The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-16

water can ct in. for between the protect
I've deck and the armOr belt VIII be a COT
Ter dam belt Of hreprcOf corn plth
cellulOse, which viii swell when the wa
ter enters and close the hole
Both the New Jersey and her sister ship,
the Rhode Island. viii be fitted ar flag
ships. and provision Is made for the ac-
commodatiou Of a flag officer, the ships
captain. a feet chief Of staff. 20 ward
room officers, J. junior officers, 10 war
rant officers, and 65s crew and marines.
making a total Of 1u4. or a ships compile
meUt tIuaiIug Iu size that carried by IL
lne-of-battle ships II 0ldeu times
ENORMOUS as the New Jersey viii De.
having an cStlmuted displacement Of "a 800
tons her drJUEbL viii only be - feet Q
inches, as compared with the smaller and
Older Indiana, the Iowa. and the Nassa-
chusetts. respectively. OF In.225. 1888. and
I'-sN TONS with 2TaGgntS u = feet. In
engine power as well as in size the New
Jersey breaks the haLLlezlIp record. for
she VIII carry two engines. developing -
less than d, I'D indicated horsepower. Hrr
great twin screws VIII be driven by y,--
teal, fpur-Cy Under, tTipic-CN0duS en-
g-neS. having a stroke OF four feet and
running about 40 revolutions minute.
the ratios of hiEh-pressure and loW-press-
ure cylinders being ! 10 40. Steam at 80
pounds pressure a square inch W4l be-
generated 10y tWeuty-fOUr straight water
tube boilers placed for safety, in case Of
collision OF Of Injury in action. in groups
OF four each III SIX separate Water-tiSht
compartments
New Jersey VIII consist u eight separate
engines and dyDlmOs. mounted on comb
nation b.tplatts, Of which Two Will have
"a rated output II ~ 2MpeTes al SD volts
while the remaining six Will have rated
output of 90 amperes at So volts. or
enough electrical power 70 light a large
sized city Ia addition To lighting the
ship driving the tUrrct turning gear and
moving and firing the guns. electricity
VIII be- used for the blowers both foU the
general and the turret ventilation and
s..
. board ship, which VIII bc a machine shop
as complete as those where city work is
taken The normal coal supply of the
New Jersey VIII be $50 tons. which will BE-
I carried at the trial. but she viii have q
total bunker capacity, for long cruises or
IN time or war. Of 1890 tons.
The New Jersey and the Rhode Island
were aulhOrlzeI bE act Of Congress OF
June Z. 1880 and the contract was award
Cd ON February IS. 1901. 10 the Fore Riv-
or yard. calling for delivery complete 10
the Government thITty-siX months after
that date. OF on February -. 1891 Al
ready the work has been started on ouin-
cy POINT, although to the Iaymeu there
IS apparently no sign OF this at the yard
All the plans. however. are well under
way, "a force Of sixty draUchtsmen being,
employed by the builders
The Carnegie works have begun the
shipment Of the steel plates of which
I some 600, weighing approximately s.
Nl9vtD pounds. OF 300 long tons. a cargo
for an ocean liner. viii bc cmroIved in
TWO million. two hundred and fifty thou
sand pounds Of angles and other shaped
steel VIII be employed I'm the New Jcr-
sey, and the same amount in the Rhode
| Island. There will be- besides. SOC 90
pounds Of nickel steel plates on each ship.
When the contract for these two bat
tleships was given there was no Fore
River yard in anything Ike the form ia
which IL appears today busy on the con-
structiCu Of the protected cruiser Dcs
I MOiues. the torpedo boat desfroysrs Mo
DJuOuEh and the Lawrence. and the first
seveu-masted Steel schooner While this
yard has been building IL has all the time
complicated this Self-Ergwth hy turning
ont work. and even now is expanding it
SELF for battleShip construction Twenty
eight hundred men viii be employed with
I'm short time. or aS soon as the work
on the New Jersey and the Rhode Island
is wei under way These are 90 be dis
tribUted as follows. Ship workers 100.
maChiuiStS. 800 patterUmakeTs. and wood
workers zoo. forgrrS ana blackSIliths. $50.
lab0TeTs and SeamDD. -NJ. drIUghtsmcu.
/ lGO. painters. -; foUudrymC0. %. This viii
| be a greaC force. buJ one warranted by
[ the fact that the New Jersey and the
Rhode Island break previous records in
( their cost the contract price being 81
800 900 each