The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16

ern end of Long Island sound-the great
est cargo carrier in the world a--E
1t IS fact, that the iron ore repre-
sented In the $4,000 tons of steel plates and
shapes in the hull and decks Of the Min
nesota is the product Of Minnesota's giant
IRON range the Mesabi. The ore is car
r1ed thence to the Duluth docks by a
Minnesota railroad and from there to the
Lake Erie ports by Minnesota barges.
pennsylvania furnace and rolling mills
transformed the ore into steel plates and
shapes, and Connecticut shipbuilders rivet
the plates and posts into place; but the
Idea and design are Minnesota's, the ma
terial is from Minnesota soil and the mis-
sion of the vessel completed is that which
Minnesota brain and energy have planned
and directed for the development OF
American, commerce with the orient
1t is easy to make the general state
ment that the Minnesota is the greatest
cargo carrier in the world There are
those who need an optical demonstration
Of this assertion, in view of the fact that
the Minnesota and its sister giantess Of
steel, 1.-The Dakota; which are known to be
shorter than the famous Cedric and Celtic,
or. or tllssn ,1he Oceanic, the. Deuteschland. or
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and Kaiser
Wilhelm Ii.
The Minnesota and Dakota, in the first
place, have from to 8 feet greater
breadth than any of the. above group Of
largest vessels a1oat with the exception
of the Cedric or Celtic. In the second
place, the Minnesota and Dakota have 13
feet greater depth than the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, II feet greater depth
than the Deutschland or kaiser Wilhelm
H., and feet greater depth than the
Oceanic, the Cedric Or the Celtic. In the
third place, the Minnesota, and Dakota,
to meet the characteristic traffic ideas
of James J. Hill, head of the Great North
ern Steamship company and railway sys-
tenn, is arranged on the strictest principles
of economy OF. space and has greater cargo
| capacity in proportion to It's general df-
mensions than any other large vessel ever
designa ted or built.
The result is, that the Minnesota and
Dakota will be able to stow away a cargo
of $4,000 long tons dead weight; which Is
one half more than the dead weight cargo
| capacity of the Cedric and Celtic, and
| from 60, to 100 per cent greater than that
| of the other big vessels named. K
| In gross tonnage displacement, the
Minnesota and Dakota show practically
the same measurements as the Cedric
and Celtic, the largest vessels afioat,
| namely, about $4,000 tons. This is 10000
! tons greater than that of the Kaiser Will
| helm der Grosee, 10000 tons greater than
| that Of Kaiser Wilhelm, H., 1900 tons
greater than that of the Deutschland,
three, times that of the Kroonland and
! Finland, recently built for the American
Line by the Cramps, and three and one
half times the gross tonnage displacement
| of the United States battleships Oregon,
Indiana or Massachusetts,:
! 1t is an interesting fact that the ia
| nous battlesh1p Oregon, the armed mon
ster which In the recent Spanish war
struck terror to the heart of Spain, and
to-day holds European world powers in
wholesome respect Of Uncle Sans armed
capability, has a gross tonnage displace-
ment of 1928 tons, by comparison with