Show STEAMER ROOSEVELT A SUPERIOR VESSEL NESSEL commander Com peary enthusiastic over the performance of the ship sydney N S nov 23 Comm commander andert I 1 robert E peary of the arctic steamer roosevelt and party will leave tomorrow 1 by rail tor for anew york they may stop for a day or two en route at portland me the roosevelt will undergo temporary repairs here and will be signed and the steamer will sail next tuesday for new york sydney N S nov 23 capt john bartlett master of the roosevelt said the steamer was a good sea boat and that he will sail her to new york he la Is ready to go again to the arctic capt bartlett was in charge of ono one of the parties supporting commander peares advance he said the storm that did the mischief was tremendous in violence and accompanied by blinding squal lff of fine arctic snow the ice fee field was rent badly asunder and all trace of the track was vas destroyed under ordinary conditions condl tiona tracking Is easy in the far north as the snow packs hard and boot marks are sometimes preserved for six months capt bartlett bartle tt is satisfied the pole can be reached without great difficulty weather permitting and believes it would have been accomplished this trip except for the gale erae in question first mate bartlett a u cousin cogsdil of the captain who has been north before but never remained there prior to this trip said the crew of the ship were well protected and well fed and the roosevelt was a staunch ship but he did not think nimy many m any of the newfoundland members of the present crew would be found willing to join another expedition it wasa was a hard experience which few men cared to repeat several other members bembera of the crew including some of the engineers staff expressed similar sentiments their complaint was directed not to the treatment by peary but to the privations and dangers of the work generally they seem satisfied with the ship and her stores and equipment after reading the letters accumulated during the past fortnight commander peary decided not to leave sydney sydne i today whether he will leave by rail tomorrow or monday or walt wait until the Rdo roosevelt sevelt is ready to pany the steamer to new york was still undecided there was a gapoff gap of miles in tho the survey of grant landby the english expedition on one olie band and that of the sverdrup discoveries on the other peary lias has closed this up probably the only section bf unknown coast remaining in the arctic is the north coast ot of Gre greenland culand embracing miles commander peary is enthusiastic about the performance ot of the steamer roosevelt asked it the very advanced point to which ho had been able to place the roo roosevelt evelt in winter quaT quarters was war due atle to careful and increased knowl knowledge edgo of the movement of the ice he said it was due to the roosevelt herself he did not bei lieve there was waa ever another ship afloat which could have stood the battle wl with th ice the roosevelt had vuc cess fully fought j the boilers were the one defective ct ive feature of the ship more than halt half the power of the ship was represented by water tube boilers and these gave put out shortly after the roosevelt left sydney in 1905 commander peary said he ought to get bock back to new york before discussing tho the prospects of a new expedition many sightseers and relle hunters visited the peary arctic steam steamer roosevelt today commander Com mandor peary amu has received EL a large number of congratulatory gratulatory messages aad d requests the associated press to circulate tile the following general acknowledgment commander peary desires to make preliminary acknowledgment and express hla his deep appreciation of the numerous letters and telegrams of congratulation which have been b een sent him As rapidly as possible ho he will make direct and individual acknowledgment edg ment |