Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-08

answers uenofal sherman's description
~ war-lt u hell. The men insisted on
being allowed 60 do u. 80 they iid ".
aud lid It nrtI1. and at Snniitso hey
handled the forced draughts like Il play
thing" on the oregon no salt water
ships ''wrlted Tor the Spullnfda With
ENGINES uncoupled boilers filled with
eai, water when they Nrri rot empty
niid half the CRATES as elem "a whistles
and a. cold a. iccboNcs
The Brooklyn had cnly halt her en-.
gincs anu half her boilers r'aGy or use
IN the alarm being spuu lei her empty
boilers were niicd with soa water anI
the iua had 20 be laid AMI started.
Even ut the end % the battle her FOR
ward engines wctr stiil unc1upled. The
New York was IN the same plight The
writer claims for the Oregon q decisive
share In the victory.
II " even officially conceded that but
for the Oregon the Colon and probably
another spanish ship would have cs-
capped. TO much Tor having engines IN
order. boilers ready. fires burning Here
was a ship after a fifteen thousand
milc run. four months out u the dock.
with foul bottom and Increased dis
placement, almost cqualllnE hcf trial
trip record FOR apycd. And she fought
MS she ran. inside OF nftrcn minutes
she was makinK nitlcn knots Within
an hour che was making nearly seven
teen.
Here IL an incident narrated which
speaks volumes FOR what the Aucrl-
cars understand by discipline.
For Gods snke'ret on more boilcrsi'
That wns the sort ~ message sent from
the bridge OF one 81 the United States
wufships 10 the chief engineer half
dozen timea Ia an hour. when the beet
was ucitlnr the Spnnlafdr. The nu-
thutity who IN time u war had his
boiler rooms ready for peace chnfcd
NJ the delay Ills anxious messages
were beginning 10 worry the men be-
low-machinists. water tenders. oilcrs,
coal pnsssrs and nfemen. The chief
engineer stood In between knowing
that his men mus Keep cool headed.
ana he sent back word that an the
boilers were connected. nlicd, aud all
the fires burning. ITS the only way
10 keep the old man quiet" he said.
tut III the boilers were not yet con-
ncctcd when the iight finished.
herv " the writer's grim description
OF what kind OF experience fell to the
lnt " the engineers In these critical
times.
IL you were scaled up In a heated
iron tank floating on the sea and ham
uorcd By the missiles which now and
NuNil w W WNNNNhWN NNN NllNNANNNf lhu
would get dim Idea ~ the lot Of the
cnfinccr'a mon aboard a battleship In
action. Hut the engineers men nave
to work IN the hurry bufiy, and you
would 40 mad In your tank. The cnc-
ny'H shot pound the ship. hut the en-
finecr and his men know not where the
enemy II or whore the ship IL heading.
And they can't stop 20 tt.nk about ~
Keep that hearing cool. smother II In
OIL. drpwn1 u In water' Keep II cool ur
the rnmc's upi Tho men on deck can
let the snllnterH H. where they fall but
the men IN the engine room have to
keep the HpllntcfH cut ~ the machin.
cry, steam pipes are pierced. Mend
'em' Crawl behind the boilers and
stop that steam leak. Impossible 10
shut on anything. scaidcdf Sover
mind Ita all In a days work Don't
let tho water down. Pass the coal i've
~. And while You're about II put out
that Ere In the bunkcrs'