Evening journal., 1897-03-20
TO CROSS IN TWO DAYS.
Capt. Flindt's Proposed Light
ming Transatlantic Trip.
HAS INVENTED ANEW PROPELLER

With This Attached TO His Graft he Be-
lieves He Can Attain Speed OF Fifty
Miles an Hour-Tho Trial Trip WIN
Soon Occur.
NEW YORK, March 2O.--If the claim
made By Captain Carl J. II. Flindt OF this
city, q seafaring man of IL years expert
encs and an inventor, is substantiated, it
will soon be possible TO make the voyage
from New York to Queenstown by water
in two days. He intends making the ex-
pertinent about the middle Of May.
Captain Flindt asserts that he has in
vented propeller which, when driven by
a gasoline engine, will develop a speed in
smooth water Of moro than 90 miles an
hour He Is q hard headed practical man,
and, with other persons who are interest.
ed with him financially in tho scheme to
revolutionize travel by water, Is now build
ing the craft in one Of the sheds Of the
Morgan Iron works, at the foot Of East
Ninth street.
The captain for I've years has heon en-
gagged in experimenting on his pet project.
In that time no has made more than 90
propellers and has improved on each until
now. be believes he has found what he
wants 1t consists Of two steel plates, each
with two iianges, which cut the water IN
such way as to produce the least resist
ance Each blade Of tho propeller TO be
used I'm making the proposed trip across
tho Atlantic is to be 8 feet across and .
feet from tho top OF the blade to tho shaft
II will be thicker at the base than at the
top.
Tho vessel which is to be fitted with the
new propeller is about one.third COM
pleted and is TO bo named the Dolphin.
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principle and Is intended to go through
the seas rather than over thom thus offer
/ ing tho least resistance TO the waves, which
/ IN heavy weather will pass over her instead
of beating against her and thus retarding
her speed.
The vessel is made Of steel, oak and oe-
dar and is 90 feet long. Her beam is 6S
feet and her draft 553 feet Her height
is 10 feet from keel to tho top of her deck,
with pilothouse feet high in addition.
She is of 10 tons burden. She Is TO have a
saloon feet IN length, three stateroOms
a kitchen and an engine room. Her ordi-
nary crew will consist Of men, but she
will have accommodations for so persons,
while 90 can be carried If her decks are
utilized also.
Gasoline the Motive Power.
The motive power Is to be gasoline An
engine of 20 horsepower will ho placed
ahaft amidships and with her other ma
cninery will weigh ton tons. It was at
first intended by Captain L lindt that cleo
tricity should be used as the motive pow
or but in Wow of the accidents which may
happen TO motors and their liability to get
out OF order at times it was tecided TO sub
stltute gasoline. 1t Is claimed that an en-
gine has been found after many had been
examined and rejected, which will meet
all requirements.
Seven men are at work on tho strang;
looking craft at the present time, and Il
is thought she will be launched abou
{ April 10 Her trial trip will take plao
4 about May 10. The Hudson river will b.
the scene Of the experimental trip, and
D it is successful trip Of 600 miles out Z
sea and return will follow.
Captain Elindt Is convinced that his In
vention Will be a complete success. III
made 10 models of vessels before be dc
cided upon the pres1nt one. Several o.
these he experimental with near Bayonne
. but did not obtain the results he sought
for, so he continued at work until thl
present model was devised He told a re
porter that when his boat is completed HI
will be glad of an opportunity 10 rae
against any Of the fast craft in New Yorl
s lafDOl or anywhere elsei sNiInE across tn
4 Atlantic if the owners of the other boat
arc willing, and agreeing to run his owl
vessel at only half speed.
Z sit may seem incredible, said Captain
Flindt TO a reporter at his home, 220 Eas
Fourteenth street, but the Dolphin vii
make the voyage from the port Of New
York TO Queenstown In two days il tn
sea is as smooth as il usually is In summer
or if not in two days at least in go hours
81 suppose there viii be many person
who will disbelieve that the vessel can d
what l claim, but there were persons no
so long ago who ieered when it was sug
gested that it would be possible to talk G.
others a couple Of thousand miles away
Let the public wait until tho Dolphin ha
had an opportunity to prove that what
claim for her is possible
My invention can as well be applied {
vessels of larger tonnage devoted to pas
senger traffic and TO such craft as torped
boats, mail boats or pleasure craft. Wit
this propeller attached 10 a vessel that on
dinarily makes 10 knots I claim that III
speed viii be increased 60 90 knots.
with a crew of four men / will mal
the first trip I'm tho vessel across the Al
lantic to demonstrate my faith in her ca
!, pabilities and safety
Captain Flindt is "a native of Denmark
He has followed the sea since he was
years Of age, and he is now 40.