The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906 Page: 4 of 12
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
Published Every Friday.
VERNOR & ftBNE>Y, Proprietors.
J. E. VERNOR, Editor and Business Mgr
A Mew Turbine Liner.
The “Mauretania” of the Cu-
nard Line has recently been suc-
cessfully launched by the build-
ers. This is to be the second of
the 25-knot, turbine liners which
are being built for this company.
The contract with the British
government binds them to build
two liners, with speeds not less
than 24 3-4 knot3 per hour, the
same to be retained by the ad-
mirality in case <;£ war. The
government in return, advances
$13,000,000 to the company and
also pays them $750,000 annually,
and receives 2 3-4 per cent in-
terest. The terms of the con-
tract are that they shall make j
their trial trip at a speed of 25 j
1-4 knots and within a year of
going into service, they shall
make a round trip from Liver-
pool to New Toris, and average |
24 3-4 knots.
These big liners have been j
built in accordance with govern-
ment expert reports and with the ■
experiments of the builders of a
forty foot turbine launch on the
same general form. The “Mau-
retania” is in length over all 785
feet, and between perpindiculars
is 760 feet long, its maximum
draft is 37 feet, and displacement
at this draft, 45,000 tons. These
dimensions render these vessels
the largest that have ever been
constructed for any kind of serv-
ice. They are 78 feet 6 inches
longer than the great “Kaiser
Wilhelm II” and are faster by
13 4 knots. The “Great East-
ern” was a wonder of the world
when it was built, but these ships
are 80 feet longer and 5 feet
great beam.
The “Mauretania” has nine
decks, the lower orlop, the orlop,
the lower, the main, the upper,
the shelter, the promenade, the
boat and the sun deck. This
vessel is purely a mail and pas-
senger vessel as the great space
required for its boilers and tur-
bines renders the carrying of
freight impossible. The passen-
ger accommodation is in six decks
above the water line. On the
shelter deck are hospitals for all
invalids and all who become ill
while aboard.
The ship has all the con-
veniences of a.modern hoteil, in-
cluding two electrically operated
elevators. The state rooms are 9
feet in clear height thus provid-
ing plenty of breathing space.
The total number of people
that can be regularly accommo-
dated on board will be 3,070, in-
cluding 560 first class passen-
gers, 560 second-class, 1200 third
class and a crew of 810.
The absolute safety of the ship
and the precautions against col-
lision are remarkable. There are
fifteen transverse water-tight
compartments and even the coal
bunkers are water-tight. Every
door of the compartments can be
closed in event of a collision, not
only from the ^bridge but from
different parts of the ship. Thus
it^will be seen that the ship could
not possibly be sunk by a single
collision.
The framework of the ship is
exceptionally strong and the hull
is covered with plates which vary
from 2 1-2 to 5 tons weight. The 1
ship has a complete double bot-
tom throughout, the depth be-
tween the two being 5 feet.
The greatest interest of all
engineers and those who have
watched the progress of marine
motive power machinery, is cen-
tered in the great turbines which
drive the four propellers. The
principle of the turbine instead of
the cylinder is a rather new one
in marine engineering, the first
application being made to small
ships, and fast torpedo boats.
It is a complete triumph for the
turbine*to be used on the' largest
liners afloat.
The motive power will be de-
veloped on four shafts each
carrying a propeller. The two
outer shafts are driven by two
high pressure turbines and the
inner by two low pressure tur-
bines. At the end of the low
pressure and on the same shafts
are turbines for driving the ship
astern. This is a peculiarity of a
turbine, the blades being so set
thas they cannot be reversed as
is possible with the eccentrics of
an engine. The high pressure
turbines have an internal diame-
ter of ten feet and a length of 25
feet, and the length of both low
pressure and astern turbines is
more than 100 feet. The low
pressure turbine has an internal
Old Settler Leaves County.
(From Adamsville Correspondent.)
Uncle Johnny Patterson of the
Adamsville section, has sold liis
nice place to Tom Thogmartin
and has located at Goldthwaite.
Uncle Johnny Patterson was
raised in McNarey county, Tenn.
He married Caroline Stanley in
1853, and they with her parents,
left immediately foy Texas. They
stopped in Williamson county,
and in the summer of 1854 they
visited in this part of the coun-
try and in the fall of 1854, they-
located in this country; Stanley,
on the Lampasas river, and Pat-
terson on the creek called Patter-
son creek. He stayed there un-
tiLl865, and sold out and bought
the place he has just sold. When
he first visited the place where
the city of Laihpasas now stands,
there were two or three small
shacks and there was drift-wood
in the Trees ten feet high which
showeVl that it could rain there^
There were but few people here
diameter of 16 feet, 6 inches, then and they had to go to
The rotating parts of these last
mentioned turbines amounts to
over 200 tons, yet so accurately
is the work done that it permits
of an adjustment of about 1-3000
of an inch.
Twenty-five cylindrical boil-
ers furnish steam for the tur-
bines. They work under forced
draft and have 160,000 square
feet of heating surface and 4,000
feet’of grate area. There will be
four funnels extending to a
height of 152 feet above the keel
of the ship.
The launching weight of the
“Mauretania” was 16,500 tons
Georgetown to mill, or grind
their corn on a steel mill. There
was plenty of wild game here
then. The red man rode over
this country in those days. On
one occasion, Mitchell McVey
and a Mr. Peacock of Lampasas
were spending the night with
Patterson and about day, three
Indians crossed the river at the
Hamilton crossing and passed
out close to the house. They
saddled their horses and started
out in pursuit of them, overtak-
ing the Indians in about a mile
and a half’s ride. The Indians
killed Mr. Peacock in the fight
A “Life
resirwer”
u can’t keep a good
d8wn when “ Star
comes li i s w a y. Most
men take a new lease on the
pleasures of life when they
get hold of a plug of that rich, juicy chew —
f
Pi
ipiL.
Yo
man
iPLUCa CHEWfri@ TOBACCO
“Star” is always the chew th
choice is offered. It has quality
equals—that’s why its sales
surpass those of any five
other kinds.
None but the best leaf
ever gets under a “Star” tag
—the ripe, sweet, leaf that
is so. elastic and lasting.
And because it’s the best
quality it lasts longest,' chews
choicest and proves far more
economical than other kinds.
Buy a plug and see.
150,000,000 IOC. pieces
sold annually
In All Stores
at h chosen when a
that no other plug
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and when loaded to her maximum | that ensued.
draft will weigh about 45,000 j Being one of the early settlers
tons. She will be ready for her | of this county, Uncle Johnny has
steam trials next summer and it j seen many liardships that all new
is expected that she will develop j countries are subject to, and more
several thousand horse-power j especially where the red man is
more than the contract calls for. j dreaded. Uncle Johnny has lived
to see this The best poor man’s
country in the world. With plen-
ty of push and hustle, a man can
Had a Close Call.
“A dangerous surgical operation, in-
volving the removal of a malignant
ulcer, as large as my hand, from my
daughters’s hip, was prevented by the
application of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,”
says A. C. Stickel, of Miletus, W. Va.
“Persistent use of the salve completely
cured it.” Cures Cuts. Burns and in-
juries. 55c at Burrell & Skaggs drug-
gists.
make a good living here.
Uncle Lee Straley is another
one of the old settlers here. Be
has a nice farm and ranch and is
well fixed. He and his wife,
Aunt Sally, are in the evening
of life. Uncle Lee is one of the
oldest settlers of this country and
can remember the time when he
the most reliable pill on the market.
Sold by Burrel & Skaggs.
A newspaper should be as
careful in its choice of language
as an individual. A writer can
be plain in expression without! .
descending to the low plane of | lost a good many horses in the
vulgarity. No one should use I raK s~_
language in the public print that DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. About
he would not be willing to repeat
in the home circle. The news-
paper goes to the sacred precincts j
of the family fireside and the
tone of its contents should be
pure and elevating.—Killeen
Messenger.
This expression from one of the
cleanest and most sensible papers
in the state should find hearty
endorsement in every paper of
Texas. The time has gone by,
when newspapers are tolerated
that fill their columns with per-
sonal abuse and vituperation. In
this day of yellow journalism in
the great cities, it is the country
press on which is the responsibil-
ity of keeping the utterances of
the press, pure and elevating. No
self-respecting paper can afford
to be otherwise than clean and
high-: toned.
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ft Special Cut Prices on all ||
I Buggies, Hacks and Surries f
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Croup.
A reliable medicine and one that
should always be kept in the home for
immediate use is Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy. It will prevent the attack
if given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
appears. For sale by all druggists.
Rev. Chas. F. Alexander of
Houston was here Sunday and
preached at the Baptist church
both morning and evening. He
made a very favorable impres-
sion and it may be that he can
be secured as_the regular pastor.
The sporting editor of the
Leader desires to congratulate
the Daniel Baker College team
on their victory over the Texas
Christian University at Brown-
wood Saturday. The game was
won for D. B. C. by a quarter-
back kick the score being 4 to 0.
It was a fight for third place in
the state and Daniel Baker now
holds that honored position. The
same teams play again Thanks-
giving at Waco. Daniel Baker
has a fast and well coached
team. The score would have been
higher had it not been for an un-
lucky fumble by the D. B. C’s.
on their opponents’ one yard line.
We are glad to see the Brown-
wood boys win on the gridiron,
much preferring that style of
football to comparative scores
figured out on paper. We
wish them the best of luck in
their Thanksgiving game and
trust that they will maintain the
reputation of west Texas for
clean, straight, fast football.
Famous Strike Breakers,
The most famous strike breakers in
the laud are Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
When liver and bowels go on a strike,
they quickly settle the trouble, and the
purifying work goes right on. Best
cure for constipation, headache and
dizziness. 25c at Burrell & Skaggs,
druggists.
For the Next 60 Days.
If you have any thought of buying a vehicle of this
kind in the near future it will pay you to see the
goods I have in stock and to get my prices before
you buy. They are a high grade, and will give you
satisfaction and cost you less money than you will
pay elsewhere. I have the largest line of Winter Lap
Robes ever shown in Lampasas, and every one of them
has been priced so as to make that one a bargain. See
them and you will want one. The price is always a
small consideration.
The Best Leather Goods
Is what I always handle, and the goods we manufact-
ure are guaranteed to be superior to “hand-me downs”
Not a piece of shoddy goods in my house, and will
not be. I carry a full assortment of sizes in the well
known old, and reliable SPOONER COLLARS, and
have all sorts o'f appliances to save the man and the
beast which he works. Come in and see my new
fall good3.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906, newspaper, November 16, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889466/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.