Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-14
A THREE DAY VESSEL
HR. rAlNToN INvENTs ONE TO co
TO EUROPE IN THAT TIME.

= Working Model Exhibited In New York
t-rs Are st Bow. Stern and ON Both
aides of the boat.
The model Of steamship designed to
make 38 nautical milos an hour and to
Cross the ocean in three days was exhib.
tied in the Maritime Exchange in New
York recently by Mr.. Richard Painton,
tbs inventor Of the system Of propulsion.
II is TINS described in his own words:
''This is working model made by
6tedham 20 Marceron, model makers for
the United States navy My object in
exhibiting here is to form stock COM
rany with paid in capital Of So, 000,-
900. The model represents vessel $3.50
fsot long. capable of carrying 1900 pas
fcngers, 400 officers and sailors, 8, 900
tons of coal, 1000 tons Of freight, 400
tons OF food for the passengers and 800
tons Of food for the crew.
81 gave the model q successful trial
before the board OF naval constructors
aud engineers at Philadelphia. and I
lave the assurance of Chief Engineer
Melville OF the navy that my system. Of
distributing power and my patent pro
pellers will revolutionize the construo-
ton Of ocean going vessels. I will ex-
hibit the model before the house of rop-
resentatives and the senate when con-
Gress convenes in December, and will
endeavor to have an appreciation bill
passed to build cruiser that WIN Do
superior to anything that the naval pow
eru Of the world can show. The distri-
button Of power is the whole secret. We
have series Of from ID to 30 propel-
lers, four at the stern, four at the bow
and from four to eight on each side Of
the vessel They are all worked by in
dependent motors, and vessel could be
propelled by any one Of them. Again,
the distribution Of power permits YES
sci 10 turn on its own axis. Tho engines
are worked like ordinary stationary en-
gines ashore.
1.-The shafts that work the propeflers
ARE from 10 to 20 feet In length and |
weigh from to 10 tons each. At
present the shafts of an ocean steamship |
are Go feet long and weigh about 60 |
tons The four propellets ON the bows
have I'D duty. In the fest place
they help tn propel the ship either for
ward, backward or sideways and In
the second place they keep the bow
steady in rough weather and save the !
strain on the stern propellers. The mo-
tors are not connected with each other.
They have =, capacity of Ia horse
power, and can work tho propellers at
an average speed OF 1900 revolutions a
minuse Under the system the ship
would average 38 knots AN hour.
"A vessel propelled by such system
would save fully 60 per cent in coal.
Should some of the propellers become
disabled the passengers would not be
subjected to any worry or discomfort.
he was the case ON La Gascogne last
winter. estimate the cost of passer-
ger steamer at about 81 500, 900. This
would cover the cost of every modern
Engineer Melville is interested In
ny propellers. If the Cushing had nos
ailcd would have improved ON her
'ropelleis and increased her speed o
,nots an hour. The secret OF the alter
'ating propeller is this: The blades are
constructed like ilsh's tail When the
'lades strike the water they present |
reat surface of resistance, and while
ecovoriug they present surface akin
0 the edge of knife, and by having
wo propellers in succession .he other
axes up the work that the first one can
OF accomplish. No power is lost. and .
o wash results from the whole series ',
I propellers. y
THE whole system Of propellers is .
'orkod by switchboard which is oper- y
ted in the charthouse. Any propelle. =
IA be run or stopped at will, and in ',
lis way the captain is independent Of u
10 officers or crew Now York Jour. " =,
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