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Show Steering Big Ships. Marvelous progress has been mado In marine architecture and equipment within tho past fow years. Thero was a time when tho wheel houso of a big ocenu steamer contained eight stalwart stal-wart mon, who in rough weather would find it almost a herculean task to manago tho wheel. Nowadays tho light touch of an Infant's In-fant's band upon tho whoels of sufficient suf-ficient power to turn a vessel completely com-pletely around. Hugo boats aro steered by a steam apparatus which Is as quick and cffcctlvo as tho touch upon tho ordinary electric button. |