The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-27

viii cause the vessel. like a melon seed
pinched between the fingers. to rise
and free itself of the stress
Above all things il is essential that
the vessel should not leak. and to in
sure this and to take the constant rub
OF the ice the hull viii be covered
with a double course of Eve inch
planking The inner course will be Of
yellow pine, aud tile outer course,
which viii be Immediately subjected
to wear. will be OF we'll seasoned white
oak. The inner course VIII be calked
when finished and made securely wa
ter tight. over the inner course viii
then be laid sheeting Of tarred hemp
or tarred canvas. After this Is thor
oughly secured the outer planking viii
be laid and bolted with exceptional
strength to each frame
After this planking in turn has been
calked and the seams all filed with
pitch heavy copper sheathing win be
overlaid on all parts Of the bottom ex-
posed to the water. TO take the rub
and grind OF the floating Ice the bow,
the sides along the water line and the
stern win be further protected BY
steel plating At the stem this plating,
which viii be an inch thick, will reach
from the Keel all the way up to three
feet above the load water line and ex-
tend aft for quite twelve feet. The wa
Ter line plating which is three-eighths
Of an inch thick, viii be a continuous
belt five feet wide, one foot only being
above the water.
Outside, in line with the main deck.
the vessel Is fitted with very strong
guard strake Of white oak secured to
each frame by through bolts OF steel
rlveted inside This guard strake is
further strengthened by d heavy angle
bar OF steel, which in turn Is fastened
with especial care
The purpose Of this guard strake
apart from being a buffer, is to help to
lift the vessel out Of the water as the
ice brushes about her. As can be seen,
the ice will press against her sides,
and then az they offer first resistance
it will rise and catch under the eoun.
ter OF this guard and bodily raise the
vessel. In case the ship, on the other
hand, has been frozen IN thick pack
Of ice and wishes to free herself hy-
draullc jacks viii be set upon the ice
and brought to bear upon the under
side OF the guard, and these in turn
will raise the craft, and as she is per.
mitted to settle back her weight win
tend to break way clear This Is
peculiarly novel arrangement.
The coamings to all matches are
made Of great strength and are nearly
as high as the top OF the bulwarks
AS result the boats effective free
board is really higher than 1t seems
Internally the craft is subdivided by
number OF very stout bulkheads, so
that she Is therefore built with mum.
Der OF water tight divisions. These
bulkheads, apart from adding in this
way to the security Of the ship in case
Of accident. give 80 much more strength
to the hull.
To further add To the strength OF
the hull and 10 increase the warmth
and habitahility of the ship Id arctic
waters the whole Inside Of tile craft
OVERLAPPING the frames win be snugly
ceiled with yellow pine planking three
inches thick. The living quarters win
be comfortably and substantially fin
ished, but there will be no attempt
whatever 70 give decoration to this
part Of the craft.
For motive power the vessel will
carry single engine Of the compound
condensing order and Commander
peary says It viii be equal to a contin.
ual econonical development Of 1000
Indicated horsepower, and when oeca-
sion requires such for instance. as
bucking d foe Of heavy ice the engine
will be able e develop half as much
again.