The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-01

Christened Her.
Philadelphia April 25.-The armored
cruiser Colorado was launched, Sat
urday at Cramps ship yard in the
presence of distinguished gathering
of officials from Washington and the
state of Colorado, including the en-
tire congressional delegation. Miss
Cora May Peabody. daughter of Gov.
Peabody of Colorado, broke the bot
tie of wine on the PROV of the cruiser
as she glided down the ways at 1895.
and into the Delaware river. Miss
Peabody was escorted to the christen-
ing stand by Charles H. Cramp, presi-
dent of the Cramp Shipbuilding Co,
and the fair sponsor was followed by
her father, Gov. Peabody, Mrs. Pea
body, James c. and Miss Jessie Pea
body.
The Washington Party.
The Washington party arrived here
at II o'clock and proceeded at once to
the ship yard. 1t included Assistant
Secretary Darling and Mrs. Darling,
Admiral and Mrs. Bowles, Admiral
and Mrs. Bradford, Admirals O'Neill,
Melville and Endicott and Mr.. Cowles,
Commanders Switzerland and Schroe-
der, Chekib Bey, the Turkish minis
ter, and his two sons; Senior Riano, of
the Spanish legation; Capt. Boutekoff,
of the Russian legation, and Lieuten-
ante Commander Takeshita of the Jap
anese legation, and Representative
I~Aliner. of Wisconsin.
Guests At the Launching.
Among the guests from Colorado
were: Mrs. Wright, wife of Mayor
Wright of Denver, and her daughters.
one of which, Roberta, recently chris
tened the cruiser Denver; Mr.. and
Mrs.-J. c. Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Steinmetz, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Grant,
Mr.. Grant. Judge o. f. Lefevre and
Mrs. Lefevre, Mr.. and Mrs. a. L.
Welch, eN-Gov. Thomas and Mrs.
Thomas.
Mayor Weaver and other Philadei-
phia officials. were among those invit-
! ed.
One of New Type.
The cruiser Colorado is of a new
class of vessels added to the Ameri-
can navy. She is an armored cruiser
of the first class, yet she bears the
name of state, an honor formerly
1
with tremendous battery power she
has the speed of an ocean liner.
| The vessel is 5O2 feet long, SO feet
inches wide with a draught of "a feet
6 inches. Her speed requirement calls
| for % knots an hour for four con-
! secutive hours She is fitted with
twin screws, twin triple expansion en-
gines. which must develop $4,000 indi-
Gated horse power.
Improved I<rupp ArmOr.
All of the armor is of the most inn
proved Krupp type. The water line
region is guarded by a seven-anda
haIf-foot belt reaching from bow to
stern. Amidships for distance of
pa feet abreast the engines, boilers
! and magazines. the belt has a maxi
mum thickness of six inches. For
ward and aft this belt Will have Il uni
form thickness of 80 inches. Five
inch armor Will surround the six
inch guns at the four corners of the
| superstructure on the main deck. The
four S-inch guns are mounted on two
balanced turrets, with slanting faces,
! having ermor six and six and a half
| inches thick 4 belt of cellulose, eX-
tending from bow to stern, above the
protective deck. will automatically
plug all shot holes admitting the wa
| ter.
The Vessels Fighting Force.
The fighting force of the Colorado
| is conferred principally in two bat
| teries She will carry main battery
of four up-to-date s-inch and ii six
inch rapid-fire rifles, a secondary bat
terry of eighteen 4-pounders and
twelve 3-pounders and supplemental
force of eight 1-ponnders, two field
pieces. two machine guns and six au-
tomato guns for service on the
bridges and in the tops. The s-inch
guns are designed to fire once every
SO seconds and the 6-inch guns are ex-
pected to fire three times a minute
The contract price of the Colorado
was $3,7SO,OO0.