The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-26
The Destroyer Rounded to at
5 P. M. Yesterday.
Has Been Viewed by Thousands OF
People Since she Dropped
Anchor.
SAILORS TO BE ENTERTAINED |


arrived yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock from Evansville and is DOW
anchored out in the river below the
towhead. The little wasp did not
make very good time down, coming
on lone wheel" as il were, and it re-
quired what seemed to the patient
watchers on the river front an inter
minably long time for her to make
her appearance after passing Smith.
land.
She was given the usual welcome
by the boats in the hsrbor, the mills
and locomotives, and will be here to-
day, and possibly longer.
The sailors came to the city for mail
and small supplies Immediately upon
their arrival, but no one was premit-
ted aboard the boat.
The Commercial club has in charge
the matter of entertainment, and it is
announced today that the two officers
do not desire any kind of entertain
ment, and officials will not come
ashore. One must remain aboard all
the time, hence tie only entertainment
provided will be for the 50 or more
sailors, who will be given q dutch
lunch at Elks hall.
The jack tars have had jolly good
time since they assembled the Missis-
sippi and Ohio rivers, and have been
Toasted and petted everywhere. A
number of them enjoyed shore leave
today.
The vessel has attracted a great deal
Of attention. 1t was hoped to have
barge landed close to the shore for her
to anchor against, in order that the
people might get out to her and in
spect her, but no barge could be
found.
The officers announced that the
vessel would be open for inspection
from to 4:So O'Clock today.
The Lawrence is the largest torpedo
boat destroyer owned by the govern
ment and is an immense vessel. The
coming to Paducsh of this most
modern product Of the war department
is an event. Never before have the
people Of this section had an oppor-
tunity to see vessel OF this type.
There is only one other torpedo
boat destroyer in the navy, the Mac
Donough. that rivals the Lawrence,
and there are sixteen destroyers alto
gether. The Marlborough and the
Lawrence are almost the same size,
while all the others are considerably
smaller.
The Lawrence 10 one of the latest
products Of the navy, having been
built in lS9S-1900 at Weymouth,
Mass. She is steel vessel with screw
propulsion. She is gao feet 10 inches
long.
The AVERAGE visitor to the Lawrence
will be tempted to become curious to
know where there Is sufficient space
to house two officers and "A men on
the Lawrence. There 10 not a single
hatch which does not reveal mass of
intricate and tangled pipes and ma
chinery. Down each one leads an un-
usually narrow steel ladder, over
which is lifted patent hatch cover Of
the same material. No woman on
earth could 60 below without discom-
fort. so, difficult is the method of
passage.
In one compartment just forward of
amidships are quartered twelve men
in space not larger than common
sized bathroom.
Every available and imaginable inch
of space on the Lawrence is utilized
for machinery to develop all the
horse power possible and increase the
boats coal carrying capacity. With
the exception Of few sea chests and
the regulation bridge, everything is
stored below.
The most prominent feature of the
Lawrence, aside from its peculiar
color, 10 the four stacks. which look