New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

propeller IN England Ericsson had htted screws
20 forty-foot steam launch. which tOwed
ship Of one hundrsG and hfty tons al the rate OF
five mile an hour The Lords of the Admiralty
frowred upon tn screw. for they ecnit not be
brought 20 believe that = -rsft vita propeller
couIc be stored pr"FerIy-
ERICSSON AND THE SCREW
T,rr.--on veari~d ~ bcther.ne With N t"hOr-
able Lords. and trarsferreG his activities 70 the
United states fIe b4il1 the rlan-of-Var ar t'rince-
ton Her propeller vorEeJ so satisfactory that
other screw beats ver. r@rdIy constituted not
alone for cur navy. bat as wei for that of the
Britisl. steam sloops - ver and stsar. f~igates
rendered important anG ys' able ss-'s.s "a our
War ~ IL, Rebellion
But The merchant ship owners e'.-r lot so
easily overcome their cons. -vatis11, ave lung
% padG.. v heels. despite tl, fact thai thsy re
quired more eIaborats r1s, Li0~ry anc ate Up
coal So gr,rdily that ths tuel bins we've M
menss TIE feet scotia. sh MAI ~ only
thirteen knots. burned IGi tons vf ..eL daily-
FINALLY tho us-chaUtv-e1 same 20 e. -od the
China of trs sam, I-re - Tho Scotia pro-
vided with q screw. TIE =. oECny a. fft e.reW-
drive vessel over ths ~-Jev ie.ler vas con-
cIus .yel. demonstrate. for .r q cons It'on or
ONLY -y-tuo ton "e .o,t daily the china
steam, US fast as tl- S.,rie arG c-r '- 'nors
freight.
1t was roy uut' ~...--y y,a~~ nae 'iarsed
thai tr- compound .r@.-. ...r- -t, Fine
wa >-e.CI.- sut G-~n I>St fF. easts-
ts- original o,eaa s'....al. e-sss. SIX
day-
speed speed s1J n... -U,st We, e. -nded
ana ur,,l. eG rs -.. ...- -l. twin ship
and eirIa- ta. ,rgir,~ .o-e eNpa--.'- thus
eNlsu~-.Hz .I or a., possible eU.re- O.. The
steam
Fiv.-Goy beats r..a-.. r-T1'rou>. .'.-' '.ra-
lti,eIy. elJ paved rL. v,s -o- tns u-> s'FoT-
tam, step tu- 5,velopfa.-- 90 t1e turt.r. s-sfne
NO alone can The tl-r..- .-gin- 5riy, ship
faster chan the re,irr.,..r.-.a, engine t.t :t Oo-
cupies Jess space. which can BE- devoted for
cargo cr ra~-eug-- plrro~-~, creates less Nibra-
tion, and over fourteen k1ors l. more e,or"mieal
in coal lnptioH. I- is rts turbine 'lgine
that has trousht the four and q half Ga- boat,
and possibly VIII bring the boat that W. = so
from coast To coast between he UHi-es states
and England in four days fat
No one VIII admit that The lint re- beer
reached With the possibilities Of ele-tri.Iy mold
ing forth the promises th.t they do Then. too.
there is tie new producer -sas-eng.ue which
promises q more economical way Of extractinG
the energy of coal, by Producing the sas and
using II expIosiyeIy 70 Grfve the piston, in
stead of burning il under boilers hHe5 with
IL is asserted for the producer ga engine
that il can extract three and four times Se much
energy from a given clas tity - so.. the
steam engine
Charles II HasweU ,f New YORK who was
long a marine engineer, saw The CIsrmout and
lived long enough 20 witness some OF the nnari-
time marvels which che science of nav satiOn
In It's modern developmer- has Trodu,,5 MI
Haswen said:
when was very small t,y ] saw Fuiton's
boat, the Clermont. running up and down the
Hudson River. I too young to notice how
IL was built, but l clearly remember how Il was
regarded wonder. People shouted and ran
70 see il as il puffed slowly along
II also saw the trial trip of the first towboat
the Henry Ecbford. about 1926. The business OF
the city pretty nearly suspended 20 see 20
start l was on the pier and could see the ex-
cited crowds on the banks Half OF the people
thought IL would be a faliure How can one
boat that has only one engine pun another boat
that has no engine St al!-' That was the ques-
tion they were asking II sounds foolish now.
but You must rememb,r tfat such "a tEur had
never been tried before.
when Jhe first iron slip crossed a., ocean
there Was the same excitement and iucrcduIity
People asked: How can an iron ship uOatT
They were afraid Of ste&uSE ps for a long time,
especially after the [Etna blew up In 1921.
Passengers refused 10 travel on stesmsl lips and
two big barges were buiIt 10 carry people be-
tween New York and Albany They were called
the Lady Clinton and the Lady Rennst laer and
they were towed by tusboats No one ~ those
early days could have Imagined the progress
that has since been made"