Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-06-06

Nc country 10 the Otner.
the really dangerous man-of-war NJ
achusetts, and is in appearance an 80
mored vessel of the most modern w.
The hull, pointed prov and stern .iR'.
are of brick and cement, but the urr.a'
ticed eye will not detect the matar;.I
The craft is $50 feet long and 70 w..
wide amidships, with berth deck rot.
deck, superstructure deck, bridge .r1
chart house. A mast Of hollow stoai
rises 80 feet above the main decl, with .,
frances curving around it. Within tb;.
mast is the coming tower. Ga,lfra
guns and small rifed cannon. searos
lights and other improved impleman,,
of warfare. Four 6-inch breech.o.S
ing rified cannon, intended for servics
point fore and aft fromSponsons buiItort
over the water on the line of the main
deck. Two 13-inch turret guns Of Mas.
ter point over the stern and two siDcb
guns in revolving turret are above
the magazine forward. Six mores.ipcb
guns mounted in pears are located IN
turrets, sweeping the horizon. while On
the superstructure deck Hotchkiss rifles
are ready for action.
On the berth deck are the quarters "a,
the crew and exhibits from the naval
academy at Annapolis, the photographs
department, boilers, engines testing
tools and all other machinery Of NOD.
ern man-of-war, together with the map
aZine stores. On the main deck are The
quarters for the officers. EverythiDr
about this vessel is complete in detail
and discipline of the crew as any vessel
of the famous white squadron. and the
visitor seeing the Illinois is given an
accurate idea of the highest class ar.
mored men of war of Uncle Sans navy.
The models of the vessels in which
Columbus and his followers sailed from
Spain in search of a western world vii!
attract much attention. The vessels,
or earavelS, as they are called were
made in Spain. One, the Santa Maria,
was recently on exhibition at the island
of San Domingo, while another. which
has been seen by thousands at the re
cent Spanish exposition, at Madrid, on
February 2s, was sighted off Tcnerfe
under full sail and headed west bound
for Cuba, and thence TO New York for
its long journey through fresh waters
TO Chicago. The Pinta, which was Co
lumbus' own vessel, has been construct
ed on the exact lines of the Original
from drawings and documents in pos
here. None of these, except The
launches, barges and gondolas will Be
permitted to enter the grand basin or
ply the waters of the canals and Ia
goons. The electric launches will carry
passengers on the grand basin and east
and west canals: the steam Launches
make the trip from the battleship to
the outer harbor, and the barges in The
basin and lagoons. The gondoaS
which were made in Venice, and accept. |
ed by the United States consul general
will hold twenty-four passengers and
are handsomely upholstered. These
with an occasional canoe propelled By
an Indian from the chronological de
partment, are the only craft that will
be allowed on the waters inside the |
park.
The collection of canoes is large
and curious. Some of the war
boats from the South Sea islands have
histories, as they are owned by Savage |
who in the not remote past were can
nibals, and are trophies of battle The
visitor can conjure up gruesOme ina.
nations while gazing on these boats
Some of them are thirty feet long.
hewn or burned from single log. Oh
ers are made of bark and still Others o.
skins. The light and graceful Olr'h
canoe of the American Indian is repre-
scented, and the gum tree boat q the
Australian savage Is in close proximity
to the rude crafts from Java and ~
matra.
Models of historical naval relics az
plentiful, the government display
ing very complete. Every warShlP W
man-of-war of Importance has been u
produced. The naval architecture "
the civil war is particularly well lIuy
trated, while the ships that did gov
service in the war of 1872 are in the @"
lection. Then there is Fulton'S steam
boat, and splendid models OF tn
Great Eastern and other ships tnS'
were used in laying the Atlantic caOS
which are sent as part of the Western
Union Telegraph company's eHhl"b
Models of the most modern war yeSseS
of the English, German, French ltaHaD
and Chinese navies will also be q
hibited. Students of naval archT'g',
ture and ship builders will find IN oN
various departments of the ezposlIlOD
the most complete and comprehensW
of the water craft Of all age
and nations ever gathered together