Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-17
THE NEWPORT NEWS SHIR1AKD.
1sDla :. -
Preparations for the Busy Tines That VIII
Follow the War,

Eoiluw the War,
The current issue of :he5 Marine
Review. published at CLEVELAND. Ohio.
contains the following:
President &. B. circuit, IL the: New
port News Shipbuilding ami Dry, Dock
Company, informs the. ReviawS thae the
predictions relative TO the iproba bility
OF the company securing 4 handsome.
contract from the Morganasline have
been justified. negotiations 10 E{ar end
having been closed. although the CON
tract is for three instead OF fouristea M
erS. as reported in some newspapers
tie new vessels being designed,ao re-
place the Ell Norte, FL Rio and Fl Sud,
now the auxiliary cruisers DIXIE. To-
semitic ana Yankee. The Newport News
company has already placed contracts
with the Carnegie Steel Compa hY for
10000 tons OF material to be usrS, an
the construction OF the vessels. 3rhesa
steamers Wili each be 40G Test over ALL,
As feet beam and SO feet 9incnes nepths
They will have three decks and lpar =
tial orlop deck at the fore end oAfore-
hold. the upper deck TO be an awning.
deck. The nlA4sts are to be ofhzstees.
Power for propulsion VIII be furnished
in each case by 4 triple expanslomshrt-
ace condensinG, direct-aGting Sng1hc,
With Inverted cylinders. WoElSiaES on;
cranks ut angles OF i2U deSrGss.SgEh
general design and arrangement Viii.
be the same as that OF steamer Ell TSacSs
Working steam pressure 1G5 poufisSa
The cylinders VIII be b, So and 49,,
inches diameter, with a strokeSofHE4
inches. Three double ended cyindric'
boilers. IS feet 10 inches mean diameter
and 20 feet Z inches long. Six cIrEulars
corrugated furnaces. about "A iIclles
inner diameter with combustion EaA1lI-i
Der common to all. Crate bars Gle feet
long. Tubes 3l-2 inches diameter.
Auxiliary machinery on these HssselS
Will, of course. be modern lfSSaalf re-
spects, including windlasses Of sSlf9 Hind
manufactured by the American Snip
Windlass Company. The Newport
News Company is also understood to
be figuring on two steamers sfuESfaie
Cromwell line. y q
NOW that the 140-ton travelinS
crane Hercules at the Newport News
yard has been completed construction
work on the battleshps kearsargc sand
Kentucky can be pushed more lsintliy
than ever. These vessels will be ir>sic-
tically finished by January ]. the con
tract time OF completion, hut the com
pany may ask for a short extension.
III order that it may not be necessary
to hurry he work of putting on the
finishing touches. The armo.' plate for
the Illinois is yet to be. delivered, and
il is not expected that any of it will be
on maud befOr. the vessel is launched,
about September To- Preparations, it
is stated are already being made for
commencing work on the new dry dock
and 4. portion of the material has been
ordered, although delivery will no,
commence for month yet. The dock
Will cost 81 100000 and will be the larg-
est in the World. holding two tirst-class
battleships at the same time. The
dock was designed by General Manager
w. a. Post and his plans are UNDER
stood to have met the entire approval
of Mr.. Coils P. Huntington and the
Navy Department. Other ilaproVe-
ments are also under by which it
may he. seen that the Newport News
Company intends to be ready to reap
the greatest possible degree of benefit
from the Improvement in ship building
which Will assuredly follow the present
war The old rumor to the effect that
Sir William Armstrong, the Well
known London gun manufacturer. will
purchase an interest in the Newport
News yard is revived periodically. but
officials of the company have never
confirmed the report in any degree"