New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
on Tank steamer in Moderately
| Heavy SEQ. Ouartern1Aster on
Elevated Bridge Connecting Fore
and Aft Capacity Of Stesrnship
2, $4,000 Gallons.

2 To the casual observer sails, when spread
and in use appear merely as so many large
pieces of cloth but some of them are OF
very considerable size. In ship such as
the Arrow. for instance the mainsail con-
tains about 1000 yards Of canvas. twenty
four inches wide. and the maintopssil near
IL as much one single suit for such Ves-
sci comprising upward of 10000 yards.
What will become of the industry Of sail
making one of the oldest in the world? And
old fashioned seamanship-the art OF sail
ing. manpuvring and preserving ship or
a boat in all positions and under al cir
cun1stances and thus involving sound
Practical knowledge of all the forces oy
which she may be actuated and the means
at command to assist or counteract them;
q branch of applied mechanics acquired by
experience and study--is II soon to be re-
qu.red no more?
Much pumping Of the good captain OF
the Arrow obtained from him in substance
the above definition Of seamanshlp. Al
wavs with modest comments in parenthe-
Sos concerning himself. He came. he said,
from a long line of seamen. HIS grand
fsther had gone 10 sea on crutches. HIS
uncle followed the life for nearly ffty years
AS for himself, he had been twice ship
wrecked in forty-two years, once ~hen
bow. when. with four shipmates. he was SIX
DAYS I'm a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean II
was monotonous at times. he agreed. on
|lcng VOYAGE of four or five months. but ne
supposed somebody must 90 IT.
4 little hard n leave the Arrow? Why.
ves in a manner Of speaking. II was, as you
might say. a sort of a home TO him. IL
was a wee bit different. we ken, for 70 pack
uu and gang ava But mebbe he'll get
bigger boat when he gets to Glasgow.
"Ay. weel." said the captain bravely I
youldna refuse, but the bigger boats are
scarce the now"
Would you so into steam?" asked the
reporter
I'm thinkin' perhaps the companyn ma
q place for me in steam" he said
II is generally admitted that seaman
ship is best acquired on board Vessel
which is dependent upon her sails. To
landlubber il would seem that navigating
a steamship would he play for man wno'
when he has wanted TO tack. has had TO
know among other things, that there Is
usually a chain necklace round each top
masthead sunk in the holsters; that one
leg OF each is for the topsail-tye hanging
block to shackle to, and that forward there
are two other legs for the Jib halyards and
foretopmost staysail halyards
on the surface IL would appear 10 be
rubbing il in to expect the captain, al
ready charged with the responsibility or
conveying TO China for a profit loving en-
ployer 1900 900 gallons Of case oil, TO re-
call at A critical moment of Hatteras that
in rough weather preventer parrel ana
rolling tackle should be put on before the
ell y of 10
should be allowed to hang down and chafe
at the fold and that il the worst comes TO
worst, and it becomes necessary to shift
a topsail during n gale, II should be made
UP on deck in the shape 1t would assume
II furled on the yard. and stopped with
spun-yarn, with the reef-earrings and
bowline brides showing near the centre,
where it would be slung by a slip strop.
\ man acquainted with a thousand and
one such combinations TO be employed in
the face of danger should be able TO stand
OH the bridge at midnight and telephone
10 the engineer TO put on more coal or
take some on as the case might warrant
There is one steamship line in New
York that will not sign any man TO act
as q member OF its crew unless he has
proved his efficiency before the mast.
As an example OF the type OF oil tank
steamship that is replacing the fine sail
ing fleet of the Standard oil Company the
steamship Texas, built at Newport News
for the Texas Company is 4lO feet long:
beam. 81 feet. and depth 30 feet The
machinery is in the after end OF the boat.
The hold Is divided by oil-tght bulkheads
into compartments for fourteen oil tanks.
fuel oil tanks. pumproom, general cargo
hold, machinery space and trimming tanks.
The vessel has A double bottom and burns
oil. using air for atomization of oil at the
| furnaces IL has a capacity OF 5000 bar
rels or $4,000 gallons OF oil. a million
gallons greater capacity than the Arrow.
Cofferdams, consisting of two athwart-
ship bulkheads a short distance apart,
separate oil space from machinery. These
! cofferdams are filed with water. thus
forming a protective wall to prevent any
gases from the oil getting to the fires
The vessel had a speed Of llls knots. loaded.
The discovery of new oil fields in Mexico
and other parts of the world and the sr~-
cess that is attending various oil burning
experiments are said to be causing a boon,
in the building OF oil tank steamships.
There are now about two hundred sucn
vessels afioat and nearly seventy, II Is
said. under construction in England. Will,
a dozen are being built in the United
States.
OF a feet of fifteen splendid sailing ships
the Standard Oil now owns only four-ths
Brilliant on its way 10 Calcutta. the
Comet. headed for Hong Kong the Day.
light, at Bombay and the Drumeltan. 81
sumatra.