The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-05-05


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no one of whom contributed more than
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The naval board on construction has
finally approved the plans Of the three
battleships authorized by the last Con-
gress and gave instructions to have the
specifications prepared at once prellln-
mary to calling for bids from the ship
builders. The ships will be enlarged
lowas In type with the same rectan
gular superstructure and the two tur-
rets, bow and stern, on the main deck.
The turret guns will be twelve-inch cal
iber, like the Iowa's guns; there will
be turret at each corner of the super
structure, carrying two eight-inch guns
and twelve six-inch rapid firers will be
disposed along the sides of the central
citadel. The ships will make nineteen
knots speed and have displacement Of
about 1880 tons. making these new
ships by far the largest In the United
States navy and as big as the largest
type of British armored cruisers. AS
the constructors are limited in the draft
by our shallow harbors to a little oyer
twenty-five feet, and us seventy-hve
feet represents about the greatest beam
consistent with speed, 1t will be neces-
sary to provide for the weights by CIV
ing the ships more length than the
Iowa class, and they will he almost
44O feet long. The secondary batteries
will be made UP largely OF fourteen
Founders. Altogether the ships will be
more than equal to any warships OF
their size in the worlds navies.
,fhe report Of the commissioner Of
internal revenue looks very much US II
we were becoming nation OF beer
drinkers, the increased consumption OF
malt liquors having been 30 rapid dur
ing the last forty years. In lS6o, when
the population OF the country was 3l,-
100000, we consumed only about =
100000 barrels of beer, Or an average
Of one barrel to every sixteen people.
In 1870, with poulatiOn OF 3S,5OO,OOO,
we consumed 8,574, 617 barrels OF beer,
or an average Of about one barrel TO
every six people. In 1880 the popuia-
ton had increased thirty per cent. but
the consumption of beer was doubled,
and 90, l55, 1913 people consumed l3,34t,-
III barrels OF beer. In 1880 the con-
sumption of beer had doubled again,
reaching a total OF 27,561 ,944 barrels.
while the population had increased on
ly twenty-four per cent. to d2,662'2 20.
In 1895, when, according to the esti-
mates Of the bureau of statistics, we
had 50, COZ, 900 people, we consumed 3d.
561, All barrels of beer. or about one
barrel for every two persons In the
whole community, and In 1890, with
10000. 600 people, we consumed 36,5Sl,'
ia barrels Of beer. Thus the popnia'
tion has increased 125 per cent. and the
consumption Of beer 1,S0O per cent
| The increase In the manufacture Of
! whisky has not been % rapid In fact
more whisky was produced In th<
United States In 1884 than in 1850, thu
total In the former yeaf being 0.295.
go aAllons. and In 1900 s., 125.S32 gal
4 t0ns.
| Secretary Gage has sent to the Sen
ate reply to the resolutions OF the
senate Of April 10th, in regard to the
amount Of revenues derived from the
so-called war revenue act with 4 state
ment showing the total amount OF snch
receipts from June I3, 1898, to the 31si
ult. The statement is As follows: