The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-10
PENETRATING 10 THE POLE.
Great Ice-DestrOying Steamship De-
signed 10 Cut Its Way 20 the Pole.

Great Ice-DestrOying Steamship De-
signed 10 Cut Its Way 20 the Pole.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Those who win attempt to penetrate to
the North Pole on the ice destroyer"
such as Is described by Science Slftings.
will not have to complain of lack Of ex-
element IL the destroyer once settles
down to business. MIR. Warrington Baden
Powell, says Siftings. pins his faith to
great ice-destroying steamship-a kind
OF ocean plow. IL Is to be $50 feet long.
The deck Is to be covered with steel plates
held In place by very heavy rivets At the
DOW VIII be mounted a curious-looking
screw not unlike a series of circular saws
This is the ice destroyer. by means of
which the ship will cut it's way through
the walls of northern ice that bar its pro-
gress.
As the ship lies still, this screw saw is
Intended to project for several feet above
the water level. The shaft of the screw
VIII be massive bar of steel, pointed at
one end, so that II may be operated as A
RAM 1t is the idea OF the inventor to
send the craft into an ice pack or foe IN
der fun head of steam, with the propeller
at the stern and the screw at the bow
both working together.
This rapidly revolving screw and ram
combined viii crash into the ice. impelled
by power that Is tremendous Then IL
VIII saw and bore and rip its way through
the pack or foe, throwing the ice upward
and backwards in huge blocks. One might
expect that the flying ice and snow
would injure or burden the vessel: but To
avoid such disaster, a shield has been
constructed which will answer the dual
purpose of lessening the heavy shocks OF
the waves and the bombardment OF great
chunks of flying ice. The shield Is a
curved affair. running from point for
ward from the deckhouse, backward at
an angle af 45 degrees. II will be made
OF heavy boiler-iron sheet riveted togeth-
er.
Just behind the deckhouse is the funnel
From this point the craft, as designed.
gradually narrows TO the stern. which
ends in rounded point The hull Is to be
built of steel. and, 20 give 1t additional
strength, bound at intervals with heavy
steel bands riVeted to the plates. The
idea Of having the stern slope more sharp
~ TO point than does the bow Is In or
der that In It's passage through the wa
ter, as the waves are parted by the bow
the water in pressing against the retreat
ing sides of the craft will find least resist
ance towards the stern, and so in a meas
ure force the boat EDWARDS. Another rea-
son for the peculiar construction of the
bow is that in the forward part of the
ship Is to be fixed the powerful engine
which drives the fce-destroying, screw
shaped saw at the prov.
While only intended for moderate speed
this craft Is especially designed for bat
tering and ramming ice. It's propelling en-
gines will be of the compound triple ex-
panslon type The boilers will be heated
by petroleum. The petroleum will be car
ried In tank, heavily protected by steel.
In that portion of the craft In which coal
bunkers are ordinarily located. The tank
room is to be very large, considering the
size Of the boat, and sufficient for an ex-
ceedingly long voyage. Owing 70 the
fact that only moderate rate Of speed
will be maintained. the supply of fuel will
prove much more ample than it would
otherwise.
Below and all around the forward en-
glne room are steel tanks, in which the
petroleum is stored. In the after section
Of the hull, about third OF the way from
the stem. Is placed the engine which runs
the propeller. The boiler room is Just In
front Store rooms, i'm which can be car
ried provisions for three years and half,
and petroleum tanks, will occupy the
after portion of the ship.
Such are the plans OF an inventor who
will never be satisfied until he has reach
ed the North Pole" IL has been the great
dream Of the high intellects OF the nine
teenth century; and the twentieth centu-
ry. now close at hand. is likely TO behold
the vision OF its predecessor turned into
reality.