The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-02-02

lest battleships Of the Navy. Il can lift
itself as veil. Ia other words. ~
raises i,s own bottom out Of the water
while boating only upon It's great hol
low side box. and tie bOltOm In turn
lifts up tie SIDE box 10 a sufficient
height 10 permit Of lis being scraped,
cleaned and copper painted.
Notwithstanding TIE apparently In.
tricate problems confronted In the
construction Of such a huge engine. the
Navy Department had a san greater
problem 70 solve when II considered
methods Of sending the Dewey Go the
Philippine Islands. Tho great size Of
tb9 machine meant that IL could make
but slow progress through the water
and the Government had had no expe-
riencs In sending such structures
across the uncertain Atlantic. How.
ever. the inducement OF extra good
salaries enabled the Ofilcials % obtain
crew Of ex0ericnced men % handle
the dock. The hollow sides OF the enor.
nous engine provide abundant living
quarters for the crew Of thirty. and
are as good as the best quarters on any
nan OF war. There Is on board a com.
/
fresh water AMI the ration allowances
are doulle those received by the men
Of the United states Navy. Sine the
dock has left the United States. u has
been in almost continuous communal,
ton with the shore by means Of the
wireless telegraphy.appaTatus on board
~ well rs on the three naval vessels
towing g. II Is supposed by the Gov
eminent officials that Il will take near
/ " four months for the structure q
make the trip 20 the Philippines
Games for the Mariners.
The great floor OF the Dewey Il Of
SUFFICIENT sac % allow u a regulation
game OF base ball. a fact which prob
ally will be taken advantage OF wher
the warmer climates are reached
Should the little feet meet with a hur
i ricane such as might usually he encoun
tered on the Atlantic IN water, th'
towing steams could throw OF the tOv
lines and the Dewey could be Gle,
with sufficient water TO sink 10 a depil
which would assure It's safety Until
after the storm had passed away. WHILE
the towing boats could ind safe refug'
within the dock.
The route taken By the nect Is a
follows: After passing out Of Che.
, apcake bay. "a takes a course due cas-
, ward across the Atlantic 10 the NJ
deira Islands, from whence II enter
: the Mediterranean through the strait
Of Gibraltar, until the Suez Canal {
reached. The traversing OF the sue
Canal was another problem whicl
g...a a. nH.t.rs - a. No. nrv,a =,
ment, but after making careful meas
urements u was found that the dOcl
would easily pass through the Cana
The fee that the United States Gov
ernment Is called upon 10 paw for q
use Of the Canal for this purpose
$50 600.
After passing through the Sue
Canal, the squadron Of three TOWN.
boats and the dock viii sail throuEl
the Red Sea between Arabia and Al
RIGA and thence on 10 the India
Ocean. Singapore viii probably be
stopping place for the expedition an
after going through the straits % Ma
lacca. Il will pass MP the China Sc
and thence 70 the Cavite naval station
reaching there Just about On time 20
the Easter holidays
/ Other Dry Docks.
The United States has a couple o
other floating dry docks. one II Al
giers, La. but recently completed. an
another at Pensacola. Fla. former,
stationed az Havana Before the Goa
Ing dry dock vas considered q success
tho stationary dry dock vas the onl
kind available. This was complete
upon shore. generally Of concrete an
granite. with slipping sides and q cor
cave trough for the kulls Of vessels q
"a into. The Navy has sixteen O
these. four being situated at Brooklyn
pAla and Marc Island. California. an