Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-18

line one forward and one aft; ten 6-inch
rapid-fring guns in broadside on the main
deck, and four on the upper deck within
the superstructure. and secondary bat
terry of twenty-four rapid-firing and mo-
chine guns.
The weight OF this battery OF guns.
with their mounts and carriages. will be
about 57i tons. The weight of the ammu-
milton required will be about 4i9 tons,
occupying about 1900 cubic feet stowage
SPACE. In addition to the appliances and
room for handling 1t.
TORPEDO REQUIREMENTS.
There will be two submerged torpedo
tubes. extending a length fore and aft
OF about twenty feet and having a height
of at least six feet This compartment
will be fitted up for the stowage of eight
17-foot torpedoes and appliances and
means for handling and operating the
same. The total weight OF all torpedo
installation i'm this compartment. includ-
ing tubes. will be about thrty-five tons
A separate room or magazine will be re-
auired for the stowage Of torpedo war
heads.
Underwater torpedo tubes will be sup
Piled by the government, but the hull
corrections therefor are to be supplied
b. the contractors.
The complement OF officers and crew
will be about 500.
Provisions and small stores are to be
carried for three months. Distilling APP
paratus and evaporators will be fitted
for supplying fresh water. The allowance
Of water to be carried shall be sufficient
for fifteen days. not including necessary
water for sanitary purposes. Clothing.
contingent and small stores to be carried
I'm sufficient quantities for the service Of
the ship for one year.
ELECTRIC PLANT.
The electric generating plant Is to con-
sst c. ght units, each unit to have an
engine, dynamo, and combination bed
plate and each dynamo a rated output
Of 400 amperes at so volts. The total
weight Of the eight units complete must
not exceed $4,000 pounds. The total weight
Of tine whole electric installation, includ-
ing dynamos engines, bedplates, all fit
tings wiring. stores, and four search
lights, must not exceed "a tons.
The turrets are to have electrical turn
ing gear, to be furnished and installed
complete by the contractors. The turret
ammunition hoists, elevating gear, and
hammers will be supplied by the govern
ment: they are to be operated by electri-
city. the motors and controlling gear for
this purpose to be supplied and installed
by the contractors.
Ammunition HOSTS, in addition to those
above enumerated, are also TO be ope-
rated by electricity; the motors and con-
trolling gear therefor to be supplied and
installed by the contractors.
Electric power shall be employed for
operating all turrets. ammunition hoists,
for working the guns, for ventilatng
fans below the armored deck, and for
small ventilating fans above.
| SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL WEIGHTS.
Tons.
Guns and s........................ 54
Ammunition, ordnance stores, and
submerged torpedo outfit. ............ 4Si
Machinery, complete...... ...........I,l3O
Equipment, complete .................. l99
Turret turning machinery. ~
Boats and outfit.......... ............... "a
Masts and spars. .......................'' ~
Officers, crew, provisions, and cloth
ing ...,.......... .........-.. .......... Iif
Miscellaneous stores and water........ 81
Two-thirds of total coal, plus two-thirds
Of full ammunition, plus two-thirds OF
total stores, must be carried at the nor
NAL displacement Of II, 800 tons.
AS TO SPEED.
II ON trial the average speed shall equal
or exceed a speed at sea of 10 knots an
hour for four consecutive hours, the vessel
will be accepted so far as the
speed is concerned. II the speed
falls below 16 knots and exceeds
10 knots an hour, the vessel Will
be accepted at a reduced price, the re-
ducton being at the rate Of $4,000 quar-
ter knot deficiency of speed from 10
knots TO Is 1-2 knots, and at the rate OF
$4,000 q quarter knot deficiency OF speed
from Is IL knots to - knots If the speed
falls below 10 knots an hour. the vessel
may. i'm the discretion of the Secretary
of the Navy, be rejected, or accepted at
a reduced price 10 be agreed upon be-
tween the Secretary. and the contractors.
In case Of rejection. any money that may
have been paid to the contractors on ac-
count shall be refunded.
HULL TO BE REVERSED.
Acting Chairman Hull. of the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign Committee
seems TO have put his foot in 1t, when he
recognized the Wise-Carney committee In
the Second District, as against the Bur
roughs- Rowden, which has the sanction
and backing of the machine State Execu-
tive Committee. The Bowdenites have
appealed TO the supreme dictator, Mark
Hanna. and there can hardly be doubt
that the action Of Hull will be reversed
and the nomination of Holland as The Re-
publican candidate in the Norfolk District
recognized as regular. The split in the
party is now so wide and the feeling so
bitter that w. A. Young, the Democratic
candidate, will have walkover.
TORPEDO-BOAT NATTER.
Secretary Long and notwithstanding
Allen. of the Navy Department, are Doth
out of the city, and consequently no fur-
Their action has been taken in the matter
of awarding the contracts Tor the con-
struction of the torpedo-boat and tor
pedo-boat destroyers
Some naval officials believe that Mr.. ".
p Trigg. in addition to the five boats al
ready recommended by the board, VIII
get one additional destroyer, and perhaps
two.
President F. T. ID. Myers Of the Rich
mond Fredericksburg and Potomac rail-
road is I'm the city, stopping at the
Metropolitan. ~
General superintendent Joseph W.
Katee ~ the Southern division OF the
Postal Telegraph Company. VINO mas Deeh
here for the past day or two. stopping al
tho Raleigh. on business, left TINS morn
inc for Alexandria, from which point he
will return TO Richmond tonight.
Fermentation Evan +. HoWeh' OF 'he
Atlanta Constitution, Is IN tne citS'
consult the President about his appoint
ment on the proposed commission to In
vestigate the management, or mismanage-
ment of the army during the present war
with Spain by the War Department. he
is at the Metropolitan.
w. H. Taylor, Mrs. j. d. caoler, ~
,r,oi,er Rrooke. wife, and daughter, OF
Norfolk, va; Warren l.. Kultz, chapel
Hnl n. g, and w. r. Robins are at the