The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
FROM WATER FRONT
.rs,.MBOAT TWO STATES LAUNCH
ED BELOW TOWN.
PULLED OFF BY FOREST CITY.
WIN he BROUGHT TO BULL
STREET DOCKS FOR COMPILE
TION.

rr,,. savannah River Steamboat PeO-
n,e want the New Boat for n
rreirhter OnIy-Steamship ROa-
.,oIxe to BE characterization of
Interest to shippers and Mariners.
r,be bull of the steamboat States
,,os launched yesterday at the Plant
cvsten wharves by the tug Forest City.
She will later be brought up to the
savannah River Steamboat Company's
wharves, foot of Bull street, where she
will he completed. 1t is not the COM
ranv's intention to put any fancy work
On the boat as they are anxious to fit
her for service for the fall trade, and
will therefore have to save all the time
nossible. With no unforeseen hindrances
il is hoped to have her in commission
NV Sent Is. From the sharp competi-
zion which now exists between the two
lines catering for the up river hauling
the chances are for the rivalry to grow
keener when more boats are put into
service.
The steamship Roanoke, which was
toved in by the Merchants and Miners
steamship Allegheny disabled, will be
repaired by Kehoe &. Sons. AS previ-
ously stated, the Roanoke's crank pin
is broken. The repairs will be finished
in a short time, when the steamer Will
proceed to her destination at Jackson
vile.
The Florida State Board of Health
has issued the following notice: ITO
whom it may concern-On and after
the first day of August, 1901, all
charges for inspection and disinfection
of vessels arriving at Florida ports,
under the classification known as the
Quarantine Fee bill of the State Board
of Health of Florida, is suspended until
further notice" With this is a procla
nation transferring all the quarantine
stations in Florida to the United States
government.
Feathering wheels are one of the i'm
provements on the new sidewheel pack
ct lately built by Capt Asa Booth,
which are unlike anything ever seen
on the Ohio river, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. They are geared in an clip
teal cam and fitted with feathered
buckets attached to the inner rim of
the wheel, and are so adjusted that
they strike the water in a vertical po-
any water. In the ordinary wheel
much power is lost by the bucket lift
ing the water when revolving. This
wheel prevents this, and, it is hoped,
as a result will have about three times
the speed of the Staggert wheel, the
best now in use The two wheels are
each Is feet 4 inches high and have
twenty buckets Also in the engine
there is another decided change, there
E.1f,, o,1 Nfcfo
remains stationary, while the cylinder
revoves. This motion being rotary
there is a constant, steady pull. The
engines and machinery are the in
Vantions of George w. Montgomery. of
Beilaire. They have a. 10-ineh base
With 5-foot stroke and are capable of
making forty-two revolutions of the
wheel per minute with so pounds OF
steam. The engines are each of 100
horsepower, and the inventor claims
they are capable of doing the work of
four ordinary engines. The steam en-
ters the cylinder through two wing
valves Numerically opposite each 9TH
er, so that the steam is on constantly.
On so pounds of steam the boat, it is
claimed, can do as we'll as other boats
on 100 por"fs.
mas.4-ne for extinguishing fires
IN ShlpS h9ns, recently introduced into
Great Britain, depends for it's action on
the generation of sulphurous acid gas,
which is forced into the chamber in
which the conf1agration has occurred,
and which, by replacing the air, so vi
tiates the atmosphere that combustion
cannot continue. The machine con-
sists of a generating chamber into
which air is forced by a fan, and in
which store of sulphur is placed.
This can be simply ignited by throw
ing upon it burning waste. The gas
thus generated is forced into the cham
Der, and after while extinguishes the
hames. Attached to the apparatus is
also condenser. by means of which,
the fire once eXtinguished. the gas is
passed through and through the cham
Der as it cools, until the materials
which have been burning are reduced
to such a temperature that they do not
burst into flame when the air is at
length introduced. This is brought
about by a gradual process.