New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28

| s,;tuto tho main battery. In addition 'I'rI' wa
lo eight 3pounder rapd-fring guns 'o"' :,
| poundrr rapid-liring guns, four l-po"h"'' -
| firing Guns. four 37-millimctrc revolving '""'
| and two Calling guns The maea|lh'S' W.
and boilers will he protected by t"eN'
| thickness of steel armOr while the PI9 n.bcs
DETECTING, deck Will nave s'tfi ,i' RIM across the
main deck to protect the bases OF the 'urIc'' "''
| their machinery. - t,..,, nc Cruiser
The Rceigh. which has been Know J,.a q" Hlat
No until recently, is now 50 lar a mi h rc,Jy
!, ;s confidently expected that she VIII pc T m
for launching before the next summer ahu W.,
completed abopt May s9i li'r and G""" all tn,
| frames for the protective and defcctlng
| deck are so far along that SnF or ciIS
hoyins 10 look like n vessel intended I"d ~ ~
She is a sister ship to the twin-screw ";oUH-,m"
steel cruiser Cincinnati now hui ldne az INC NrMr
| York Navy Yard and would haH h''l ,',IrI
ready TO be put into wafer had me ,p
for material been As prompt Ia deliver the Sicn,
and stern post, and plating as they had PROMISE
to he Her principal features are; ie!s'n qoo ="
Ioad.liuc 500 feet extreme breadth. - h'!
mean draught Is feet; actual dlsplacenc', j."
service trim 3.ls3 tons: indicated morse P""rl
/ q. 600 and estimated speed 10 knots ll'I or"
eun-dcck between the bridges aud hcr TWO sloiI
mines and two masts arranged for torr-ai' i' SINS
will give her the appearance OF an 'He'uNc wal
cruiser -,o
mound platc the inner t-kccl of - pounds ana
The outer keel of 30 pounds plate II VIII thus I've
seen that she will have unusually strong BACK
bone The bottom plating is of ljpound m!ntcr'!i
from the keel t the main deck. solid plates ilghl-
cncd by holes are substituted tor longitudinal nihrh-
cts where special strength IL required. ana ~"
transverse framing. the lOngtudlnals c"nhe''P" 10
the kcrls and the solid watcrtleht frame pairs 1I'
Of extra heavy material Tie crntr"lir' pulN-
head extends thronchout the machinery space ~
lower part in the boiir'-SIdc" Iorkln" d"WH lh''
hulkhpads inclosing forc-and-a't passage Nv"
feet wide She will have poop and toi'ra''l'
decks. the beams of which are 6\i ln'hr> IN"
4. - fnsIt. ~
deck beams 1rc ANGLE lruhS ~" - 'nch'>. re
rudGcr will be Of balanced 'ypc. ana maze 10
form continuation of the lines ~ the snip ar
The protective deck slopes ~ me >lI'N ~ wv
stones of - degrees and - 'ic.rcc>. II r. HlNi
covered with plating half an inch tlrrh. and
two.inch plate Is bcin2 worked ON ms on in'
Slopc, amdslips, reduced t. /? lnch'. a. iI'
ends. \ hali-iurh plate j. wIrSrd on me l"fi
lonta part. making tie decks total Thickness
> Il inches Al tho slopes andshIp>' inches
on >,opc> al the ends. and one inch ON ih' Hti.
\ Golfer dam is being worked along in tie wake
Of tho water line next the eidc ph'ln- IN ih'
G9al-bnnkcT on ne nPr of ,hr protective deck
The rig OF the vcsec "ill De- that Of q two
mastcd schooner. spreading more than ',2'' Sluor'
feet OF sail. Each mast viii have n'rhcii%
aollerv lust below the top il cic # which sill
be mounted Il 81 milmctrr revolving: canon Tie
main battery VIII consist of o-luch and ten
finch rapid firing hrccch-lnad J. i"- ot c.ntic
pivot mounts. projected bN Thick 'i"rI shields
worked Is part If The hull or made last - The
carriages The G-inch GUN VII nc mounted IN
the forccasilc. Two of thr i.inc' GUNS WIZ hr
mounted or tie poop. two under ihc poop ln
,ponsouS and H., Gjhrr fplr.-iNp or -iir-- 90
spop sons. The Sc"orda'f battery VII consist -
two 6-pouudcrs. two 3-pondcr> and orc l-p"1n'ti
rnpid firing Guns Their. VIII ais" hc -'N torp" lo
tubes with OPENINGS about ipIr feet ab.'" w'i"r
worked from the berth -i"ck. fixed iuh'> forward
aud aft and foIr other ''aipIn- tile. rl''''d 80
the sides on the forward and after berth d'rl,
They are Of the pattern invented Lr Captain john
\ Howell, president o.; the steel Boar! Lrl'-
.uupoy.lcr impl Sc. device much superior +" th'