New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-01

An contract. with prvato Grm, lor t,o manufacture
II" hr"y gun, hI,1 I,.i ' noun 90, -, we ,o. and
.-..d 10 the service. 80 iurthrr contract, Of ms
r4r,ci.r VIII bc made with private nrn'. The capacity
of tle Jun foundry al Washington being 7uh'cnt T."
handle ioreln,- A. fast g. th"} vii De- received.
de-Ir. to call particular attention t. the "NlrA"r
carriage, when the Gun Factory hts accomplished
Ihc a,lc, gwen below make comparison % iIi' aver
ulariurr. Hr,l. under the old contracts with private
firms. secondly. 80 tLa W..hiasi0n Hun Factory IN
l--- and finally. al the atinc place. iu l-3p, from
which appeal, I" take -ihtle Example. Wbl me
inch cans. for manufacturing which the Government
under IL" Oh eoniH'' p' %2'noo per gul, 1ur w !,o
met"n factory III l-o7 for a'iG", aud IN l-'o Tor
! similar reduction Is to be noticed in the cost Of
inch c.uIia,,.. the a,cfa-' ~ the first ten man
dmcti"n chiefly IN labor. a 'hc material though
diminished la. not shown u proportional VARIATION.
The Nayy Department, under daie "l the iDth "t
september l0Oo entered mt" contract WIN III, I'Ir
-on Coast Defence Company for one submarine gun
and ia steel proiccillc tho gun hn' ppJccu'' I" M
nAcl and secured in position on board Ic steam vessel
known the De roger. ~, -
II proposed 10 make thorough tc'' OF I'M, - sem
II submarine artillery, which p"'7eaS'' uhd,htoir al
vanaccs If applied to special tpe' Z" v',ci'' 9ch as
me designed for wotA al cI",,c PulII.r'' Inc cA
pertinent, viii be conducted at the TORPEDO station at
Ci,tiron common shell aud slraPnci lsye bee,.
manufactured at Washington ana supplied To thn new
hin, a, fast a. needed The hanuia' tuc Oi casLsleLl
comm IN Shell ha. been continued for the present tll"
results obtained not having proved satisfactory Efforts
he Lenn made 10 dcyeO IN this country profess OF
malJny common she'll If f.. gel steel, rs This shell pos
.c,ses married advantages and II i hoped that before
ong specimens may obtained for tet, ana that the
maruao urc may be domcscatcd IN thr nitcd siacs
The specimens OF arnor piercing pro}eculcs hitherto
received from private films In this country. tempered
hy var,ou, processes, have not proved satisfactory
and The only present prospect Of securing what We
need i, bv the adoption Of one Of the pIOcr>sc-
i'm use abroad. \ contract ha> been made for guam
rty Of proicctilcs 10 be- manufactured In America by
one of tlc. processes and IN" Department is still
deavoring Ia bring about some arrangement by which
il NAV obtain other piercing shell, of the be-,
quality OF AulcIi, m1huft 'tirr.
Tho great number Of inventions possessing more 90
les merit. in the way OF ight rapdiring gun- Ia
uu piled the numb "r ot Np-- DO use in all the nav Ic
| Of thr world The manifest Disadvantage of this cN
IRENE diversity OF type. each with it. ~nccia ammnni
ton ON board single ship. ha- led Tho Department f.
loY, with favor upon plan Ia lmit the smaller rapid
frins p.ccc, the SIX pprndr aud Founder cali
brcs aud e. abandon AS fa.t a. J. practicable the three
FOUNDER, aud the forty seven milmetcr and thirty
| ,cvcu-mmccr revolving cannon.
STEEL INSPECTION.
| In viow 81 the delays that have been cypoyence'
lbv the Department; and hy shiphnlGcr- engaged upo
contract work. In obtaining mat rial- the Department
Invited the representative, II the principal shpbud
ing firms OIL tho hand. and Of steel casting com