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Show rkiCBJCf, Qiaolltif Atlantic Cruiser. A (tanoliii vtlnntlr crulr l coming com-ing IdUi nltirnrv In Uradon It l OS frt Iniiaj ami ltli S0 liorw power Uielopa a apvoil of ZO railed per hour loere are thrr crcw of which Ihe two iram r arlitateil by W enrn of ISO linn. power each and drlro tho boal at Mo inatltmini peil Tho central wrew l operated by an en cine of 4 Itorae imner nml l uaed nialnl) for rrnl.liiK nt low ipcedt. (IiourIi It may alto be uaed n nn au-Ulnry au-Ulnry to the other whin tho maximum maxi-mum (KiMir I required Till" central tcrew hIm) la miirh uaed In maneuver InK the InMt Arcommodallons arj provided for lt paaaengera and n crew of two men One provision of the contract require that the boat ahull iroaa the Mlnntlc under lt own power which It la eprted will bo nc-compllahed nc-compllahed In alioiit aetcn dnyi Fuel aecominodailon la proililed for a ra Una of ten iln nt full apced, or a distance dis-tance of 4 SAO iMtea Separable Hinge, lu man) h mat hold It la the cuitom to take down the doom or Inaldo abut ters In lite airing and put them up nuntn tn the fall but the work la very ti)lnK to the uninitiated, and It li hardly n Job of auftlclcnt Importnnco to warrant calling n carpenter A New-Yorker New-Yorker linn lnuntcd nn Improved type, of hi n so ndapted to mercomo tills difficulty dif-ficulty The conatructlon nlao provtdca ea nrrifa to the pintle for tho application appli-cation of n lnhrlcnnt thereto Tito pin-Ilea pin-Ilea are formeil InteRtnl with tho leaven which are attached to tho door Jamb, while Ihe other Icavci of tho hlrgea are formed with (lotted knuckle adapted to lit Into rccciici In tho plntlo blngca and cngago tbo pin- Oct. The alula In tho knuckles of tho. door liavca, how over, aro oppositely dlipoaid, so that when mounting tho I door tho upper leaf la llrat moved Into ' engagement with Its corcrspondlng I plntlo liuf and then the lower ono It moved Into position Tho door Is kept thus In hinged poaltlon by the action of gravity, but can bo unhinged by a horizontal pull Tho upper leaves cannot bo disconnected until tho door Is wlJo open Modern Canal Making How- n canal Is mado Is Illustrated In tho cxcnvatltm near Seattle of a canal two miles long, 33 foet deep at low water nnd CO feet wldo nt the bottom, which la to connect tidewater with n fnah watir lako mar Seattle Tho work Is being dona by hydraulic monitors the supply for which comes from a reaertolr Tho nvallablo head Is !00 feet and tho quantity used Is between 8 000 000 nnd 12,000 000 gal Ions ptr twenty four houra Tho con dult consists In part of wooden stove pipe, 18 Inches nnd 30 Inches In diameter diame-ter With n G Inch nozilo an average dally txcntatlon of 3.000 cubic yards Is nttalned. Tho material Is a glacial deposit, containing sand, gravel, bould era and scleral varieties of clay, some of which ham required shaping up by light blasting bifnro tho water would penetrate them Tho excavated material mate-rial Is being ns tit to reclaim a tract of land now submerged at high tide being convejed (o the silo In part by n flume carried on trestUa This flume Is lined with woodm blocks 10 Inches to 12 Inches thick, set on end nnd laid closed Jointed A gradient of 1 to 38 is found to sufllco, choking being llaldo to occur with moro easy slopes Whom tho flumo ends a plpo lino hss been omplocd. Ilia penstock at tho upper up-per end of which Is lined with wood In tho samo way as tho flume In order to tako tho wear. Tho length of this plpo lino Is 2 200 feet Metal Discovered by Accident. Tho discovery of glass was un nccl dent, and so was tho discovery of the now metal, radium nrgcntlferum an Interesting accident. Tho Inventors two Tuscan engineers, Turagllsn and Fabian, bad spent nearly 120,000 In fntllo experiments, when Turagllan annoyed with their Inability to fuso hit metals after hours of boiling, forlul tously chanced to toss a two frsne pteco Into tbo crucible Tho coin supplied sup-plied tho needed Ingredients for fusion and tho problem was solved The new metal Is composed of copper, Iron and lino portions of silver, radium and phosphorus It has been patented To Plate Aluminum. A method of plating aluminum with gold and silver has been devised The troublesome oxide Is removed from tho surface, and I ho superficial coatlns of zinc or copper applied by e plating can be plated with i ver, I Dost "n t oi t ol A boat ts uSahaie 9iir on Its sides to maka It submerge and rise at will, has been Invented by an Englishman, am Hurc,prfully expert mented with |
