The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-13
WILL BUY SUBMARINE BOATS
POSSIBLE VALUE OF sURHERGIBI.E
CRAFT is TO BE THOROUGH
LY TESTED
MANY AUXILIARY CRUISERS
Practically All the Fast Liners Are
Now at the British AdmiraIty's
Disposal in Case
of War.

LONDON, March 12-The British nav
al estimates for 19O1-2 amount to $780,
S5,5OO, an increase of over $1,000 0G0,
chiefly for shipbuilding. There is an in
| crease of S,745 in the number of officers
| and men. The shipbuilding programme
provides for three battleships. six ar
mored cruisers, two third-class cruisers,
ten torpedo boat destroyers. five torpedo
boats. two sloops of war and five sub
marine boats. Or some of these vessels
work was begun in 1900 All the ships
will be in course of construction this
year
Under the heading of submarine boats.
the admiralty report says:
Five of the type invented by Holland
nave been ordered, the first of which
should be delivered next autumn. What
the future value of these boats may be
III naval warfare can only be a matter
OF conjecture. Experiments with these
DoatS Will assist the admiralty IN aScer-
tanning their true value The question
OF their employment must be studied in
all It's developments and their mechanism
carefully watched in this country
AUXILIARY CRUISERS.
During the year arrangements will be
made with nearly all the great steamship
companies by which their finest vessels
VIII De be held at the disposition of the ad-
mlraIty Tor employment as armed cruis-
erS when repaired. The lines previously
engaged have been added to by the
orient Royal Mail line and the Pacific
companies Eighteen of the largest and
sWl1test passenger steamers of the lines
VIII receive an annual SubVention Thir-
~ other steamers have been placed at
e the disposition Of the admiralty with
out further subsidy
The committee of the admiralty. which
mas been considering the different types
01 Do1Ier Tor the past six months con-
oemns the Belleville boiler The report
says:
The advantages of water tube boilers
Ior naval purposes are so great a neces-
9 sity from ron military point of view, that.
PROVIDED a satisfactory type of water
tube boiler could be adopted, they would
be more suitable for the navy than the
cylindrical boiler. The committee does
not CONSIDER that the Belleville boiler has
any such advantage as to lead them to
recommend it as the best adapted to
the requirements of the navy. They
ordered, that the BellevilIe boilers he
not fitted in any case and that in the
ShlpS under construction BelleVille boilers
pe not used II work on the boilers is not
far advanced. Where a change Of boil
efs would delay the completion of the
ships Belleville boilers should be re-
tanned in completed vessels
TYPES OF BOILERS.
The committee is considering various
tyPes OF large, straight tube boilers and
vessels will be fitted with each kind.
Among the objections to the BelTevilIe
boilers are the following:
Inc circulation of the water Is defec-
tive and uncertain; the automatic feed
ing apparatus is Of a delicate and com
pIlcated kind: there is a great excess
OF pressure required in the case of the
iced pipes and the pumps over the boiler
pressure; the amount of coal consumed is
relatively greater in the Bellevllle, involv-
ing greater cost; there is an excess of
boiler pressure over the working pres
s sure re- Of the engines; the water gauges
90 not indicate with certainty the amount
of the water in the boiler.
Ihese are Illustrations Of the technical
boilers. i0 Viz
The reports show also that the experi-
ments with patent fuel resulted in its
adoption, and that adequate supplies will
oe stored at foreign stations. Addition
resS. 40 P0f7
OF the total. estimate for new con-
structlon which is SO Oj3, ,256, eS.465. .40s
VIII VIII be be devoted to work in hand and the
rest TO starting the new projected work.
The estimates close with statemene
tnat bill to provide money for certain
duced. iii'io