The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-22


easily Imagined To represent erect ears, aud
railing along the buck was for al the world
Ike the srIsties just awash. The new barge
was called "fhe PIG, sud u called 70 this
day. The owners say they laughed almost as
much over "she pig - the ether lake merchants
did. FOR they divided $4,000 clean profit on her
IN two years. che had ouly cost $500.
The whaiebaek is an American idea. and is
strictly OF the utiiitsrian type; IL designed
ior business, and has no IfetensIou - beauty.
Her hull Is bglit 81 steel plates, which are 20
iald as 70 give il the abdominal contour OF
duck. The Netmore is tue pioneer of t-fe II
vessel which her designer and builders believe
VIII create a complete revolution IN the con
strncfion OF sea going merchant and Passenger
vessels. The leading idea 81 her designer aJ,-
pears to have been To present the smallest posi-
DIG resisting surface u The action Of the waves
HDu thereby to secure great carrying capacity 1T
light draHgit. Below the waler the Wet
more lines do not vary greatly from thosc OF
al ordinary sea going vessel but above tie
water line the difference IS radieai ard somewhat
Startling 70 mind 81 conservative seldeneies
OF her 20 feet OF total length only abont forty
fees are more than SIX feeE SO above the water
line. Tie exceptions are IA central tuTret for
ward. with outlying pillars, the whole support
Ing small deck for lookout purposes, a caE1sfau
and the storage OF ropes ana gear. A much
larger tslrTet aft supports double deck. the
upper one OF which accommodates the ships
bofsfs, gearing, ete., and the lower the GapIaiu'
and osfleeFs' quarters, the galley. chart-house,
wheeihoHse, etc, whiis, underneath the main
deck are the engines, boilers, etc, aud quarters
Tor the engineers and staff.
The dimensions Of the Wetmore are. length
26s, beam So depth of hold - feet gross ton
mage 1,3s3S3; net i.H75, and she has dead
weight capacity OF 30U tons Her central po~-
ti0n forms vast hold which is closed ia by
steel matches screwed down tightly aud fitted
with rubber Innings, SO that they become abso-
luteiy water tight The extraordinary carrying
capacity of the vessel may be judged from the
fact that she can carry $500 bushels Of wheat,
and actually carried Sg,Ot0 bushels a mean
draught OF rs fee 10 inches. 1t is predicted that
i the whaieback steamer viii do for American
kpcean eofnIncrc4 what British tramp steamers
Xrhe N<S.-sfes engines Of n vertical
df4ect-acA14g, surface couaeusing type, set
fosA-~i aft, and drive propeller. The high
pressure cylinder is twenty-six inches diameter,
low pressure fifty inches, aud both have "A
stroke OF forty.tW0 inches. The surface cor
denser. also arranged 20 work rs jet condenser
III required, is fitted with three quarter
inch external diameter) tubes packed with
patent paper packing; they expose a
cooling surface OF 100 square feet.
The main shaft is i0iS inches in diameter, and
il supported by three main Journals. The crank
pins are o. inches in diameter and 10 inches
long Steam ID supplied by two scotch boilers,
IL feet inches In diameter aud ii feet inches
long The combined heating surlsce IS 2,9D
square feet aud the combined CRATE area is -
square feet The boilers are constructed for "a
working pressure OF 10 pounds per square inch.
The engines indicate on the av erage run about
500 horse-po but can easily be worked up to
Loo horse power. The engines and boilers are
placed in the after part of the vessel.