Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

working pressure lie 1e0 pounds, heating sur
face 1882 square feet The ash pits can be
made mir tight for the use of forced draught.
The coal bunkers, both aft and on the ships
her with fuel for voyage Of l 500 miles at full
speed or 10, 500 miles at ten knots.
THE ARMAMENT.
The Cincinnati is armed with an effective
battery Of one six-inch and ten five-inch breech-
loading rifles. protected by thick steel shields.
The big six-inch gun is mounted on the fore
castle, where it has full sweep Of the bow. Two
Of the fve-inch guns sight from the poop deck,
and the remainder along the gun deck in spon-
sons The secondary battery consists Of eight
six-pounders, two res-pounders, one one
FOUNDER rapid fire. and two thirty -seven MILL
meter revolving guns. There are five torpedo
tubes above water, one In the bow, Howell pat
tern, and four on the sides, Whitehead pattern,
fred with gunpowder.
The vessel is schooner rugged, spreading z, 210
feet Of canvas, and 10 fitted with spar masts
without barhettes. The officers cabins are
large and well lighted. They win be very
Handsomely finished The vessel Ia supplied
with distilling apparatus for water, an Ice ma
chine, electric dynamos to light the whole ship
and three search lights Of the Msngin type. In
addition there are pumps for fresh and salt
water, fire hose, steam and drain pipe systems
and complete ventilating arrangements. The
vessel was built a. the Brooklyn navy yard
OWING 70 Tue luCt tIlut INC plus Oh pTiFhtS par
ties exceeded the amount 81 100 600 appro-
priated by Congress. She will cost about
81 ,642, 9l5, including armament
The designs were prepared under the super
intendence Of Chief Constructor T. ID. Wilson
and Engineer George W. Melville, with the sug-
gestions and active personal interest of Secre-
tary Tracy.
The principal measurements Of the ship are:
Loadwater length, 800 feet; beam. AZ feet;
draught, 10 feet displacement, 3,1S3 tons;
horse power, 10000; speed, in knots, 10 per
hour.
AS the Cincinnati sits in the water she makes
handsome vessel and a worthy companion Of
the peerless Philadelphia. Her lines are sharp
and graceful, running from her ram-like prov
in delicate curve to and continuous with the
balanced rudder.
The big fo'castle, where over $50 men can
swing their bammocks, takes up most of the
forward berth deck. The ships complement is
about $50 officers and men The sections are
separated by water-tight bulkheads The gen.
eral design of the officers rooms, ward rooms
storage lockers, &C.. follows that Of the Phila-
delphia.
The engine power Of the Cincinnati is rea-
lively larger than that of any other vessel OF
the United States navy except the Yesuvius
and the torpedo boats.
Secretary Tracy Of the Navy Department
made an official call on Commodore Erbcn at
the navy yard on the 29th ult, when the details
VI VIZ iauiIcHiiiS were ueciueu upon. III was
then finally decided that the new cruiser should
take to the water on the eth instant ut 1880 a.
NJ with all the pomp and circumstance befit-
ting the event. The date was afterward
changed to the 10th, however. No passes
were to be issued, but the sight was to be free
hence to every citizen. 1t ia slack food tide
at the time of day selected. and most favorable
for the big ships fist plunge.
The daughter of Cincinnati selected TO bap-
tie the big cruiser is Miss Mary a,osby, and
het father, John B. Mosby, is mayor of the city
of Cincinnati. A large delegation of officials
and citizens from Cincinnati arc present at the
launching