The Republican journal., 1913-05-08


This type of oil engine would seem 0 be
an improvement over the gasolene en-
CINE now in common use, in two import
ant respects, viz, in safety and econ
omy. 1t uses fuel oil which is prod
uct of distillation obtained at a tempera-
ture below that at which kerosene oil is
produced. This oil does not give off
vapor until it reaches the minimum flash
point of 170o F. and is therefore incom-
parably safer to carry than gasolene
would be, and the danger of explosion
much less, and the cost of this fuel oil is
much lower than that of gasolene. Here
in Boston at the present time the ratio is
roughly, as l to 4, while on the Pacific
coast it is as to Is. In the Blanchard
oil engine ignition troubles are theoreti-
caly done away with. Its ignition comes
from the heat of compression, aided by
small amount of heat absorbed by the
III jacketed cylinder head. In starting
the engine this heat is applied locally to
the cylinder head bar from five to ten
minutes through siphon blow torch at
tachment. The Blanchard oil engine is a
heavy duty engine, operating on modi-
fcation of the Diesel principle that is u.s.
ually given the name of semiDiesel."
Captain Robert Lathigee of Boston
will have charge of the Knickerbocker
on her long voyage, and it is likely that
he will make as quick passage as posi-
BILE, as it was he who recently made the
record run to Bermuda of three days and
three hours in the twentyfour ton yacht
Mariette, which was bought by the Ber-
muda pilots. His intention is to pass
through the Straits of Magellan if the
engines are running properly when he
reaches their entrance; if not he will go
around Cape Horn. He plans to make
one stop only on the 16, 900 mile voyage,
and that is for fresh water at Robinson
Crusoe's Island in the South Pacific.
This, the captain says, is most agree
able spot, and as he mentioned casually,
he is in the habit of dropping in to make
an occasional call on some friends when
ever he happens to find himself within a
few hundred miles of the island.
The following statistics relative to the
boat and her trip may be of interest: The
knick erbocker is 126 feet long, over all,
101 feet on the water line, rs feet, in
ches beam, and she draws IA feet of
water. Her least freeboard is about AS
inches. She is thus deeper and higher
sided than the average fisherman. She
has moderate overhangs at each end,
and c.rrying no bow spirit her fore stay
comes to the stem head, and her nose is
long and we'll above the water. She is
fitted to carry two hundred thousand
pounds of fish, and will be manned by a
crew of thirty men, all told. Of these
tWenty-four will be fishermen, pure and
simple, while the remaining six wilhrun
the vessel as follows: One captain, one
mate, one cook and assistant, one engi-
neer and one assistant. Up to the pres
ent time the largest fishing vessels have
carried crews of only IS men all told
The captain S quarters aft are comfort
ably fitted up with four berths and cush-
Toned transoms, while the galley is the
largest and best appointed ever seen on
fishing vessel. Its twenty berths ar
ranged in double rows on each side sug
gest sleeping car. They grow wider
as they recede from the peak, and the
after ones will be occupied by two men.
The galley has many appliances and con-
veniences new to small vessels, not the
least important of which is a second
hatchway over the cook stove, which will
not only be appreciated while she is
crossing the equator, but was designed
to serve as an exit in case of accident
when the watch Of twenty men were
asleep below.
Her crew on its voyage out will con-
sist of but fourteen men, most of whom
will remain aboard her as fisherman.
Provisions will be carried for seven
months, though under ordinary condi-
tons the trip should be made in from
three to four months. Among other
RED: $50 pounds Of coffee, 100 pounds of
foe ht1ch nl of
sailed Philadelphia plate beef, 10 bar
rels of flour, and the usual assortment of
canned goods and cereals. The cook,
Charles W. Linnell, is an old hand, and
"Cape Codder," and judging from the
way he heaped the forecastle table on
her trial trip with hot breads and other
good things, the crew will not suffer.
For the IA men, one gallon of water per
man per day for one hundred days will
be carried in two large cypress tanks
containing fifty gallons to tank. AS
precaution, the top of the deck houses
are fitted with temporary combings, and
rain water will be caught in the tropics.
Enough fuel oil, 1000 gallons, will be car
ried to drive her under power alone,
about one fifth of the entire journey, or
as far as from here to Europe. The
propellers can be feathered however,
and except for the passage through the
Straits of Magellan, Captain Lathigee
expects to proceed for the most part I'M
der sail.
The yard on the foremost, which will
carry square sail with forty feet drop,
the unusually heavy bolts in the timbers
that hold the battened matches, and the
eighteen dories which are nestled in
threes and tours, and securely dashed
bottom up, on deck, all SAVIOR of prepare
ton for rough weather and deep water.
Everywhere the liberality of the own
ers, under the supervision of L. B. Good
speed, ESQ.,, their manager, is apparent,
and with the assistance of Mr.. Fred C.
Foster, representative of the E. L. Roe,
Inc, the outfitters, and largely at the
suggestion of Captain Lathigee, they
have succeeded in assembling the thou.
sand and one articles from a spare Won
son patent gaff clapper to stove poker,
all of which are essential to the complete
outfit of such vessel for such a trip,
and to enable her to engage in the hall
but fisheries upon her arrival on the
west coast.
That the feet of halibut trawlers al
ready assembled there on the spot are at
the present time CATCHING ninety per