Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-21

engines are of the double compound
variety, that is, haying two high pres
sure and one low pressure cylinder and
develop something like 5000 horse
power. The boilers are Cylindrical in
form, q feet long and - feet in diam
eter and have 400 tubes in each. When
the tubes need cleaning they use jet
, steam jet for cleaning them cut, The
coal is brought from the bunkers OH
overhead trolleys and is a great benefit
to the coal beavers over the oldfashion-
ed way of having to draw the buckets
along the deck of the Are rooms. There
is also Il ''donkey'' boiler which is used
for pumping, condensing and running
the electric light plant,as well us being
the source of supply for the anchor
hosting and steering engines. There
are three hosting engines on the star
board deck; one on the forecastle for
getting the anchor on the bows and
the other two for hosting in boats, etc.
The dynamo engines, of which there
are three, are away down in the bottom
of the ship, forward Of the coalbunkers
and they are all compound engines.
The plant is of the Edison system, and
there are 43l incandescent lights and
search lights of 10000 candle power
each When one of them is turned on
any object it makes things as bright as
day. These search lights are set on
platforms nearly 40 feet above the wa
ter and are visible Is miles. The bat
terry consists Of two S-inch 'breech load
ing rifles with hydraulic mounts for
training, ETC.. one on the forecastle and
the other on the poop. They have a
barbette of Pinch steel to protect them
and a shield os 3inch steel, circular
with a slopng roof of the same thick
ness set over the works as a further
protection to the operatives and also
the mechanism. Six 6-inch breech
loading ritles(or as we calls guns of that
| type, 3. L. r., and which l will use in
future to economize space) set in spon-
son, that is, on platforms built on the
ships side. They are practically the
same i'll construction. operation, etc. las
the S-inch B. L. r., with the exception
OF the hydraulic apparatus. They are
set three on each side of the ship and
at intervals between the S-inch. The
secondary battery consists of 6-pound
b. l.. r., on the bridges and are oper-
ated by marines. Two 3-pounders SIM
liar in all respects to the 6-pounders
with the addition Of shields and are set
forward of the forward bridge on the
barbette bulkhead. Two 1-pounders
are mounted on the ships side forward
the after bridge. Two Calling and two
Hotchkiss revolving cannon are mount
ed on the ships side in the same man
ner as the one-pounders, and two
liotchkiss rapid fire guns in the mill
tary tope This formidable array is
principally to be used IN repelling the
attack oftorpedo boats, and have an
effective range up to 1880 yards, fur
Their than any torpedo can be of any
use. We have also four torpedo chutes
to launch these missiles of destruction
at an enemy to the flag. For defense
we have first a belt of armor extending
from stem to stern and from six feet
below water to the spar deck above
Water.of eight inch composite steel the
hardest thing to pierce that is known
OF at the present time, and second, but
by no means secondary, protective
deck, sloping from four feet below to
two feet above the water line of Pinch
steel. Below this deck are the boilers,
engines, magazines, dynamo rooms, etc,
III reality the vitals of the ship. The
S-lnch guns are SO heavy that they re-
qulre support on the deck below. The
supports are circular, twelve feet in
diameter, and are made Of steel bars,
with two sheets of steel over them,
and on top of the joists is bar, circu-
lar in form and Oh top of this are two
stringers with plates of steel one inch
in thickness up to the platforms. The
support for the forward gun is used as
the ''brig" Or Jail and the after one as
a printing establishment. The officers
have elegant quarters, being fitted up
oil stained and vanished mahogany
and with spring mattresses, stationary
wash stands, water tanks, plate glass
mirrors, wardrobe, secretary, electric
belts and lights, carpets on the floor
and draderies on the doorways and in
front of the hunks, hair filled revolving
chairs, etc. The cabin is divided into
six rooms: after cabins, port and star
board state rooms with bath rooms at
loo I