The morning call., 1892-10-21
TEE NEW FIREBOAT READ
1t Will Go On a Trial II
Tomorrow.
TIE Vessel Was Buil, by the Fulton !
Works for the City Harb7r Con-
missioners.

| The new fire tugboat Governor MarkfS
is about finished and will go ON a trial /,
Tomorrow before being accepted by 4
| Harbor Commissioners. She will be testea
trials oil speed In smooth and rough wat
and her extinguishing pumps will also
| tested.
| In size and pattern the boat Is VERY nh
| ike the Governor Irwin. Its construct
| was commenced a little over four mon
ago. and according to the contract was
have been finished inside of 100 DAYS. It
| would have been done but for the fire viii
| destroyed the Fulton Iron Works. AS
! was, arrangements were made wherebvlt
work was accomplished with 100 days lab
| Of eight hours day. No Chinese or Nc
| golian labor was employed and the We Z
has been done in very satisfactory m;
ner, and the Fulton Iron Works people { y
! quite proud of what they have acco
plished.
| All the material used in the boat is OF
/ best kind
The wood used is oak and yellow fir, excenl
| pine in the Lighthouses.
The hull, which is of wood. is so feet Ion
| 10 feet beam and 912 feet depth of no
The keel is of solid piece of selected
and the ribs are bOlted into it.
The boiler is OF the usual tubular mari9e
type, 9 feet 6 inches in diameter and 10 f. {
| inches long. 1t is made of steel plaI
| three-quarters of an inch thick There
| two furnaces with double doors. fired fro
| the after side.
| The engine is of the compound conders
| ing type, the high pressure cylinder ~
| which is twelve inches in diameter, and g. o
! low-pressure cylinder twenty inches TIE
| stroke is twenty-f0ur inches. The Mgh-
pressure cylinder is operated by a pisf n
nd ha In ind ~fs-
| valve. The condenser is Of the surface
| pattern. The design Of the framework Isl
| very simple and neat and, being eniireir
| open on both sides. gives full view Of the
working parts Of the engine. The shaft IS
of steel. % feet inches long and 6 incl 8
| thick. The propeller wheel is If the Full q
| pattern, feet in diameter, and has fer
! blades, with pitch OF y feet inchss.
| This wheel has the appearance of be
| bent. The blades go good deal aft of lhs
| hub, and are slipped off from the farthes ,
| tip. By this means the manufacturers b pe
| to get the blades back OF the vacuum th6t
| forms under the counter and make them
| work in solid water. The peculiar shap of
| the blades also has a tendency to throw Be
water toward the center OF action fnG
| thereby distribute the work evenly from p
| to hub
| For fire extinguishing there Is pair Of
| BOWS duplex steam pumps placed one on
each side of the keel. The steam G. lsinA.----
! are Il inches in diameter and the water
/ cylinders 81 inches. Both have y Uch
| stroke. They are arranged TO force water
| through six noZzles and work on both les
| of the boat.
The accommodations for the captain ire
| aft of the engine-hOuse and for the .sw
| forward. below deck, in the bow. ssh
| water will he used for the boiler and sill
| be carried in tank in the bow of the IS
sci. capable Of holding 1000 gallons.
The engines are about 100 h0Tse-pO r.
but what speed the boat will be capab Of
doing under a TO- pound steam pres IRA
cannot be told until after the trial trip.
The cost of the boat complete vii De
about $3.50
new lighthouse has lately been ere &c
on st. Georges Reef, near Crescent City nd
w i'll be used tonight for the first time e
work has been delayed at different Iles
for MANY causes since it was first start .
1882 The last delay was waiting 70 De
lens from France. There has been q
whistle in working order on the Zee O.
some time, and that is all the mariners q
had to depend on. The total cost will 81
three quarters of million.
The steamer Hum boidt arrived yeste ~
| morning from Eureka with The crew Of lie
Macarthur that went for assistance IN
that vessel became disabled last Sud 81.
Two days were spent on the tug Raa ssE
looking for the disabled vessel which "a
been ,icked up by the Crescent City snd
towed to San Francisco.
The tug Fearless will soon have a nev
propeller wheel placed in her as the pre- ent
one does not bring out the full power me
engines. The wheel is of q German psiterl
that has very broad blades and does a zre 4
deal of work near the hub.
Yesterday morning Police Sergeant 4a-
honey arrested NJ. Mangan and w. he s.
both hotel-runDers, at the TiburOn ferry f0t
violating the hack ordinance.
The bark Miron is missing. She e
from here September 2 for Karluk, but Id
not reached there when the schooner Fra els
Alice sailed from that port on Octol g.
Nothing has been heard from her since she