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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1880)
t98 THE WEST SHORE. July-August, 1880 THI I l t Mill A. Thin maguifii oil t-.ii 1 1 1 i 1 , I Ik hilt si acquisition of the Oregon Railway awl Navigation o. to their sxtenaivs fleet of Moating (nihil it, ai 1 i veil here from the lii j 1 y ar U il Mcr. Koach A Co., her bulldtr) iiikI i now undergoing 11 thorough overhauling pravioui to being plain! on 1 be i'liitlmiil uml San I'' ran ebpo lino, leaving ben on her initiul trip n ibout August 16th, Five hundred 1 1 n - I dollar have been expended in her construction, and it in claimed thai in nil her appointment ami conveniences hc in one of the Rneii tteamsbip aiioat. l bj Columbia i ju reel in length jKi, feci hc.nn, 2 5 itrt depth oi hold nml measurement She ii provided with compound engine! and imiki an milage of 1 knot u-r hour. t todora P. Bollos, well known to the traveling public of the Paciflt I, nml MhobrOttghl ht-i mil, will hi' hit intuit' torn mender. Tin' dining loom of the Columbia i oi 1 login) proportion! with two guests' 01 communicating rooms at tiu- aAet Old. The Interim i- finished in h ml w.mmU French walnut, Hungarian nh iintl laid'- iw maple- each sccliun iH'ini; ralieved b) tvyo small pilaaten running up the entire bright nml fin- rln J with handsome rnahotiiiy capi tl. The M'el i elegantly lillnl throughout in the miitto of caict, runutur mul upholstery , Prominonl among the mum -I Ihatnre i- the heal ing .iii.ii.ilu, miikistiiig of n icgistM in evt i mom. wtppHed with air drives) in In mi engine mul Controlled by the iMiupmit oi the 1 iMint. In hoi wc.ithci il Ban lie ulilncd for coltl, anil in cohl treathoj kg hot niri thn tecuting per- fttl Mutilation mul lining away with the iliagiecahlr odw of tcaiii hc.ilo- ami leakage in the room Hut the greatest innovation i the ailoptiou oi the Bdisoa alocjtrh light throng boo) the hip, the 1 ohimhi being the piourt 1 111 thi uiet, ami, to p.icugi t, moot agreeable imptovemcnt. Thcc light rt maintained hv loin q I cliv.n dv itamo mat tunc in the engine loom, ai i.mgcd mi that each line i umlei com iitaml of hc engineer. The light of I Itc lte room are under control of the tewall on the outile. All of the loom air fitted up with elettiu talk, ami the oilier, miokuig loom, etc., arc piuiiileil with trU-plninc (he uouk- in); room licing in connection with the steward's room, and the captain's w ith the chief engineer', purser's ami iteW- iirtl'K. Among other improvements are an electric tell-tale on the bridge, en Ming the captain to tell, hy simply pressing 11 button, whether the engine il going ahead or hack, ami at what speed, so as to prevent any accident hy mistaken signals from the bridge to the engine room. The steering gear has connection with the freight hoUter, but with self-acting attachment. The ele vatora lor discharging cargo are new in design, and the running engines at the iorls aie arranged so that a truck loaded with freight runs from the lower hold nut to the dock entirelv hy steam. The Maxim electric headlight is of novel construction, and is supplied hy CUrTnl from one of Maxim's dynamo machines placed hetween decks. The four Bdlton machines arc ar- ranged along one hide of the engine room, as shown in Fig. 2. One of them is a dynamo electric machine MOd in exciting the field magnet of the other. The several circuits extend ing limn these machines are controlled hy switch hoard seen nt the farther side of the engine room. The state mom on the upper ami lower decks lie on separate circuits ; so also are the aloon. Tin arrangement admits the employment of the light as a signal to milit ate when the tune approaches for extinguishing the lights altogether, hy simply breaking the circuit for an in stant ten minute before the prescribed retiring hour. Pig. J give a good idea of one o the elegant state room provided with m l.disi.n lamp endcn! from the ceil I III!, mill l'l.r f kl. ...... il... r k -"" me si vie 01 lamp .itiopieil tor the timing saloon; the amp in the giand saloon are he .ime general plan, differine a little onii "' rm. The lamp liviuie, a will be noticed, i of the lame form a thee u.d for oil lamp, .md bj .in ingenious ineili.iim.il tonliivaiue they are either adapted to the electiic or oil hiinn. thai should the rleitiic lamiw in am- way fad the mi lamp niav he immnli. ci.lv iiUtnw,. The electric lamp globe, are ftilci ,,lltv .. . ihon in hvdiolh.iui, acid, the glohc thu. trctetl cctru to increase the amount of hght preceding fro, ,lc mcanuWnt heme shoecarUn. , that y o.e they arc cmlitd with douhle the actual amount of light, while in reality om-t wenty-third is ahsorhetl by the glohc. There can he no quettipn as to the tpialitv or steadiness of the Ktlison light, this practical application of 120 lamps having settletl that point. As to the economy of the system of lighting and ol the durability of the lamps, Mr. Ktlison and his supporters do not hesi tate to lay that these points are sulli- ciently well established to insure com mercial success. Certainly there is no place where a lamp of this character would he more desirable than on ship board, where the apartment are nec essarily limited in size anil pure air is a matter of great consequence. Among the marked improvement in state room fixtures we notice particu- ally the arrangement of the berths, which are similar to those of a l'ullman palace car. When the berths arc not use they are folded out of the way, Hording a cosy little room, where one may enjoy the comforts or discomforts of a sea voyage in seclusion. The system of water supply for fire ami other pufpOMI is most complete. I'ipes lead to all parts of the vessel, and terminate in lengths of hose conve niently placed, and in the pipes a con stant water pressure is maintained on much the same plan as the well known Molly system of water supply; so that all that is necessary to obtain a copious liacharge of water in any part of the ship is to open a valve. The still by which a constant supply of fresh water is maintained is new it: its construction and arrangement. Fig. , shows the exterior, and Fig. 5 i a vertical longir tudinal section showing the exterior. I he still, A, is traversed longitudinally .v inns through which (he steam cir culates, entering through the pips, C, returning to the boiler through the pipe, I). The still, A, communicates with the condenser, II, by a pipe enter ing the top f the Utter. The eon. densei is traversed lengthwise by tubes """Kii winch cool water passes, en 'ciing by the pipe, E. and leavimr hv . vertical pipe at the opposite end. "a H.rti..n of the water used in vH the condenser is taken to the still through the Moat valve. F. whirl, L- the water at a uniform level. Th.. ..m " prorided with , blow-off; , for clearing out the salt; i, ,, ,as a sur. fcc blow-off. Thll apparatua ig CJIp.
