The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-06


"fone ani soa ihem sefapa the
lafHaalas "a from ihe bmiUm u big
lfHn afe4mef lld an enplpfe 0f The
rn.lf Mail Company ~ fopprier st
ihr fHfaHieif fHontly you eaiildn
lhnk II, but ifs bue ~ tli0 biggest
lioma ~ expense IN tho repairs " iheso
steumafa. continued W. ''itA an
operation that every SHIPS bptipm Rbes
through altar every third ifip acrust
ibo Pacific, and you know that Tho ~
lle creatures which give W. - much
trouble ARE thicker and attain their
growth morp rapidly In Pacific waters
Than they dp In tho Atlantic
ihe reporter and his informant wero
In the Vicinity ~ Hunters Point dry
dock. and on entering The yard tho
CITY " Nuw York was seen high and
dry on the supports, ahda large mum.
her uf men, each with Triangular shaped
scrnper ~ hard moal IN hand, were
working on her. These scrnpers had
handles attached 10 the center .aDd
were ground on each of their three
edges. Tho sound " the scraplng re-
scmbos that produced by masons'
trowes in spread NJ mortar. though
much louder, and there was also q
hacking aud cutting noiso occasionally.
a. some more obstinate bunch of barna-
cles clnug with greater tcnaoily than
their neighbors. II was a wholesale
slaughter of these parasitic animals,
which In some spots lncrlstcd tho hoe
tom Of the ship 10 tho depth Of an inch
mn n ha to two Inches.
"rhey aro only snail cIiugcrs. these
bnrnacles." said the Pacific Mail man.
but Ike neas on nervous individual,
they are very much In tho way, though
thcy are little,
80 what extent do they damage tho
bottom Of an iron sh,pP' asked the ro-
porter.
"lt isn't Tor e damage TO tho ship
80 much as the way they impede ~
progress that they are complained of, y
was the reply. 90
How much time each day OF sailing
would this steamer l0e by having =
coating OF barnn les on her bottom
From III een TO twcnly-llye mi es
"Do they not grow lhiceer an woHiel'
bottom YES 81 than On iron?
ayes; but thcy are not so Thick on
copper bottoms, an that Is ono OF l,,c
chief oh Gets In having vessels copper
bottomed The baruacles do mol like
the poisonous nature Of the copper and
do not begin 10 cling to il until i has
been partly neutra lied by the action OF
the salt water lrDn ships eau not, o.
course, have copper bottoms, ~ tho cx
pcnsc would be too great IN making o
solid bottom Of copper, and there u no
salisfa tory way Of attaching the
sheoting. To partly obviate the tend
cney OF barna ,lc' TO collect on iron
vessels a strong solution Of ycrdigris is
now mixed with other ingredients and
used on tho bottom below the red water
line. and for this reason all tho lower
outside surface Of the tanners u th hs
company now have green oloi, suci
a. YOU now see they are putting on the
underside Of the New York's stem.p
The reporter watched the process OF
scraping and observed that as fast as n
49, aa ~ al ,ha rad iron
rust was made visible underneath, II
was washed clean by another set OF men.
who were followed By tho painters with
pots OF sleamiug mixture from furnace.
along the ships side. Over each OF
y "sr aaroaa i;an;J ,ha, hubhIed and b,ssed
aJ san, tnr,h an oJnr which one could
an, ' 1. w., aonsidar noisonnns from, ,he
"s,urs "a a ths camnound whence Il
iss',as
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~ sraa, % - shIn9r astad IN. ronor,sr
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- 80, .s oar wo,t con.
p, ppaa,.n,l. ~, . yasss,,s bo,,om Yau
saa o" H. idaa ~ Il 90 savs e,nonss n costs
80 : Eel ~. % ,ran, 200 IN si looo 4 dsy ac.
Iis >, ,anna,o a. NJ, ~,
Nj Joot snd ,ba man Who do the
,na,L .n's % nn III - ",..,n.r mar are turnIsLed by
,ha Nal connsny and are Inst 1,oted
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form rough rusty places where the Nv