Show I Stone Ship Rides if aves Without Quiver I I I I I I 1 I x r J 1 11 1 I t I i I ts I L I Ii t d 4 i I w I Concrete Boat on Maiden Exceeds E All Voyage 4 Builders' Builders Hopes 1 her mai maiden trip tup on San Francisco Francisco Fran Iran IN 1 cl cisco co bay lJay I the he concrete ship Faith Falth constructed to demonstrate demon demon- strato strate the lie latest innovation in marine murine engineering has hns answered ever every test and has warranted an enthusiastic report from t the e government gov SO emment experts wilO lo watched the time stone tone boat on its trial voyage Even with only poun pounds of oC st steam am with new engines ines boiler tubes still coated coate with grease un und and 1 no ventilators yet installed for fOl the time the Faith reeled off ocr ten en enand and a third knots knot surprising in her builders who vimo had hardly dared to expect more than nine knots NO VIBRATION The greatest satisfaction came in the discovery er that the he ship showed showe no vibration although the most delicate instruments were vere placed in various arlous Parts pails of the vessel yes ves sel sd especially to detect this imPortant im important im- im point Even en in iii making turns she site acted like a 1 regular ship making malin two and a half de degrees tie tie- e- e grees on the heel Now that this this experiment t In concrete shipbuilding mg has proved so successful in calm water her builders builders build build- ers look hook confidently to her riding the ocean waves casil easily when in the near future she takes the trip up UI the Pacific coast from Crom San FranI Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- I cisco to Puget sound WILL SETTLE QUESTION This final test will settle the important im important irn- irn I question of or government so building of or concrete ships on a gi gigantic gigantic gi- gi 1 I gantic scale And this policy will vastly increase ship tonna tonnage o without without without with with- out Impairing the facilities for Cor the production of wooden and steel vessels ci s. s One astonishing development dc ot of the testing of the Faith is the I decision of oC Union Iron Works officials of officials of- of at San Francisco to un undertake un- un I an experiment in c construction cOnstrue cOnstrue- I tion flon of boilers of ot cement cement- Work ork on this latest engineering freak has lias I been c commenced |