El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-02

Of a magnifying glass. Each of the
WOrkmen takes so special a pride in his
part of the job that every object he
Turns out, whether it be a tackle block
or a gunmount, is made as nearly per-
feet as possible in its likeness to the
real thing. The rapid-fire guns for in
stance, do everything but shoot. But
the big turret rifles are not made OF
steel any longer, as formerly, but OF
wood, for the sake Of economy, ana
the turrets themselves are Of wood,
painted slate color, instead of metal,
as Of old
Florida, for example, built OF a
series Of wooden slices, as one might
say, each slice being piece OF hall
inch white pine plank, cut out In sucn
a figure as to represent the outline
of the body Of the vessel at given
height above the keel When the slices
have been arranged one on top or an
other, in their proper order, ana Ihelf
ed ICES smoothly evened with sandpaper,
they collectively, compose the hull OF
the ship that is to be. 1t only remains,
so far as this part of the task Is con-
cerned, to fasten them together with
glue, while held securely by strong
clamps. in such fashion as to insure
their forming a solid and permanent
mass.
At the present time the naval toy
makers are busily engaged in turning
out two models, one representing a
collier Of large size and improved pat
tern congress having recently apprO-
priated the money for several such
bOats), and the other being a miniature
reproduction ~Of the "supeT-Dread-
nOught" New York, whose keel was laid
at the Brooklyn navy yard recently
The New Ork.- by the way VIII be
5000 tons bigger than the Florida, and
she has a twin, the Texas IN process
Of construction at Newport News, va.
Old Vessels Renamed.
One of our most important fighting
vessels during the Spanish war, 1t viii
be remembered. was the armOred
cruiser New York She has been re
named the Saratoga. in order that the
Empire state might have a first class
battleship for which to be sponsor. The
old Texas (Which fought at Santiago
and helped wipe out Cervera's squad
ROM was rechristened the san Marcos
. not long ago, as a preliminary to util-
iZing her as an experimental target for
some Of our biggest guns. But the new
Texas viii be powerful enough to whip
a dozen of the ancient pattern
The hull Of the miniature battleship
New York is now just about finished
and ready for the attachment Of the
rudder and the polished propellers OF
brass. 1t has received its first coat OF
paint-this part Of the task in the
making Of g. model being one Of ex-
IRENE delicacy. The deck, for one
thing, must look as If of real planks.
Next the five turrets will be put on.
wood. and so likewise. is the coming
tower.
The most important task Of the three
whittlers already mentioned is the
making Of the boats, of which such a
vessel of course. carries a good many.
Two OF these are steam launches and
are provided with engines and all the
requisite machinery In metallic NINA
ture. The other boats are just like
real onesN in ali respects, even to the
false bottom IN the little dingy.
jackknife, a bit Of sandpaper and a pot
of glue are the sole implements en-
ployed in this part of the job.
Scattered all around the ship, as one
might say, and looking out OF port
holes, will be no fewer than % five
inch gUns-which, curiously enough,
are not meant (the originals, that Isl
for use IN battle They would not even
be fired in an engagement at sea, be-
ing intended merely for defence against
possible attack by torpedo boats. A
single explosive shell from one Of them
would be likely to disable such mos
quito craft. and put It out of business.
When these have been properly mount
ed IN the model. the big guns win be
placed IN the turrets. and il will only
remain to add the details Of equipment
Many Important Details.
Such details however, are sufficient
" numerous. There are, TO start with.
two great cranes for lifting the larger