The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-29


lantic and Up the Pacihc-Three
Routes From New York to the
Capital of the Sandwich Islands
Islands on the Way.
The distance from New York to Bahia.
Brazil is 400 miles. This is the length
of line our battleships Oregon, under
the command of Capt Albert G. Barker,
and Iowa, under the command of Capt.
Silas w. Terry, will have to travel on
the provisions and coal they will carry
in them when they leave the navy yard,
New York. -. -~, .
The squadron should make an anchor
age in Bahia about sixteen days after
leaving New York. allowing it's rate of
progress to be ten knots, or $50 miles a
day.
When the Oregon came north from Ba-
hia via Barbados and Jupiter to Key
West last May she covered 4, 1872 miles in
fifteen days. This is at the rate of 279,
miles a day, or 11.6 knots. and she con-
sumed 1,176.4 tons Of COAL She could
do this over again on the way back were
it considered advisable, says a naval off,
Ger in the New York Herald, for the
total coal capacity of this ship is about
1000. tons, and the Iowa's stowage is
larger. Further, GOLFERS are already en-,
route to Bahia to meet the ships on their
arrival, SO that the Oregon and Iowa.
need not economic III coal if great haste
be necessary.
If our ships should leave Sandy Point
the first week in November and steam at
the rate of $50 miles a day, they would
reach the Galapagos in about fifteen days,
say by Nov 20. A stay of three or four
days would be sufficient for coaling and
cleaning up, and by the 25th the squadron
should leave for Honolulu, and reach that
port, 400 miles distant, In nineteen days
at most, say by Dec. 10.
Bahia de Todos los Santos, or Bay Of All
Saints, as place of call for vessels. Is
very convenient. 1t is healthy and easy
rilot. Bahia, or San Salvador, stands on
elevated land two miles north of the ell
trance point of the specious bay
Probably stay of three days will be
Icing enough to enable them to fill up from
the Golfers awaiting them there. When
away they will stand to the southwark
for Magellan Straits, three thousand
miles distant.
During the months of October and No.
vember. about the time when our squad
ron will be well down toward the Falk-
land islands, gales of wind are frequent
in the South Atlantic They commence
blowing from the northwest and then turn
to the southwest and kick up heavy sea
that will be right in the teeth of the
ships. and perhaps roll over their bows
! and shake things up little: but this Is
only what is to be expected in the neigh
borhood of Cape Horn. "
The ships will now be nearing the end
of the drst half of their long journey.
and Cape Virgin, the eastern entrance of
the Straits of Magellan. lying to the west
OF the Falkland island passage, will he
soon sighted. The way down has been
long one approximately seven thousand
miles over deep water, yet it has been on
the whole n fair weather voyage. If u
speed of $50 miles a day can be maintained,
and that Is what 1t Is thought will be the
ping off the halfway house. Sandy Point,
located midway between the two mighty
oceans. r., de. -, T.. --a
It will be Nov. by that time, and the
weather, though it will be the spring Of
the year In those chimes; will be cool.
about sixty. degrees. Sixty degrees of,
temperature when a gale is blowing Isl
cold, and our squadron is almost sure to.
enter the %Quieter waters of the straits
through the teeth of just such a heavy
blow. ~
But the mad Atlantic will be left astern
after entering the Straits Of Magellan,
the inside passage connecting the Allan
tic with the Pacific, and a run of 40
miles will bring the squadron to Sandy
Point, or Punta Arenas, the southern
most settlement Of the American CONT
nent, where the anchors will be let go
and the ships will ride the smooth water.
'All hands coal ship will be the order
OF the day, and the GOLFERS that are to
go black to the Eastern. ports of the
United States will be eIsptied of their
precious cargo. At Sandy Point the en-
g1nes will be turned up, che boilers over
hauled, the machinery repaired and
everything made shipshape sfor the next
! long run up the Pacific to Honolulu
From Sandy Point to the westward,
through the inside passages, along the
coasts of Chile and Patagonia is trip
well worth the taking, for here in a hun
dred miles may be beheld scenery of un-
paralleled magnificence;7 at times our
squadron will steam through a deep wa
terway between high, bare walls Of solid
rock, at others towering barren cliffs of
stone will be close aboard '..
Here will be seen lofty snow-capped
peaks and weather-scarred mountains.
and there will be met steel blue glaciers
running from the furrowed sides of sur
rounding chains down to the waters
edge Green grass and bleak wind stand
side by side and sun and rain and snow
follow one another as swiftly as the pass
ing moments.
When, the Oregon and Iowa steam
through the Magellan straits the season
there Will be the springtime. but it will
be hot and cold and wet and dry all in
an hour, and whereas a white uniform
may be pleasant for one minute an over
birds like the albatross, goneys, cape
pigeons and paddlewhe ell ducks will fly
about, but no robins or larks or sparrOWs
will be heard in the land.
Once out of the straits the Pacific ocean
will be steamed into, and the chances will
| be ten to one in favor Of our squadron
catching foul gale.
In no part of the world do seas rise
higher and winds blow harder than off
the western exit of the Straits Of Magel-
| lam Lofty ships carry low sails in these
Pacific waters, and the Oregon and the
Iowa will surely not escape. They will
have to give up for a time tearing through
! the mighty ocean, and instead will be
compelled to heave to, bring their heads
| up to meet the seas in their coming, and
| just keep their mighty engines turning
| over SO as to enable the ships to face the
music of the bowling Of the gale.
Perhaps twelve hours of this sort Of
, thing will be long enough for everybody
| ON board to get wet and uncomfortable,
| and maybe seasick! Each coming sea
| will wash over the decks and tear along
| the sides a smother of foam. The ships
| will plunge their noses into the briny
| deep as far as to their big turrets, and
then. a moment later, toss their rams
| high up out Of the water into the air.
There will be rolling, too, plenty Of It,
| from the guns on one side to the guns
| on the other, and there will be general
| discomfort. The mess will not find It an
easy matter to have soup or liquids on the
table. Indeed, merely to cit in q chair
viii DO . gymnastic performances But
! gales, like all other things. win In time
/. come to IN end.
Within week our good squadron.
osatiI ued On 1aA Pags.