The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
SUBMARINES FIGHTER.
Mysterious Torpedo, Boat In Course Of
Construction 1T stamford.

/ SUBMARINE FIGHTER.
Mysterious Torpedo Boat In Course Of
Construction ut Stamford.
i For nineteen months a submarine
torpedo-boat has been in process OF
construction at Ware Island, OF SIAM
ford, Conn. Great secrecy has been
maintained by the builder and COM
paratively little is known OF the plan
OF the boat or what she is expected
70 accomplish. To q casual observer
the boat looks like a great cigar paint,
ed bottle green. Its length is given az
fifty feet over all The bow is sharp,
the stern rounded. The boat is fitted
with heavy ram made of maple and
tapers from six inches to perhaps
twenty-five in diameter. 1t is four feet
six inches long and fitted on the end
Is steel plug which tapers to point.
The she'll Of the boat is of yellow
pine, bound with iron hoops, covered
with coatings of ship felt and pitch.
Galvanized iron covers the coatings
of pitch and felt. On the top Of the
craft is deck conforming to the shape
of the boat. There is also coming
tower, with two torpedo loops. The
machinery Is connected with the con-
ming tower. Electricity is the motive
| power used. 1t is said that three men
will compose the crew. The torpedo
loops are made water tight by prep
aration of rubber and copper. A rub
Der cap also screws down over the top
OF the tower outside and encircling the
| deck are several exhaust pipes. The
craft will be propelled by water taken
in through openings, one on each side,
about four feet from the stern of the
craft and well down toward the princi-
pal keel. These openings are-connect--
ed with pumps which are operated by
two engines of 1000 horse power each.
| From the pumps run four seven-inch
copper pipes, two in each side of the
| boat. The water forced through these
pipes passes out through two openings
| in the blunt stern of the boat and.
coming in contact with the body Of
water in which the boat rests, forces
| 1t ahead. 1t is not calculated that
very great speed will be attained. To.
the stern is fitted cap of iron bolted
with wood to make it tight. This cap
is connected with lever on the inside
| Of the boat and when it is desired to
| back the vessel the cap is placed
| partly over the vents in the stern.
This gives the water emerging through
| the opening backward movement and
causes the boat to go back. There are
two dynamos, which are operated by
the two engines mentioned. Kerosene
is used as fuel. There are fourteen
tanks in the bottom of the boat, capa-
BILE of holding fifty-fve barrels of oil.
This 2,700 gallons Of kerosene also an
swers the purpose of balance. When
a tank has been exhausted provision
| is made to take in sea water toSref1ll it.
| The interior of the boat is divided into
| three sections. In the rear Is the en-
gine-room. in the center are the lock-
ers and apartments for the crew and
in the bow is a store-room. The IN
terror is braced by an octagonal frame
of wood and iron. The craft will be-
lighted throughout by electricity So
far as can be learned there is no pro-
vision made for leaving the boat wher
it is under water.
Notes from the Paris Exposition.
"The Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, OF 149 Broadway, New York.
show their usual American enterprise
by having very creditable exhibit,
located in Group XIII, Glass 70, at the
Paris International Exposition, where
they show to great advantage the cele-
brated Singer Sewing-Machine which
is used in every country on the globe,
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was high
ly pleased with this display and OBJ
served with much satisfaction that it
was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally.
The Grand Prize was awarded by
the International Jury to Singer Sew
ing-Machines for superior excellence
in design, construction, efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
ton to every stitching process used
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action of
the international Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago,
where Singer machines received 81
distinct awards, being more than were
received by all other kinds of sewing
machines combined.
Should it be possible that any OF
our readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
respectfully advise that they call at
any Of the Singer salesrooms which
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States
A Painter of Fame.
In these days of very personal jour-
| nalism, Rudolf Lehman, who attained
the age of 81 on Aug. 10, can not be
said to be very we'll known to the man
| in the street. Yet the veteran is the
most illustrious portrait painter liv-
ing, and the number of distinguished
people who have sat to him is simply
amazing. For example, there is the
Prince of Wales. who smoked great
deal while undergoing the ordeal; and
other sitters have been Mr. Gladstone,
the Duke of Cambridge, Pope Plus
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