The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-14
PEARY'S S ARCTIC SHIP.
The Windward Sails for the Far
North To-day.
BACKED BY PEARY ARCTIC CLUE

Expected to Reach Peary In August
Mrs. Peary Goes
.&i}A Along:
New York, July 14.--The Peary Arctic
steamer Windward went into commission
to-day for the expedition of 1902
at her pier near the Erie station in Jersey
City, and by nightfall will be un-
der way via Long Island sound Cor the far
north. sss - ~. .s.
The work of taking on stores has pro-
ceeded rapidly to-day and it is believed
that nothing will now interfere with her
scheduled departure. The Windward VIII
stop first at Portland, Maine, and then
at Sydney, where Mrs. Peary and her
daughter will be taken aboard
Ship Completely OverhauIed.
The Windward, since her arrival in New
York three months ago, has been complet-
ay changed, and will go north as a full
powered, completely equipped and thor
pughly commodious ship for Arctic work.
To admit the new and powerful boiler,
once in the Vigilancia, wrecked on the
Cuban coast, the mainmast has been COM
pletely removed, giving the ship the non
descript rig Of square sails on the fore
q
sail On the mizzen. Across the deck, just
forward of the poop, has been built
house which has five commodious state
rooms, three of which, on the starboard
side. will be occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Pcary. In the center of the house is
large messroom or saloon, with the cook
and his galley adjoining on the port side,
while the roof of the house serves as
bridge for the navigating officer. The
new engine is "steeple compound" all
parts being made exceptionally strong for
work in the Ice, with every modern I'M
provement, and is expected to give
speed Of from seven to eight knots, equal
to that Of the fastest of the Newfoundland
sailing feet and nearly three times that
possible with the discarded boiler and
engine.
VIII Reach Peary About Aug. rs.
The Windward will coal at Sydney,
G. B., and proceed north through the
Straits of Belle Isle, touching at God
should, with all favorable circumstances,
reach Pearys headquarters and him about
Aug. Is.
while the windward cabin is cramped,
almost Of diminutive proportions semi
circular table in front Of a transom of
cushion, it will accommodate by careful
packing half a dozen people, but OF
course those on the inside are unable
to move until those nearer the ends Of
the semicircle make room for them.
The little ship was all hustle and activity,
and she takes north with her, besides the
customary stores and supplies, large
amount Of material for the Eskimos,
presents from Mr.. Peary in recognition
of their faithful work, and scientific in
struments with W hich to carry on deep
sea work, and in many respects is better
appointed and more completely equipped
than any ship which has ever gone to the
north.
-" The Windward's Past.
The Windward. commanded by Captain
John Bartlett, sailed from New York for
the north July 8, 1898; parted company
with her consort, the Hope, Captain
Samuel W. Bartlett, for Etah, North
Greenland, Aug. IL, and spent the fol-
lowing winter fast in the ice Of Altman
and joiping the, Diana (the auxiliary
ship) at Etah, Aug IL. returning to
Brigus, N. F. Extensive repairs were
made to the hull and machinery early in
the spring of 1900, and July 20, command
ed by Captain s. W. Bartlett, she sailed
from Sydney, with Mrs Peary on board,
also Marie Peary, for the north, and ex-
cept a report from Godhaven, Aug. IS,
nothing further was heard from her until
the arrival Of the Erik, the auxiliary
ship of 1901, at Etah, Aug. 4. The Wind
ward had spent the eight months from
September to July fast in the ice of
Payer Harbor, near Cape Sabine, and
spent a month, as soon as extricating
herself, In a successful walrus hunt in
Inglefleld Gulf. Returning at the end of
the season practically under sail, for
three knots, with favorable wind and
tide, was the utmost her engines could
do, the Windward wintered at Brigus,
arriving in. New York, March rs.
The Peary Arctic Club.
The Peary Arctic club is made up of
subscribers secured by Mr.. Peary just be-
fore his departure in 1898, and was or
ganized In January, 1S99 Peary's orig
tnal idea was to associate twenty-five men
who would pledge to him and to each
other, four annual contributions of 81 900
each, thus insuring a working capital for
four years of his enterprise of $100, 900.
His departure was, however, compelled
before the full number was secured, and
the club as organized in January, 1899,
was: President, Morris K. Jesup; vice
president, Frederick E. Hyde, M. D.;
treasurer, Henry W. Cannon; secretary
Herbert l.. Br1dgman, who, with the late
James M. Constable, Messrs. James J.
Hill, e. C.. Benedict, H. H. Benedict, H.
Hayden Sands, e. W. Bliss, and the late
President Charles P. DAILY, Of the Amer
lean graphical society, were consti-
tut ed founders.
=: Messrs. Jesup and Hill each contributed
double portion of the capital, and have
generously renewed their full proportion
for the fifth and present year. Messrs.
Edward G. Wyckoff and Clarence F.
Wyckoff, Of ithaca, N. Y, and Grant B.
Schley, of New York, have also Joined the
club, and Frederick Const able, since his
fathers death. has completed and con-
,tinued his subscription. The club has
Peary's efforts in the north; has sent the
Hope in 1885, the Diana in 1899, and the
Erik in 1901, the second and last of which
communicated with him, spending nearly
month at Inglef1eld Gulf and brought
home complete journals and records, and
q large amount of valuable material res
, cued by him from Fort Conger, and
brought over $50 miles over the ice to
Grinnell Land. The members of the club
have the most unqualified faith in Mr.
Peary's ultimate success, and have under
taken the expensive outlay on the Wind
ward this year with perhaps more en-
thusiasm than anything else in it's his
tory. "
They recognize the fact that Mr.. Peary's
ample stores and the best dog foods. his
thorough familiarity with the route from
Cape Sabine Headquarters to Cape Hecla,
the point Of departure from the North
: American coast for the pole, give him
great advantage and confidently expect
the return of the ship early in Septem-
Der with the explorer and the news Of his
complete. success. a&
TO the Wonderful Kootenay Lakes