The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02
l1s1 SECOND AVENUE.
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cocoanut nber closely compressed. and n
known - cocoa glucuUe. II shell or hail
should penetrate II, Il has the pecuitartty
of closing up behind the projectils - a. to
help stop the hole. There y . newer aad
better kind OF glucose made from IL nher
OF corn stalks.
In the prosecution OF the work on he
Iowa VARYING force of from rs to rs
men have been employed. OF these forty
one were sent ~ from Mare Island orig
tnaily. hut after the ship had been placed
In the dock fourteen OF theee vent back,
leaving twenty-seyen Mare Island men II
the station. OF the remainder there were
about thirty regular employees NJ the sta
uon. Thus 4 VIII he seen that there has
been disadvantage Of having to take ON
I'D new men since the ship went into the
dock. These have been drawn mainly from
Seattle. though . few have come from
Tacoma and Portland.
That these men, drawn from local
sources. have done their work well. Is At
tested both by the work Itself and by the
ccmmendation Of the men who have had
the oversight OF IT, All agree that the
men have done exceptionally welt In fact
they have been pat on their mettie Tor sew
eral reasons. In the FIRST place there Vas
friendly rivalry between the Mare Is
land men and tbs local men. ana the lat
ter have pretty well demonstrated that
they. ara not provincia:s or amateurs or
apprentices In the next place Al the men
set out with the wish to beat the record
Of work done on the Oregon. Then, when
II WAS seen that the work was progressing
% well. there came an additional inspira-
ton 10 try to beat the record Of the Mas
sachusetts. Both these aims have bsen &C.
comp.ished. and the men have demon
sirated conclusiveiy that a suMlcient sup
ply Of skilled labor can be drawn from the
immediate surroundings OF the dock.
The foremen who have had immediste
charge of the men are as follows William
GreIg. OF Mare Island, as outside foreman,
has looked after the. outside iron, work:
James Allen. of Seattle. dockmastef. is In
charge Of the wood-workers and ship
wrights: A. b. Todd. OF Tacoma. recently
appointed foreman at the station SHOP II
In charge OF the inside iron work.
The only men from Mare Island are iron
workers. and NJ already stated they DO
not comprise the entire force OF iron work
ers All the shipwrights, rlggers, painters.
macblnis,s and iahorers are employed from
local sources.
Working Cnder Di0ealties.
THIS splendid resu:, has been accom-
piished not only with new men, but with
limited supply OF tools. that is OF tools
anc appliances specially adapted to this
class OF work. Two punchera. a shearing
machine. six electric drills and a good
blacksmith equipment about comeiete the
list Of available appliances now In the
shop. There Is no planer. and consequently
much Of the work. such rs planning OF the
plates. has had TO be dons BY hand. With
IN six months. however. S6.ooo worth Of
additional machinery will be placed In the
shop. TO the vast Improvement Of the IA
ciiities for repairing.
The string Of doubling plates now being
put In place was found advisable on ac-
count OF the fact that some Of the plates,
especially toward the stern, had bsconN
pitted during the Towas long remaining In
the water. AT one time she was out Of the
dock eighteen months. and more recently
she was out fer nine months. The doubling
plates were ordered from San Francisco.
and In order to expedite work the dimen-
sions Of the plates were sent by telegraph
and the spaces were laid OF on the vessel
In accordance with those Geographic fig-
ures. The remarkable accuracy with which
this was done Is shown by the very thin
shaving that has ca be taken or the end
Of some Of the plates.
The total ccst Of putting on the bi.ge
kee,s win be abou, 5000 and that OF the
rest Of the work about t7.ooo making . total
Of tls. ooo
One more. as In the case Of the Iowa. the
dock has stood the enormous strain from
the weight 81 the big hattiesh!p wtthou,
swsfvine or sinking a hairs breadth. When
the Iowa first went into the dock
shecdo.ites were Ieveled on her from the
shore of the dock. Recent measurements
fail 20 show variation of shouSnith
part OF an inch from the original oeserva-
tions.
As the work appeared at the dock yes
serday II seems likely that the Iowa will
be ready TO 80 cut about July Is.