Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
EUROPE IN 96 HOURS.
The Owner of the Yacht Norwood
Says 1t Is Now a Possibility.
WHAT HIS NEW BOAT WILL DO.
A Handicap Race in Which 1t Will Write
Its Own Name in Foam.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-There are two
men in this city who confidently believe
that the four-day ship will be creation of
the immediate future. One OF these
enthusiasts is Norman L. Munro,
owner of the marvellous little
steam launch Norwood, and the other is D.
Moser, inventor of the powerful tubular
boiler which generates the steam that makes
| the Norwood the fastest craft of her kind in
the world.
The Norwood is the protector of the
steamship which will cover the 9, 800 miles
between Sandy Hook and Queenstown
within 96 hours. The success of the Nor
wood has convinced Mr. Munro of the
practica bility of making yacht twice her
length on the same model, that will make
30 knots or about 35 shore
miles an hour, and he is
gong to make one. Mr.. Monro said to-
day: s'The Norwood is an unexampled
success. She has realized my expectations
but she has not yet shown the world what
she is capable of doing. 1 ami sure she can
maintain, as long as her coal lasts, speed
OF 30 statute miles an hour 1 would call
her success if she were capable of running
at that rate for an hour or so. 1 think she
can beat the Monmouth all hollow"
WHITING HER NAME IN FOAM
In order to show, in unique and attrac-
tive way, the great power of the little
launch, Mr.. Munro will have his pilot and
engineers start her from pier with
the Monmouth and write on the
water, in efervescent foam, letters q
block long, that may be plainly read from
the top of the Statue of Liberty, her own
name, Norwood, and then get to Sandy
Hook ahead of the Monmouth In order to
make the letter so" the Norwood will
have to sail in complete circle, and as
there are three O's in the name, she will
have to make three turns during the trip.
Racing the Monmouth has not enough
real glory in it for Mr.. Munro He wants
to tackle something with more pretentions.
He has his eye on the new Herreshoff steam
yacht not yet christened, recently COM
pleted for William B. Hearst, proprietor of
the San Francisco Examiner This
yacht is 11211 feet long, or nearly
twice the size of the Norwood
She has Thornycroft boiler and quadruple
expansion engines. and is said to be capa-
bic of making as good time as the Norwood.
Mr.. Munro said he would like to have the
opportunity to prove that the Norwood is
the better yacht.
HIS NEXT BIG VENTURE.
Mr.. Munro frankly declares that the sue
cess of the Norwood is due primarily to the
Mosher system of generating steam Altera-
tions were made in the hull of the
boat at the stern Just forward of
the propeller. There was originally
concave curve there. Mr.. Munro had
it made level with the hull, thus materially
reducing the resistance of the after hull in
the water. Mr.. Munro says that he is
going to begin to build this fall yacht to
beat all records-even those of the
best torpedo boats. The new yacht will
be about 125 feet long, and will have
double the power of the Norwood. She
will be fitted with two Mosher boilers,
which will supply steam to two sets of
triple expansion engines driving two pro-
pellers so revolutions minute. She will
have sufficient coal capacity to last her,
going at full speed from New York to
Queenstown.
Mr.. Munro will not have her unless her
constructor guarantees that she will make
30 knots or about 35 miles an hour for 200
miles on her trial trip. If she is success
full, Mr. Munro says that he will have an
ocean steamer built to make the trip to
Queenstown in four days.