Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-04
A "PEAoEMAKERy INDEED.
Tns Latest Prcduo, IN tho Torpedo Bonr
Lime.


New York Tlmes
In the bYoillng sun OF yesterday after
noon aboutthree hundred persons, iltty OF
whom were ladies in charming summer COS
tunes, stood on the west bank OF the IIud-
son river beneath the great riverside drive
aud gazed upon strengthening vessel
anchored near the shore. The vessel bore
the name OF Chance Shot, and was a jun.
BILE of wood, iron, and rope, and seemed
to have accommodation for neither man
nor beast. About forty men and women
stood on its decks and very busy man,
known as Prot. j. l., Tuck, moved about
as though lie had a mission TO perform.
What might have been very bad lot Of
| cid junk was tied to the Chance Shot. and
had the audacity to show itself above
water. Everybody knew what this tow
was. II was submarine monitor, and
the occasion was public exhibition OF It's
! powers TO dash through aud under the
waters. II might have done vac. amount
Of work Ia the way OF destroying vessels
II IL had had a license TO do that kind OF
work. Notwithstanding Its destructive
powers, II is known as the Peacemaker,
and its inventor claims that in a ilfy It
can bring about the destruction OF the
greatest man-oG.war OF this or any other
country.
The Peacemaker was constructed by G.
II. Delamater & Co., and Is owned by the
Submarine Monitor company of No. 10
West Twenty-thlrd street. 1t is thirty
feet In length, with breadth OF beam OF
eight and one-half feet and depth of
seven and one.half feet. Tho bow and
stem taper of from amidsbips, and the
forward end of the vessel Is surmounted
by dome twelve inches high. This Ia set
With glass and 10 the pilot-house. En-
trance TO the boatis through scuttle abaft
OF this dome. AT the stern IL propeller
and an ordinary rudder There are two
horizontal rudders, with which the boat
may be DETECTED up or down. The inter-
Tor Of the boat Ia about half-hlled with
machinery including . powerful little
Westinghouse engine. Compressed air Is
stored In six-inch pipes running around
the interior, and arrangements are made
by which air may be supplied by chemI
calls. A gauge registers the depth OF the
vessel beneath the surface OF the water
An ncandescent electric lamp furnishes
the light IL is destined TO use two tor.
pedoes attached together by u chain and
fastened to corked magnets, which will
attach themselves Co the iron or steel
sheathing OF vessel TO be DESTROYED.
These are TO be fred by electricity after
the torpedo boat has retired TO q safe dig
lance.
When Prof Tuek's three men entered
the torpedo boat yesterday afternoon they |
bore no resemblance 10 dudes. They |
wore trousers and undershirts, aud every |
body except the professor seemed TO look |
upon the experiments about TO be made |
In the same light as those made by the |
barrel.Imen and the ex .policemen who re- |
Gently passed through the Niagara Rapids
| The ladies were especially alarmed, and |
predicted that the men would be snoth. |
cred, or that some terrible calamity would |
befall the little vessel. II was cast off |
| from the Chance Shot like lot OF old |
Iron which had some mysterious floating
powers. II drifted rapidly up the river,
for fow hundred yards, ana then sud.
denly disappeared beneath the waves.
The spectators made many observations +,
concerning IL. IL was generally agreed
that II would create a commotion la the
river such as would show its where
nbouts, aud for time II looked as though |
the spectators We're correct In their sur I
misses, but when the water ceased TO show
any unusual commotion the spectators
were staggered. They quickly lost oil
traces OF the Peacemaker's whereabouts,
and looked all over the river, expecting TO
see the vessel bob up In almost any quar-
ter. II was fully thirty minutes before
there was any sign OF the little terror It
then showed up like a Iifeless horse float.
Ing In the water mile away. The
steamer Sylvan Grove was coming down
the river, aud what seemed TO be lifeless
gave vent 10 three meek little whistles,
and the Sylvan Grove blurted out IT.
whlstling recognition OF the Peacemaker.
Then the queer-lookiDg object battled
against the tide and came down the river
to the Chance Shot. The trap-door was
opened and the three men stepped out
and aired themselves They acted as
though plunge into the river would have
been refreshing 10 them, but they stood
upon the partially submerged deck OF the
monitor and answered questions put TO
them by the ladies' and gentlemen on the
Chance Shot They had demonstrated the
vessel can do the work which II Is calcu-
atedto perform, II can move about like
fish under water, and the apparatus which
the crew has at hand will make II possi-
bic 10 iOat tofpedoes under any vessel
and blow that vessel Into fragments In
quicker time than gun can be leveled &C
the Peacemaker even II she should be
rash enough 20 show her bead above
watei.
Everybody was delighted with the trips
OF the PeaeemAker which were continued
until nearly dark Her sudden disappear
ances and appearances made everybody
on shore laugh, and the ACCOMPLISHMENT Of
the passengers on the steamers going up
and down the river whenever tho torpedo
boat shot up IN full view Of them was tue
OccnAlnn for Ynnch wonder and nlnnan-