The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Anything Better Than That.
Every 9hip Her Own Tuaboet

\ unique propelling device has just
been invented whereby vessel may in
a measure become It's own tugboat. II
resembles an auxiliary propeller more
than anything else. consisting mainly
of a cylinder pointed at both ends and
carrying within a motor mechanism
which receives its power ordinarily
from the engine of the vessel 10 which
ii is attached.
At one end Of the propeling device
I there is screw propeller. and to the
middle is attached a bar. or tube. con-
Meeting with the ship and forming a
conductor for electricity. steam. COM
pressed air ar other power-maker On
either side of the tube radial arms ex-
tend. connecting with the ship in or
der To more perfectly secure the aux
ilinry craft to its greater consort.
The device may be attached to both
sides. 10 either end or to whatever
portion of the ship may seem desirable
Two Of them viii propel an ocean
steamer with sufficient force To give il
! Roadway. though very little speed. 1t
| is especially designed for the use of
vessels which have suffered accident,
either 10 their propelling machinery or
10 the rudder. II viii supply admirably
/ the place of the steering apparatus.
/ and seems 10 be just about what has
! been needed for some time Nothing
/ can he more unmanageable than a snip
| without q rudder. and The inventor
/ says il was really this IDEA that in
spired him to conceive what promises
I 10 be- a very useful contriVance.
| Any vessel can be easily equipped
! with the new propelling device. and
/ that. too. without complication of any
! sort. All that is necessary is to supply
! the avenue for the power To reach the
\ device, and TO provide for it's being Sc
! cured to the side or end of the ship.
/ When not in usa il can be carried on
I the daNitS, i'm the same fashion as the
[ ships boats. Thus when II Is needed
il may easily be- dropped To the neces-
sary point where il il To be fastened
| and receive it's connections as easily
! and gently as when a boat is lowered
IN a heavy sea with proper precautions
| To prevent its being stove in against
tho side of the vessel.
ordinarily the device would weigh
| one ton. and be of 20-horse power ca
pacity. Its dimensions would he -
inches in diameter by - inches in
/ length. though the inventor believes
that yachts and fast steamers would
| do better IF the e0nical case were made
/ longer 50 as 10 slip through the water
more easily. This would not interfere
! with the capacity Of the motor.
There is no fixed size. however, foi
the apparatus will be made to cores
pond 10 the tonnage of the craft upoT
! which il is intended To be used. Thus
Il vessel disabled by the breaking Of 4
shaft ar the loss Of "a rudder through
a severe storm with this device aboard
would have a substitute for either o.
these features of a ships equipment
which will bear the same relation To I
steamship as does the jury mast which
comes into play when the regular
masts Of a ship go by the board.
IL really makes il possible for IA Yes
sci which has any apparatus aboard
T9r furnishing power To tow itself
That is what causes IL to be terme,
the invention that makes every vesse
lis own tuShUat