The sun., 1901-10-13
THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS.
PETER NISSEN NAMES 4 SECOND
SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
Ills Best Is ~ Feet Long and Fee, beam.
and Has . 7s-Inch. Fsur-Blsded Pro
peiler The smokcs,sck swept Away

NiAaARA FALLS, " Y. Oct i2-This
afternoon Peter Nis-en OF Chicago made
his second trip through the Whirlpool
Rapids In a boat. II was a great success,
and Nis.sn has to his credit two trips
through the wild waters Of the Niagara
River that mark him as q man Of nerve.
lie started from point near the Falls at
$50 O'Clock but IL took him ten minutes
To reach the point where he retired inside
the boat and cln-.,d the hatch Al sal
he foatcd under the lower steel arch. and
a minute later his craft was battling with
the white-capped waves. The smoke
stack was swept away by the first. and
the boat rolled heavily under the force
Of the waters. Many times tho red keel
was In full view Nissen received fright
ful tossing
At aA the boat was in the pool and
soon Np-Sen raised the hatch and waved
to the people. When the boat reached
auict water he crawled out on deok aud
kept this position until the boat went back
To the entrance, where the water IL very
rough. and there Nis-en went inside again.
On the Canadian side. near the entrance.
men on shore caught the boat and held
IL while Nilsson landed H. secured no
suundings In the rapids. but Will take sound
iugs In the whirlpool within few days.
He had no power on his boat to-day lie
stood tho trip well
The boat ~ which Peter NS~au made
the TRIP - u fc-t long ~ fest IN height
aud f,-at bean The wood u~.d "a It's
construction j. oak. elm and pin" w -haIn
u resembles very much the whalcbsCk
stvle - craft seen on th. upper lakes. for u
L. ftIll-dcCk.-t When the toai was launched
in ~" Niagara River on Monday. sept no.
u had an iron keel, weighing {? Ion pounds
bat about ~ pounds ot thlr weight wa-
lusi one daN whil" Ni--sn ~ss aoinding 'loss'
To- th,. Horseshoe Fall still the remainder
~ the iron k,-ai l. much heavier than the
keel ou he bpst that N.--'.r ti-'-i ls~' y-nr
which weighed only .2Sn pounds Amid
SHIN, tine 'pa' IN foot higher than
las' wears los' hut al ~" ends th- heigh'
l. the ~am. When Ni--.'n installed steam
power ~ ii, craft. ~ Wa~ neS.s>ary for
him - take uui a hc"u-.' This hc~nsH
registers ia" i'psl ~ a pleasure launch
ani he j. allowed - carry uie perSon be-
-idss himself.
Tho boat has a 2s-iuch four bladed pro-
p-,lirr uf nigh -Ieed rhi- wh.el Is con-
ncCted 'n ia" engine by a shaft that runs
under the boiler rpum. The rudder j. made
of wrought irun. hinged To the stern pO-t
the llWcT end extending through III" heel
platc. A. the boat draws nearly four f,s''
90 water. about Two ana Ont-l1lt i'Sf ui
the craft j. above water. 4 -mok.-taCA
Il Inches IN diameter stands w two feet
above the deck 81 tho boat and Inside ~
thu ther. IL iO-inch pire used for ven
tilating PURPOSES. About eight feet from
the stem and ten inches below the deck
are two dcadhghts, which allow fNe
light To enter the engine room when the
hatch l. closed.
The intcrior 81 the Fool Killer IL cut
into five compartments. two OF which,
one at each end, are flied with cans and
cork 20 add Co the buoyanCy of the buat
The other three compartments are u-sd
a. an engin. room. boiler room and a place
Tor fuel The builer of the boat j. u the
porrtIpine tubular class and - fitted with
all ueCCs,sary apparatus The hoat also
has a steam sphon to throw water from
the interior 20 the Oui- side In case a large
quantity IL shipped tho capacity Of the
siphon being about five hundred gallons
an hour All told, tho weight OF th' buat
IL between four and hv" tone Extending
through th. bottom from the engine room
thrr. IL a sounding pipe four inches IA
diameter and n is through this that Ni~scn
takes sounding- when he j. forced 10y the
rouzhne-- Of the water To remain under
cover Tn. bottom of the boat ls paintei
red up to the water line. and above that
the sides are white Many times in tossing
In the rapids the nd bottom of the craft
uas visible az u roe high IN the air on
the er,st Of the tapids