Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-26
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The two iron monitors, EtIah ard ehiloh. buildins at
this port, aroinrapid p ogre 8, and viii be eompl-isd
and ready for active ssrvicsin July next We visited
the National Works yeEtsrday AID found the work On
thsss monitors an iaisTsst ng pectacle. The workz
are Of very considerable magnitude, sud supplied with
cosby machinery for re mluidinE and fitting r Iron
work for the vessels TIE building contains q powerful
engine, wrich rms tee various iaborsaVug c~5ntrvau-
oea for puHehi1Ei botig having anu aunsu1g mss
ais. A great uuuber or fcrSes are scattered through H.
ana W0rkmen SWAIN In and around the mentors ike
bseA
Thsss works are only temporary, and Nsssrs MeCord
Co, Cbtsined a special grant from the city 20 erect =
suitable building for the wofk on he lower epd Of the
leyee. The building is three hundred feet IA length aad
ore hundred and twenty IN breadth, Ena viii Be torn
sway before the vessels are launched. Mere suitable
ground could nothsve been selected, ]. being paved and
lsTeled ont to the st4sp dseiyity Of the river bank
The co tractors for the Bgiiding Of me monitors ara
Asssrs. MeOord & Bsstsr. They are being constructed
according to plans, speeincatloRs and drawings fur
nishsd By the Navy Department. bs-ed upon Ectuai
experiment and experience. They vii therefore CON-
bine ali the modern improvements which experience
has suggested aud sctuai service taught IN the eeonOmy
OF war vessels Thsy belong 20 what is termed The
thlfd elsss, and are Intended for the liver AMI coasHug
service.
The extreme length over srmor is Us feet length
over water compartments, l9l feet; lsnSth over inner
hail, 1873 feet; breadth Of lean over armOr 45 fssti
breadth over water cempartmsnt, q fssfi brad b over
inner hull. moulded, 80 feet; total length u vessels
smidshiDL 9 feet 4 inch; depth Of srmOr. 3 feet dspth
OF iron hull, 2 fests Internal diameter Of turret, 20 feet
hight Of turret 9 feet. The turrst Is surmounted BY
the pilot houss, 3 feet 6 Inches in dizmetsr, with a solid
wall Il iren 0inehes in diameter.
EGGu HnhdeL III W lUW NEEseaEN EgllEEAr WIN Q q
area OF FIRE surisce Of 40 square feet An imprsgna
BE smoke pipe rises from each vessel, i've feet in diam
staF, and walls 6 inches in thickness. Ths ms1itors are
each snpplisd with Ew0 low pressure engines, with cyl
inderE y inches IL diamster and 90 Inches stroke, driving
two prspelen cash With The ornament on board,
tasss vessels will draw 8 feet 6 inches Total daplaes-
ment OF water when drawing 6 feet 6 iaehes, LIS tons.
Thera are four hundred and seventy Eve men cor
SANITY employed in building the boats aud machinery,
which fact viii aHerd SONS idea Of the magnitude OF
Msssrs. AeO.rds National Worss. l. mas also be well
to state that the entire material is Of Miss ui manufse-
lure. This iroR II from Chou.aau, Harrison aud Valls's
rolling mil, and he entire machinery by tie Franklin
foundry.
All the ousaI excepting the guns. will be supplied
here, aud we learn from the contractors hat both labor
and material are cheaper IN this city TRAN be obtained IN
New York az The present time. Til has been the case
ever Suca the commandments Of the work On the veI-
ssis. Over eight hundred thousand dollars viii b
expended in TIE enterprise in St Louis, which Is
a large item OF industrial profit. TIE armament Of the
vessels will be for each, one IL iEch Dahlgrsu gun, and
one $50 pound Parrot gan. These guns, ne believe, are
being manufactured a. Pittsburgh.
Mr.. James Nelson 10 the general supsrintendsnt Of
the works on The part Of the contractors, and @.
Wells Is seting as superintendent for the Government
The national works OF this city will give q good ae-
count Of themselves when the monitors Elijah and ShE
lob are ready for active service.
The Government haa now in course Of construction
twenty monitors-GN Of the same pattern, but varying
in size according to the service for which they are IN
tended. Fifteen Of these sre icing built in the Esstsrn
cities, and i've west Of he Allegheny mountztDs
some Of these vessels are further advanced than those
We vii venture the assertion that none Of these war
vessels will DO superior to the Elah and Shiloh, &C.
cOrding to the capacity indicates by ciazz. Ths
Asssrs McOord are taking great pride II executing
thslr contract and will honestly perfcrn their whole
duty to tie G~oyernment-St LsHts Republican, Else.