The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-25
SEEING sIG GUNS FIRED orr.
Co1gressmcn ri sandy Hook Loossng
for an S1o-Peaad Projsctfie

Congressmcn ri sandy Hook LooBSng
for an s1o-Peaad Projsctiie
The Osseo Icy yesterday morning q,
tho battery waiting for tho congress
sionat eemmittee on ordnance. Short.
ly af;cr 10 o'clock Mr.. Randall, 10
sosher with Aessrs. Hisoock, Reed,
Phelps and Crisp, went on board fer
the government glB-testing station q,
the old Sandy Book fort. Several
eel tSsnutscturers aud Colouel Bay.
lol., Captain Shaler,nud Lieutenant Zs-
! liz Nky, rthoers attached to the atsliOn,
", no With ths sarty. After q dilner NJ
th, HOOD the v,sitogs went out TO look
ns the big suns A discarded "Mann"
Gu q lay IN one eide Of tho path. Fur
tot on WIS Trio lSrgn "muticharge"
Gu with a long crank IN l.. fh-rn
va mo cause for regret, however, az
tho party locked ~ the monster aasi
irUl l2-inch gun, WHICH was being
loa, led for its t)riisth iest, snd wss APP
par sntly rot bic tho worse fsr the SO
otbt " times that 2S5 pounds OF powder
had sxalodee inside of IL Ia q rial
gun from 5ho Son Boston irou works
aid though each Tune " II fred the
gov rnmsuJ spends slSS, vet for n
thoi ough tost II mus br fired 500 times.
Mr. Randall, by tho AID ~ darrickS,
was placed ugoa tbg platform be-
HIN ] the gun TO watch tho loading.
Fir. +: tho immense prjtctie, weigh
ing $40 pOunda, 1as ppE IN by tho aid
of cranes and then Che pnwdst wss
sho ved in with mos d,ssgr-sAble
app barapoa Of recsiussnesS. Thu
poy der, done w in two bage, il OF 40
Ss, !" coS@6SSted, af. RsSnsa i r'I %s,
lng. usd, aud the party hurried 10 an
npt,, Nk from tho fort 3 shoit distana
.wsy Inc old gunuer, Cap an San
hn,, gov . signt II few yGrdr abov.
the u VASE ot npsssng ssho)uer, aud,
afth everS ono safely In cover, the
alacIf . spark .id its work sStiafar
tor,ly. "A y p sio S1Alar rad told
tha aongtts men that Ii theV
VT ,hc Il 81 ssiy they might
asc uia ptCi cile f,ils tarougn
tSe air when the report wGa head. al
~ ID rs = BLACK crow avitp tap'aIV
.aJng ITO beach, ana thercupou & N
grstuls,st cncn other upon heir Hopd
leyesignt. The party thou ran ~ se,,
II tho ann WA hnrt, bus They foua
tbs Old gunner csl0ly proparins
Huniher charge, mad wondering
| N"N"N'' Ni'' Pe'piu III WV snip Were
II ghleusu
Aocs hor ele r'ospstk,wss goneyn.. d
anu 1Aiin - ps1i settle iuunu iisali two
auc ak ATT mtieI SWAY. The N,xt pal
waa That VI - avg II Inca riils mortar
that discharged " pr0r c.i.0 weighing
Clio pouaus Vhis was hlsn mAio OF c,s
Iron by tho S)nth Rhrton Irpn com.
papy, aSd the tests v'Fu an'irnlv suc
oossiul. Tho mortar .gu, uulks tho
other, IL q uuzzlC-lo der, therefore, n
10 pound bag o. pnrdsr wa, frs
showed home. TOE prj cnlu was thon
4 put in Vhis time 10 could foally bs
soen whar the pu0 VITA hfod. The
ball went higher sud sigher IN Tho air
iurul is vsidsned f. tho clouds. Again
tho mortar Wa titni, but this tina
with u 20 lnuuo u1srgh OF powder.
The prtj e ITO vanished sooner. Ia
Esither rss9 was Us fesppesraurs
noted, aud several cinrrsssn en etpt
incide the hnupa laos q. ahvnls riii on
tAgm ~ Il ctusk their hats.
| fae arsenal 'sas then visited eud
the uses OF vtyiDus suns sNp'sised.
| The visitors ex D,'sastd their .Atl tf.p-
ton mud \. ths iNpie t,nis thalr sut-
prisu a. seaing no well of the guvarn-
mont was Ia tina newer kinss 81 suns,
sspeos ally of smaa sort. Though the
United States have tey Of tham, stiii
the field guns, the Hotehls,-s hard
guns, Che tovqlslng guns aud nthes
smsli cannon this, are at Saudi Hook,
will Ia s1Hlity Yield 10 non, AhrOsi
Al losai, siich was ths cam missipnAr'r
opiGion.- New York fribuue.