Silence was commanded, and the engine, working at half speed, made hardly any noise.

The captain had spoken to Sampson, the chief engineer, and he had done his best to avoid all noise in his department.
The captain and the first lieutenant remained on the bridge, anxiously sighting in the direction in which the sail had been reported to be.

As the captain had instructed the engineer to do, he had caused the fires to be reduced and a change of fuel used so that the smokestack of the Bronx was just beginning to send up volumes of black smoke.

The bunkers contained a small portion of soft coal for this purpose..