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June, 1909 THe Marine REVIEW LEADING PARTICULARS OF DARING AND VASHONIAN. Grass tons, register Passengers allowed Length, over all Beam, molded Depth, molded Engines, triple expansion-- Diameter of cylinders; in) inches: ..,...c6210... Stroke, in inches Revolutions per minute Indicated horsepower Valve gear Steam pressure Diameter of tail shaft Diameter of propeller Fitch of propeller Number of passengers per gross ton register... CC eee tease eee ere e rors eos esroes eee eee eee eee eee ewe eee rere eeees eee ee ewe ww weer eee peer eee eee ee enee eee meee ee ee rrer ener eres seereseses 00 ee 6. e oe ee 6 eee e600 6 oe wren Oe ee 0 6 ee eee 8 60 0 818 Ne eH elny Pe ee ee ee ee we ee we wee wm mee we ee we wee eee serene seme eee eee mere e ee er en ens ee we ewe mw ee ww ee eee mew eens ees Daring. Vashonian. Hes 163 234 bu deo 150 235 eee 110 feet. 125 feet. BOS 19 feet. 22 feet. whee 7 feet. 8 feet. Peete. 10, 1734 and 28 1234, 20 and.33 SH ase 16 16 eG ee 180 225 oe 475 650 Eee Marshall modified. Stephenson link. PAs 300 pounds. 250 pounds, meemeeeee 5% inches. 63% inches. Cea 78 inches. 82 inches. EGS: 120 inches. 110 inches. ayes 0.92 1.00 cabin are upholstered in leather and in the center of the room is.a row of swivel chairs. Passengers sitting in these chairs can swing about and view the scenery on either side of the vessel with ease. The promenade space on either side of the vessel is ample. Aft on the main deck is the smoking room, opening at the ex- treme stern into a roomy cockpit. The smoking room is fitted with card tables and other conveniences which suggest the club room. Forward of the boiler for a distance of 35 ft: on the main deck is space for carrying freight. : Engines of the Daring. The main engines were designed by H. W. Gocher,.marine engineer, Seattle, and, as noted above, were built by A, F. Hutton, Seattle. They were designed to indicate 475 H. P.at 186° R. PP. M., with 300 lbs: per sq. in. boiler pressure. The engine is very compact, being only8 ft. long, 4 ft. 9 in. wide and 8 ft. 434 in. high. The floor space occupied by the engine is 38 sq. ft. In order to get this com- pact arrangement a slightly modified form of the Marshall valve gear was adopted instead of the usual Stephen- son link motion. The arrangement of this gear and the relations of the links are clearly shown in the end view in the accompanying drawing of the engine. This design of valve gear saves 3 ft. of fore-and-aft space in the engine room and provides a sharp, quick, adjustable cut-off. The thrust bearing is of the com- mon horseshoe type, with three yokes and collars 12%4 in. in diameter. The frame of the thrust bearing is cast solid with the bed plate of the en- gine, thus insuring rigidity and per- manent alignment. Steam is generated in a Taylor wa- ter tube boiler with 1,800 sq. ft. of heating surface. The boiler burns coal. The bunkers have a capacity of 20 tons. The average fuel con- sumption when the engine is indicat- ing about 300 H. P. is at the rate of 600 Ibs. per hour. The ordinary speed of the boat is from 14.5 to 16 statute miles per hour, with sufficient reserve power to increase the speed to 16% or 17 miles per hour. The surface condenser was built locally and has 000 sq. ft: ot scoolme surface. The average vacuum main- tained is 26 in. The condenser is fitted with a5 x5. im). ceatritueal circulating pump. The pump has an 8-in. suction and was built by the Morris Machine Works, Baldwins- ville; ON) aX. The little steamer is very staunch- ly built and while she has not yet been severely tested she has been through enough rough weather to prove that she is perfectly safe on the semi-protected waters of Puget Sound. POKING FUN AT GERMAN IN- VASION OF GREAT BRITAIN. Speaking at the annual dinner of "The British Iron and Steel Institute, on May 14, 1909, Sir William Ram- say regretted that so much metal was used for purposes of destruction. Sir Hugh Bell, president, in referring to the naval scare, regretted that so much of their material was used for engines of war, but he still claimed that on the' whole their exertions made for peace. It was curious, he said, that when they sent a Dread- nought into the sea, the one prayer that went up as the huge ship slipped into the ocean, was that it might never be put to the use for which it was intended. It was sad _ that after 1900 years of Christianity, it was found upon looking over the globe, that all nations stood at arms ready to fly at each others' throats. He recently crossed many thousand miles of the Atlantic ocean to find a continent much larger than Europe, tenanted by 70 or 80 millions of people with adequate space for any development, and where One would have thought their main enterprise would be the development of their magnificent resources, yet found it urged continually that this country 131 and the other countries were building Dreadnoughts, and it was therefore necessary that they should be able, when the time came, to attack theie neighbors. Personally he had. never deen able to feel any jealousy of a foreigner's prosperity, because whether he was an Englishman, American or German, his prosperity could not fail to con- tribute to that of other nations; he rejoiced, therefore, to see the grow- ing enterprise of America, Germany and France, because, however wrong- headed they might be, they cannot help benefiting other people. If those sentiments prevailed everywhere throughout the world, it would no longer be necessary to build Dread- noughts, and Great Britain would not set aside £80,000,000 of money per year for war purposes which should be applied to the useful arts of peace. Above all things, they should avoid panic, for which, as Sir William White and Admiral Fisher often told them, there was not the slightest ground. Sir Hugh's remarks remind us of the story of the British juryman who held out against the united opin- ion of his 11 fellow members and in- sisted that they were 11 of the most persistently wrong-headed people he had ever seen. Another amusing in- cident connected with the recent prev- alent war scare in Great Britain was brought out by Major Baden-Powell, who provoked a peal of laughter at the expense of the panic-mongers who were always predicting German invasion and could not sleep at night for fear of spies. It was said that Germany had a complete knowledge of every town and village on the east coast, even the names of the village postmasters. A German officer, with whom he was conversing some time ago, admitted this to be true and when the major asked "however did you get the information,' replied, "Oh, we took the trouble to buy for 10 shillings and sixpence a copy of Kelley's directory." The Montreal harbor commission | has given out the details of the plans for a floating dry dock to be built at that port. The capital, $2,500,000, has been raised in Great Britain. The Dominion government is to expend' $1,500,000 in the creation of a suitable site and to lease the same for a term of years to the company at a nom- inal rental. The dock will accommo- date vessels of 25,000 tons. The whole work of construction is to be com- pleted within two years.