NEW KIND OF STEAMER.
A sweeping revolution in ocean steamship building is contemplated by Massachusetts capitalists. Vessels are to be constructed without masts, and there will be literally nothing whatever about the deck except the top of the pilot-house and the funnels. One of the projectors being interviewed said ; “We have stepped forward to solve the problem by doming our vessels, covering them as 5 witlra/ khell from stem to sfeni:' This will place us above all danger from rough seas sweeping over us ; they can do no damage. No freight goes overboard ; no lives are lost; everything is safe beneath the roof.” The cost of the larger vessels vyillj range . at least onethird less than ordinary vessels of the same size.
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Patea Mail, 23 January 1882, Page 3
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122NEW KIND OF STEAMER. Patea Mail, 23 January 1882, Page 3
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