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Goal bunker space for between 1900 and 2000 tons of fuel is to bezprovided, in or der that a steaming radius of 10000 knots at a t0.knot speed may be secured. The armor is to cover the, entire vessel in the form of cuirass. It will be made after the Krupp modification of the har- veyized process and is to be 12 inches thick amidship, tapering to five inches at the bow and stern. There will be l2-inch rifles of extra length for smoke less powder, mounted in pairs in two turrets, the latter being of the elliptical balanced type with sloaped fronts Tbe battleships as well as all the other ves- sels, will be equipped with water tube boilers and twin quadruple engines As soon as the plans for these battle ships progress sufficiently the details for the big armored cruisers will be taken up by the construction officers. One of the reasons why the British coal is preferred is that the Welsh min CTS send 1t in small bricks to x
 
 fact makes coal easy to handle on the small engines employed in Venezuela. Coal is carried on little platform as the locomotives have no tenders. If the coal were in the ordinary form it would roll off Then, too, this kind ot coal having been used for some time, the grates i'll the boilers have been built to suit it.
 It is a peculiar coincidence that the plans for these magnificent battleships are begun simultaneously to almost day with the opening of bids for three battleships upon which the contractors have been figuring for the last three months. This competition will close at noon tomorrow, and it is almost fore. gone conclusion that the Cramps, the Scotts and the Newport News company will each attempt to secure vessel, which is practically the duplicate of a similar battleships now being built by each of these firms. although the pro- posals are expected to develop slight qualifications which will give increased speed and endurance over the Alabama, the Illinois and the Wisconsin. These vessels, which were authorized by the last congress, have given rise to con- siderable controversy because they possess no radical Improvements over their predecessors and were of admitted. ly inferior type to the heavy warships now building in Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia. They are II, ,500 tons displacement, draw 2311a feet, carry 1900 tons of coal and have protection to their yitals only in the form of 1612 inch armor belt. Their design called for the ordinary 13-inch rifles and they were not to be rejected by the navy if their speed was above 15 knots, although a penalty of $25 ,00o quarter of knot was imposed for any reduction between | 16 knots and 15la knots, and at the rate l of $50,000 a quarter knot between l514 knots and 15 knots
 | Under the action of the navy experts l these slow hattleships will probably be abandoned altogether, unless the ship builders on Thursday take advantage of Secretary Long's appeal for the guaran- tee of higher speed than was at first con- templated, and the $9,000,00O provided | by congress for the hull and machinery of these vessels may be saved to apply to the comprehensive naval programme, which conservative estimates indicate will involve an outlay approximating 4o,O0O,000
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