs- ON Sable l. AMI - -cho lner hE DO %
sen Ia terr her way through a sea is.hri into
white foam 10y On. a tho violent storms Whlcl
sweep that tnbo<p thlc coast simply by lad
linz out biubher aud ira "a OH, though IN thu
same Q.ir many sDlt n shin Ns-nf 4 the n Il
tom. Another c,-c - On record Of yes-I
which Was threaten Il by breakers 80 hieh hat
they seemed iikc.y every m!nut ~ inxulf the
ship. However. ne : "ncr dai thcy approach
the ~uilcovrTci surface 90 The set. VII Ch ex-
tend 4 y few hundred feet from the side. thsn
they fell. and . rnitici the vessel {, survive
the hurricane"
The general fact seems 10 be well es.
tablishei that OIL will calm the troubled
sea. though il sometimes fails owiny To
the action of tides and currents which
sweep it OF before il can accomplish il
pacific WORK. but its use in private
hands for hundreds Of years is n suiii-
Gent test Of efficacy. and were scientific
men T. give il attention. discovering
the best kind Of oil and the best meth
DDS of using il. and the amour. To- he
used. the area Of its usefulness might
be largely increased. This is what the
English Government now proposes to
do. and all the officials II the Board II
Trade and the Admiralty. rs well a.
those Of the National Life-bolt ~lns,;tu-
ton, have been ordered To experiment.
and report results. II oil has this
500 hing effect upon salt water with its
strong tides and currents. why should
it not have a still more marked effect
upon the water O: our lakes. which aic
not influenced TO any perccptible cN-
e n by tides or currents? A. il requires
but a very small amount Of oil for an
ordinary ocean voyage-say n few gal
lOns-it would need still less for our
short lake cruises. The experiment is
one richly worth trying. and might save
many lives and a vast AMOUNT of prop
crty. II a gallon or two Of oil viii save
one Of our lake vessels, certainly il
not TO bc lost for the lack OF it.
II is a very simple matter anyway 10 try
the experiment, when any 81 them get
caught in the next blow. Chicago tn
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