Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-11-20
FAST STEAM YACHT.
ShO VIII Be Capable OF OoVOlopinS .
Speed OF Thirty MilOS an Hour.

Speed OF Thirty Milos an Hour.
DR.. G. d. Miller. of Poughkeepsie,
ID building q steam yacht which. from
the general dimensions and finely
drawn lines, promises to make
record as 3 speedy craft She is of
peculiar model, being long and mar
row. as can be judged by the follow
ing dimensions: Length over all, 81
feet 4 inches; length on water line,
~ feet; extreme beam. 9 feet z inches;
draught, 4 feet; depth. 5 feet inches.
The stem, sternpost, keel and frames
are OF well-seasoncd oak. The dead
woods" are Of yellow pine, and the
planking of oak seven-eighths of an
inch in thickness to the water line
The sides, rails, plank shears, etc,
are all of mahogany seven-eighths of
an Inch in thickness. The decks are
OF white pine and the cabins will be
finished in mahogany The cabin
trunk is about 81 feet long and high in
proportion. with ten side ports. The
pilot-house is in the forward part of
the boat, and Is built of mahogany
finished with cedar The decks are
roomy, the forward one being IA feet
long and the after one IL feet, with n
space between the cabin trunk and
tie bulwark5 of 20 inches. The bull
wariss are feet high, with b ass
stanchions "a inches high from top of
main rail. AS far as the interior fit
tings are concerned, the torecastle
will have four folding berths, and be
finished in hard wood, as also the
galley, which is directly abaft. and 16
feet and inches long. Aft of this is
the main saloon. IA feet long, and hav-
ing head room Of 6 feet 2 inches, with
lockers, which, when open. place four
good-sized berths at the disposal of
the owner and his friends. On the
port side is a well-equipped toilet
room feet long and extending the
full width of the yacht Passing
through this, and between it and the
engine-room. is q state-room contain
ing two la.ge single berths and
wardrobe. The propelling power will
be a cripple expansion engine, having
cylinders 7xl1x18, with O. 9-inch
stroke. The boiler Is of the Roberts
coil type, 6 feet inches long and
feet wide. The air, fuel and circulat-
ing pumps will be run by an independ-
ent compound engine, geared so that
thu pumps will work slowly. There
will also be an independent donkey
pump and small engine for working
the blower and electric lighting ap-
paratus. On each side of the boiler
are the coal bunkers. having capaci-
ty of about four tons. The wheel,
rudder shoe, steam bearings and all
external fittings will be of bronze. It
is expected that she will be capable of
developing a speed OF nearly thirty
miles an hour, and her career will be
watched with considerable interest, as
she is the first yacht of this descrip-
ton ever built on the banks of the
Hudson. N. Y c~r.
The real name of Edna Lyai;,
author of I'VE Two" "a Knight En-
rant" and other semi-religious novels,
is Ada Ellen Bayley. She is an En-
glish woman, and has considerable
means apart from the earnings from
her novels, which have large sale.
She is snid to have made up her mind
when she was ten that che would fol-
low literary career, and her first
book was written and published when
che was only seventeen.
--Wilkie Collins wrote to his pub
fishers during his visit to America in
1873; 'Wherever l go l meet with
the Same Kindness and the same
enthusiasm. / really want words TO
express nv grateful sense of NV re-
ception in America 1t Is not only
more than have deserved, it is more
than any man could have deserved. /
have never met with such O cordial
and such a generous people MS the poo
pie Of the United States. Let me add
that ] thrive on this kindness. keep
wonderfully we'll"
Martin Farquhar Tupper's daugh-
ter tells'how her father came to write
his "Proverbial Philosophy" as fol-
lows: ut is quite romantic. Papa
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