The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04
GAN LICK CREATION.
Is What the New Coast Defenders
Can Do, Maybe.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
An Attempt is Made to DeraiI the PennsyI-
vania Limited Vestibule Train Near
Mansfield. Ohio.

WASHINGTON, April IA great interes
was. felt at the navy department to-day L
the opening of the bids for armOred coas
defence vessels. 1t was concluded general,
that the figures proposed by the loves
bidder, being S1,614,0OO, constituted fai
price for the work. The closeness Of thu
bidding was remarkable.
THERE ARE MANY FEATURES
of interest about the new craft. One, con
nected with the boilers, has apparently
given much trouble to the bidders, and may
influence the award of the contract. Inc
specifications provide for two Ordinary re-
turn tubular marine boilers OF l,2Oo NURSE ,o
power. but the remainder OF the 5,4OU
horse mower reouired is to be supplied
bv coil boilers. These have been tired with
great success on Yachts, and IN modlhed
form by the French government; But
thei1, use in naval vessels will be largely
experimental If they come up to eXpecta-
tons. they will result in large saving OF
space and weight, but at least one bidder,
Crarnn. does not feel confident OF the re
suit for he proposed to-day to enlarge the
tubular boilers. and in consideration Of this
departure from the designs, to waive all
claim to any bonus for horse power in eN-
cess Of :, 400.
THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER,
the@nion iron works, agreed to accept
the department plans and guarantee results.
The new vessel will be a departure IN de
sign from any vessel in the navy, and
CAPTAIN Hichbourn, who is acting as cmet
of the bureau of construction, Is confident
she will be the most formidable vessel Tor
her displacement of any in the world, and
able to cope with anything aIloat; ShG
approximates the Monitor type, ana is OF
5000 tons displacement IN cruising
by taking on water ballast, she
sinks until her deck is but eighteen lnches
above the water level, thus diminishing the
size of the target exposed TO the opponents
The sides covering the machinery are 10 De
covered with
SIXTEEN INCHES OF ARMOUR
besides the protection afforded by the coal
bun5ers. Barbettes, containing the guns,
are to be of sixteen.inch steel, and the deck
will be of steel. two inches thick. one VII
be 965 feet long. 40 feet beam, AZ feet
draftF and have u speed OF sixteen knoJS
per hour At this speed she can steam SIX
hundred and thirty-tWo miles per DAY ana
her ordinary cruising speed Will be about
nine knots. She would travel 2,'-= miles
without renewing her coal supply
But THE REMARKABLE FEATURE
will be the tremendous power Of her ar
mament In the forward barbette, mounted
on turn-table and manipulated by by
draulic power, she viii carry sixteen
inch rife, weighing 40 tons and forty-nlne
feet long. one Of the largest guns aHoat.
In the rear barbette there will be twelve
inch rife, weighing forty-siX and one-haH
IONS A dynamite gun. sixty feet long,
will project from the bow, and in other
places the vessel will carry six thirty
Founders, three nine-pounders, two SIX
Founders and four ree-pounders, all re
volving cannOns and rapid firing guns.
Machine guns and electric search lights, on
aAollow stile with military masts, will com
pfete the ship. which will take three and q
half years to build