Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-02
OUR NEN BATTLESHIPS
Three Ordered 8 u 10 be Bigger and Spec
der than my 0hefs.
LESSONS LEARNED N the PRESENT WAR
Are TO be ussd with Profit Change In
ships Plans and Armament WI
Cost More Money ~ FIRST

Now YORK. ANN IA special 10 W.
Times from Wnshinglon uays'
The question Of speed of The three
hattloships provided by ,he now naval
program has locn te.0pencl agtln.
d. was surVal the matter had been
aiuod when + rotary of ihe Navy
Long announced o. few days ago that
tine preference wound b. given 90 the
bidders who onerod guul lul..a ut thr
rish.Ft speed retaining general .Hai.
U,trfiHticE ui dD 600 aH Fst iHiiu ln 90
department circular 10 iH pinp1f.d
now tn qhaug, thc.. deAHnn CrWll
lN Go ufHu ttNi.tIWf tHHt hIH Dozen
done, and atuif 1Ii DtNr aEaln. with 40.
Intention coz mIbIna the nvw vessels
iAraur than WAS Intended uud ap..aiUr.
uu1 cons 4uouty cuEillrI To eco tuiH
VIII require ava im .udm.ut tu the iaW
providing fuT thH huldiug ~ Oh thftf
bIttlrHhipa That IuW fny1 that ihUy
shlu hn uf displacement 90 about
llDlo tous and shall nut Cu't mpfe th.u
s3.UlprJQ garh The ilafd 0i DHG.
HfurtIuu decided o. max. tnn tlHr.g Goo.
mcnt ii-l tons. which o. crrriuar1
uHa ua tao aH .i toild Ep end keep
within The law. Whom tno plans isprs
under discuHHluu Tho Iutil uauuliauur-
ly grttU1 TO max Jne HhlpH piac;lgHl
uplutiuun oi the Illinois 'ype with
such imnrutsm, ntu that cpul il added
without materially modifying th4t
typu. The speed wac iu b. 10 knots
1hu chief engineer rdyuCatcd the rub
atltuiion VI water tube builouH fur tha
Scotch hIilorH adopted FOR the Illinois.
but aH n was shown that II was not
proposed o. Fuon lalstitution 60 in.
cicasc tho rratd. tho board voted down
the propagation. lsItnr whom the exc
pcrlenco derived frHu the Santiago
sea isn't showed tfH Importance of
speed in naval warfare. tuU sub ct was
rr.op0ned. lut a. wHa demonstrated
thut with the limitation uH 90 dirplucr-
mtut ana cost impU . hy thn law and
thu restriction uH % depth ~ dfauEht
Imposed hy tho ehalluWucns 81 most
~ our llrhotA 10 wtH impoaaihlg 20 iu-
crunar the speed M the ships without
either reducing their lfmor protection
ur icau.uins lhuIr armament 10 was
determined 60 adhere GO the EHrtrnl
designs laid down. but To- give prefer
uuoc IN awarding the contracts To- the
bidders who would ungr tu produce the
highesl speed.
Il L. now proposed. and the proposal
was discussed at length nc meeting
OF the board OF construction this after
noon. Co design the now ships on u
hlria " heavier displacement ana
greater cost than the present law pcr-
mits, with the idea that II viii taxi
until about December O. complete Tho
now plans, ana that uy that time Con-
gross viii IN session and can b. de-
p.ndUd ou, IN Wow ~ the showing
made by the navy In thir war. 60 vote
thu increased appropriation asked f1r
aad amend tho act ru uH 10 logniizc
NE heavier displacement
The proposition now under conHidera-
ton ia Go Elve the proposed ships dis
placement OF 1900 tons Instead "
~ 600. and t. ~ their minimum speed
nt "A knobs Instead 81 no. Cnlet EuHi-
upor Melville has been anokd 10 sub
NIT designs % the newer Improved ma
chinyry. Including water tube boilers,
which he proposes 90 Install. with a
view 60 developing an u knot speed.
Thrae designs ready. chief C1uatruc-
tor Hichhorn viii ST hin bureau Of
construction and repair H. work on de-
Hlr.f ON hull 10 accommodate that
machinery with the requisite coal space
and the desired batteries.
The new scheme cuntrmplntpH main
battery ~ twelve Inch ana UlEht lnrh
guns, Instead ~ thirteen inch aud llN
Inch. nH ln the pres'n, designs. thla
change brlur prompted also uy inc les
SONS learned from the Santiago rn-
EhFdment
4 further and most lmp1rtan,
change proposed to be- made In thr new
s4luH iH the addition Gf copper sheath
lrg. ~ % meeting this afternoon ,hr
l board voted unanimously 10 have thr
/ now hnttlgHhluH Hhcathcd with view
I 90 pf.ypUHus the inuliuE " thrlr hoi-
3 tutnH and ,hU loss 81 speed roauluuE
I th.r. from. This IN "a reversal uf the
/ hHlfd'a position on the HhHath.rg uuu.-
I tHn ~ has stood hprsilinio 2 Go
arH.uf, Hh,lihlng thc h1ilemd nf b1i-
T % hlpH. Commodore iilrhhnrn hrlng
! thU only advocate ~ the REFORM TIE
| experience 90, the lieet ln aouthsrn wat-
| Gro duUuE me present war whom the
] hattlushlpH AMI cruisers have steadily
I loot what Hrtr1 thcy STARTED with, and
| tho result uf marine growth on their
| huliH, hIa convinced the board that.
[ cnsgy as .hv ahcathlng lH. 10 win iH
/ Dcni omical ln thc long run, since 10 VIII
| enable tht shipa 10 ratlln their speed
I Tor AN Indefinite period.
nianro H"ports iIioody Battle.
Madrid. AUG. g.--An Official dispatch
/ from havana says iUO lnHuIErnts re-