Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-08
TO SAIL A BRICK WARsHlP.
Chicago Money aud Ingenuity i Vac" OF
the Enterprise.


Thor. * "A fac,ti1us story told Of goo
ON l,5y from au inland town who visited
III. yorid'. Fair Inst summer ana was
ofr,i! 10 co aboard the brick hat'Ie-sn'p
lu.. ,ts Cor fear IL would sail away win
I.~ ont If the thousands, says the
t,..tfr-t.o Post who have laughed az
THAT Ut Of newspaper wituclsm' th'lt
.r. probably frW who up 10 lhr pI'''"'
,r,a haI seriously contemplated inc l''
...lity Of the Illinois sailing OF from % T
anchorage at IA, Jackson-Patk Nhai j.
f.t within 81 few months IL Is pIohdnI'
t.tt the Chicago people VIII SIC 'h' '",
.- t,kr a yoNac. down the lake 'front.'
.. nr as Van Buren, street W"'Ie 9''
,u Doe anchored permanently as a. lTdc-
t...~hip for the state naval reserve
which has been lately organized.
There are thousands, perhaps millions
.. r..pl. an over the country who n'W
lr.v The Illinois 10y sight. Scarcely one
SID. spent "a day In the grounds al JACK
.. Park faIcl TO see the stately, white
.-.l.-.Lip. and nearly every one VINO
.., h,r went on board as well 80 IL
..I sufficiently recall her 10 every one
2. say That she is perhaps the most per
t..f model OF a man-o'-Wdr ever huH''
rt. l- o. an appearances the couhi''PI
~ Der uamcsahc, the lllltpls' anu T. '"e
SISTER shin II the Maine and the oregon
,,.. ,,..-f formidable fighting machines the
,..,.,.r.nt is building she Is 5iH feet
i...- iy 40 A. feet beam. and weighs altp-
..l..r rst about 300 tons. she Is DUN
81 Ir.c>. and il was supposed mat ""rh
t.. fIr was opened she would nave 10 re
either abandoned or torn t. pieces l"i
T.Ituic
last December. however, she wS tam
e.. over rs the government To the Sla'.
authorities of Illinois. and 1t Wa detn'H
t. m.k, her the training snip i'i inc
F-.t. naval mil!iia.s Jackson PARK l. W"
..r from o.. centre OF the CITY l" III.
. .....al t,ip out there for anything it >
... r. Worli's Fair. SO IL was decided
.. move Che iig model down 10 th' Guy
..t.r front This work WAS turned OVER
.. SIR D. W Groeau. the architect OF the
...,.I exhibit who last week went 10
.r,..eo 90 inspect the Illinois before
..Auc OBJ, final report On tho t,aSiolltS
.. f.. undertakings. \ cohcr dam VIII
l..l .tt around the ship. and after II Is
,.,.r.l Dut tine so piles on which the
.IIp rests viii he examined, ana the
lt.us l4.l 90 float the structure entire
number oi thu largest transport Slows
in u.. about the lake viii be secured ana
r..,.I t. the scene. 'hcy viii b. sunk
under tn, ship the piles being cut away
O.. th, e,ow. are inserted. There VIII be
additional hr1cing 10 secure the modeI
f-.t. ti-lot.erafion through her own
...hi and when an y ready the ties 10
r.. r.iire viii be cut and ths water pump
,I ..t - the Goats. The great Whl'e
....s.r VIII then take her place Tor uu'e
least AS "A cruiser indeed ana under 'he
......y 81 a fleet of tugs VII sail down
,... lake front 20 Van Buren, street wntre
,...tn.r bed of piles will await her. IN,
..tniug ~ the great ship into place VIII
b.. even "A greater undertaking than hoat-
ir.. her on her present anchorage, but the
..,erprifng people Of Chicago are certain
mar they have the men AMI the money
=, DO the worh without mishnp
The estimated cost OF the undertakihs
"a between Si0opo and COCOA
TYne work viii bc q most interesting eN-
,-rt-neut In submarine mechanics. calling
f.r The assistance Of divers. dredging
machines TO open channel for the I'M
nos opr Of her present shallow basin ana
.,'tncorlng talent Of the highest order.