The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

- OsRESCUE the worlds first great
transport ship from the nursery.
where II has been stranded for
Centuries under a Christmas tree,
and to reconstruct the ark as IT was
built and navigated by Captain Noah.
is the labor Of f. watlington OF the
Sailors Snug Harbor IN New York.
Wellington knows more about the
real ark than the manufacturers OF
chtldren's toys ever did, because he
has been TO sea. Being a sailor he
lAnows that a high-gabled barn loaded
on the deck of a scow, with elephants
stabbed IN the upper stories. could not
live IN the tempest. when ''the windows
iof heaven were opened" She would
have added to the menagerie by turn
ing turtle on the very first OF the forty
days. With this conviction as q start
sn Genesis and finds there no more au-
thority for the barp-on-a-scow plan OF
naval architecture than there Is foun-
dation IN the Gospel for the common
belief that there were three wise men
OF the East, rather than two. or four
OF a dozen for that matter.
Sticking 70 the text and guided by
his knowledge Of nav CATION. the dis
coverer OF the real ark rstells the old
story IA terms OF ''Suilder's specfnoa-
tions. charter party. homo port. desti-
nation and sailing directions of the
voyage"
The dimensions OF the ship: 500 Gu
bits IN length. 30 cubits In breadth.
and q height OF so cubits reveal TO the
nautical mind the picture OF a ship
proportional according 60 the high
est standard OF naval architecture OF
today. In present terms OF measurement
she would have been described in the
Register as follows: Length, B<7.2
feet: beam. sl.2 feet; depth. 5&Ta feet
This would have given her q net ton
mage OF 1858. and a capacity OF
over $4,000 tons OF 90 cubic feet. IL
other words the capacity OF the The
bah" for that was the true name OF
the ship. was twice as great as that
OF the latest mammoth Cunarders
When loaded she would have drawn
twenty-seven feet. And" adds the au.
thor. "a person versed in marine az.
fairs could not fail TO notice the beau
titul proportions OF this magnificent
ship FOR the purposes intended" i
was an ideal ship, where stability
counted more than speed. and comfor'
and carrying capacity were the chic
things desired for the voyage. whici
lasted whole year.
The Tower. second and third stories
OF the text then becomes the spa,
deck. the main deck. the berth decl
and the orlop deck. II is further notet
that the word window" which 4,
used in the text in the singular, means
IN the Hebrew light" and refers {,
the ports IN the high sides OF tn,
vessel Tn a cubit shalt thou nnisi
81 above" is the direction TO construc
bulwark around the deck TO tn,
height OF two feet as a protection Il
the navigators and a shield to the sky
lights and ventilators
with this much for a start ii is cas-,
20 see that by the phrase. rooms Fl
the ark" the narrator in Genesis, wh,
evidently WAS not a skilled navigator
meant the stalls for the heavier ami
mails on the main and berth decks
cabins for Noah and his immediat
family IN the stern and adjacent apart
rnent fitted up for birds of song an,
other family pets. and immediatel.
forward OF this the cabins for the navi
gators.
The instruction to pitch" the arI
within and without" indicated that tn
interior pianking was to be covere'
with a bitumen cement TO make /
easier 10 cleanse the decks where tn
ian:mals were stalled and to protect tn
water and stores IN the hold beneatl
from being polluted by the sewage o,