New-York tribune., 1904-09-15
PEARY'S ARCTIC PLANS.
UNIQUE SHIP FOR HIM.
Gets Cup at International Geo
graphic Congress Dinner.

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The first authorized statement about Commander
p.srv's plans for visiting the Arctic regions again
-r,rs has yet been made came last evening from
.hs lips OF the explorer himself. At dinner IN
toro- Of the foreign Ihembers of the International
r-sographle Congress gold medal was presented TO
mir, bv 4. Cordie-, president OF the French Geo
-s,1,icai Society, IN highly fattering terms. IN
sclzaouieegtng the compliment Commander Peary
o,e--ued the story which cana from Maine few
So. ago about the ship which is to bs built for
rsn, TIE contract for construction has been
I.,e5 ard work will be pushed SO that the vessel
5I be ready fer service next June.
n general dimensions the ship will resemble the
= I,uilr fo- the British Antarctic expedition. the
y,,.o,ery hui viii be lighter. Her engines will be
-,,h more powarful. in which respect she will be
-. scrai OF the best ocean going tugs She is 70 be
- wood with steel plating OUT forward she is so
nodeed that. like the Fran. she viii rise under
rteral pressure from the ice. and thus avoid being
,sLe5 ! UNIQUE feature IS the placing of the
,s--s-s for the crew up deck. so as 10 obtain
Ice storage caracity for coal below. The vessel
viii reiv more exclusively OF steam power than
CIV ether get built primarily FOR exploration.
.shaH I wine" said Commander Peary' IN con-
r3rdine his announcement, God knows! I hope
sns srearn and pray that I ulay. But II l do not
sen,e one else will There is no higher purer held
NJ rivalry than this Arctic and Antarctic quest. II
win YOU will have another one or 'hese lnaghln-
ce-t tokens for me. and be proud because We be
Of one 1
one gets there and then We SHAH nave one OF 'hes
medals for the man who wins, whether ne bears the
colors OF France OF England or GERMANY or ->o'-
z-av or TtsIv and We shall he proud OF him, for
va shall know ne is man and comes OF d hsuoH
OF men and that the best man mas won
The congress at its business meeting IN the morn
t. ,r rte motion Of Sir John Murray had adopted
: resolution expressing conviction that the polar
-.s.orcb * in the highest degree desirable. When
Commander Peary made bis speech therefore' "
was greeted with great enthusiasm
six papers we're presented - the section on ocean
- yesterday That Of Professor Z. L Steven
g. raia+ive 70 early maps OF the New World, was
Tl5vs,ra,A5 with lantern slides. Later in the day
professor Stevenson escorted party Of members
70 the Lenox Library to inspect nne collection
of mars there =,
Fo,r nsne-s relative 10 volcanoes were read n
-bs afternoon sIl but one being illustrated. Pro-
fessor c H Hitchcock talked about the Hawaiian
archipelago which is about eighteen hundred miles
In length and Includes about twenty-five isiahds'
ens OF which Is Midway. now cable station IN the
Pacific. Professor Robert T. Hill. OF the United
states Geological Survey, htnJed at the mechanism
which had played part in the deye5opIneitI 9I me
wndward Islands. Professor Ange!o F.el4psII: + oI
the eruption OF Mont Pelee and the one which Dc
stroyed PompeL he EXPRESSED the oetleL IhaI a. the
strange obelsk which was seen las year vas
plug that had sealed The crater alIer an carer
p- .pItol tJie-orT who had on Tuesday discussed
Martinique and two adjacent Islands talked aboct
nT,s Sn1snsr snbsT In wss 81 Vncent The dust and
sand ejected by La Soufriere collected in thick
beds IN The valleys. When these we're invaded ~
local waters secondary explosions resulted. Many
OF the minor eruptiops, the erodtlg effects OF the
tornado sand blast and other features OF o!tanc
activity on the island exhibited EtrtkiHgF IN
the doctors pictures Professor A Schmidt. OF
Stuttzart. an eminent authority on earthquakes
gave short extempore address on his specially n
his native tongue.
In the section devoted 10 exploration the attend
anee was light when papers on Africa were pre-
sentsd. These were b. A Donaldson sIEiLh, OF
Philadelphia; Major A St II. Gibbons, or Corn
wall England and Colonel Charles Chaille-I Long.
Of Baltimore. Either because OF fhe illustrations,
or for some other reason, polar research seemed
70 excite greater interest Henryk Arctowski. or
the Belgian Antarctic expedition showed some 'ne
photographs OF The glaciers TO the southward OF
Cape Horn. z. u. Stokes OF this city. an artist
who has made study Of color in the polar regions.
expected 10 attend yesterday s meeting OF the
section exploration. but failed 70 DO 50. A
silver necal-the AphoDse de Montaerot priZe-has
been awarded 20 him oy the French Geographical
Society, and would have been presented formally
been announced for the section economic
geography but tor sorle mysterious reason IL ad-
journed prematurely.
Though nearly dozen other persons participated
actively IN the discussions OF the section edit
cation yesterday, perhaps the b-oades; treatment
OF the problems under consideration AFFORDED
BY Professor !. D. Winsow OF Providence. He
limits between the instruction given in grade
schools, high schools and universities should be
defined mora carefully
Many members Of the congress 60 Up the Hudson
to-day by boat ard take evering train for
Niagara and s.. Louis.