Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-29
MR CARLISLE HAS NJ HOME And Consequently May Be De-
 barred From Voting. TROUBLE WITH WAR VESSELS "The Maine" Lists to Starboad and Is Down
 by the Head, BUT IT MAY BE PARTLY REMEDlED The Department Is Again Embarrassed Over the Dry Dock Queshon-This
 Time It Is With the Big
 Brooklyn Dock.
TROUBLE WITH WAR VESSELS
'UT IT MAY BE PARTLY REaEDlED

Washington, Oct. 28-Secretary Car lisle may be debarred from voting in Ken lucky this year by technical reasons. He has not hadTa fixed residence there for some years and the house he last occu- pied when in Covington is now occupied by another family. His private residence, which he owns, is rented and since he voted at that house as resident he has registered from several hotels and the last time from the house now occupied by another party. If he should be asked to state at what place he resides or claims as his residence in Covington it is said he could not give any definite an- swer The last registration day is Wednesday and the secretary has not yet made up his mind as to his technical right to register and vote, although there can be no doubt as to his moral right.
 Secretary Herbert this afternoon made the following statement: "The Maine was designed to be an even keel at her draught of 21 feet, 6 inches, with 400 tons of coal on board. She has now been fully loaded with over 800 tons of coal and her draught forward is feet inches greater than aft. This is not uncommon. Many other ships when fully loaded are down by the head more or less. When the ship has bee at sea for a few days this will be corrected in a great part at least by using the coal, which is generally taken from the forward part of the vessel. It would of course be pref erable that the vessel should not be down at the head quite so much as she is but this will be corrected by the use of an after trimming tank provided for the purpose, and by some such shifting of store rooms to the after stores not now used. It perhaps may be also necessary to add some permanent ballast.
 "As to the listing of the Maine to starboard, this is not matter of inn portance. It can easily be corrected by adjustment of weights in loading. The Atlanta and Boston have both proved to be very serviceable ships, but in each of these there is a list nearly double that of the Maine, and this is also corrected by leading. The vessels both list when uny loaded about seven degrees or nearly double the list of the Maine. The old frigate United States, which was splen- did vessel in her day, was required to be trimmed 2S inches by her head to get her full speed"
 The navy department is again embar- rassed over the dry dock question, and the best government dry dock in the United States-that at the Brooklyn navy yard-is concerned. It has been deemed advisable to wait for high water before attempting to dock the battleshp Texas at DiOOhiyi, dllhod5h IL was DcbtNGd the dock there was capable of allowing the entrance of the largest vessel in the navy at any tide. The direction 10 dock only at high water is due to the fact that the sides of the dock are too angularly inclined inward, making it somewhat risky for a ship with so much bulge as the Texas to enter excepting under the most favorable conditions. It is known from comparative measurements of the dock and the battleship that the latter can enter at the low tide; but while the undertaking is not considered danger ous, the department thinks it best to be on the safe side
 The Texas was recently ordered to be docked at the Norfolk navy yard but the depth of water there was found to be in adequate for the purpose. The situation at the Brooklyn yard is somewhat more serious than it appears to be, for it indi- cates that in the event of an accident to the Texas, her sister ship, the Maine, or larger vessels there would be no dry dock belonging to the government capa- ble of accommodating them without risk to their structures.