Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-07
4 THREE DAY VESSEL
ID. PAiNToh IkvENTs ONE TO co
ID EUROPE IN THAT TIME.

= working Model Exhibited IN rev York.
40 Sc $40 Feet Ia Leagth--The propeI-
s~rs Arc ne Bow, stern and on 10th
Sidns Of the Goat.
lle model of steamship designed to
make 80 nautical les an honr and 20
cross tie ocean Ia three days was exhibl
tied ID he Maritime Exchange in New
York recently by MIR Richard Painton,
fhs inventor Of she system Of propulsion.
IL is thug 0ewr bed in his own words
This II 3 working model made by
Stesiham a Marcerou, model makers for
the United states navy My object in
.xhiniting hcre IL TO form stock com
rany with 4 pnid in capital Of s3. 000,-
600 The model represents vessel CSC
feet long. capabls of carrying 9, 500 pas-
senRers, 400 officers and sailors, 5000
tons of coal, 1000 tons of freight, 400
fons Of food for tho passengers and 300
tons of food for tho eew.
gave the model n successful trial
before the board OF naval constructors
md engineers ut Philadelphia, md /
have tho assurance Of Chief Eng -neer
Melville Of the navy tha' my system Of
distributing power and ny patent pr,.
pellers VIII revolutionizo the construo-
ton Of oceaa going vessels. | viii ex.
hibit the model before the house of rep
resentgfives ard tho senate whom con-
gress conyenes III December, and Will
endeayOr 10 have an appreciation Eill
passed to build cruiser tnat VII. no
superior to anything that the naval pow (
ers Of tho world can show. The diatli. I
button Of power is tho whole secret We
have a sories of from IA to 90 propel-
iers. four at the stem. four at the bow
and from four to eight on each side Of
tho vessel They are NIL worked by in
dependent motors. and n vessel could be
propelled by any one Of them. Again,
the distribution Of power permits u ves-
rel to turn ON it's own axis. The engines
are worked like ordinary STATIONERY on
gines ashore
THE shafts that work rho prope 1ers
are from Ia to 25 feet in length and
weigh from 8 10 10 tons each. AT
present the shafts of an ocean steamship
are 90 feet long and weigh about go
tons. The four propellers on the bows
have twof Id duty. In the fist place.
they help to propel tho ship either for
ward, backward or sideways and ir
The second place thoy keep tho bow
steady in rough weather and save tho
strain ON the stern propeilers The mo-
tors are rot connected with each other
They have capacity Of 1-s horse
power, and can " Ork the propellers ut !
~, average speed OF 500 revolutions u
Under tho system the ship
would average 86 knots an hour
"A vessel propelled by such system
would save fully 60 per cent IN coal +
should some q the propcllefs become +.
isablcd tna passengers wouM not be
'uhjceted TO any worry on discomfort, G
Is vas the case OH La Gascogno last
winter | estimate the cost of passer n
,er steamer at about ST. 500, 600. Thu.
would cover the cost of every moGen, fl
Engineer Melville is interested IN 9,
ny propellers II the Cushing had nor
allied | would have improved ON her
fopellers and increased her speed N
nots an hour. The secret of the alter a
ating propeller is this: The blades arN tr
like a tlsh's tail When the
ladies strike tho water they present VI
reat surface of resistance and whils Il
they present surface aki.s b,
} tie edge OF knife, aud by having O,
40 propellers in succession .he other be
lkes UP the work that the first one eau h,
% accomplish. No power is lost. and lii
0 wash results from the whole series
rropellers th
1.-THE whole system of propellers Is
orlsed by switchboard which is oner.
ed in the charthouse. Any propelle' ist
Va be run or stopped at VIII. and in
rs way the captain is independent of so
h officers or crew. New York jour.
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