The herald., 1895-08-22

and he simply smiled the morS and be-
came the better natured, while the rays
of thee,un played tattoo as If the ground
underneath was the dram of hades,
sparng no one exposed for miles around.
While every one elsa in his hearing
was swearing at everyone else for having
no reg lri for his or her corns, or cursing
the captain OF the small excursion craft
which had been chartered to convey
the waiting thousands to the big, ugly
looking coast defender because the boats
were so very slow and so very small. and
were heaping imprecatons on the officers
of the ship because they had not anchored
closer to the shore, The Man Who Had
Been There Before Many a Time simply
puffed away at his Spanish cigarette,
only varying the monotony of things by
informing such of his hearers as cared to
listen what The Monterey really was.
That thing lying cut here, which
locks like cross between small boat
and a Mississippi coal hauer," said
The Man Who Has Been There Before
Many a Time, lis a twin-screw. steel
armored vessel of the Monitor type" the
crow replied never word and the Man
WHO Has 1ccll lIcsc lpelOIt MANY IL liIIc
continued: THAT thing" pointing in
the direction of the pride of the Union
Ir on works, was designed by the navy
de partment anG built under act OF con-
gress, approved March 3 1887. The con-
tract for building was let 10 the Union
works at Sah Francisco on June II. 1889,
the cost of the ship in total being 81 CPS,
$50. The first steel plate was laid De-
cember 90, 1889, and the ship was
Launched April 2S. 1898. The trial trip
was made January 5, 1884, and the gov
ernment accepted the vessel on February
10. 1898" The Man Who Has Been There
Before Many Time, mopped his forehead
and drew long breath. That ship is
262 feet long over all" he continued,
land her length on the water line is 256
feet. Her extreme breadth ls 81 feet and
one-half incnes. Her indicated horse
power is 5,243.95, and her speed is Il
ing at it, 'and the Man Who Has Been
There Before Many Time looked about
him to see If there was any one present
TO dispute his statements.
The mean draft of that little infant
out there, - continued the Man Who Has
Been There Before Many Time is
l4lS feet and the baby's splacenment is
402 tons. She can carry, that girl can, inst
exactly 29j tons of coal unless they Use
her deck room tor bunkers. Then they
can squeezs on about 1873 tons more. She
has altogether 223 water tight compart-
ments and l07 water tight looms in her
double bottom.'
The Man Who Has Been There Before
Many a lime complacently stroked his
blonde moustache while the crowd be.
gan to show some interest.
Two vertical, direct acting, triple cx-
pansion engines has that little fighting
machine in front OF u.s." continued the
Man VINO Has Been There Before Many a
Time, 'the diameters OF her cylinders ag-
grsga ing just Il, and Al or "a inches,
with 30-inch stroke for each of them.
Her propellers are 10 feet inches in di-
ameter, with pitch of II 2-3 feet and
blades. The propeller shaft is ~ inches
with IA 4-nch axle hoie. She has two evil
indrical, horizontal tube boilers, II feet
inches IN diam eter, ~ feet inches long
each, and four Ward steam generators 10
feet s inches in diameter. That snip is
operated ladies and gentlement, with q
close fire room system of forced draught. 80
A gust of wind from orent-war
blew the smoke of his cigar into the faces
Of some of the ladies in his neiGhbor-
hood. The women cougned AID said
something about brute, but the Man
VINO Has Been There Before Many a
Time continued as ho ii he was perfectly
At peace with the worlyd.
THE main battery OF my little fight
ing friend, said the Man Who Had Been
There Before Many a Time, consists Of
two twelve-inoh breech loading rifles for
ward and two ten-inch breech-loa i'm {
itles aft, all encased in metal turrets.
Ny sweetheart also carries six siX-pound
Hotchkiss rapid-hrng guns, four one
pound Hotchkiss rspid-fring guns and