The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-21
ENGINEERING NOTES.

Iron ore Is being shipped TO the United
States from Spain and a vessel whieh
carried a cargo of iron ore returned WIN
a cargo of steel rails.
Flywheel accidents can be provided Tor
by insurance policies covering all DAM
ages to persons and property caused py
the breaking of the hywheels. The wheels
are inspected before the policy Is issued
and at regular intervals thereafter.
According TO German reports, the Greek
government has just granted concession
10 the British Eastern Railway company
Tor building new railway between tie
harbor of Piraeus and the Greek-Turkish
frontier. This will connect all the Greek
railroads with the so-called lnternauohaI
Orient roads. making communication with
Cree. less complicated than at present
! 'rnt British naval department has au-
! thorled the construction or sixth SUD
| marine boat. 1t differs from the preced-
! ing vessels. which are of the Holland pat
/ tern. and also from the French type IN
| many respects IL is not quite such a iast
| treveler as the French boats. but II Will
| be able to rise and 20 descend with great
| er facility and celerity. A torpedo TUBE
| is placed at the extreme forward end OF
! the boat while four 1S-inch Whitehead
torpedoes are to be carried Ihe gear 10
| also arranged so that the torpedoes may
! be discharged while the boat II either
| stationary. running at any speed sub
| merged or awash. The boat is 10 be
! fitted with a horizontal rudder in addi-
| tion 10 the vertical pattern. Automauc
4 means also determine the angle oil dlV-
| ing or ascending, and also prevent the
/ possibility OF descending to excessive
DEPTHS The men who have been Sc
4 lected for manning these submarine Nes-
, sells are to receive double pay. The
| first boat. which is nearly ready. Is TO
| he attached to the first-class battle-
| shin Formidable, for services III the
Mediterranean. .
The Egyptian government. whch II
about 20 place extensive orders Tor loco
motives for it's railway, has been carry
ing out some exacting tests with Enghsn
, and American locomotives manufactured
! nv Messrs Nelson Reil a Co, OF Glas-
| gov. and Baldwin a. Co. respectively
The trials were carried out on the sim
plest and fairest lines. The American
pines were similar 10 the English type
! IN every respect. with the exception OF
| tho hotter pressure. which was i60 pounds
) per square inch as compared WIN lfo
| lbs per square inch on the English engine.
| Tho total weight of the train hauled by
| tho American engine was AS tons, VIM"
the drawn by the English locomotive
was 555 tons. The coal I'm each case was
| carefully weighed for the respective en-
ainns at the starting point but six huf-
4
engine for raising steam preparatory To
tho run The trial trip extended from
Gabbari TO Cairo. a distance of l3O miles
When the engines arrived ~ cairo the
remaining coal was recorded ana IN,
consumption of the English engine was
found to be % hundredweight Accoru
ING TO the official report of this competi
T live trial. the English engine is advo
| Gated as being much moro economical
: | an working and more efficient
. ! A hill for the purpose of rcclaimte th'
: ! zuidcr Zee from the sea Is TO bc brough
before the Dutch government. IN
scheme Is 10 enclose and subsequentl!
| 10 reclaim the vast semi-iake or SCI
which lies beyond the Hook of Holland
4 To carry out the project dam VII
. | 0rst he constructed across the moutl
| from Wieringen in North Holland Y
. | Piaam I'm Friesland. This dam VIII %
/. provided with a series OF sluice gates
. through which the water ~ the Iuide
, 200 will bc pumped into the North Sc
:, | by means of powerful steam pumps. Noi
= | will then proceed on the southwest cor
= per. and the remaining portion will be lei
= as a fresh water lake owing 20 the over
= flow of the River Yssel. There viii Il
;, two sections OF reclaimed areas. On
will be the Wierlngen area, s3ia miles
extent. containing u miles OF fertile land
% and thr other will be the lloorn ares
4 with IaINa rfINtilf l4IlfHf 't " It'N't I.' N.'
! will be fertile land. 10 g. computed ih'
the completion of the work viii occup
q approNImat,ly eighteen years Ih' oa
.huttng our Tho North sea would p. i
/. lshad ln uinc wears and the WIRING.
section Of reclaimed land would be read
for cultivation az the termination OF
I, years. while I'm the 18th year the hooi
. section would be completed. The cost
the undertaking VIII be about $4,000 90
- large number Of villages mostly occdpi'
- by fishermen, will have q BE swept ava
!. and the compensation paid % the oVne
for thls part Of the worE alone v
~ amount 70 . large sum. As means
li | cornpensatins the hshermen IL ~ su
fh gested that the government shouio supp
Il, The ifhermcn with Now boats ana ihcN
tn n. thcfr ,yistinc craft 4r. nnf rIpll''
n.rIur in ths North S"I.