New-York tribune., 1903-03-14

. g%,,a world has ever known
1. = wan street banker, whose hn nS : nrivate
the sea was gained nosh h,n rne De luxe of a fast
itner and who has applied 20 tne .S SnIHpS ron;nu
ness only the same metnoes OF SO rs.lroad di-
.<1 an the world before he thougnt " - ~
troI fhe ocean as well with steam +Sn suS
has Oecoi &c hnsIness and discipiuarian. who
nav not know the names OF tns IopSs - ~ oxr
real ship; the owner. corpOrasUn ,eHI desienated
nerts made with the regularity anc monoto.,s
~ a sleeping cars trips between Cnlcaso Snn Eli
e. Trsncisco Until these conditions snaL
san ntrsaf1x change there is little likelihood that
the sea VIII again attract restlesS, cue t +ho
and ambitious young Americans n',nr W.T. cben-
tvne that we have described IN earner mano cp
80 NJ this book do not adopt lie caliIls
that will forever keep them in subordlnaIe po
sitions. subject to the wnnns ana
of an employing corporation
Writers on maritime subjects. such as George
coy1eshau and Henry Hall, are levied upon IN
botb the books before US, in the latter espe-
c,a,lv for tales of adventurous moments IN the
careers of early eeamen OF this country II.
newfoundland a whole family OF sohs "ouiu
sometimes take to the sea like DUCKS, an" iee'
at home in any part of the world Sap'ai'i
Richard J Cleveland, whose father mao oeeh
impressed by a British press gang III lhe
streets of Boston when young man. ana nay
had his revenge in later life by building ana
unon English commerce, has left a book OF
,,e,ooirs Young Cleveland writes in a letter
from Havre: 'I can't help loving home, tnoush
I think a young man ought to be at nome 1"
any part of the worlo
And at home everywhere Captain CieVelano
certainly was All his life was spent IN "dIl-
dering over the Seven Seas III snlps OF 49,; evSts
go fron, 25-fon cutter to 4OO-ton Indla-
man In those days OF Navigation laws, pAoCn 80
ades, hostile cruisers hungry ,ar oraft was
often the better for it was wiser 10 prat0
natures moods in a cocklesheu tnah c1+e.n 70 On
GIeveIands voyages from Havre to the cape
of Good Hope in 45-ton cutter, from Cai-
cutta to the Isle Of France In 1o-eon sITop, ro
and Captain Coggeshalls voyage arouho sI NapI
Horr in an unseaworthy pilot boat, are typicaI
exploits of Yankee seamanship we see tne
New-Eneiander crosses the in dory
or circumnavigates the world alone III ~ ~
foot soop. But these adventures are apt "
end igrominiously in a dime museum
The pretudice against which Fulton had to
struggle in his experiments with the steam
boat are typi1ed by the scientific demonstra-
+ion made by sage of the day that ocean
navigation in an iron ship propelled by steam
would never be possible Benjamin H. Latrooe
wrote report the subject IN looo LOT Ihe
PHILOSOPHICAL Society Of Philadelphia IN an
swer to a letter Of inquiry received from the
Philosophical Society Of Rotterdam IN WHICH
he summarized the inSurmounIaDIe ollICuIIAo0
which stood in the way Of the success OF the
| mania for impellng boats by steam engines
| under these heads:
| These are first. the weight Of the engine ana
| the fuel; second, the large space II occuples'
| third the tendency Of its action to rack the
| vessel and render it leaky; fourth, the expense
| of maintenance; fifth, the irreguiarity or us
| motion and the motion Of the water IN tne
boiler and cistern. and OF the fuel 2 IN rousn Ign
| weather; sixth, the difficulty arising from the
| liza bIity of the paddles, or oars. to oreaK,
| light and from the weight If made strong.
The illustrator Of Mr.. Abbotts book has
used the opportunity to picture scenes OF pi-
rate attack and whaling struggles In severaf
spirited drawings in wash and line The va
rious types Of vessel, many OF them now passed
away, are well shown in smaller sketches
Though marked by q regretful feeling that
the glory of American effort and vigor on the
seas is closed chapter, and thus lacking SYM
pathy with aspirations for triumphs that may
yet be won under the still formative conditions
Of present day shipping, Mr.. AbbotSs work
does not lose In interest.