Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-13
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board great batucshlp is decidedly
Imperial The sailing master that would
have uu care except 20 see that tho
chip was kept on the rlFhi lines would
not hr ap apt Co ta distracted nH % man
who has charge OF little army, DC has
90 look out Tor f1Fs. for fires and tho
other cnrUF NJ great floating steel
castle And then n the responsibility
was divided between an expert navlrn-
Cor and a master lu case Uf ANY disc
agreement, they could both gracefully
give the shin the hcncnt Of tho doubt
aud pull away farther out 10 sen. Tho
city N Paris was probably lost. ne
n writer OF the sun says. because ~ a
great nood-tid0. iurroaspd very possibly
hy winds frrm tho west. We know
how many ships strike on that danger.
oun coast We DO not know how many
1ut barely escape. We believe there
ought. 10 BE- "a rule that al trunHsAt.
lnud On southern England or northern
France should take pilot between
Queenstown and whatever port tho shin
Filia from or 60. hocnuHo that cnurt ~
Cornwall has been graveyard for
great ships from the nrat".
make no comments on tho writcr Of
that article or The sense of g. But hay.
lax had the privilege o. serving on tho
steamship city ~ Paris that d. now on
swain, I am Ia a position 10 assert that
M ~ entirely wrong IN hia nurmiseH,
Following l. che. method purHuol by
matters NJ the iHrre Western ocean
steamers to eliminate tho chances aud
possibilities Of errors IN computing
their position when NJ sca. On The city
~ Paris, TgutunlC, Majestic ana others
% their class there are always from
four 90 ak officers below the captain.
and nll aw experienced nayiEntura and
nenmon
Every morning. whom az uca. between
tho hours o. eight and nine. YOU may
reo these officers on tho bridge with
their HeNtants, taking tho altitude of
The sun. From these observations they
rct tho base on which "a work out tho
latitude ~ the vessel NJ that time.
Each officer works separate and hide
pendent Of the other and before nlno
o'clock he must have finished hia cni-
cuinti0nH and ON chart kept IN tho
chart house he must place a small but
ton, indicating the position he has
found tho ship 10 be- IN according To his
reckoning.
AZ nlnc O'Clock aharn the duartcrmas-
Ter takes this chart 70 the captain Tor
bis inspection. and N any error or ar
ference la found between the i've chl-
cuinti1na. "his own included" the error
must be- loghted 40 once.
I have Hruu Captain Watkins ~ tho
city N Paris nnd hls second officer MI.
Mcdonald, work Tor n whole hour iuat
90 locate an lnalrulncant error Of one
tenth n "a milo.
it r. wcu within the bounds Of pos.
aihliity f1r the captain and oven three
OF hl1 suhor1inntcH 90 make mistakes
and have only ono correct; md hy com.
pairing tho four or tive separate cul-
culnuona u materially lessons tho
chances Of errors that would be
The belief that on tho sweet win M
one mon our liners N the Atlantic are
controlled and directed Is entirely cr-
rlno0uH.
Eycn thc course no shall pursue ~
laid down Tor the various seasons Of
the ypnr.
n Il wero not 20 IN these days ~
rapid transit some vain glorious frl-
low seeking honor and glory. would be-
taking the shortest course. which DE-
The northormoHt IN an onort 90 make a
record.bronklng "trip. Along In the
months when lcchorTH come floating
down from the northern Hoas ana some
dark ulEht. hc would have his noble
vessel trying n cut through one ~
these floating mountains NJ ice. And
hcr effort would DOUBTLESS send nor and
her precious cargo NJ human lives Co
the bottom.
Every large steamship company has
re- chief captain known ME the cnmmu.
durr. hs u n who d"signntoH tho
course that shall be taken and ~ IL
with tho various captains that no COM
suits. and arrives ut hiH conclusions
only when they fully agree with him.
So there n not uus possibility N
these million dollar boats. carrying
their Invaluable caruoDa. ever being
M tho merry of one despot uH tho Trib-
unc alleges.
! will conccds Tint on ovcrv Old
tramn steamer ana sailing vessel this
Oh not the rule.
But ON our Atlantic liners THIS Tvg.
tenn I have pct forth Or and has boon
in force fnr yclr1
Respectfully
D. A. MCGUIRE.
Mnlnd Idaho.
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