The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-11-11

Nhen he desires. In entertaining DIS
unguished foreign guests of tho ma
tlon, to take them for a pleasure trip
OF any Kind To be sure. some vessel
~ the navy was always ut his COM
msnd but no one ship could be CON
tinually kept at hand for that pur-
pose. This diniculty IL TO be rene
died and a specially designed yacht Ia
to be built for the sole purpose OF eS-
ecutive Use In social functions.
When Mount Vernon has been Wis
he'l by representatives Of foreign
nation here In their ofticlal capacity
II has been necessary AZ = rule TO
transport them to the tomb on some
river steamer or else by the electric
cars. Hereafter the Syiph. one oi the
nne yachts recently purchased for the
navy, will be- stationed at washing
ton for the use OF the oficials and
the President IL Ia " light draft,
fast, and well adapted for outings ON
the river. with this ship and the
Dolphin the President will be well
provided with Official yachts
hut two rulers Of great powers have
liner ofiicial yachts at their disposal
than the President ~ the United
States. Not even the Queen Of Eng
land II carried around on the water
In a ship more sumptuous or powerful
than the dispatch boat which Presl-
dents Harrison. Cleveland and Mckin-
ley have occasionally used. The Dol
phin N not only nttcd FOR Just such
cruises. but couples with its yacht
like arrangements strong battery
Of rapld-hre guns
England for the last nifty years or
more has supported royal yachts FOR
the queen, aud the first ~ the number
TO be built ia yet serving her majesty
The queen has insisted mp TO the pres
ant on all her royal private vessels
being slde-wheelers Of the old paddle
wheel pattern. For twenty-five years
the queen has had four imperial yachts
for her own private use. and now she
IN to have a new one. larger. more
costly, snd more sumptuous than any
Of the former. The NTH vessel will
have twin screws great length. and
be capable OF fast time. Not one
OF the old ships on a stretch could
make more than fifteen knots.
In designinR the new ship the Brit
ish Admiralty has endenvored to meet
the wishes and views Of the queen on
tho general plan OF the vessel as far ~
possible. A the yacht will probably
some day be the royal ship OF IN,
Prince OF Wales or some other member
OF the present imperial family. there
will not he that same desire shown "a
sacrifice modern ideas Of architecture
/ In order 10 give the numbering type Oi
vessel. such m has represented the
/ queens ideal yacht When completed
the new ship will cost possibly $1,000
600
Emperor Williams yacht n more Of
n Warship than pleasure craft. and At
/ the Kiel celebration was the most ad-
mired Of all vessels except the New
York and Columbia Of the American
fleet The HohenEollern Il Of CON.
pArstlyely recent date. having been
laid down In 1891 and completed two
years later It's length n the same
aa that Of the cruiser New York, Il
being $50 feet over all. with a beam
Of 10 feet. draft NJ 10 feet. and dis
placement OF i,is7 tons, lts engines
have developed 5000 horsepower. or
equal 10 those NJ the New York. and
It's speed II placed AZ twenty-five
knots. Il carries three i-lnoh guns
and twelve l-pounders. It's compile
ment OF men n 307
Russia has more imperial yachts
than any government Of the world.
It's naval list shows that the car
has At least I'VE. and number Of
anall launches designated also as roy
al dispatch boats. Many of them
are old and OF little further use. but
its latest. the STANDARD. II by far the
finest vessel Of lts class anoat. Il IL
even more powerful than the Hohen-
zollern. and carries more armament
than any other royal yacht In sery-
Ice.
The STANDARD represents both the
highest idea Of war vessel and yacht
yet designated. II can fight aud at
the same time take the whole Rus
sian royal family on cruise around
the world In most comfortable fash
ion. No oficlal government yacht
Is so powerfully armed None has
such speed or size. II Is longer than
the Minneapolis aud swifter than the
New York, Ita length over all In 1926
feet, beam 80 feet. and mean draft 20
feet. lts displacement Ia 1851 tons
and indicated horsepower $4,000
which gives a speed OF twenty-five
knots IL battery comprises eight
three Founders.
King Humbert does not believe that
royalty requires an oificial yacht. and
therefore has never asked the Italian
people to provide him with one. When
he wishes to make AN oiiieial inspec-
tion Of the fleets he boards some one
Of the ordinary dispatch boats. on
short cruises he has his own private
yacht, paid for out OF his own purse,
Ills Word.
"Just think OF his committing sui
a.. I...F NF..v.ft Il ...N.Naff az.