The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-20

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il the anxiety is increased. 90 Is the
of Guon lin. on the sos
OF 41pday Sept Shen the sky was 9ysrcnss
io'e's'l head first saw be SMOKE Of the All.
ao1H sla shouted that there wSs ssnsE
the watch had bis glass trained on the steamer
At once. The Junior officer was talking through
Then he turned 10 .ls senior of1cer ~.
No i. isn't This fellow has yards on bis
may 81 dons hs
: y .his time Cart Watkins had com. gu. Q,
susrserm ssier va. SON on the pidss wife Several
to hs .p
ri %sdS 70 s ss :sP Ss
long glass and was Watching the rapidly APP
lan upsn ss Sss sG s.a o ecp aoss
"Wha, do you make her out Mr.. Parson ?"
;ss' al. ia 4 sis S:a!. "sh.. til.
She was thon. nearly absam Of the City Of
Paris; and her signal flag could DO easily dis
without 1n glass The Dag. % ths
pretty stif Drsszo. They we're i four to the Ad.
sesa's one: They wer. run " long before the
Ing va. The Hrlzona. but they Knew new T what she
would ask whoever she was. and they ans wereI
made sked Have 1oa seen sf
The four nag. on the City Of Paris said: I'VE
msTidisn at the tcrs1.si1tb parallel Have seen
When the Arizon.'s Officers mad. GU. tho..
The hins the Nor.h Atlantic ae.s s1 most drs:ds
nnd !. Sa e e hear that ship Just
lumber schooner on the hight after she lott
New io g. put she said nothing about 1t to the
cIihe There are twelve auartsrmnstsrs on tho
Cty o. p1Fis' SIX Of WHOM steer while the other
termnsters have charge, Of the wheel house.
and K. Keep al! the signal nass, rocket lights.
Sslonsins to tho Wheel house s good orasr.
They siand watch and watch: three at a time.
steering are busy DOLLS ins brss as s" about Ss
s. asd hd ihnas Which m .qsadx
s sSs s.sSs !ds lover Ghss
lo.,eal oi the customary wheel on the bridge
valys- OF The hydraulic ram which moves the
ruddsr. The ram exeris a pres .urs OF 1900
pounds on square inch Of the rudd-r. which
can Dc moved about very quickly. Of course.
from the senior oiiicsr In charge on the bridge,
who receives the course from the Captain
big compass swings in front OF the tillsr and
on another dial the course 10 indicated. II
anything should happen TO the tillsr on the
bridge there arc other tillers In the wheel
house which can be used. II the valves gel
out Of order a tillsr can BE- used IN The, lower
Wheel house. As the place In the after hold ri
the ship T. called. wher. the hydraulic ram Is
located. Then. n tho whole hydraulic spps-
fatus breaks down. there are three big Whse's
In the lower wheel house which can be
manned and the ship steeie cd By hand Is ships
used o BE- sieered yeas ago.
Inc other Gix Iusrterma siers keep the look
out. They All have csrtihcatss for good eyr-
sight from the Liverpool Board of Trade. In
good veal they stand on tho fo'c'-r head,
put when the sea runs high they climb into
the crows nes'. In thick weather they are
assisted bv ordinary sailors OF this watch. who
simply shout TO the officers on the bridge the
reports OF the lookouta
All the 9nartermasters arc picked men. They
receive little better nay th n the able sea men
and have permanent rmploymsnt
Inc twenty eight able seAmen and the two
ordinary ssamsn. - the boz apprentices are
called. are divided Int two watchos. one Of
Walsa y N charge Of The bostsWaia. Aad the