The Republican journal., 1891-10-08

SIGNALING N 4 Foo. Judge Nelson OF The
L. ;. district court. Boston, has sent down ;
highly important decision holding, in the east
of steamer Parthian ". the schooner Flor
ence, that a sailing vessel using i steam icy
horn not only cannot recover damages if she
i run down by steamer but is liable for ill.,
juries to the steamer. The decision is partiCu-
iarly important because a large humber OF
sailing vessels have adopted the -toaia fo4
horn, and the case before the court was The
third in which collision has resulted from
The Use Of the horn. Judge Nelson, after re-
viewing the ey dence, says:
1t is clear that the sound produced by tht
whistle closely rescmbied some varieties OF
whistles used on steam vessels, and was st
similar As to deceive and mi>lead those hearing
it at distance, especially in fog. Men Oh
the Parthian were completely deceived, and
none of them, from master TO passengers, had
the least suspicion that it was not the fog sig
nal of a steamer.
There can be DO doubt that the disaster hap
pened solely through the fault of those il
charge Of the Florence in making fog signal,
by means of an instrument not sanctioned by
sailing rules. Her horn was substantially 3
steam whistle such as belongs to a vessel I'M
der steam and which d Vessel under sail has nc
right to sound in fog.
In the cross-ibeI Of the owners Of the Par.
THAN against the Florence, AN interl0cutOrl
decree was ordered entered for the libellant>
and the libel Of the owners of the Florence
against the Parthian was ordered dismissed
"'sI N0''
ITWuIID BEA GIoRIoIS CONTEST Yachts.
men are just now deeply Interested in the pre-.
posed race OF the American Yacht Club for
steam yachts. An effort, who has 50 far met
with no >uccess, has been mate to induce lie
NAVY Dpuarinent ID hermit the Cushing ami
Stiletto to coutuete. Other coute-tant, Wo,IiI
he. the Norwnnd Namoose Javelin and No,y
Then. All these boats are Of Herre>hotf huild
exert the Norwood. and il wouId he interest.
ing to determine whether the Norwood can
beat the IIerreSbotf bopts II wouIi aIso stttl,
whether the Cushin., i faster than the Yam.
Dose, which is the last If TN, Uerreshotf efforts
Naval officers lanph N the i3p. of an, If no
other boats being COMPARED with the ,ushiny.
They say that the Gushing i far and away The
fastest boat ever built and TINT she settled This
fact durinp fine summer hv fear which tha
other boats have moi even claimed the sLiit, IN
do.
a naval officer said recantIv. .,One day mr.
ipg tne ua.t summer. The Cushino went down
the bay with an excursion steamer. which was
Ayoinr IN nautical mills M hour Tho CuSbin,,
fr,t nladt. Two romrIete .irrl.s around tha syo
cuI>ion hoat: then >he lef the exrnr.ion hoat
yet about n ell3rter of a nil4 ahead Of her
Pe0pIe on th.. ,.vrIrsion Mat sqw uraat cam.
morton in The water 4,iI rrettv soon the tIIsh.
inc faSSel tbe,n st,.rn fcramoSt snd (roiraII "a
rapidly that the eycur.ion hoat seemed "a no
hardly moving The Gushing had actually
backed faster Than The wifi evrnrSin,, haa,
could 90 forward,
the CUSHING wa. mill unlar Gnvorpn,ant
INSPECTION. Each nail and 1iyet In La,, was
passed upon 1y .royarnment rxnerts hnforp if
vent In, The mast rar.fmi terfl wara a,,lIie5
and EVERYTHING mont her madn narfec+ Inr
this reason her offiIrs are NOT sfr,i ~ ,,t bor
TO tie highest ff.t Ttarp i nd lHmt,r ,f INV.
thing piyino way
she has Tbornycroft boilers which occunv
little sparr md yet nermit of trananGnno ,1raS,
sire The hipbest nr4ss,lr4 On 1he ~, - u,ar
shlps and ocean Steamers i never w." nor t al,
100 nonnd. The CnShjnG can 1tand aon on ,
Her engine, Are Of 5o b@r. nnyyer anI har
strokr Inmy he 350 ti,na. ,ninntn w. ~,