The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-18

| portion of the craft in which the coal bunk
| ers are ordinarily located. The tank room is
extraordinarily large, considering the size
of the boat, and is sufficient for very long
voyage Owing to the fact that only mod
crate rate Of speed will be maintained the
supply Of fuel will be much more ample than
would otherwise be the case.
Well forward in the bow is placed the
powerful engine which runs the ice-crushing
screw saw. Huge electric motors and pow
erful gearing are the characteristics of this
engine, which will only be used when it is
necessary to cut a channel through the ice.
The electricity is supplied by immense
Below and all around the electric engine
room are the steel tanks in which the petro-
leum is stored These extend we'll under
the cabin and living quarters of the crew.
In the after section Of the hull about a
third Of the way from the stern, is located
the engine which runs the propeller. The
boiler room is just in front. Store rooms in
which can be carried provisions for three
years and half, and petroleum tanks occupy
the after portion of the ship.
The living quarters of the crew and mem
hers of the narty who accompany the exnedi-
ton are amidship, partly above and partly
below water. Here are store rooms for the
delicate scientific instruments, medicine and
| articles required for constant daily use The
turret or deck house and quarters are thor
oughly piped from the boilers, and thus any
degree of warmth can be maintained regard
| less Of the weather outside. constant sup
! ply Of fresh air is obtained in the boiler and
engine rooms, down in the body of the ship,
| DelOW the waters surface, Dy means OF
forced draft which sends the air down two
large ventilators on either side of the smoke
stack.
The steering apparatus Of the boat will be
| the very best that ingenuity devise and
money purchase. 1t will be arranged that
| the vessel can be steered from any section of
| the cabin. Still another popularity of the
| craft is the odd construction and position of
| the propeller. 1t is set, not at the extreme
| stern, but a little forward and beneath
sort of projection, which, however is all
| below the surface. The idea of this is to pro-
| tect the rudder and propeller as much as pos
| sible from the ice jams, and to further add
| to this the blades of the propeller are thicker
| than is ordinarily the and sharper on
the edges in order that they may cut rather
| than break any ice cakes which may come
| within their sweep.
| Marine engineers and explorers alike are
watching the construction of this unique craft
! with little interest. Many opinions have
| BEEN advanced regarding the possibilities of
! this vessel The inventor, however, is conf
| dent that he has at last reached a solution
| of that most puZzling problem which has oc-
! cupied the attention of scientists and navi-
| gators for centuries.
1t is considered by all odds the most novel
| method of reaching the pole that was ever
| originated. M. G. L. Pesce, a French civil
| engineer, has conceived the idea of reaching
| submarine boat, which he would have travel
| $50 feet beneath the surface of the sea. Most
| persons, however, would prefer to travel on
| top of the water, and that is why Mr. Baden
| POWelPS idea Is considered worthy of consid-
| Grafton and not chimerical.