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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
From The Tribune Bureau.l

From The Tribune Bureau
washington, Dec. 8.-One Of the notable events
in the naval service will be the delivery at l"0
z,h,,,,r,ne station Of the gigantic floating dry
dock built for the Navy Department at the
1,,or1,s Of the Maryland Steel Company, at Spar
rows Point. Nd This great structure winch
NAV be compared in general dimensions Win
che ,,evv arnoorv at the Naval Academy, or with
+be +rainsbed at the terminal Of a big railroad
&c living in Chesapeake Bay, near Solomon's ISL
ord where It was recently tested by the dock
inc of the cruiser Colorado and the battleship
Iowa The dock was accepted from the oulio-
ers as a result of the trials, and arrangements
were at once begun for towing the un"leloy
mass of metal on It's long trip to the Aslatic
citation where It will become a part OF the
eouipn1ent of the naval base and dockyaro
vrbic!, this government is establishing at Dion
gapo.
The method Of getting to the philippines
Adj, u,bicb nresents a bow 134 feet broad and
which draws six and one-half feet OF water Is a
nice problem It must be pulled through the
water nv the combined power of three of the
largest naval GOLFERS the Glacier, the Brutus
and the Cesar. These GOLFERS have been spe-
ciaIfv eouipped for the occasion and during the
last week towing machines Of great power have
been installed, In addition to which there have
been purchased in New-York eight huge wire
hawsers and twelve large manila hawsers,
These towlines cost $4,000 and weigh some
thing like one hundred tons. Naturally. the
handling Of such weights. when used to pull the
6rydcck Dewey through the water. VIII be
class of work which is altogether new In such
projects. and must be performed with great caro-
and skill
The plan for arranging the towing fixtures was
developed by Commander W. F. Fullam, Q. 8.
NJ who was in command OF the Glacier and
who was to have had charge Of the towing ex-
petition. Fuilam is energetic officer who
made a reputation for himself es commandant
of the nidshipmen at Annapolis. and who Is the
author OF the Service Textbook on Trials
His plan OF connection, as he describes 1t to the
department, is as follows:
eat the dock four pinch chain brides 0two
at each end, thirty fsthom legs outside to which
VIII shackie a towing spur formed Of double
Ib-inch manila hawser, 100 fathoms long;
20 the latter the wire hawser from the ship
ahead win be shackled- AT the bow each ship
VIII veer q proper amount of both chains to
form q bride to which the wire bow lines viii
be attached the chains to be stoppered to relieve
the strain en- the windlass. Manila hawsers may
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Huge Dry Dock To Be flowed All the Way the
Philippines fronnM aryland-A Risky

be used instead Of wire if found preferable. 1t
Is absolutely essential that the stern of the
ship should be built up solidly in order that the
very heavy shackles and towing thimbles may
be hauled in for disconnecting the towing spur
Of the dock; each ship must be prepared to
take fits place next to the dock If necessary, and
it is evident that the ship next to the dock must
be properly fitted to heave in and disconnect
it's wire from the manila towing spars in an
emergency. as it may be impossible to discon-
meet at the dock For this reason light rails or
distractions at the stern of the towing ships
should be removed or solidIy built in"
This was the plan which to be followed
In general and instructions were given to the
naval constructors in charge of the work at
Norfolk and Boston to have the three Golfers
and the dock at Soiomon's Island equipped as
Commander Fullam had requested When the
latter officer visited the Golfers at Norfolk the
other day he discovered that his plan had not
been carried out completely. and he FASTENED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
HIS HAIR TURNING WHITE
Bay Horse Undergoing a Curious
Experience from Fright.

Ware. Mass. Dec. (SpeciaD.-Dan a bright bay
horse and one OF the pets OF this village, Is gau-
ally turning white from the effects Of 8 shock
which he suffered last summer. Veterinary SUI
geons say the eject the animals nerves ars
precisely like that the nerves Of human De-
ing whose hair turns white overnight through
some severe fright tremendous strain 1ns
white hairs have appeared gradually IN patches -
over his body. giving him queer mottled appear
ance. and he is becoming whittier every day.
Last July Dan was hitched In front Of uVssy
stable while a heavy thunderstorm was in pros
ress. Suddenly Of the bolts OF lightning sITnoA
the edge Of the stable and there was remeno0e'
crash and dazzling flash of lightning. The nofss
dropped down to the ground II shot, ana =,
NAMED there in shiverlng trembling mass uns.
he was literally dragged to his feet He was n0e
hurt particle. and it doubtful II he was even
stunned by the bolt Of lightning. but he was neaD
frightened out OF his senses. He was taken 20
stable and cared for. but continued to shiver III
tremble until the next day.
About a week later Dams driver, A. z. IhAseo55,,
noticed q small spot OF white hair on the hS S5sS
spots on the animals back. Mr.. Thayer malee.
thorough examination to detect the presence q -
eruption or any skin disease. but the horse - -
spots Of white have appeared. until Dan is n9s
the town. N
He is big. handsome animal weighing LIZ ~
pounds and does duty on heavy wood wagon. ~
load Is too big for him 10 handle. and his 49,
disposition to tackle any burden has made - ,-,
1avorite with the teamSters. as his Kindly Hs-sr
Ssature has made him a pet With the eaasflesns
more apples and sugar than ever and M, A5lsS~
says there IS danger that Dan win be spolieL
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son into q seIf-contained vessel Of circular
shape. built sufficiently strong to stand sea
y,yage and the wind and wave pressure aIter
its final settlement into the sands OF the snoal-
All the inside horizontal girders are covered
at the different elevations to make temporary
floors and rooms in the caisson. and II Is oFO-
posed to place IN these rooms at the time OF
towing the boiler engines. pumps, derr1cks'
dredging apparatus, concrete mixing machinery
water sand and cement and the olT1erenI ma
terials necessary for sinking and filling ana
s,,npIies and equipment for the workmen.
It is purposed to I'LL a portion Of the space
between the two outer shells and part OF the
bottom with concrete before leaving the ship
wards so that the caisson will draw about
twenty-one feet of water, and when all Is IN
readiness tugboats will be attached to it and
will tow it to the location on the shoals.
While being towed to its location in case OF
a storm its draught may be increased by part1aI
scuttling leaving a smaller area above the sur
face Of the water exposed to the WIND ana
waves. Even in case of its going ashore II
would then ground in deep water where II
could easily be foated again after the storm
by forcing the water out by air pressure or py
pumping until it again draws about twenty lone
feet It may then be towed to It's locauon. anu
after reaching its destination Will De neIo IN
place by suitable anchors and cables II VIII
be scuttled by pumping water into the interior
compartments, and it will be only matter OF
q
entered to sink it so as to rest on the sand In
about twenty four feet of water, leaving the top
or deck at this time about ffty-siX feet aoove
the surface OF the ocean. The difference IN une
at this location is only about two feet and the
shoaI at the location selected for the lighthouse
on the four fathom contour covers an area.
about two miles long and one mile wide, ana
gradually deepens on the seward side
The edges Of the caisson with the additional
weight from scuttling will settle into the sand
a few feet Immediately until the bottom rests
then he bumped into the twenty-four side COM
partments above the sea level and the floor
viii be kept horizontal by pumping more water
into the wells on one side than on the other in
case of uneven settlement 1t is then purposed
to sink the foundation caisson as quickly as
possible by a combination of dredging and the
compressed air process The dredging viii be
done in and through the central well or shaft
and the caisson will be sunk as far as practical
bic by open dredging through this well This
work will be done preferably in the spring OF
the year, as at that time the prevailing winds
are from the shore and therefore the seas do
not run so high.
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Work of Great Difficulty To BE Tackled by Contractors
with the Aid of Improved Process of Construction.

oil engines. The third floor will contain the
hosting engine for operating the crane, two
large provision rooms and q bedroom. The fourth
and fifth floors each will have two bedrooms, a
writing and bathroom. One half of the
sixth floor will be devoted to the dining ROOM
the other half to the kitchen, pantry and refr1g-
orator. The seventh floor will have double
sitting room library and laundry. On this
floor also viii be placed tank holding 1,60O
gallons of fresh water. The eighth floor Will be
equipped for the lighthouse service room. The
ninth floor will contain the watchroom, and Will
have gallery extending all the way around
1t. The floor above this will contain the light
itself visible in storm or calm for about twenty
miles.
The stability of this structure is expected to
be greater than that of any other steel structure
hitherto built. The caisson will rest upon
foundation of sand and shell, pronounced by
competent engineer. who has taken actual Dor
ings, to be lin condition as able to form the
best foundation for any building as the sand
which forms the long peninsula between the
ocean and PaTnlico Sound, upon which some
OF our latest and heaviest masonry lighthouses
have been successfully built The shape OF
the caisson is designed and the weight of the
entire structure is distributed so that when the
caisson is resting on its foundation the over
turning force of wind and wave, even in the
heaviest storm. will be less on the windwa ara
side than the downward pressure caused by the
weight OF the structure. Under these condi-
lions it will be impossible for the lighthouse
to be washed away or blown down.
In it's general outline this project has some
precedents in the best American and European
practice, especially in the construction of the
the North Sea In many respects, how
ever, it represents an important departure
from all previous models The caisson is con-
structed in the form of a truncated cone in
stead of a cylinder as hitherto. It's double
walls and double bottom. dividing it into air
and water tight commandments, and its large
open central tube for facilitating the work Of
excavation are other departures from earlier
practice Above all it is a work of much greater
magnitude in dealing with structures Of larger
size than any that has ever been undertaken
before in the construction of lighthouses The
engineering work and the general management
are in charge of Hartman Brothers, civil engi-
neers, of Boston, with the assistance of Edward
S. Shaw as consulting engineer. Many promi-
nent CAPITALISTS of New England are interested
financially
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INCREASE OF COST.

Now, what is all this maladministration cost
ing? Carrying as many passengers and vehicles
as the new, the old boats paid dividends
On the old boats the captain received $50 a
month; on the new he gets S137 80 month
Deckhands the old boats were paid $50 a
month, but these valuable officials who are so
expert at the vanishing act draw $50
month. AS a matter of fact any contractor
could get all the good deckhands wanted for
S45, which is more than men get for the far
harder work at sea. The navy pays SCI, with
one S45 outfit Of clothes thrown in. to its first
class seamen.
The old private company paid its fremen $50
a month apiece There were two to each boat,
a total OF 5000 for hrenen a month. The
Dock Department employs four firemen ON
each boat and pays them $50 each month, or
a total Of S1,800 a month. Judged by the old
boats, the city is losing 81 200 a month, or
$14,400 a year, solely the salary Of hremen
The old boats had only engineers. hremen and
deckhands The new boats were fitted out
by Tammany Gust before the election) with
host of supernumeraries. For instance, there
are oilers. Deep sea sailormen say that on such
small craft as ferryboats the engineer can do
all the oiling that is not provided for by auto
matte oiling devices. Then there are water
tenders whose duties in the freroom are, on
such craft, usually performed by the firemen.
OF what service, too, are porters on a ferryboat?
About as valuable as brakemen on a wind
TANNER
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to washington and asked to be relieved from
the command as he did not care to be taxed
with the responsibility for the safety Of the dock
unless he could have all the facilities of towing
and all the appliances Of safety to the dock he
had described as necessary. The department
promptly complied with Commander Fullam's
request, and his relief from tho command of
the dock towing expedition carried with it de-
tachment from the command Of the Glacier,
and the officer was ordered home and placed
on waiting orders.
The charge of the towing expedition was then
given to Commander Harry H Hosley U. S.
N. who has been on duty in New York as the
supervisor of the harbor. The latter officer will
carry out the plans Of the Navy Department
to get the big drydock to its station in the
Philippines soon possible.
Some Of the details of the equipment have
been assigned to Civil Engineer L. NJ. Cox
q. S. N. He was the supervising engineer dur
ing the construction Of the dock at the Mary
land Steel Works. and he has special charge of
fitting tackle gear, chain lockers, storeroonas
wireless apparatus. searchlight and other Access
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soME WORK sHTRKERs.

There are no seafaring men in the harbor that
are paid such salaries as these. Furthermore,
many persons have remarked that most Of the
deckhands are useless. Their most valuable
work seems to be that of stacking up chairs
left adrift by debarking passengers. Going into
the slips, they come out of their holes and make
a great show of working. AS there is scarcely
anything for them to do, they are much in the
way.
1t is stated by experts that the boats as now
being run will cost the taxpayers some $1,000
a boat each month more than the old boats
cost the private company. That is, that the city
will lose heavily unless the system is put on a
far more economical basis. The slips have not
been completed, and the work on them seems
to SAVIOR of the snail. A naval officer said the
other day that, in his opinion, the boats are
handled poorly. He mentioned circumstance
that occurred just south of the Battery slip,
in which the ferryboat had unnecessarily
stopped its engines to allow a tug coming from
Brooklyn to run across its bow. THE tug was
violating the rules of the road which are the
laws of the land" he said, land collision
would have been caused had the ferryboat made
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LONDON NOT WELCOME.
Aathor's Marital Experiences Not
1pproUed by Ioz0a MoraLists.

Newton. Iowa. Dec. 9 (SpeciaD.-Jaclz London
the author. whose recent marriage immediately
following a divorce. attracted wide notoriety
has been driven by the persecution Of Des
Moines moralsts abruptly to terminate his
honeymoon here. and ne is now planning an
early departure. Before another week has gone
by he expects to have shaken the dust Of the
Hawkeye State from his feet forever. "And
jolly good radiance will it be- said he, IN be-
traying the first sign of irritation since his ar
rival.
The browning attack came from Dr. James
a. Beebe. who occupies one Of the leading pull
pits in Des Moines. In last Sundays sermon
DR.. Beebe administered scathing rabuks TO
Des Moines club women for fawning over Lon
don, who had 80 lightly treated the marriage
relation" This address has had wide publicity
in Des AIoines and other papers. and more than
fifty clippings c. it were nailed to Mr.. and Mrs.
London here. I%5ne of these clippings were &C
companed by notes expressing indignation that
he had been so unjustly attacked and others In
dorsed the views of the pastor.
1t all came about because Of a dlsgraceful
scramble among Des Boines club women last
Saturday evening. MIR. London was to address
the Women's Club of Des BIoines. He and his
bride had no sooner stepped from the train
than representatives of the Des AIoines Won
ems Press Club captured him and triumphantly
carried him off to their clubrooms, where they
lionized him and did not permit him to escape
until after the hour his lecture was to begin
Much bitter feeling was engendered between
the rival clubs. and newspapers discussed this
at length. Many of the club women gave inter
views in which London was denounced as a bad
example, morally. and then came the sermon Of
Sunday morning. In the course Of his remarks
DR.. Beebe said:
Strangs things are done for the sake Of being
up to date. One of the strangest was the bring
ing to this city OF Jack London. 1t would not
have been So strange had it not been refined
club women who did it. Had it been a mems
organization that invited him to come nothing
would have been thought Of it. But that Chris
tian women would have done such thing after
he has been accuSed-without denial-of insult
irg their sex in a manner only surpassed by the
unspeakable Heron is beyond comprehension
1t makes one stop and wonder If women VII
not forgive any moral laxity in men so long as
they are bright intellectually and possess that
quality which call interesting.
1t is excuse for Mr.. London that others are
doing the same as he has done. Neither Is II 70
be excused because of his great genius All
men must be measured by the same moral
standard To Honize one who is guilty Of moral
laxtty is to condone the offence. If Mr.. Lon
don's first wife had been the daughter or
Des Moines mother the women Of this city
would have been less eager to fawn upon him.
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assist the hydraulic dredging machinery by ex-
cavating with powerful water jets, shovels and
special tools to force the sand toward the central
tube, where it will be pumped upward and dis
charged through the outside shell of the ca1sson
by electors or sand pumps If any solid material
wreckage, for instance. should be encountered
1t in toward the central shaft where IL may De
removed by graphing dredge. Smaller OBJ
structiohs may be removed by divers through
the airlocks provided for the men.
While the dredging is being done, the work
will be carried on as fast as possible in filling
the different chambers with concrete. The ma
terial cement, crushed stone, granite blocks,
powders, supplies, etc, viii be brought TO the
caisson in lighters and taken aboard by aid Of
the steam hosting engines and stored in the
different rooms until required A balance will
be preserved between the increasing weight OF
the structure and the increasing buoyancy or
the surrounding water as the ca1sson SINKS 10
its final depth. The caisson may thus be held
temporarily at about the same level to tac1l1tate
certain details Of the excavation, or 1t may De
made to sink more rapidly into the sand.
AS soon the caisson has been sunk 10 It's
proper depth about twenty feet below the
surface of the sand, the bottom being about fifty
feet below the surface of the water, the work
of filling will be carried on, and a rfp-rap apron
of irregular granite blocks or powders viii be
deposited on the surface of the sand entirely
around the foundation extending outward about
seyenty-hve feet from the caisson. The stone
vyf1l be brought in scowS or lighters, and may
be placed directly by these lighters or by the
travelling derricks or crane from the gallery or
deck of the caisson. The spaces within the large
smaller spaces will quickly be filled with the
two dc
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On 9. bitterly cold and stormy winter night
about fifteen years ago, seaman OF the schooner
& F,elis wrecked off the dreaded POLLOCK 3
T2iun off the Massachusetts Coast, was frozen 10
death in the rigging. The next day the owner
of that schooner, Captain Albert F. Eeils' Oh
Rockport Me- stood on the shore and looked al
che body of his comrade swinging stiff aloft in
~. oross+rees, Then Captain EeIls swore to de-
vote the rest of his life to devising protection
49, sa,1ors from, the sandbars OF the shoals which
strew the Atlantic Coast
one fruit Of his labor and the labor Of his as
sociates is a bill passed unanimously by the
Senate and the House of Representatives and
signed by President Roosevelt on the morning
Of his inauguration. This bill contracts with
Seantsin Fells and his associates for the build
ang of q lighthouse on the outer Diamond Shoal,
off Cape Hatteras, N G, appropriating $l5OO0O
for the lighthouse and $4,000 additional for the
lens and equipment. In the neighborhood of
5Istteras seventy vessels and seventy-two lives
have been lost in the last thirty years
In the report of 1855 the Lighthouse Board
STATED that the erection Of a permanent light
s,ouse off Cape Hatteras would be an engineering
task Of great magnitude. To carry it to a sue
s,essf,1l conclusion Will require the highest skill
supported by the best appliances and by ample
means IN 1902 0. L. Spaulding, acting secre-
1ary of the Treasury. stated that the probable
cost Of the erection of a permanent light on
Diamond Shoals, according to the best plans
Then proposed. would be S1,5SS,O0o. The ship
owning and seafaring people throughout the
country clearly realized the importance to their
uroperty and their lives of the work intrusted
to CAPTAIN EeIls and his associates The petit
45on TO Congress for the passage of the act con-
4sfus the names Of fifteen marine insurance COM
paries, fifteen national banks doing the business
Of marine men and two hundred and nine steam
ship lines and miscellaneous and marine organ1-
cations Captain Dow, who was sent to Wash
sneton as the representative OF the American
Association Of Masters and Pilots of steam YES
sells. said before the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce: 81 represent an organiza-
ton Of ten thousand searnen and they come into
my offices and say. If it is possible for you to do
anything for US in Washington to have perrna-
nent lighthouse off Cape Hatterss. for Gods
sake, DO it for us 3"
It is a safe prediction that in the next few
years there will be a large increase in the num-
Der Of vessels TO pass Cape Hatteras. The open
.ng of the Panama Canal viii mean much
greater volume of traffic by water from the
ports of the Eastern seaboard to the Pacific
Coast of both American continents and to the
orient
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HOW MEERscHAUM rs MINED.

''Meerschanm Is mined like COAL said p.s.
dealer. 1T is soft. soapnke stone and IN As
Minor its mining Is an important industry
Thu crude meefschaum Is called hamtssn.
yeIlowfsh white In color and red clay eoas y
skin envelops II. The blocks cost from - t e -
a CARLOAD They are soft enough TO Gus WIZ
knife. .,-a
These blocks IN summer are dried by e4pSs sss.
70 the sun. In winter q heated room - nv
sary. t,ta
Finally the meerschaum blocks are soI 800 n
twelve grades, wrapped In cotton and paeAse -
cases with the greatest care .r,s.,a
The bulk OF ali this meerschaum goes 70 lSrssis
There the best plpemakers In the world IVA - -
adelph4a Bu1ietn
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its usual turn to starboard. which It made just
as soon as the tug had passed"
An old resident on the island believes tha
prime cause of this unsatisfactory state OF af-
fairs to be lack of foresight the part OF the
men responsible for the institution OF the sys-
tenn. The salary list certainly smacks Of politics
Meanwhile, those who ride back and forth from
Manhattan to Richmond are wondering when
they can be reasonably sure that the 7:15 boat
will start before s: 30