The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
SPEED ACROSS THE SEA.
DARIUS DAWSON PLANS A VESSEL
>"iT TO SAIL 80 MILES AN HOUR.
1t Is to BE 1000 Feet in Length,
With Extended Ends That He
Claims VIII Give Buoyancy and
Break the Force of the Waves.

The plans OF men Of ideas in these
days Of large projects on sea and: land
create NO surprise, but those of Mr..
Darius Dawson for a 1000 foot vessel
to carry passengers and freight is
ahead Of anything yet proposed by ma
rlne architects or proposed by practl-
cal builders
There is i'm his scheme, however, so
much THAT, to the lay mind as well as
the scientific expert, appears worthy
of trial that he has found many ad-
vocates who are warmly seconding his
efforts to build a new ocean greyhound.
He lis, now organizing a company to
put his plans into execution. Should
they be carried out with success the re-
cent trials of the Paris and Campania
would sink into insignifcance.
Mr.. Dawson is a man well along in
years, which he has spent in the study
and practice Of naval and marine archi-
lecture. Many of his ideas are already
worked out in vessels constructed by
the government and private persons,
and he has the satisfaction of seeing
suggestions made by him years ago put
to practical use in modern vessels. The
-Ammen ram now belonging to the gov
eminent us one of the vessels embody-
ing plans made by him years ago. In
the new cruiser Columbia are details
called by Mr.. Dawson to the atten-
ton of the Navy Department while Mr.
whitney was at it's head.
Mr.. Dawson was ahead of the whale
back steamers with suggestions that
are apparent in their construction.
These ideas are carried out in the plains
'of "a vessel that have been prepared
by Mr.. Dawson. They are in effect
he:same that were exhibited in a small
pleasure steamer launched and sailed
in New York Harbor forty years ago,
"a picture Of which is reproduced With
eight men power this little vessel made
twelve miles an hour
1t IS prototype of a mamoth vessel
already named in the Leviathan. which
Mr. Dawson hopes to build. 1t is es
tlmated that she will make thirty miles
an hour when launched.
There is embraced in the construc-
iuon and equipment of the Leviathan ten
inventions and improvements, includ-
lng:-Model and combined proportions
or the hull, mechanical construction Of
the null, steam generators, steam ma
Nchlne1y, construction and adaptation of
propellors, improved, crank. shafts i'm
sS4IIlpYaeQ sFen1llafnggs acllinery and pro-,
cesses, improved method Of stocking
fires and improved steering, and r11d,
ders
" These inventions and improvements
embrace all the important changes that
can be made to practically perfect
steam vessels and steam navigation,
used separately OF all combined, in
vessel as completed whole.
In a prospectus Mr.. Dawson has is
sued he gives the following dimensions
of the vessel:
Length on load line, 1000 feet.
Length on deck, 700 feet.
Beam (moulded), so feet.
Depth in center of vessel, 70 feet.
Extended ends at bow and stern
(each), $50 feet.
Area of midship, transverse, vertical
Immersed section, 1000 feet
Area of surface displacement at load
line, $4,000 feet.
Displacement one foot deep at load
line, 100 tons.
Revolutions Of each propeller per
minute, $50.
Horsepower to each square foot of
Immersed midship section, 25.
Displacement of water when fully
loaded, $4,000 tons.
aboard for voyage, 25,OOo tons.
Free floating capacity for weight of
freight and passengers, 10000 tons.
Effective horsepower for speed of 80
miles an hour, $4,000.
Area Of upper deck, 47,O0O feet.
Area of all the decks, 275,0OO feet.
Exterior surface of vessel surrounds
cubic space, 100000 feet
The $4,000 horse steam-power to be
used on this vessel to run at a speed
'of thirty miles an hour, says the pros
pectus, will be produced by methods
never before used, demonstrating prac-
~tically that one-ffth the amount of
fuel now consumed will generate and
7maintain continuously that amount Of
power and utilize to the fullest extent
ethe, expansive force Of high pressure
ury steam, with rapid travel of piston,
taking advantage of novel and scien-
tific devices to relieve the cranks and
pins from the chief part of the un-
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