The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-15
VOL. 10. NO. Z.

V@ L Is no" the 1IltcilIIoIl W oOAu Inc
VI American submarine boat across
the ocean. A trip of more than
three thousand miles over and I'M
under the sea is contemplated for
the audacious little Fulton.
Should it be carried out successfully the
navies Of the world again will be electrl-
fed by Yankee spirit and daring, as the
torpedo boat is only 1874 feet over all and
the intention is to send her under her own
power. !" ~ ~ e 49,. r. F - r. 49, ~"
While such feat would have been I'M
dreamed of even a year ago, her captain
probable nor even startling: She has
proved herself so stable that there will
not be the slightest difficulty in getting
her crew to make the trip.
II would sooner go in her than in a
liner" said Capt. Frank Il. Cable Should
a storm come up we can sink at will un
til it is over'' This statement, showing
perfect confidence in the stability of the
boat, was made to a correspondent for
The Sunday Pioneer Press who was per-
mitted to go aboard and inspect the little
marvel on her recent trip, when she made
a. run from Greenport to New Suffolk for
the purpose of trying a new and more
powerful propeller.
And on that trip she gave a new per-
Torrance that showed she possessed a
merit that even her enthusiastic owners
never gave her credit for.
She proved herself a wonderful ice
breaker going through four inches Of
solid ice as If it were paper and at the
same time losing little speed. to the de.
light of her captain and proud crew anu
the deep qualification of her owners.
The little Fulton Travelled full tilt Tor
the ice field with her nose about foot
under water. She lifted up the ice, hurl-
Ing it on either side as a plow would
overturn soft soil. AS she lifts the ice
up on her steel bow, which slants up
c,,1,p toward
the coming tower, it breaks into cakes,
which either fall on top of the ice further
away or are thrust under It,. In this way
she makes cleaner path for herself and
does not waste as much power as II she
crashed into the ice field and broke up
path by mere force. n. ~, III
So impressive was the performance and
so successful was the Fulton in a work
for which she had not been designed and
which was attempted merely as siae 49,
sue that Capt. Arthur Macarthur, the
government naval expert abroad, was
both astonished and pleased. He Is sor
of Gen. Macarthur and will he In com
mand of the Adder, another Holland sub.
marine boat, when it is launched from the
New Suffolk yards in a couple of weeks.
Though the Fulton is not owned by the
government, and is commissioned as 9
private yacht for the company's purposes
In steadily experimenting so as to get the
highest possible grade of efficiency, hel
trip to Washington about the last OF Feb
ruary will be the first step taken to show
that she is perfectly able to cross thu
ocean with safety to herself and those Oh
board. This trip will all be made entirel.
in the open sea, and has been ordered t.
settle the question whether or not sub
marine boats are of use only in the still
waters of a harbor! .",as.-s t.E
They are being built only for harbor de
tense but their designers believe the.
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to Washington will be only the first ste
after it will come the more serious en-
terprise-the trip across the ocean. as tn
fuel carrying capacity of the +marvelou
little craft must be increased largely 70
such a long voyage. ,sFges 81. - III 5t 5ata
s Great secrecy is maintained sregardin
the building Of 1.-THE submarine torped
boats in the works in New Suffolk. T
keep experts or men in the employ
foreign governments away from tn
Holland boats detectives 81 invest igat
every person of whom they are susp
cious. The correspondent of the Sunda
Pioneer Press had to furnish eredential
that were examined carefully before
was permitted to observe the works, boar
the Fulton. go over her interior frer
bow to stern and then study the a'lds
rs eious little torpedo boat I'm action fTol
her own deck in the trip which timex
pectedly gave the demonstration OF he
5s iee-cutting abilities. 5sS
Capt. Frank Cable and Capt Mae.A,
y thur were found at 10 o'clock on the nigf
preceding the test .ion board the hant
some steam yacht Giralda. in Grsenpo
basin. To reach the yacht it was neee:
sary to pass through the shipyard, Cap
Rich Of the Giralda acting as anSesco
and giving timely warming OF hat-smasl
ing timbers overhead or tripping hoard
.lnderfoot- III szs b 5..
..rhere she is, said capt. Rich, poin
IN ine upward to a weird looking thing
the stocks, dimly made out against Il
night sky to be cigar shaped, with Il
forward end blunter than the stern.
what is that boat next to herr w.
asked. That one painted white. VII
the graceful lines
That's the old vfgilant the one TIL
didn't do q thing to Valkyrie II. and Il
Britishers. 81 g z
The grand old cup defender was II
s:nuepany: indeed. Her fine tape