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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.