The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-22

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The artillery of the Seas vas too much
for her. and one night She was torn
from her m0orings and landed high and
dry onsthe BEACH, the crew 5uSt escap-
ing with their lives No. ~ had just
been finished and was sent direct to
Hattefas. She is much larger thah the
other vessel and the worKmen in the
yards ats(9uincy, Mass, where she was
built, had orders to put the best mas
terfai into the null and machinery and
70 take. time enough to. drive every bolt
and every rivet home. she is 112 feet
in length. and quite shallow, being
about twenty feet~in depth. The hulls
made Of the best steel; Is divided into
five water-tight COMPARTMENTS by
bullSheads of The same material, so that
If the water should OH three OF these.
the other two would keep her afioat.
Partly TO strengthen her hun, she IS
provided with three decks built al
most as strongly as those of a warShip.
in ordersto resist the treMle 1deus strain
when rocking IN the waves The quar-
terS OF the captain officers and crew
are on the main deck. while the coal
-bunlzeEs and other supplies are below.
As the sofficers--an men -lnust remain
sonnet lines Tor flVe or5 six weeks with
oft seeing ANYONE or, being relieved,
the gov ernment has tried To make their
SURROUNDINGS as homelike as possible.
Steam heat and electric lights are
PROVIDED in each cabin and the furni-
-ture, carpets and fittings would be a
crediE 10 a mansion The ship Z is
equipped With refrigerating appafatus
and has also, q plant for distiliing
water so that Ia ample, ssSirtaiv of ice
can be maintained in the summer
months as weif as an abundance OF
pure water.
s To hold the iightship On her station.
powerful apparatus was provided.
She has what Is known as harbor
anchor, weighing 2,G00 pounds, large
enough for an ordinary liner. This is
connected by chain whose links are
one md one-eigEth inches thick, cal-
culated TO stand 3 strain OF T9,ee0
pounds. Besides the harbor anchor.
there is what is known as Hedge
anchor, weighing $50 pounds, which
works as a sort of steering gear to keep
the vessel head on to the waves in a
heavy storm In order TO give her
plenty Of room to ride the waves 100
feet Of anchor chain is provided. The
anchors are raised and lowered entire
~ by steam, the ship being equipped
with special engines. Electricity fur
nishes the illumination for the LAM
stsras. (which are arranged upon two
steel masts at a, height of nifty feet
above water line. Each mast contains
a cluster of six arc lamps, each of 1Of
volts On a--clear night their rays car
be seen 2sa distanse OF twentX, miles,
while ia stormy weather II is caIcu-
lated that the. captain of a snip ter
miles distant can see them through. his
field glasses, as they have an attach
inentt which produces. a vivid flash
every half minute. The electric curreIll
rs generated BY a set Of powerful ,Iy.
narnose operated by team engines. s.
No y is provided with steam as
motive 4owels in case she should breah
loose from her mornings Her engines
are as large Jas those in an ocean tus
OF the first tcIaSss and. it is Believed
viii enable her to battle successfully
With the ayerage nertheasteFs She i
als9 equipped with a naainsail. foresaf
and Jie, principally to steady her in.
gaze OF wind. There is no. danger %
ne i being mistaken for. any other craft
BE letters on her side are about tel
.Ieet IN height and on a. clear day car
e seen t q distance Of several mile