The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-22
Capt. Patterson's Promotion.

capt. PatterSOn'S FrOmOtIOn.
March Goth, Capt. Ernest o. Patterson,
we'll known "Belfast Boy" was APP
pointed naval architect in the U. S. En-
gineer's department. The successful OPP
Grafton of the U. S. Dredge Winyah Bay,
which Capt. Patterson designed, also sup
erintending her construction at Whining
ton, Delaware, led to his promotion. The
first work given him under his new APP
pointment was to get up drawings and
specifications for rebuilding and adding
another deck to the U. S. Dredge Charles
ton. The drawings and specifications
were sent to Washington and came back
to Charleston unchanged, nor was the es-
timated cost, $4,000, changed. This
was very complimentary to Capt. Patter-
son, and pleasing to the engineer officer in
charge of the district. Capt. Patterson
was then set at work to design and make
all the working drawings for the largest
self-propelling hydraulic dredging steam
er in this country, and has completed the
specifications and drawings for a steamer
POO feet long, 40 feet beam, 20 feet deep,
and 800 tons So many new ideas are
embraced in this boat that Mai or E. H.
| Ruffner sent number of the drawings to
| Washington and had them registered that
| they might be patented in case they were
| successful. Following is a description of
the new dredger;
The steamer has two IS inch pumps
with IS inch suctons, y feet long, and
Is 2 inch discharge pipes. The pumps
can work at depth of 35 feet. The en-
gines to drive the pumps are horizontal
compounds Is inch by 30 inch by Is inch,
direct connected. The engine room for
the pumps and engines is 22x50; and will
contain, besides the pumping engines and
pumps, the steam steering engine, cleo
/ trio light plant, and refrigeratoring plant
of one ton capacity per day. The boilers
for this plant will be of the water tube
type, 2 300 II. p. each. There will be
! exhausts in the fire room, also ash eject
ors for each boiler, which saves hosting
ashes. There will also be a condenser,
circulating pump and engine, feed, fire
and bilge pumps. The propeling engine
will be fore and aft compound "a inch by
As inch by 30 inch, with 10 inch bronze
propeller. There will be two Scotch boil
ers, - feet diam by Il feet long with three
36 inch corrugated furnaces in each boiler.
There will be condenser, circulating
pump and engine, feed, fire and bilge
pumps; ash ejector and an exhauster.
| There will be four steel tanks to carry
| 10, 900 gallons of water. The steamer
will have a steam windlass for | "a inch
chain, two 5000 pound anchors, two
steam holsters and one steam capstan aft.
She will be schooner rugged, with two
pole masts, fitted with derrcks and sails:
two smoke stacks; four boats, three Of 20
feet and one Is foot gig, finished in ma
hogany.
The accommodation plan of the steam
er calls for a crew of 80 men. The fore
castle has accommodations for six sailors,
eight fremen and tive coal passers, and is
finished bright in cypress and vanished.
Back of the f0recastle is the bathroom for
the sailors and firemen and fitted for hot
and cold water. Aft, on the same deck,
are 3 rooms finished in sycamore for the
steward and mess boy, carpenter and two
quartermasters; officers bath, finished in
sycamore, and fitted for hot and cold wa
ter There is also refrigator 7X12, on
this deck. On the main deck is the crews
washroom, set bowls, crews toilet and
officers toilet, and sleeping rooms for
two oilers and two assistant engineers,
finished III sycamore; one galley, fitted
complete, and two mess rooms, all finish
ed in sycamore; one large spare room,
12x14; one room for chief engineer and
one for the two mates, all finished in ma
hogany, with oak floors, running water,
clothespresses, brass wire screen doors
and windows, steam radiators, writing
desks and drawers under each berth.
The captains room and pilot house are
finished in mahogany, with oak floors.
The pilot house will have hand and steam
steering gear, two large brass binacles
with compasses, and all the necessary
racks and shelves, bells and speaking
1 tubes to engine rooms. The captains
room is 12Xl4 with mahogany finish and
oak floor, has a large locker, chart table,
desk, dressing room, toilet and bath,
with electric bells to all parts of the ship.
The steamer has two large bins for sand,
with a capacity of $50 cubic feet i'll bolh,
or about /, 400 tons weight. The coal
bunker has a capacity of 250 TONS Her
speed will be about il knots. The blue
prints will be Autographed and then put
into book form. The dredge is t. work
on Charleston bar, and will carry the fol
lowing crew: Captain, two mates, three
engineers, two oilers, two quartermasterS,
one carpenter, steward and mess man, six
sailors, eight firemen and two coal pass
erS.
Capt Patterson is now at Newport
News looking after the repairs on the
! Charleston, which will not be completed
before August. Capt. }. T. Hubbard of
Wiscasset, Me, is captain of the Charles
ton.
SToE liza.