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Show -Vnrtiti tt lialelmcks," Tlio above Is the name glrenbyth Ilrltlsh I'M Mall lludget to tlio remarkable remark-able now t of freight slilpt Invented by Cajtaln Alexandir McDougnlt. o( btqierior, Wis. Atteutton lias been recently re-cently c.alle-1 to Hit vvsmIs by tlio successful suc-cessful passage of ouo of them acrou tho Atlantlo ocean. Tlilt whalebaoU steamer, tli Charles W Wetmoro, sailed ellrvct from Datuth, Minn., to Mreriool. carrying a cargo of 03.OC0 buslultot grain Ono adiaiitago cf tho nhaleback Is that It costs not nearly so much to build as tli ordinary vessel Tim lint ono made cost culy (13,000. Hot tbo great and overwhelming jwint In lis favor It that with Ike tamo expenditure of strnin iower it carries twice at uiue'i freight at tlio old ttjle ship. This ha been demonstrated beyond qnettlon, Ceptatu MclXmgalt yrns himself a sailing sail-ing matter on the I ikrt an I knew cm -r Inch of his grouu IIo knew also what comparatlsrly few persons do, that tlio freight carried aero our great lulaul lake exceeds In ono year that com eyed by all tho Atlartloitcamirs couihlned. lie built Ids model to meet tho requirements require-ments of tlio occasion, nnd now It will bo adopted for nlf ocean freight carriers. hen all It said an 1 dono, bowet cr. It must still l rtmi rulicrcd that the whale-b.uk whale-b.uk essel Is simply another modlttua-Hon modlttua-Hon of l.rioann's Monitor T ho pattern recrsts tho ordinary shapo of n hl anil s 11 it bottomed and round decked. Tlio pnrt above tbo water when the ship It loaded lookt something llko nn Indian's moccasin. It It not meant tliat anybody any-body shall promenado tlio decks of tho w lialeback. As In the case of tlio Monitor, Moni-tor, tho water In tlio fiercest storm washes over Iho deek nnd slips oil. Thopnit than can bo damage 1 Is far underwater safe from wind and wave. The' nro two klndt of whalebncU; vessels, steam propellers and stetl barge for tow lug 1 ho barge look s. cry much llko a monitor, the ubeelliouso npitar Ingon top llko a turret. 80 rapidly aro these veateti superseding tho old one that tho company manufacturing them. Is preparing to launch a newoneeicry week, llf ly.two n ) ear When tho w lialo-Isick lialo-Isick vessel llrst appeared In the lako water tho seamen tkiittcm-d It tli "plgi" n name by which It I still known there. Hut unloubtedly It, will bo known In commitvoas tbo whaleback, from Its ihijio. |
