The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-12-07

bly seated on deck watching the vast
marine panorama all around Them
have no conception of the scenes en-
acted deep down In the hold ~ the
vessel below the four decks. On no
descendants Of Adam has the curse OF
sin. "in the sweat ~ the face shalt
thou eat bread fallen more literally
and severely In these latter days 81
science and progress than on the men
who labor In the fire aud engine rooms
Of a modern steamer.
Ladies' cannot easily b. induced TO
undertake tour Of inspection Of
these Internally hot apartments of
torture. Frau Helene pichler, corre-
spondcnt Of Eur Guten stunde, partly
out OF curiosity and partly In order TO
save her readers the trouble Of per-
s0nal examination, induced the sec
ond engineer Of the Normanna on her
last trip 10 guide her down the four
steep haichways into the very bottom
Of the ship Following Is her graphic
descriptions
Tho engine? Our first inquiry Of
Engineer Alderman already bctrHys
our Ignorance. The noun Of our in
terrogatiyo should have been decidedly
In the plural. There are not less than
ifty-slX engines IN the pr0diglous hold
OF this ocean palace, which eau work
independently Of one another, OF
course there are only two main engines,
on which the ship depends for pro.
pulsion. Only their great polished
helms can b. seen through tho glass
covering from the upper deck. Open
ing small door and entering Ia the
room Immediately under the glass
roof an almost nnbcarablo heat over
whclms us Looking down hole,
not moro than q meter square, We are
greeted by car.dcaioning sounds Of
rafting chains and clattorlng iron. Of
brain-stunning thundcrs and shrieks,
crashes and jerks,
II we would explore this magic do
main we must descend through this
hole down The steep hatchways. En-
ginoor Ackormann cOunsels my hus.
band TO pull on his coat aud roll up
his pantalOons.
Al me he looks with doubtful mcin.
'No lady has ever vcntured below. 90
he says. Besides. modern female at
tire would prove bad impeachment.
hut must. | will go along, How
else would be able TO give faithful
description TO my rcadersP lay
aside my hat, remove my dress ana al.
low the stewardcss TO equip me zen
deshabllle,
Now for the Internal regions,
We are each Of us provided with
two sweat cloths, the use Of which w
soon learn to appreciate With ON,
In each hand We cling TO the iron bar
Of the steep stairs. which We fn'
almost glowing hot through the cloths
We are In the midst Of u fearful
noisy whlrl. Arrived on the bridg
between the large engines | am com
PEELED TO close my eyes. overwhelmcl
M am by the rapid motion Of th
labyrinthian machinery. Lieutenant j
ID, Kelly calls this region of the ship
"a twilight island Of mysteries, a lat
oratory whore grimy alchcmlsts prac
tlce black magic and white
The Normannla averages twcnt
knots per hour. For this speed IN
screw must make cighty-six royolu
lions per minute, or ., 100 revolution
per hour. Every revolution pugnc
this marine giant twcnty-olght fc,
forward. The ship makes 2,l0S f.,
por minute.
I'm a., hrtl.., h,t,..,, a., t,,.., 81,
gines We are standing on the most IL
terosting spot Of the whole shil
From here the engines are guided an
regulated. Iondcr palo individual
standing at the lever, and who Ia
just greeted us without taking his oy,
from his engine, has In reality IN
whole ship, with it- town full Of huma
life. under his control, lie coul
therefore be- held responsible for ever
soul aboard. wcro no not u sort Of
machine himself, lie dare. not MAX
move without AN order "irom q
high" namely, from the captain
bridge above, whose commands al
geographically impaired ON u larp
white dial near tho engine. 10 whlc
the attention Of the engineer Is culle
by a gong la the room.
Rut now we must descend mrth,
down Into the suilocating rooms. II
matter II We drown Ia per-pirntio
and II becomes almost too hot /
breathe On all slde- We espy In III
demoniacal gloom dirt-wrapped hgur,
IN scanty attire, whose features AZ
positively unacceptable under N
coal dust and machine giimo,
BACK Of the two main engines Ia
large electric plant, which furnish,
1000 are lights aboard and eight In
menso rcllectors for night work n
fore we Inspect these we arr asked
leave our watches behind. as a coI
tact with the electric fluid would spo
them Tor the rest OF our voyage III,
there are the numerous smaller q
gines for yentilatlng the room
pumping water drinking and boil,
water Tor 1000 persons, etc.
would be impossible to even enune
ate all the engines Ia this brief sketc
Now, down In the stOke-holc, dow
another hatchway Heavens. how Il
formally hot Il is horc! A gloomy darI
ness all around u.s. A small Han
, hero and there 20 mark out the wa
We are really below the great boiler