The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-21

~oLORS streaming. q Scotch bag
pipe reeiiug off The Camp
~ bells Are Coming and the
whistles Of a hundred craft miasling
with the defamation of saluting can
non from the fortresscs around
greater New York. the non-ma gne.tic
survey yacht Carnegie recently slipped
out of New York harbnr on its world
cruise. which has for its purpose the
correcting of the cnmpasses ut the
principal observatories of the world.
The cruise is given under the auspices
of the Carnegie institution uf WASH
ington, and before the Carnegie re-
turns from. her trip those scientists
aboard her will have determined the
magnetic conditions of The waters of
the world.
The Carnegie is the first vessel built
in which iron. steel and other mag
n.tic metals have little or no part.
With the exception of the thin cast
iron liners in the cylinders of the
bronze internal eonbustible engine
and the steel cams necessary to oper-
ate the valvss-aggrcgating less than
600 pounds-ho magnetic metals were
used i'm the construction of this trim
and deep seaworthy little ship.
As the Carnegie will have to
weather many storms in the deep
waterways of the world. ii was deter
mined to construct her .f the very
best material that could be obtained.
1t was necessary to combine the finish
and the fine workmanship laNiShed
upon yacht with the sturdy strength
of a merchant ship. Her prin sipal Iii
mansions are: Length over all, l'6
feet: length on load water line. les
feet inches: beam. nodded. - feet;
depth of hold. IL. feet , inches with
mean draft of IL feet ! in hes. and
displacement of ieS tons with stores
and equipment aboard. Her lines are
fair and easy. running in an unbroken
sweep from stem to stern. and her
model shows power and seaworthy
qualities of pronounced type. Her
beauty has been enhanced by hand
some decorations OF gold leaf. aad al
together she is one of the rrettiest
craft that ever sailed from this har-
hor. where palitial yachts are wont
TO rendezvous.
So staunch Is this little ship that
IL might be we'll To describe in detail
her construction. The scantling en-
ployed in the construction Of her hull
is of the same dimensions as that re
auired by the American bureau Of
shipping for merchant marine of equal
tonnage. The keel stem. stern post
and frames and deadUnu1 are Of white
oak the deck beams. plankins and
ceiling of yellow pine. and the deck of
long length, comb grained Oregon
pine. The fastenincs consist of locust
tree nails. copper and fohin bronze
bolts and composition spikes: all
through bolts riseted over rings both
inside and outside. All metal deck fit
tings, metal work on spars and rig
eing are of bronze. copper and gun
metal.
The vessel has full sail power with
brigantine rig. carrying nearly L.
800 square feet of plain sail; her spar
plan measuring IT, feet from foremost
truck to the water surface. and pol
feet from the foreward end of the
bowsprit To the after end of the main
boom. The distance from the forward
end of the bowsprit IL the forward
end of the load water line is Is feet:
from the forward end of the load
water line tn the foremost b feet. and
from the foremost to the mainmast is
feet. The hemp used aboard her was
made in Russia. and WAS especially
prepared for this cruise.
Due care has been given tn the con-
struction of the machinery for the
Carnegie. For the purpose af maneu-
vering the vessel in port and in
crowded roadsteads. or during calm
at sea. an auxiliary power plant. con-
sisting Of a siN-cylinicr internal COM
bustion engine capable of developing