The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
The PEARY RELIEF SHIP.
SERIOUS OBSTACLES ~ THE WAY
or NEXT YFtR'S EXPEDITIO


TIL. windward In Need of Repairs Costing
$4,000 at Least-The financial Problem
difficulty of Obtaining n Crew for
Three Years STAY In tho North.
BRiGUs, n. IT,, Nov 8--Thngs are still hang
ing fire with regard to thercparing OF the steamer
Wind"afd. now lying in this port and intended
iot the Peary relief expedition next summer, and
II is doubtful IL she will be repaired she requires
to BE- in order to undertake that task. The Peary
Arctic Club which supplies the money for the
explorers undertakings, is in a quandary as to
what IL should do In the face Of the
surveyors repor,a Indeed. 1t may be stated that
were 1t not for the fact that the chip presented
TO Pcary By Nh Ilarmsworth. the London pub
Usher and patron Of Arctic research, and Tor the
courteous desire OF the Arctic Club TO recognize
this generous did by nssoci0ting the ship with
Peary future work. she would not he cOn''dered
seriously AT all, but would he sold, probably TO
become a New Foundland seal hunter as so many
others of her class ore already.
The Windward since her return from the North,
in September, has been fully inspected by repre-.
sentauvcs Of Lloyds as to her hull, and OF the
Bureau Nerias, az 10 her engines The former,
II is found is in bad shape. for she is now moro
than 'ody Yeas old and her experiences tie
past Ave years with jackson In Frnnz Josef Land
and injured her that she needs an overhaul from
truck 10 keeson. She will have to he repankod
and sheathcd and strengthened within by cross
beams 10 offset the crushing pressure of the Hoes.
and her living rooms will have TO be remodeled,
30 that life may be made cndurabe during her
long soiourn in the North. The reper OF her
upper works, above the water line IL Is proposed
To have done here under the direction OF Capt
John Bartlett, her commander last year and Peary's
agent but the ship will have to be taken TO St
John and docked for the moro important opera
tons below the water line. The cost Of the work
on the hull Is estimated at about $4,000 and tho
time at about three months
The engines will have to be removed. and moro
modern engines substituted, insuring double
the speed. The Windward was originally built
ns whnler. and steam being then but in It's In
fancy in its Application to such shis her engines
were merely auxiliary, and never designed To
propcl her at more than five knots OF late years
four knots has been the best speed got out OF her.
and during Pcary's cruis- her lack OF speed was
a great drawback In order 10 h. OF Use she must
have engines capable Ot making eight knots at
least. requiring force Of seventy horse power.
An agent - now sceRinS in England and Scot
land Tor suitable second hand set Of engines
Tor the purpose which, If obtained, will be shipped
10 ST Johns this winter To be tut INTO her hese
engines will cost when Cunglc,d about 100,
and new boilers, which val Also I've needed, will
cost $500. so that before the steamer is ready
Tor next years expedition northwaId, sic will
represent an outlay OF at least SbJ 900 IT, indeed.
II does not reach 10000
y the latter SUN II will be possible 10 get a
81 Up much lcIter suited TO the needs oi Icnry.
T.c new engines 20 teiu IN lie Nindward will
occupy SO much Of her hid ma, II WAL. in he
OPINION Of The liarlc,s, tr Impossible for her
~ carry The .hrec years supplies oi coal and
provisions wh',h Pcary $ plan n"oessitE;c. Then
size 100 sunny 80 Ir cLrC,Nr ~ the ice. as
She Cdnnu. be readily wo-Nrd ur ugh he leads
Of wa.er te!ng oi r old s!ic, tluil bowed crafts
which >a,lri - 'nsily sideways nS ahead. What
10 do wish her ~ ycNIng the E,Inis Of The Arctic
tluD s nicuhcr,. as hey cannpl communicate
MIh heir pr.nupnl, AMI his or .srs as % sen ing
him ship mex year are 80 explicit as not to ad
NIT Of any deviation. Tor Me success Of ms whole
iu.us- plans may dcpen on II.
The CLUB Is a purify vol Lnlcer one. composed
Ign. lhlad"!phra ana Washing on who are
pledged to cer,ain annual con r.hu IONS in sup
ready con r,hrtrl S6i.OOO % he nutiit ing and
d-spa Oh Of lac par les Of he past two years,
an ncIGnS h, Iip1nIss II Prr nsse Of steamer
al lras. 500 40 more as a ship canno he made
rcad!. manneI AM supplied for a hire years
will form a heavy tax on ,hcs- gentlemen. an
the results OF traTy past worN, While no doubt
impor an enough from seen ifc staHtIoin'
arr scarcely Of suiiiylen sensational interest 10
warrant AN APPEAL 20 popular suhscrp ion wi h
any hope OF a ,suiticicn,ly generous response.
Arctic voyages have # late years been hbc
Of most 81 hc!r rama ic Hssu, iaupns. for a man
can now leave New iork in July. make q voyage
10 Name bhs III OF Sonic pUtr pom well wi mn
tho, ArciC t,it i" an return home in September
vi h as litlc inconven!en. as he can cross 10
Eqrope and back In p" face Of his sor Of
deaf ear to tllr story Of ne dangers encountered
aud lie suferngs endured by reary in his ad-
ven utous nor hrrn tramp las! winner.
lie cannot, however be left unsuccored in his
desolato hut on the shores Of the North WatcG
lie has accomplished great things ana he IL sat
isied that II Tee can obtain suitable ship mo.
yiSlunsd for three years he san put her into tue
Ice IN Lincoln Sea and work r north to a point
even beyond that attained by Nanscn. A the
unliinrSS Of the Miniwar,l Is pretty well admitted
II Is probable that another steamer will I've pro-
cured. The liudsonn Ray C"mp81nys steamer
available last year, and probably can be yet got
for next SEASON, or 4 n, on" of the Dundee wha-
has had such good results of recent years that
II II doubtful II one Ut The ShiTS engaged In 1,
could I've purchased except at a figure prohib,
live as far o. tho fcary hub concerned. hut whE
ing out uf Dundee IL now nearing its cnd and tho
owners O! the few ships remaining in the t-a,e
would he vtE Eiai 10 get rid OF ono OF them at
To man any shin for three years northern
vcysEe will he serious mater esrrcllily when
it, seriousness ~ intensified by the almost alb
so'uie certainty that she will never come ont Of
tn" no"s again, whatever may be the luck Of those
on board Can't John Bartlett having decided
not 10 make another Arctic venture. Lieut. Peary
in August last oNcre the conn an! Of the Wind
ward or any other ship that might be sent, to his
auxiliary steamer Diana But Capt Sam. while
as courageous az any 81 his name. is Of middle
hs' d''u un' u iH'H' lhlHnN, W ~ NOT Ik'lN 10
accept Tho same difficulty is apt 10 I've met in
obtaining n crew. especially as the men who win
tered north in the WndwATd last year have
grievance in that they did not receive bounty
,lleEcd by them To have been promised. Fail
ing crew here, the Arctic Club would try for men
ABOUT Dun Ice, but II Is by means prohal lie
thnt sailors there would be any more DESTROYS
of taking the risk than our men In that event
Pcnry's whole scheme would fall to rieces for want
Of shins corlnany and he would have 10 at.
trmnt his whole journey on foot, OF ELSE abandon
all end come home in ship which would be sent
TO Etah for him next July.
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