The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-18
4 DAY FOR VISITORS.
Hundreds Throng the Decks of
the White Flagship.
ALL GIVEN A HEARTY WELCOME
4 Fighting Machine That Cost More
Beautiful Clock in America.

1 cruiser CQiAale4RlEa yesterday a4-EA 4AfN-Af
I and II IS safe 70 say that eaen one went
away thoroughly satisfied With the visit
/ The officers and the men before the mast
/ Wed with each other in seeing who could
/ b. the most gallant, especially 70 the lar
sex. and when The visitors LETT Tor theE
! homes on land they felt more safe from lne
{ common foe than when they started, tor
/ they had seen with their own eyes one
! OF Uncle Sans fighting machines, ana haa
! listened attentiveIy 10 the explanations or
/ how they are worked and what terrible eN-
/ ecution they can infiict from the men VINO
/ have sworn TO protect their country and
! lay down their lives II need be. Everyone
! connected with the vessel is well satisfied
| with the treatment accorded them By the
/ people Of the city and alIFlook forward
/ 10 other pleasant visits.
| An Immense Vessel Fully Equipped.
To the casual observer there is slight
/ sense Of disappointment on approaching
| the vessel, which does not appear as large
as she really IS but when one is once on
| board and is shown through by the cOur-
| teous officers and crew. as he walks aCr IS
| the spacious decks and looks down the long
/ vista OF cabin fianked by the ample quar-
| ters for the men. all disappointment IS
I done away with and the true dimensions
Of the ship impress themselves on the mind.
! The Philadelphia Is a twin screw cruiser
| OF 4.390 tons displacement, with protected
deck and two wooden masts htted for fore
and aft sails. The main battery consists
| of L 6-inch breech-load:ng rifles the sec
| Ondary battery OF 6-pounders, 4 3-pound-
ers l-p0unders and g 37-n1m and / long
| Gatlings. There are also five torpedo tubes.
| The vessel was built by Cramp & Sons. OF
! Philadelphia. a a cost of 81 $50 000. without
| armament. and was launched September
| :. 1889 The complement is about $50 Off
GERS and men.
The ship IS fitted with electric lights. four
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| partments. Her dimensions are: Extreme
| length. 325 feet length between perpendi-
| culars. 3l5 feet; extreme beam. IS feet
| inches; mean draft, ~ feet inches The
| following details give the Official construc-
! ton measurements Of the Philadelphia
! hull: Length Of ram forward OF forward
/ perpendicular, feet, depth OF ram below
mean draft water line. feet; stems over
| hangs rudIer. feet inches. armor deck
| ar side Of vessel below mean draft water
| line fee; thickness Of armor deck at
| sloping sides in two thiCknesses, / feet;
| thickness OF armor at knuckles. in three
| thicknesses. So inches. thickness OF armor
| deck at horizontal part. in two thickness
IS. 2l2 inches. thickness of bottom plating
| from keel 10 sheer. stroke for about leo
| feet amidships, y inch: thickness of ends
I-i6 inch. thickness sheer strokes. 8 iuch
| thick~ess poop and forecastle. 81 inch
| thickness of inner bottom at side of yes
| sci, > inch: thickness amidships, 5-16 inch
| thickness of bulkheads below protective
| deck. 5-l6 inch: below protective wing pas
sages u inch, floors of magazine. i inch
| deck pianks, poop and forecastle,
| inches.
There are two horizontal evaporators.
| with a maximum capacity of 1.50o gallons
| each. connected by a lia inch pipe with
| the distillers. This pipe also connects with
| the donkey boiler.
steam and Electrical Appliances.
The ship is fitted with Williamson Bros
steam steering gear, the power being OBJ
| tanned from an engine in the steering en-
CINE room, in the water tight compartment
aft under the protective deck, the engine
! being connected with the auxiliary steam
| supply
The ship is also fitted out with the lat
! est and most improved electric appliances.
| The dynamos are the Edison compound
| multi-polar type. designed 10 run at 800
| revolutions, and generate go amperes at
| 50 volts. These dynam0s are kept run
| ming day and night. and they supply an
| abundance OF light for all purposes in
| terror and exterior
| The searchlights are simple arc lights.
! two fed by hand and two by automatic
/ means. such are common i'm arc lamps
/ The current for which these are designed
| Is 30 amperes and the voltage is also so
! The principal popularity Of this type Of
| searchlight Is the. catadiontic mirror at
/ the rear. HN winch the rays are TGfrAcfpI
/ and reflected so as To issue approximately
! as a cylinder.
! Other coutr.vauces which promote con-
| Venience and comfort 70 no small degree
| are bells. speaking tubes. etc. which are
! placed ~ every necessary position through
/ ont The vessel
/ In compartment No. - II the Philadel-
/ phia there is an Allen drum air ice ma
! chine. which has a daily capacity Of 200
/ pounds. The machine consists Of a small
/ steam engine working as "A COMPRESSOR
| an eNpander. water circulating pump
| and an air primer pump: the water pump
| being for the purpose OF cooling the com
/ pressed air before IL is expanded. and the
! primer pump for making up for leakage
/ After leaving he eXpauder. the air passes
{ around a freezing mixture which is in
/ an lee box containing SIX Wedge-shaped
/ tanks IN which the water to be frozen is
/ placed. From the ice box il masses
/ through a number If small pipes along
! the sides Of The refrigerating room. thence
/ 70 The scutue butt. whence it returns to
I the machine.
The engines Of Che Philadelphia. which
/ are among the most expensive features ~
/ the inside equipment. consist Of two h3rl-
| zonfal direct acting triple expansion en-
/ Eines, IN separate watertIcht conoart-
! ments The forward engine driving the
/ port propeller The pistous are cast steel
as are The crank shaft hearings tho crank
! shafts tie rods and engine bed frames In
/ tat eu2t1eeriuE department. there are ~
I marhiuiSts. 3 water tenders u oilers y
/ tr,u"u and Sh coal p4Ssers. Tn. shin was
+ designed f2r 9.@9 horse power and her or
! binary cruising speed is from u 10 l3
( knots though she is C4rabIe 81 a u14lrb
/ faster rate. having made on her trial trim
I record ~ 81 f-> knots she made also
/ TIE average n - knots AN hour fer a dis
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