The Republican journal., 1892-08-25
Something New III Yachts.

j. G. Lake 4 Son Company will launch
to-day from the foot OF Chester street, if
the tide permits, a steam yacht which
they built at their business place. 22O4
Boston street. The launching has created
considerahl" curiosity among maritime
people in the locality. as the vessel is Il
departure from the general class OF boats.
She WAS built from plans worked ont by
Mr. j. {. Lake and Ms son, Simon Lake.
Her dimensions are 80 feet long 10 feet
beam. about feet depth of hold. and
when loaded she will have Il mean lraught
OF from Is to 20 inches.
The yacht is to be fitted with two New
olk Safety Power Company 5 high pres
sure engines, each ) inches in diameter OF
cylinder and d inches stroke OF piston, and
a Copeland brass tube boiler to use crude
oil for fuel She is also calculated for sail
inc purposes. She will have three masts
and carry sharp sails, with bowsprit and
a torcstaysail and flying jib. Her masts
are to set Well back, giving hera very ral-
ISL appearance. She will have a 6-inch
propeller Of IS inch pitch, capable of be
ing raised OF lowered as required for sail
ing OF steamlng purposes. She has a hol
low keel from the stern post 10 feet for
ward. in the forward end of which the
shaft is provided with knuckle- Joint Of
the Messels. Lake design for this espec-
ial purpose The stern post being Il slot
ted segment OF a circle whose centre is in
the knuckle- Joint, the propeller is easily
raised entirely out of the water. where it
goes into we'll for receiving it and is en-
tirely out OF sight, oris lowered as required
for the depth. The normal position of the
propeller is with it's centre at the bottom
Of the keel with half the blades working
below.
The construction Of the hull is also differ
ent from the usual plan, being built entire
ly without ribs. The first lhng laid down
was the keel, on top of which was laid
the floor, crossWise. Two keelSons were
then sprung in place on top of these boards
corresponding to the bilYe strcaks The
deck strngers were then bent in place to
which tongued and grooved boards were
nailed, running diagonally to the leelsons,
to which they We're also nailed This work
was then covered with telling and planked
/ on the outside with :i-4-inch Georgia pine
/ plankin9, running fore and aft regularly.
/ The floor WAS COY ned on the under side
/ with feltlng and t;lrred. after which tim
/ bers were put i'll place and the bottom
/ plankedWith l-Z~inch Georgia pine, form
| ing a Wtter-tght compartment between
| the floor and bottom. which is capable Of
| being filled with water to act as ballast in
rough weather. The vessel has 4 forward
and after cabin and engine room all sepa-
rated by double-thicS bulkheads lined
with telling, making i'll all sin watel- tight
compartments.
The j. G.. Lake 4 Son Go. are building
the yacht for then own use. to cruise the
coast for the purpose Of introducing the
patent vessel appliances they manufac-
ture in Baltimore, which include steering
gears. crank wndlasses, dredge filters and
| other articles. After a canvass Of the coast.
Mr. J. {. Lake, who will command the
vet nameess craft, will take her on the
great lakes. Baltimore Sun.
The time for campaign badges has ar
rived, and many will wear nice ones OF
none. Two elegant designs have been
copyrighted by the Home Market Club,
which produces them in quantities, and
limits dealers to a retail price of 40 cents
each, or Is cents pair. The Club sends
both and the Home Market Bulletin one
year for only 81. The badges are of solid
American tin, red, white and blue ribbon
and a celluloid plate of Harrison and Reid
and they are highly artistic. One bears {
flax wheel and grandfather hat" with
the word 'Protecton,' and the Other
shows emblems of agriculture and MANN