The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-08-13

! prepared in the ships saloon, an
! gazed dreamily across the waters, for
the first time in your life realizing
what terribly big thing an ocean
really is. 1t is mistress never los
ing charm. . but constantly gaining
others.
| On leaving port the water is green,
! hut in the bay it becomes light blue,
growing deeper and deeper until the
| horizon rests in a sea of rich pur-
pie In the gulf stream it is the rich
est, deepest navy blue; the light
ocean breeze ruffles the water and
when the sunlight strikes it each
wave is tipped with a tiara OF dia-
! monds. In the distance the ocean
sparkles as if some goddess of ancient
mythology had flown across the sea
with a lap full of diamonds and flung
them broadcast upon the waters.
The passage We made was a par,
ticularly pleasant one ana rev OF the
passengers suffered from seasickness
and none of them for any length OF
time. When getting out of the gulf
stream the passage was pretty rough,
but at no time did the waves reach
even the main deck. in getting out
OF the gulf stream the temperature
falls 30 degrees.
The vessels of the Mallory lines
that is their three largest steamers
in point of sea orthiness-compare
with the ocean liners, and after ask
ing hundred or more fool ques-
tions and few sensible ones about
the steamer and its management, you
appreciate the almost absolute safety
of ocean travel and the way in which
man has bridled the ocean. Through
the courtesy of the chief officer and
the chief engineer, we learned many
interesting things white on board. one
evening after dinner the chief engi-
neer invited lis to see the engines
which you feel throbbing under your
feet like mighty heart beat. 1t
would be quite as impossible for a
| woman TO tell anything of the en-
gines that carry the ship so safely
| through the sea. as it would be for a
man to give a recipe for angels food
cake-hut never before had we real
! lied that engines would be so terri
! bly, large so wonderfully clean ana
so awfully scarry looking. Mr.. Bass,
the engineer, told us great many
| things about the engines, their force
and capacity, all of which we heard
il wonder and not one word OF which
we understood. There were some
things that he told us, however, tnaI
to a certain extent, and they We're in
regard to the wrecking of the vessel.
The hold is divided in two parts, the
machinery in either being sufficient
TO carry the vessel safely into the
harbor should the other crash upon
a rock and become disabled. Form.
erly a collision with a rock woulG
cause such an inrush of water that
bulli-head doors could scarcely be
closed in time, but now the doors are
! electrically operated. a water pres.
: sure of many tons. in addition to
this the steamer has a double bottom
which serves for protection in case of
grounding and to carry water ballast
If rock is struck the damage is gen
orally only to the outer bottom and
! the ship is in no manner threatened.
| Powerful pumps connect with the
/ space between the two bottoms and
will lift over 5000 tons of water in
a few minutes There are two air
/ tight compartments in either end OF
the vessel that add to its worthiness.
| Should a collision with another
steamer at sea cut it in half it would
| still float for twelve hours. Also the
protection against fires is interesting.
Formerly a fire at sea was an awful
and disastrous thing. Now, the ocean
liner has the most efficient fire serv-
ice in the world. 1t is a mechanical
fire warning device which often rings
the alarm before the fire has actu-
ally started All parts of the ship
are wired and thermostat stations are
located at various points. When the
temperature of any part of the ship
reaches a danger mark, where ig'
milton may follow, the wires fuse and
create an electric current. This
rings bells throughout the ship and
marks by red light on dial, in the
wheel house, the exact location OF
danger. The fire may then be brought
under control before a blaze has actu'
ally started So well have the haz