To those who seo beanty'in nothing that does not appeal immediately to the eve, the Liubsing, with her masts an'l funnel straight up and down, her ugly stem and her square deck houses, is rot an attractive specimen of marine architecture; but to those who find beauty in the perfect adaptation of means to the desired end—handsome handsome does, in fact,—she is a really beautiful little ship, as a visit on b.ard, and an inspection of her under the guidance of her courteous officers, Captain Myrhe, Chief Engineer McBain, and Chief Officer Rutherford, demonstrate. She is a twin-screw steamer of about 700 tons, built at the Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe,' to serve as a lighthouse tender nnd revenue cruiser for the Imperial Maritime Cus'oms, and she was specially designed by Mr. J. R. Harding, chief Exgineer of the Customs, for that purpose, he whole ship is built for use. the ugly stem is designed to make it easy to get buoys in or out without chafing the ship's sides. The straight foremast is nothing but a derricks, while the straight mizen-mast is only for signals. The square deckhouses are the most conveni at shapes for the wor: they have to fulfil, but no one can impugn the fine lines of the entrance and the beauty of the stern, which is a very pretty piece of design.
deck in the after deck house is a very cheerful and roomy salon, with three very comfortable state-rooms and a bath room leading out of it. 'The bathroom has also a door from the deck. The dec': house amidships contains the _steering-room with the steam steering engine in it, galleys for officers and crew, lamp room, handy workshop with its own steam: engine and a lathe that will take a jo> up to ten feet in length, store-Tooms, and a number of bath rooms for officers, etc. In addition to the usual steam windlass, etc., on deck forward, there are two very powerful storm winches for working buoys in and out of the ship. while on the deck astern are two compressors for wire hawsers, 2 novelty on this coast. Whit strikes' the visitor particularly, on boad the Liuhsing is the lightness and space in all the many rooms on dec' and below. Under the deck are a saloon for lighthouse keepers with comfortable s!ate-rooms, a very comfortable saloon for the officers, who have particularly roomy cabins, and good quarters for the crew, with all the necessary conveniences. The ship is full of engines. There are two sets of 3- cylinder engines to drive the twin screws, very well and solid y built by the builders of the lull, pumping engines, electric ligh engine, an engine for filling the gas buoys, ete, etc, On the bridge, Capt. Myrhe has a very comfortable room aft of the; pilot house, and shove that is a suffi Tiently spacious upper bridge, so high up that the captain can oyerloo': Mithout interference tue work that being done in the bows in havelling the enormous gis-light bays Coa neale, she is a thoroughly well designed and well-constructed craft, a good sea boat, and a credit all round' to her designers in Shanghai and her builders in Japan.
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