. The railroad and engineering journal . tshould be borne in mind that this species or character of prop-erty differs from all other kinds of property. The duration ofthe owners title is arbitrarily fixed by law. The bill provides that the new Court shall make a findingboth of facts and of law, and that appeals to the Supreme Courtshall be taken on questions of law only, thus very much simpli-fying the cases and making it possible to secure final decisionsin a reasonable time. An Elevating; Ferry Steamer.—The accompanying illustra-tions, from the London Engineer, show a peculiar steam ferry-bo
. The railroad and engineering journal . tshould be borne in mind that this species or character of prop-erty differs from all other kinds of property. The duration ofthe owners title is arbitrarily fixed by law. The bill provides that the new Court shall make a findingboth of facts and of law, and that appeals to the Supreme Courtshall be taken on questions of law only, thus very much simpli-fying the cases and making it possible to secure final decisionsin a reasonable time. An Elevating; Ferry Steamer.—The accompanying illustra-tions, from the London Engineer, show a peculiar steam ferry-boat, designed for the River Clyde at Glasgow by W. Simons& Company, ship-builders, at Renfrew, Scotland. In this case,instead of providing movable landing stages to meet the riseand fall of the tide, the deck of the feriy-boat itself is a movableplatform carried on six hydraulic elevators, by which it can beraised or depressed as required. The boat itself is a double-ender 150 ft. long, 55 ft. extreme breadth, 17 ft. 6 in. depth of. CROSS SECTION SNCWIHO PLATFORM tOWLRCD. hull, and having a draft of water of 12 ft. 6 in. It is driven bytwin screws, propelled by two sets of triple-expansion enginesof the ordinary type. Each end of the boat is provided withtwin screws and a rudder, and the engines can be coupled toeither end as desired. On each end of the main deck a cabin isprovided, and the entire space between these cabins is filled upby the movable deck, which has a rise o( 25 ft. altogether. Thelandmg is made at the side. The illustrations show cross-sec-tions of the boat with the deck lowered for high tide and raisedfor low tide. A slight modification of the present design wouldadapt the boat equally well for an end landing, and, in fact, theplan permits of almost any change to suit local circumstances. Vol. LXII, No. II.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 481 rHE RAILROAD^^D Engineering JOURNAL. (established in 183z.)the oldest railroad paper in the world. Published Monthly at No. 45
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