The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-08
HUGE SEA
MONSTER
Now Lying on the
Portland Beach.
UNCLE SAN OWNS THE CREATURE
"a Torpedo Scat Destroyer" to be
tsuaehsd on July Z Next
Formidable Craft

PORTLAND. Ore. April S--rhe
big torpedo destroyer Goldsborough
will be ready for launching on tho
Fourth OF July, and the event will
form no small feature OF the eele-
brauo nof that glorious day. As
she stands on the Ways today. she
looks formidable enough to b. sent
against whole feet Of the enemy.s
warships. but. like Secretary Dick
Thempson's first wRFahin. abe sim
T. "hoiief.s that II 10 say she Is all
case and no works The works.
which viii be a very essential part
of the Goidshorough'z makeup. viii
be put in before abe - launched.
The coming towers are ON the
decks. and a big hood. shaped like a
half cone. extends along the forward
deck rrady 90 receive the breakers
that rolls over tho shlu as she plowz
along. and drop them gently back
into their element before they have
time TO look round for damage TO
do. Her sharp bows split the vision
60 that man looking at them can
not tell whether a man he sees along
side AFT somewhere l. on the port
or starhoard side, or Is two men on
both sides.
Inside the boat the observer can
hear a tattoo Of hammers worthy Of
a place In a waEnertau ercheatra.
and II he ventures up the inclined
plane that leads to the vessels decks
he can see the dusky forms Of men
working By eandle-lght. and the
glow Of red-hot rivets which are be-
ing hammered through bulkhcadH
and Seek beams. uniting them 80
firmly that not even death can part
them. Part OF the minor machinery
10 going In now--the fan that viii
force the draft. the foundation for
the pumps ana the condenser, and
other things that win not be much
in the way when the great day ar
rives thai sees the installation OF the
engines.
The engine. themselves. his. hulk
ing things that cost more than a
landsman would believe they would
ever be worth are In the machine
ship. where work In proceeding
on them slowly and very carefully.
without the engines. the Colds
borough would be heayinE log on
the uneasy sea. with them. she II a
flying monster that throws thirty
three miles In her frothy wake every
sixty minutes.
The Thornycroft boilers. three OF
them. which will supply the engines
with the breath OF their life. are
nearly done. and are assembled In
Nj Nwr ae.
fairs that look more like piles % net
ly stacking tubing than anything
else. Each one Of them contains
three miles of tubes. and the con-
denser. which ls not half as biz as
a boiler. will contain four. The con-
denscr Is a queer-lookiug thing-like
a section Of a huge boa -constrict0r
cut while It's owner was In the last
agonies. II In not made straight be-
cause the tubes with which 10 IL
filled viii expand when they got hot
In spite Of everything. and n they
were straight their expansion would
lift OF the heads o. the condenser
and make trouble Of several kinds.
Being curved. they can expand to
their hearts content. archiug like a
cats back. and no harm viii be done.
II all the tubing which goes into
the GoldsboroaEh were 10 stretch
It's length en- the bring deep. she
would have 70 run nearly half an
hour at top speed TO travel from
one end Of u TO the other.
Experts who have seen the Colds
borough, say that she Is n far bet
ter boat than the FarraKut. lately
finished by the Union Iron works.
and predicts that the day after her
trial trip there will be new speed
record written In the annals Of the
United States NAVY.