New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

manner In which it is arranged, is that Of Vickers
Sons Maxim of England, contained in their
special pavilion. On the ground floor is a col
lection of machine and quick firing guns, among
automatic H-pounder. and the Nickers 6-lnch ana
Indeed. the 712-inc6 QUICK firing gun, nifty cabres
in length giving muzze velocity of 1920 feet a
second to projecttle of 200 pounds weight is by
far the most interesting type of marine ordnance
at the Exposition; and If the rate OF IRE claned
with any certainty it cannot fail to be largely
terest to the artillery exhibit of this company is
that Of the 1ofels OF pun nd wTbinb are
shown on the second floor of their building. These
them. that of the armored cruiser King Alfred.
for example, of 14.11O tons displacement 620 feet
length, 10000 horse power and q knots speed pre-
sent great interest as Illustrating in most com
Riete manner the IDEAS e6oqC0 % IN rc TbeTe
also interesting models of the results OF hrlng
and lndeed Wnen Il Is ayai |5esse1s Of every
class from the 30-knot torpedo boat destroyer 10
the first class armored cruiser and battleshp; pul
a0 E@or the pse With With wch they are the
remarkable excellence of the exhibits in eacn M oI
an Illustration of the ADVANTAGES that accrue from
various mechanical departments th9t must T con N
tribute to the production OF the modern FeSSeI u
WATER TUBE BOILERS SHOWN.
In the main building two of the most timely ex-
hibits are those of the water tube boilers most
largely used in France, namely, the Belleville and
Niclausse types which are each represented by a
battery Of full sized boilers, with all their attach
The French. Russian and German shipyards each
exhibit a number of interesting models OF cruisers
and battleships in which the most novel feature
is the large number of vessels using the triple
screw type of propulsion. The German models are
interesting not only on account of the admirable
disposition of the heavy and medium calbre guns
and the care taken in their protecLon, M Out IL, as
showing how rapidly the number OF German snip
yards has increased which are capable of under
taking the construction of armOred vessels of war.
The italian shipyards have also some excellent
models of arTnored cruisers-among others, the
Christobal Coon-and perhaps the most interesting
fact in connection with these vessels IS that OF
the construction of several Of them being accom-
nIished 1ile in seventeen months The French steel
works have interesting exhibits OF the armor
piercing I'M shell hell s 5hs to ina their e6r OF
At the riverside was moored a Newfoundiand
fishing bark that for forty years had made yearly
trim to the fishing banks and served to illus
trate aided by the ever present clhemaloSrapip
the life of the Newfoundland fisherman.
Moored lust astern and forming an interesting
contrast that marked the end OF the century as
in certain measure the Newfoundland hsherman
beginning the little steamer Turbinia; with its
steam turbine engines and its record of thirty-one
And if one were to endeavor to take single ex-
ample from the rich field offered by the marine
diate future a fair chance of fulhment of becom-
ing one of the milestones that will mark the
nv in so far as the convenience of the travelling
public is concerned the model of a proposed chan
mel steamer exhibited by the builders of the Tur-
binia for which speed of thirty knots is prom
ised is perhaps likely to be realized as any
vessel might go far toward showing the possibility
of building A transatlantic liner that would make
the water tube boiler and the steam turbine al
though far from being a hnally perfected achieve
menf is probably likely as anything else now
in sight to be the means Of accomplishing the next
decisive step in the advance OF the speed or ocean
may be found TO be financially possible for long
voyages.