The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-21

SUCCESSFUL TESTS MADE
General Miles Approves Of
the Engine It's Re
markable Results.

WlnflRfQ 1GolL 0lIHS, tHE tHstLtuL y tiir
Sims Dudley dynamite gun, arrived at
his home on Mount Prospect avenue last
night, having come direct from Sandy
Hook. where he has been busy at the PROV
ing grounds testing the new five inch dy-.
Mantle gun. says the Newark Sunday
CALI Mr.. Sims spoke in warm terms of
the new cast steel gun, the invention Of
DR.. Calling, who is now 50 years Of age
but full Of activity and enthusiasm over
this his latest contrivance for reducing
the cost, while not disturbing the ~efiicier-
cy of heavy ordnance Mr.. Sims said
that DR.. Cuttings new gun would reduce
the cost of big guns 80 per cent. or. more.
While the life of the new gun could not
be determined until 800 or so shots had
witnessed the experiments were quite con-
quirements.
AS regards his w invention Mr.. Sims
was quite as enthusiastic. The tests
gwen If on Thursday and Friday were
emifaently successful. The gun worked
perfectly n the Government officers
were well satisfied with 1t. Mr.. Sims
gun is the largest he has yet made. Dur
ing the summer the s~ims-Dudley Com-
pany received an order from the govern
ment for d five inch gun. to fire a sro-
jectile three milesAat a stipulated velocity.
The tests were not necessary. SO far as
the ii was concerned. for On the
| completion OF the gun 1t was to be turned
over to the Government, The Board Of
| Fertilization and Ordnance, however,
was informed that the company would be
| pleased to nut the gun through d. series,
| Of tests when the board should visit the
Sandy Hook proving grounds. and ac-
| cordingly the big engine of destruction
was transported to the Hook and was on.
hand last Thursday when the officers.
with General Miles, President OF the
board. arrived.
The gun has a 6ve-irch bore. The pro-.
iectIle ttlbe IL twetaty feet long made of
brass IN two sections which NAV be de-
| tacheds so that the tube when detached
is b,t Ten feet long. The air combustion
t,,he. from which the nowder charge
which eeuerates tha force which hu,1s
- ssasus - e. = 80 49,
lhe pfeJeetiles ~ heea, ~ Ten ieeet iohs.
The gun weighs 5000 pounds, but when
|.certaip imprayements are completed the
49, -.s,, reS,sasa -. ooo 1900 -
$3.50 ! $780, a,a ana = i ~ NJ 49, ~ Nv
| four barses yupon ordinary roads 1t was
n,,naa ~ twa har.as atsssnav Haok a1ang
the beach through the sand. The com.
| bustion tube is nine inches in diameter.
and hss : sayan.iroh bare The nroiee-
60 - - -.
tile tube is but fl~ve-eiEhths OF an -asch
thick. 1t is of the finest of brass, and
win stand ! nressssra ~ 7s oo0 mounds ia
mni sai.u : - 4. .o,Vo $3.50
the square inch. Thls enormous strength
is away out Of proportion with the neces-
sarv strength because but 1900 pounds
$3.50 s ~ $500 snah : aSarted
DTGSS1TeI 0%IneE SQuaI6% llCH IS GAcElcui
when the gun is fired. Thus the widest
possible margin of safety is left. reduc-
mo. ire danger. from the destruction Of
the gun to a minimum The powder
cha rga cans:sts Ar fortv grains Of smoke
80 $50 n.y. ,ra4sat}a u,a,ebs tbirtr-
less poWnef. Inc pfoJsctile "eishs tnits
four pounds and contains ten pounds of
exnlasives eelafine the highest explosive
kaawn and oue ~ the verv safest. II.
can be dropped from a high building. and
NAV be twisted about in the hands and
- hasr, oan can,a fram 3 r has 81 he
exploded by detonation. when IT'S execl-
ton rs something teFFlpIe -,
The target at which projeetiles are fred
been blown down bysa recent gale. When
in position the target was about fifty
feet high and as many wide. 1t lay on
the sand in a heap OF. debris and Mr.
Sims was requested to fife his proJeetiles
at. the heap at the distance Of a. mile.
Three shots were hred az the target,
and then Mr.. Sims asked General Miles
if he had any PARTICULAR sort of work he
would likezto see the gun do The General
answered that he wanted to see.the piece
shots had been fired at a. very low ele-
walton, and he wished to observe whether
the Drojectiles could be exploded in the
water The gun was therefore moved and
the angle increased, Three projectiles
were fired and they all exploded, throwing
great ao columns of w G into tie rs air, Is or