The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-02

lister for 1893 and the United States marine
register for 1894. and embodied the results
Of his observations in a circular letter
from which / make the following extracts:
Dimensions of Vessels.
out Of a total of about 5000 merchant
sailing vessels shown in the United States
official marine register for 1894. / found
only fifteen vessels over go and under 800
feet in length, and only two vessels 300
feet in length or over to-wit: The ship
Kenilworth. 800 feet, and the ship Roam
oke, 81 feet Out of total of about 1899
merchant steam vessels, steel. iron and
wood. registered in the United States Off
ciai marine register for 1894, | ind only
eighty-nine vessels over 800 and under $50
feet in length: only sixteen vessels over
so and under 400 feet in length, and only
four vessels over 400 feet in length; the
latter being 403. 407. 40S and 425 feet in
length. respectively, one being passenger
steamship and the other three passenger
ferry or excursion boats on inland waters
II would probably be found that about. all
of the steam vessels over 300 feet long are
either passenger ships or quick dispatch
coasters that would not care to incur the
delay of passing through locks in their
regular traffic.
From a total list of .0.5l6 sailing vessels
of all nations registered in Lloyds register
for 1894 | ind the following the long
est sailing vessels ahoat which OF course
includes the large sailing vessels noted
above in the United States marine regis
ter: $40 vessels from go TO 500 feet in
length: eighty-two vessels from 800 TO 800
feet in length: four vessels from $50 to $50
feet in length: three vessels from $50 to
$40 feet in length.
1" The British ship Drumrock, recently
in this port loading wheat is registered by
Lloyd's as 329 feet long. These registered
lengths, as / am Informed by an able naVi-
gator and marine insurance man, are
over all so that the lengths given include
the 'overhang
"'On the question Of width. l give the
registered breadth of a few large and we'll
known vessels: The width of the two
largest American sailing vessels is as fol-
lows: Ship Kenilworth, 300 feet long. 43.1
feet beam: ship Roanoke. 81 feet long. A9.2
feet beam. Steamship Umatilla. 3l0 feet
long. 40.6 feet beam. steamship Nalia
Walla. $40 feet long. 1916 feet beam; whale
back Christopher Columbus, 362 feet long,
10 feet beam. The British ship Drumrock,
500 feet long. has beam of Asa feet.
LAS to United States naval vessels,
find the greatest length (between perpen-
dicularsl of any vessel afloat or under con-
struction lin 1850 was 412 feet. and the
greatest width of beam is Y feet
Experiments With New Locks.
Experiments are being made now IN
Europe with a hydraulic balanced lock
and in this country with a pneumatic JOCK
If either of these devices prove successful
In practice they would obviate the neces-
s!ty for groups of locks which are de-
signed TO economic water and time in op-
Grating. and would probably be adopted
by this company. The pneumatic balanced
lock- designed ny Chauncey \. Dutton, {.
F. an American engineer. seems TO he the
most promising. BY it less than foot OF
water over the area of the lock would ne
consumed IN raising a vessel from the low
ar to the higher level in any case. ana
vertical lifts Of 175 feet are possible. There
would be a saving in time also equaI 10
the speed OF air over water in passing
through a given space, which IS very
great.
IF Rear Admiral Phelps would Ike 10
have any further information in regard 70
the subject Of this company / would lie
very glad indeed TO correspond with him
AMI would furnish him with. any dsia
that he might require or desire The al
miral has been such a good friend OF Sc
attic in the past and al all times that Il
would be a very great pleasure for me 70
furnish him with all the Information that
/ could possibly obtain