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VOL. V. NO 26. CLEVELAND, O "JUNE 23 1883. 12.00 I'm Axxou Sixou Conn i Craft. fess J k.i-« DEOATOB H. MILLAR. , The Decatur H. Miller Is tin Iron screw stoamor of the Mercbnnts unci Miners Trans¬ portation Company, whose steamers ply be¬ tween Boston and Baltimore She Is built In a superior manner and Is fitted with all tho modern Improvements for the comfort and"safety of pusSengerS'iind {ox the rapid hiinclllr.g'of cargo. *■ She Is a full three-deck vessel, with an Iron middle-deck mill iron beams to all the decks, Iron waterways, bulwarks nnd ex¬ tension lor forecastle. She has three Iron tore and aft fenders, three loading ports on each side, In" the upper between decks, and ono on each side between the- lower between decks, making eight In all. The passenger saloon is on tbe upper deck aft, containing 18 staterooms, pantryT-nnd water-closets, eto.otc. The saloon commences about six feet aft of the after freight hatch, and will be fitted up In the best style with hard woods, with a Targe open clrculai staircase leading to the social hall on the promenade deck. The saloon Is 60 feet long and the width of tho vessel, cxcepllnga narrow space between the house aud rail. On the upper deck thero 1b a houBo commencing about 4 feet forward of the after freight hatch, which is 70 feet long and 18 feet wide, and which encloses the machinery, smoke-stack, kitchen, Ice-house, steerage, and boyB' rooms. On this deck 1b the top-gallant forecastle, 46 feet long 0 feet high and divided for Ihe quarters of the sailors and Urenten, and the lorwardrw»tae9lpMtt. i^,^ -1 tMarnmMfiKJiyirwwTMtmoih^ molt, there is a BbUlB7B"feetTonjf anaiT feet wide, Containing mess-rooms, engine room, officers' rooms, sooial hall and state¬ rooms tor passengers. On this deck forward of I ho smokestack there Is a house 40 feet long and 16 feet wide, containing the pilot Iioiibo, captain's and officers' rooms. The vessel Is 6choouer-i Igged with wire sunding rlggrng and a straight stem. The vessel Is 200 feet long on the I) loot water line, moHsiirlng from the outsldcof stem to the outside ot main post. Her beam moulded at the widest place 'is 38 feet 0 Inches; diptli ot hold irom base lino to lop of upper deck beams at dead flat Is 20 feet, tho depth being divided as IoIIohs: Floors, 24 Inches; celling, 3 Inches; lower hold, 8 feet 3 Inches; lower deck, 6% inches; lower botweon decks, 7 feet 0 Inches; middle deck 1% Inches; upper between duike, 7 leet 0 Inches. The sheer forward is U feet, lift 3/eet on the lino of rail; Bheer on centre line of deck, 3 leet 8 Inches; aft, 2 feet 2 Inches; springol beam amidships, 10Inches; dead rise, 12 Inches In the one-half floor. The ship has sharp ends for 12 leet dralt for«urd and 14 feet att, and Is lull above with broad deck lines lit the stern, She has a tine niodol for a combined pussengei and freighting steamer, such as arejinploved on our ooiiBt. - k •*»_:: - The anchors are Handled by XlW-lateSt styles of steam windlasses furnished by tlitf" American Ship windlassGompaiiy, of 1'iov- idoncc, K. I., placed on, tho upper deck- and worked by a pair ol Independent engines.' Tho windlass capstan Is on tile top- fallant forecastle deck, and Is either woikeil y hand or steam as occasion may require. Oi> the upper ceck aft, la a line warping power capstan ornalneuted with a nickel- plate top. All ol thiBlaboi saving muclilil- eiy Is Irom the American Ship WlndlasB Co.'s Works, which lurnlslilsall of our lead¬ ing vessols^wTth Its appliances. ThoD.U. Miller mis llvu boats; four of tl.em aie tnbtalllo 24 feet loi'g, one having a full square stern and titled with an Iron centreboard; and otie wooden boat 20 feet long, clinker built and copper lasteueU; also .a fluo metallic, llfe-raft, all and are fine specimens of boat work, and com¬ pletely lltted with dars, m)I»i »pi»«. «">"sr- breakets, etc., etc. Tlw following ure the dimensions of tho spars: wnolo length fore¬ mast, 83 feet; bead, Ofeet; partners ut up¬ per deck, 28)6 Inches; main imiBt, wholo length, 80 feet; head, 0 feet; paitners, 23 Inches. Foretop mast, whole length, 60 feet; to shoulder, 32 leet; diameter at cap, 12 Inches; foretop-gallant mast 12 loet; pole, 0 feet; malntopmast, wholo length 68 feot; to shoulder, 32 feet; diameter at cap, 11 inches; mulntop gallant mast, 12 feet, pole) 8 feet; fore nnd main booms, B0 feet long to Bhreave holes; end, 2 feot, yollow pine; 11 Inches In diameter In the middle; foregaff, 32 feet long, 2 feet end, 10 Inches draw In the middle; iiinngnff,50 toetlong,4 feet end, 10 Inches dlanuter In the middle; ting pole, 25 feet long, 5 Inch, diameter. Rigging, black Iron wire, four shrouds to a sldo; main, h% Inches In circumference; fore and main stays, 0 inches In circumfer¬ ence: outer jlbslay, 5 Inches; fore nnd "main¬ top mast Btavs and buck stays, 4Jf[ Inches In circumference; topmast rigging and stays, 3% Inches circumference, Tanks for 6,100 gallons of water. She Is" fitted with all pumps required by law, and has four hoisting engines, 8 Inch cylinders 10 inch stroke, taking stream from either donkey oi main boiler. - The machinery consists oX a double com¬ pound engine with four cylinders 24x54 inches, and 48 Inches stroke of piston. Four cylindrical •boiler 11 feet In diameter and 11 feet long, carrying a working pressure of 80 Rounds of steam to tho square Inch. The Igh pressure cylinders were placed over the lo v pressure cylinders, and the engines placed ut quarter-angles, this arrangement being in accordance with the latast and most approved type of English compound engines. 1 his steamer was built by the Harlan & Holllngswortli,Company, Wilmington, Del., faster, dive deeper, keep dryer, and be more comfortable than anything ever got up, If the owner only stays In a hotel and hlreB a man with an anchor and a Brooklyn Bridge medal on his arm to Sail his pet. The yacht* menMell about how the "Jibbonni or spanker boom was under the sea, and make a won¬ derful story.about tho "Ice rail, etc, being under water most of the time." Why not build them so that both sails, jlbboom and everything else that has a tendency to get wet will stay where It can be wet, and let tho keel, that Is constantly wanting to co'me up, be built on top, where it will stay up. There Is one difficulty although not a ma¬ rine one, in making this new departure In building yachts, and that Is the heavy strain on the brains ot the measuring committee It would cause. For instance, a keel would be marked off for 10 or 12 saddles, and an al¬ lowance of time for the number of saddles allowed, but when a feller wanted his yacht measured off for one or two side saddles ex¬ tra, what allowance should bo given for div¬ ing belles, side shows and that kind of a circus? SHIPWRECKS'ON BRITISH COASTS. A carefully compiled article In tho Scien¬ tific American shows that during the past twenty-flve years about fifty-five thousand wrecks, casualties, and collisions have occur¬ red oil the British coasts, Involving the loss D. H. MILLER. and at tho time ihe was .launched was com-1 of nearly twenty thousand lives. But once plitelydcucilbeil (n the Nautical Gazette, of I since Ihe season of 1874-5 has tin number of Now York, wlilih gavo also an elegant cut, showing her to bo a lino specimen ol naval architecture, Oni cut is a miniature view of that oi Iglnnl illustration and, was fur- njslftd by D. h, O-bon as » ere also the facts, pertaining to the D. II. Miller, •YACHTING, BY THE SOU IT! STREET - - CRUISER. South Street Cinisei,.In the Nautical Ga¬ rotte; speaks his mind freely on yacht build¬ ing: In.building a yacht, as in evciytlilug else, experience Is a gieat teacher; but one thing loimiins that yatbtmen have not learned by cxpeilcucc, and Unit Is, linw to prevent their ciaft Irom ca| sliliig. homo experienced yachtmen say that the deep, lianow cutter will not go over; otheis say that the wide iHintrrboanl craft will always be an up- light atlalr; butllio trouble Is that they all, like a monkey that"climbs a tice, have a tendency to show that pin t of their construc¬ tion that is Intended to be concealed. Now If experience Is worth nil} thing, It should teach yachtmen who have pushed hejond that age when their belirdsJiavo ceased to have the appearance ol (he mold on a mislaid apple (limine dlsasteis In a twelvemonth fallen below three thousand, the most dlsastcrooa. jeai being that of]87fl-7, when the •casu¬ alties numbered 4,104. La6t year ihe number was 3,675, Involving tho loss of 084 lives. Oi ly 705 capes involved total loss, and lives weie lost In 238. Since In eases ol collision two oi more vessels are Invoked In one casualty, the iiiiinbei of vessels more or less hurt (1,2117) considerably exceeds the immbei of casu¬ alties. '1 he collisions numbered 713, and the other wrecks nnd disunities -',8(12. Of the latter 0.10 weie wrecks, etc., resulting In lotal loss, and serious damage was expeilenceil In 070 eases The hea\ lest losses w ere encountered on the east coast ot England and Sun laud. Out ol the 2,802 casualties other than col¬ lisions 2,500; OLCiined to vessels belonging to Gieat Hi 1 tniit and Its dependencies, and 203 to lorelgn ships, Of these 2,f>U0 Billlsh vetaols, 1732 were emplo)ed In the coasting trade, 007 In the foreign and home trade, and 170 iks Ashing vessels. Of the 2,000 Biltlsh ship's which met with disaster, 1,JU did not exceed 100 tons burden, 701 weie from 100 to J00 <5is, 170 pie, that, If their yachts will not stand up Ip above 500 tons burden. Of the 540 British he way tfeey are built, they should bullc) vessels totally lost Irrespective of collisions. the way _., -----------, ...„ -—.....----- them the other Bide up. Saddles should b placed on the keel for passengers, and a game of polo should he playccl while run¬ ning a yacht lace, thus coniblnlng two very fascinating sports In one, aud there Mould be no inoio accidents from the crow not be¬ ing on deck. There Is no use In giving di¬ rections how the craft should bo tiggedj but there are numerous naval architects along thcBhorcs of South and West streets that are ready to construct anything that will ball 44 are known to have been built of4rou, and oftnese-30 were steamships and 10 sailing vessels. A most remarkable showing appears In nearly now ships, 322 to ships from three to seven years of age, 500 to ships from seven to fourteen years old,'932 to ships from fllteen to thirty years old, 463 to ships from thirty to fifty years old, 50 to ships from fifty to fllxty years old, 34 Irom sixty to ' seventy years old, 0 from seventy to eighty, 7 Irom eighty to ninety 5 to one hundred, and 6 to'vessels upward of one hundred years old*; while the ages of 83 are unknown. It would bo Interesting to know more of the hjstory of those ancient ■vessels, the circum¬ stances under which they met with disaster, and for how much they wore Insured. In the course of the year Ihe entrances and clearances of vessels at all the ports of the United Kingdom numbered 608,000, and the nuiuoer of persons carried op nil occa¬ sions was probably between three and four millions. The loss of a thousand lives may seem by comparison n smell number; but Its uotual magnitude Is not to be so lated. And when we consider how many thonsands of vessels, and hundreds of thousands of enssengers and seamen (not around the irltlsh Ulands only, but on all the seas and along all the coastB of the whole world,) are constantly exposed to the hazards of storm and sea; we begin to see how large Is the need of Improved devices for saving life nnd property when subjected to such hazards. The lifeboats of the .National Lifeboat In¬ anition arc credited with saving something like twelve thousand lives during the past quarter century—evidence enough of the value of one line ot Invention and eftort In that small part of the world. Equally valu- ajta Inventions dmriUeaajremalnJo be made. FLOATINGBETIIEL Tho floating Bethel Is moored at the foot, of St. Glnlr street In Cleveland. It Is man¬ aged In the Interest of sailors. As the word Implies', It Is u kind of religious home for seamen. The gospel is preached lour tlmos a week at the Bethel. The annual repor; oi Chaphdu J' I). Jones showrtlint dining the year the services were attended by 9,300 per¬ sons. Conmcted with the Bethel Is a rend¬ ing room, nnd itiuch Is done towards helping sick nnd unlortunato snllois. This institution Is patronized by the host citizens of Cleveland, and Ib truly a human¬ itarian InslltutloiiN, Snya the annual report: "Our present shlpkceper who was formcily a lake captain, wo find to be the right man In the right place He keepslUu-ri acting room and chapel in-crdei, loolffinrtei the SallnrV """" mall'iiBslBts In vWllng the Hospital and shipping In the haibor, and the conducting of meetings,- Fifty-eight calls have been made at the ilty hospital, over 2,500 papers mid magazines, have been dlsti United among the sick. Prnvcr nnd conversation has been held with the slik-when It was thought best. Mrs. II. McLean, Mis. J. II. Jolies, the ship- keeper and chaplain constitute the visiting committee Tljiy have made over350 \ |s(ts to the limnes ol llioslek hi diffet^nt pints of tile city and have expended $225 in pioeuilug medicines and necVssurles ol l.ile- The) have made the sick rooms cheerlnl •with o lloweu and plants. Drs. I'eck and LoHinan ' have vi-ltetl the sick when called upon flee ol elinige. Wo have ovei 200 dillerent volulnes III oni library and over'foity dllleient dally, weekly1, and mnnthlj papers and inligazlnes ' on Hie. Frequent!) more than twenty sail¬ ors and young men can be found In our lending room at a time, leading oi writing. Oiu register shows the signatures of over 3,000 whose Koines are In tdlrtv-two States and Teirltorle» nnd nineteen foielgn couu- tiles. In our mall box we And letters com¬ ing to our cine from almost every coiiutrv In the woild; we have iccelv-ecl nbout 400 were from rt)0 to 600 tons, and 207 were Hetuis and papers and furnished free wrlt- ......------ injj material to over 500 men. We have had over 30,000 vleltors In our reading room, Dullng part of tho yearn monthly free supper has been given at the close ot one of our services. The money ...................._.. _... ..._ it _____ voluntarily given at the meetings has more connection with tho nges ot the vessels that j «••"■> I'ald the expenses of llils. There has wore wrecked or otheiwlse Injured, some thrce-liftliB ol these having been ovenJieeii years old. Excluding collisions, 405 Hcain- shlps and 2,307 sailing vessels were lost, oi damaged, on the British Coasts during the year. Of these disasters 146 happened to been over J000 contributed lo our goneial woi k by those who attended oiu services and visit oiu reading room. Over 130 have signed the temperance pledge, Ono bun¬ dled and twenty-six volumes ol bound books have been given lo poor 'liilclrcii.