Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26
COAL FOR NAVAL VESSELS.
THE SUBJECT discussed AS THE
DRooiSLYN YARp.
The Cineinnntrs Engines Wade
Fine Rceord-outiine of the Cries
Hon's' voyuge-oti,er Notes OF m
tcrest-i<ey West coalinE station


THE cruiser Cincinnati finished the
49, ,.sots, aoct sfeatn trial az the
~" - th. Nevy
navy yNFu ges-e'1"S '"" -,
York Tribune, VIII the result 'n's
eycrvthing about the machinery and
,,.,ors ,,.ott.ed Win areator satisfac-
pV'''e mi. mailman .
I tion IMAM was cNpee'eu' nv
/ were run separately ana toBelhuF' "HN
] tho boiiors were run at varied press
-. tt.r "a ,-lca the .
ures' tue ooyeu' Os'"s 1.,a,,,,, !
[ widest range III inc 'es'T "a -, /
There was not single preehuo"n 4
o. acnidant and The data taken viii I
..,,.,,. r,,,., f,,nrablv with that OF
... nr,,s II ia
/ vessels bulli py pilNate hii'''
caleul tied that the vessel Will make IN
rai,,t,to,.bond Of nineteen knots on
Z 80, - ,-toi aitborrh the
hef ohlelu' spS'u '''"'' -, i.,,,,t,
requirements are Tor elBhteeh Nllu"
opIv Tomorrow the vessel will take
a.. .,ot rrattr,trnrv to going up 10
III so"' P'e'''''.''''' 7..,,,s.,,, ,nd
Gardner SAY ior 'uis
steam manoeuvering. Wheh TINS
done the vessel WIZ return 20 ~ s1 ne
10 receive her c@beIhouIlS ,,,ir-
secondary battery, part o. thc elulp-
ment that has been long tlme colHlHe,
and then she VIII pc iHauc ''"uS
her olhciul stealh lil3t a., Tho ward
AdYiees We're ieCetScu ~ ~ ,,'o,,ii
yesterday hht lhe ~" ~. .,,,,tdjie
reach the navy yard uuuul Wy .!i'eN'I
OF next week. ana 70 nave tEeIS 'n me
ready to put her INTO inc ut$ uocN' ~
bottom IS 10 De tn1tuusll's 80 y,
and painted inc olauiIIhb "pPat o'eS ~, ~
be replaced, ana otneF iepalIa az" ~ 80 ~
made Soon after her arrival me new
commander Capthln hopivS us
VIII relieve Cnplalh inlllp 81 ~
mund' II IS Known tl"t 80 ' a.,
BOD as Saptalh LEot's III, he seyt
MANY! mas asheu thst " 90 ~ s,,s,.
10 China, but II Is uoup'iui '"s SUB
Best-"n WIZ pe Lnn,u1 Of tho navy
slateIuelt coiip!iSt az ,o,,,, ,nrda
uepartlleut ullu sgl1 " 80, W., IL, ,ccessaTv
SHOWS Ju9t ~" ~ t - ,5sssots and
90 i. i,, ~ ~ eno n is in substance
6et tntlll Olt ~ g. -, Va. nnvv yard
"l tu'ly ~, . -, ~ l,. ave. c,Incinnati
san lioilSisC3, go ,,I C5stine onch
III i"y a. ,,,itb work hurried: New
tnlltg 49,, ~ 10 Mare nd-Bos-
,,, oTt, 5ava, Marion. thirty DAYS.
fnstor navy ynrd-Atlantu. fifteen
dnys Norfolk navy yard-AIontgom-
va ,rtI,o, n,,itndcrl 'forty-two days;
nStroit thirty days: Raleigh, fifteen
ave
/ Sorretor, Norbert. who Is TO begin a
tour al inspection Of the navy yards
. ON The Atlantic coast on Monday. Is eN-
prcted at this station some time next
week. lie will have the Dolphin as ms
flagship, and will start from Washing
ton tomorrow. He Will hrst Visit Tue
Naval War college and torpedo stauon
. at Newport, then the Portsmouth anu
d Charleston yards, the New London sta-
= ton. and then the navy yard mere
Although not perllous voyage that
the torpedo boat Ericsson - MAKING ~
is nevertheless an interesting one. rms
& "trip Is the finland route 20 faI as
e possible, to the New YORK navy va "
Z The little boat Ohe Is only loo zee,
p long, 10 1-2 feet beam ana II letl
10 dcpth of hold, or 800 tons displacement
lie viii have inland water from st Loui'
N to Southwest Pass, one Of the mouth'
r OF the Mississippi, but there are mort
1- than 5000 miles further TO go then
IN much OF which ~ unprotected from
~ the oceans force. The greatest exposed
IN distance is along the Florida Peninsula
OF Prom Southwest Pass she can max
~ ths Interior water passage. gainl
% ,Irough Brlton Chundcleur Nlssls
81 sinni sounds and Grant Pass to Mobi
WI Rav as the least depth OF water 81
ue e,g,t foet
r., Ni,htt. Inv tn Pensncola Their
OF - 10, ,,., ~, ,o,,ta of nftv miles
er ~ ~ uu'.5''' t,,at ~ 900 mica II I'M
M u'uhins " IA. ,a,Snd.d ,,non tn
~ Wea,1 I eV nv ,,ri,eslr, could tpi,a III
~ W w, 49, ,,,i,I,b Il o,,I1, igO mil,
~ 49,, r,.a,,, I5cnsscnla there Is forty
IN, ,,,5 III. ''t,,trh tbrnugb eontn RIOS
IA ~ to tbo I5,st pnea Of Choctayy
hi , aou'u ,,,, ,ha,ce 40 the ,yost nass q
mi haVi'.e , - ha,, p,orn Is an ontsld
he Np,s,uyl'ie &c TO-. ,,itcg Tho bont wi
re ,,ass ' ,bro,,gh knalacbicola bay aud s.
nk Ganrsn,s sounJ and thon comes tn
in,,"5st stretch of outside steaniing 1
me ~ ne ISron a Nrarl,s To Tamn
wy Hay a. 10 Stg miles thence to punt
the p,,,sa no niles and from Punta Russ
is TN I5ev Nest lis miles
nd ~, tr,,, yyast 10 cane Cannveral
iile "a etg miles mt mart of this trip ma
II ho made inside the Florida Keys ar
'el- reafs From the cane to MOSQUITO Inl
her there is an outside run OF forty -oi
the miles thence 10 Fernandina 1Ol mil
IN more OF outside passage. From Fe
req nnndipa there is a long island passai
10 through Ameria river, Cumherlai
oPa sound. Cumberland river. Jekyl cree
~, ST. Simons sound, Alabama sound al
WIN other waterways to Savannah. Then
.Na lie miles OF tortuous navigate
~ through narrow creeks and wlndh
H., rivers will bring the boat to Charlie
M tom Then there Is another stretch
M, inside work through intricate passag
- hp Will rnngh WtuNQn iinN. s.