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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
NOTICE

The next,issueof the weekly will be
printed on Tuesday instead Of We'd
nesday. TO insure insertions In tn
daily and weekly on Tuesday all copy
should reach this office on Monday. +
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

Miss Leila johnson, who teaches
school in Lodi, is spending her vaca-
ton at the home of her parents, Mr..
md NJ rs. Franklin johnson.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26
Happenings About Town

Mrs. 5. A. Hiddenson of Sank City
arrived yesterday to spend Christm
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Steinbrink.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

Miss Vivian Briggs who has been
visiting at ReIoit for some time arrived
this afternoon to spend few days
with the Briggs families before return
ing to her home in Minneapolis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

George Pelton was Madison caller
yesterday
Miss Gertrude Cooper has gone to
Chicago to spend the holidays.
William Craft returned to his home at
g avs Lake. Illinois, after spending a
Jew days with friends Ia this city.
Irwin Coates returned to West Bend,
this state after spending few days at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
MISS. J Coates.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wilkinson OF
Milwaukee called on relatives here
yesterday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

Miss Helen Viestenz of Monroe,
michigan, will spend the holidays
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Henry
Viestenz, of Greenfield. !.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-12-26

The electrical display at the office of
the Baraboo Gas & Electric company
on saturday was great success
More visitors came than could be ac-
commodated and all OF the extra bread
In town was toasted. The wonders OF
the electrical fluid was demonstrated
in variety of ways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
4. Meyer System, Favored by Mr.. Taft and
Which Puts Real Naval Warriors in Charge
# Battleship Construction, Has Been APP
nIied to the Huge Craft Now Being
Built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

be launched on October u, 1912 The
tentative launching date fixed by the
naval constructor Is October 60, 1872.
showing that the rate Of building the hull
OF the New York is not more than keeping
pace with the rate of the private ship
builder.
ON the other hand, the machinery of the
New York is as nearly completed to-day
as is that OF the Texas. showing that IN
fifteen months the machinery division has
ed five months on the private build
ors.
This agaiu justldcs the Meyer system, if
it needed Justification among thoughtful
men.
The New York was designed laid down
and is building under the Mcycr scheme.
Experts assert that she viii he a monu-
ment TO his ssgacity IN establishing an
organization that restricts tcchnicians TO
the practice Of their technical professions.
She Is The first Of our ships To carry
H-inch guns When launched she will be-
the largest battleship aloai propelled by
reciprocating engines.
Her machinery equipment includes Eah-
cock 4 Wilcox boilers and Blake pumps
throughout Her main engines and som"
of her auxiliary engines are fitted with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

,ho battles Of the Russo-Japanese war
oo,,,irccd naval experts that success IN
future engagements required all big gun
ships.
The Connecticut represented the order-
IL, Gradual development OF the art o.
ebinIuilding from the first vessels OF tine
white Squadron to the inception Of the
nr.adnought. She shows forth remark
able progress, but every step OF TINS ad-
vance was orderly and natural an eVolu-
,,or cane and Notwithstanding In the
nature OF a revolution.
ebc Is n type. just as the navy yard
oroon,zation and administration OF the
oeriod from the Raleigh and the Cincin-
a,i IN the Connecticut was type; with
ude difference. that during that epoch
,h.ro were great adyancements in snip
design. shipbuilding and ship handling
,,.,iIe there was no progress TO speak or
IAN, retrogression rather. IN navy yara
.,ori1atlon and administration.
rbose were the good old days when the
No,.,, Department bureaus, established
o,.o,,t lS4z each had it's own progeny IN
~,,orv navy yard, each bureau perpetual
49,, i,solf in The form OF an independent
'',',.,rrelated department In every navy
yard.
t,acb of these navy yard Departments
....., presided over ly an officer OF con-
.,,derable rank and experience. lie was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

: do you know who | am. and do you
realize what you've done?"
These two functions Of heads Of depart
ments did not make for speed records In
the handling of Uncle Sans business. On
the contrary. the spirit of the times IN
couraged indirectlon. The simplest ques-
tons became involved In a labyrinth Of
red tape as illustrated In Jimmie" Con-
nolly's superb story. Laying the Hose
Pipe Ghost
Better days had dawncd by the time of
the building Of the Connecticut But even
then there were I'm the navy yards, each
a little sovereignty IN itself, the following
! several departments
Construction and repair
Steam engineering.
Equipment.
Ordnance and gunnery.
Each had its own shops. power plants
and employees. To these must be added,
of course, the stores department. under
the general storekeeper; the yard pay
master the medical department and the
marine detachment
Frequently able and good men presided
over these departments, but II Is not In
human nature for sovereign to give UP
particle of his sovereignty simply In
order that work may be done expedi-
tiously and economically.
After the completion Of the Connecticut
and before another ship was laid down at
the local yard, a revolutionary change
occurred. both in shipbuilding and in yard
organization.
The clamor for Dreadnoughts, all big
gun ships of prodlglous displacements and
considerably greater speed had been
needed. So the Florida was laid down on
March Q, 1909
Her full load displacement is 1900 tons,
while she is 52l feet inches long, has
beam OF So feet 2Is inches, draft OF 2S
feet 8 inches designed speed OF $40
knots, Is engined with Parsons turbines
designed to develop 2SoOo horsepower and
carries main battery of ten Finch
guns. mounted In five turrets disposed on
the centre line of the ship.
Before the laying down of the Florida
there had been, In keeping with the spirit
OF The times I'm the industrial world. much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
Weighing the Pieces

,o,..d Iubricating systems, VINO"
crease their efficiency about per
Ia nor equipment the method oi ""
,tt,,o ono feature is entirely new iiel
,l.fo.o the Naval Bureau or Cois" ".''V-
- ponair steam Engineering ana ~
&c. ,ocrc independently interested u,
the general and magazine reirise, IN, tho
,ho shin. Work was done by po'" ,h
hnI, and machinery divisions one su
contractor supplying the Ice " ',i,rn ,he
-. ,,,o magazine coolers, a thiru VIZ
ventilating motors and fans anu ="
the insulations. ,-.oras,e and
win these nine separate ih'e,e 90.
...''1.,'.,tu,ues II Is no wonder that ma
aa,pn rnrrIeerations nave been unSa"1
factory and that no marked iihp'o''"
was being made. al yard
op the New York. however ~ 80
divisions and all bureaus inteles'e' -
cot together and prepared Jo''l 30.
locations and schedules, so That one
snonsible firm employing refrisera'n9 ,no
aineers of the first rank wilI 90 a.,
engineering work, supply all Inatei'"''
s,aII all machines, piping and equ'p''''""
do all insulation work ana guar ""'
suits
The New YORK IS mus pioneer
mounting 1f-inch guns and IN s'oui ,nad
efficient results by employing reoos"'"
modern business methods'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

! discussion looking toward the betterment
of navy yard conditions. This was TO be
obtained through a reorganization that
should meet modern conditions and secure
the necessary consolidation and co-ordina-
/ ton.
/ While by FAR the larger part al the
/ active line officers of the navy were at
sea on the world cruise Of the battleship
/ fleet Mr.. Newbcrry became Secretary OF
the Navy This occurred during the last
DAYS Of the Roosevelt administration.
II may he remarked parenthcticaily
that throughout the Roosevelt adminis-
trati5n the Navy portfolio had been used
according to critics in the department. as
"A stepping stone. or TO pay off some po-
lltical or personal obligation by reward
ing a man OF mediocre ability.
In either case, these critics assert. the
result was the same. The Secretary, ac-
cording 10 these observers, permitted the
President TO run his department for him
For the last twenty years the construct
ors. able technical men every one Of
them. had dreamed of complete ascend
, ancy and control. Nor had they taken IL
! out in dreaming. They had not been idle.
They had we'll developed schemes for
making their dreams come true.
According to their critics, they provided
that all the young constructors who took
the course at the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology should take d fuller course
I'm engineering subjects than In shipbuild-
ing and naval architecture. They sat up
nights TO seize work that had formerly
been done by some other department In
order to establish a precedent and there
after hold this work
They asked for large appropriations.
got them and expended them, paying no
attention TO economy.
They rested their regulations for impor-
lance on the amount OF their annual eX-
pcnditures.
They fattened on arrogance and power
and blded their time when all the old
engineer officers should be retired
At the opportune moment they pur-
posed. It is believed, putting forth the
claim that no officers I'm the navy We're
qualified theoretical engineers except the
engineer educated naval constructors
But they had become drunk on success.
and on the accession Of Mr.. Newberry TO
the secretaryship. there being a majority
OF the forceful line officers out Of the
country, and an astute chief constructor
who was personal friend of the Secre-
tary and an eligible sutton for the hand
of his daughter, the time seemed oppor-
tune for the coup d'etat
The result was Mr. Newberry's over
night order. consolidating with ven
geance. The erstwhile heads of depart
ments and the commandments were re-
duced to figure heads. The naval con-
structor. with the title of manager OF the
manufacturing department" was in SUI
preme command.
About This time the chief OF the Bureau
of Steam engineering vacated his ofiice.
This was Immediately filled by the ap-
pontment OF the chief OF the Bureau Oh
Construction and Repair to be acting chiei
OF the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
There resulted then for some months
saturnalia of power and extravagance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

called the head OF department. He was
the personal representative OF his own
bureau chief in Washington.
Frequently his Official duties seemed
mainly TO consist i'm guarding jealousy
the interests Of his bureau chief ana
seeking that individuals aggrandl"cm'h''
even though the service and governments
interests went TO the bow-wows HIS
paramount personal concern NOR" ne
auently appeared 10 be to prevent any
unpleasant dminution of his own dignity
and official importance.
An apt story Is told 81 a c1mmandaht
Of one Of the yards during the civil war.
II seems that I'm those days the insignia
of rank was one half-inch gilt stripe Tor
each grade. from ensign to rear admiral
This particular commandant was a
commodore and therefore had goonlS
number of these stripes on the sleeve OF
hjs coat In fact, his sleeve was covered
with gold lace from his cum 40 ms elbow.
On one occasion "A volunteer acting en-
,.t,.or oAicer-one of those enthusiastic,
p,,rposefuI men who out Of patriotism had
,,ui,d IN the nag-was sent by the cap
,,in ~ the ninety day gunboat on which
the volunteer was serving 10 execute
some urgent errand just before the hour
Of sailing.
The acting volunteer engineer went into
,ho ward on dead run, as II 1t were a
question of life and death. AS he turned
sharplv around the corner of a building
no coIIided with an elderly officer wrapped
I'm n boat cloak.
When the two men had parity recoV-
ored from the rebound the one In the boat
cloak exclaimed
what. sir. do you mean by running
IN IN me- How dare you?'
The always earnest and none frightened
engineer stammered his apologies. de-
cIared mis- innocence OF any intent to IN
iure and excused his leze majesty by as
severating:
II do not know who you are
Don't know who | am repeated the
officer. who was now more injured than
before
He threw back his boat cloak and ex-
tending his arm. commanded;
"Iook at my arm. Now. young man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

~ .s-nd the coming tower IL will be
Above the water line it will be
4 " oe dazed with the glory Of IT
s,-eHed trumpets blowing soft-toned
-, Swapping flags, brilliant uni
T., 'u' glass, ivory decks and bright
: ana scattering spray. Always
..'"ehlng and scattering spray.
ss,,.,' 'he gauges rise. The men are
va. 70 the waist The glare Of the
) -. binding. the heat terrific. and
b. oaery circumscrfbed.
a,.9 70 yourself that you will be
h. ~ on you 90 10 sea.
ier,s,.'s's directly responsible for the
zer.. On Of the New York. under the
z s,.el a'oii-Nayal Constructor Rob-
ssset,,, head Of division; Naval Com
n Co.. z Bailey, superintendent Of
sses n'sruetion
I'd 40 myihlon captain George T..
Asd., ~ o. division. Lieutenant Com
n cons, y. Tardy superintendent of
n Instruction.
~ y,,1 iofk was laid down at the
= an. ~ Brooklyn five months after
y. b. ulhg Was done 10 her sister
'ass '.Aas, at Newport News. The
Ia 's0nched on May Is. 1912.
~
Y nu.na.. " building the New York
wv mat Of the Texas che would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
duct of the New Order Warshp Building the Mighty New York

BY virtue OF orders, men who were expert
in one line, and that highly specialized
technically, automatically became expert
in many lines.
This was the more remarkable because
they were lines in which a great many
capable offivers had devoted the best
years of their lives 10 acquiring only a
fair degree Of proficiency.
Such was the yard organization when
the Florida was laid down. and for some
months thereafter, Notwithstanding that
Mr.. Taft had become President four days
before the laying OF the keel OF the Flor
ida and had made Mr.. Meyer his Secre-
tary OF the Navy.
In spite OF the omniscience claimed by
the constructors and their Wanted will
ingness to undertake to design, manufact-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
PLACING THE BLAME.

Tho machinery was some months be-
hind the hull at the date of this reorgani-
cation. and with the attitude natural TO
men who for one brief moment had
usurped the pinnacle of power ana real
lied the ambition OF their training, ohiy
10 be reduced TO their proper vocation IL
can be imagined that all delays were
Ct arged up TO the so-called newcomer
the engineer officer
However successful the facts may have
since proved him to be, his path was not
strewn with roses.
The castings for the turbine casing we're
cast and machined in the local yard under
the Meyer organization. They cost less
than the bid that the manager under the
Newberry system urged the government
to accept.
The Florida, built at the local yard. is
an exact sister of the Utah, built at the
works of the New York Shipouildins
Company. at Camden, y. j. The utah
cost. exclusive OF armor and armament,
s3.9i6.O0o The Florida cost. exclusive OK
armor and armament. $4,000.
The machinery OF the Florida built and
installed under the supervision OF line
officers under the Meyer plan cost about
$4,000 less than the lowest bid submitted
BY 4 private concern.
These costs are not absolute because,
under the navy system of accounting,
many items are not included In the over
head which are necessarily 30 included in
the commercial plant-such as taxes, in
surance, rent interest on bonded indebt-
edness, etc. But both divisions of the
ward are under the same system, so that
their relationship Is not distorted, but re-
mains true when they are both compared
to the same commercial plant
This one case. therefore seems to JUS
tify the wisdom of the Meyer plan which
has received the forceful support OF the
Taft administration.
improved and perfected Florida so was
she conceived and so is she building I'M
der Navy Department organization ard
navy yard organization and admnis-
tration that is Il greatly improved New
berry system.
Under the Meyer plan all the advan-
tages OF consolidation and coordination
OF the Newberry system are obtained.
with the further and greater benefits de-
rived from the following facts
Each separate profession and division
Of technical work Is in charge OF officers
Continued on sixth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

Her contract date of completion is May
10. 1911. but at the present rate of prog
gress being made by the machinery divis-
ion-under line ofiicers-al her machinery
and electrical equipment can be built and
installed and, so far as the machinery
division is concerned, the ship completed
by October ]. 1913.
Counting the New York. now on the
ways. the three battleships that have
been built at the Brooklyn navy yard rep
resent three stages of development not
only in ship design and building. but also
in navy yard organization and admins
tration.
The Connecticut, the largest and most
powerful vessel laid down before the les
sons of the Russo-Japanese war were
forced on naval maritime powers, was a
vessel Of 1900 tons displacement. She
was equipped with reciprocating engines
Of 5000 horsepower. Her designed speed
was Is knots, though she actually made
about 10 knots, as did all the vessels Of
that class, while their engines actually
developed upward OF 10000 horsepower
and their service displacement is nearer
1900 tons than 1900
The Connecticut is a pre- Drcaduought,
her main battery consisting Of four T.
inch rifles i'm turrets on the mdline, ono
forward. the other aft; OF eight S-incn
guns iu turrots at the corners Of a ciia-
del. so arranged that four may be fred
abcsm, ahead or astern.
She also carries a heavy intermediate
battery. twelve 7-inch guns mounted In
broadsidc. Sin in each broadside. In adj
G,tior, she carries, or did carry great
many sun, Of small calibrc.
This was the general type Of battery
carried by ships Of the first class untu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

.,rr~1NG TO a battlcship in course
!, construction is not only divert
70 and instructive pastime. but
a.rJenee that you will never forget
/ Mth,ns man heard the hull Of the
Z "a, New York while it was in the
s' ~ being hammered into form at
.sry yard in Brooklyn few days
|.ss,n,. brisk decisive, are weak words
',,,cb 10 describe the resultant
4. .,casloned by a battery of pneu-
= ,orers So employed. To speak OF
Of thunder doesn't convey the
| !, IMPRESSION. either
are ,ntcrmissious 10 thunder But
ing Of bolts in the hull of a bat
~ ,bats building sounds like the an
tent wrath OF Mahomet.
ears are stated with music The
scattered. You try TO remember
,.soirlns line about the song Ct
and steel that forge the keel OF the
" S.,sin that shall hurl her freight OF
ass,h from out the bloodShot morn.
r,a,s Fov SAYS. when describing the
NE q pretty thing. but somehow
I. oil the Earring noise, the meter
'.,n't seem right.
. DISAPPEARING PHRASE.
silver my timbcrs' is a nautical cN-
s,r YOU recall. Shiver is right. But
49, are out OF date. No matter
.tb,ng else on board, including the
y" and the toatswsin, Shivers 20
'sr.c,r that the absence of little
'.s,r is not important
!, hen This is a song, Wagner Is out
.,.sv il would require at least siS
I, m Bayreuth before one could trans
/. Az sound Of pneumatic hammers al
:, IN an echoing hull into music m
,.,s Of noise -
',.,saps il depends upon the point c'
!. And vet this couldn't be music
100. Won remember that some one
: ,,,d music was the least disagree
\. Of noises. -,,
P..~,rs, this may be- ask yourself
...a.r Won are a lover of dreadnoushts
',rD.r.dreadnoughts. II YOU are you
Z i.rA,lsss thrill in the midst Of SOUNDS
49, necessary accompaniment 20
..,s,r,ction Of the New York, the
!, and latest battleship to be built At
|, Brooklyn yard.
:, Will be deaf 10 the reverbratins
~, ~ rheumatic hammers delivering
4 Nav q minute. because Of the pride
1. i sngendcred IN your bosom at the
r., that when the New York cuts
gray she will be 57} feet LONG, win
-, d. inches beam, have a .dratt
s ,.st inches. fun load displacement
az tons. designed speed OF Il knots
-opelled by four cylinder trinie *
SION reciprocating engines. and mount
ll.lpeh guns in five turrets disposed
IA, centre line OF the ship. SO that
!, can deliver O roadside from her
~ bat,ery
u the hammers continue their clat-
=, ,hrob, You sh.vcr again, but no"
chiefly because OF q feeling Of pride
Z by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
A DISTURBING CONTRAST.

Iyl hos al The boilers that, If occasion
sa4ads. car be- driven 10 produce 1000
.rsspoyer
IN think Of the poor devils who viii
I'D in front Of the open furnace doors.
IRE viii be only ts-inch plate be-
's:a them and the fragrant brine. You
r sanding on the plate. but find it d!f-
.sA 10 imagine the scene when the
~ is Full speed ahead"
1gaamos will De- humming. the winds
? Be blowing and the ships band VIII
.Lss music.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

: ure install and repair every mechanism
/ and part of a modern battleship, they
called a halt when they realized that they
| were 10 be tested practically in engine
/ building and installation.
/ Therefore. instead Of beginning the as
sembling of engineering materials "r en-
/ CINE construction work concurrertly with
/ the work on the hull. they invited bids
from various ship and engine building
/ concerns. These bids were to cover con-
/ struction and installation of the machin-
cry plant and equipment.
/ In this way several months were per
/ mitted 20 slip by without any work be.ns
undertaken on the machinery The lull
work was, however, being prosecuted in
/ an orderly manner.
J Even after It was decided that the ma
/ chlnery must be built and installed ~
/ the ward a persistent effort was made TO
I farm out the large turbine casing cast
ings. The plea offered was that the ravy
yard foundry was not equipped for ms
class Of work and that the men were n't
skilled in &C.
This. although the master moulder has
been AZ the local yard since 1859, during
which time he has cast some seventy
main cylinders, or other equally 'arSe
castings without losing single one-a
record certainly not eXcelled, ii cquailed'
i'm the United States.
During these months the new Secretary
was investigating the so-called NeWosFFy
system. and then Hutch |. Cone the
present capable chief of the Bureau Ok
Steam Engineering. was appointed anu
confirmed. despite organized opposition.
Mr. Meyer issued orders amending the
Nevberry scheme dividing the manufact-
uring departments into two divisions hui
and machinery the first presided over
by the naval constructor. the second oy
a line officer Both divisions being d.
rectly under the commandant, VINO Is
clothed with sufficient authority 10 be the
manager Of the manufacturing depart"
ment i'm reality.
4, He is the department. and bureaus
only representative. The heads of the
hull and machinery divisions are his as
sistant managers and superintendent,
each in his own special sphere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

Continued on sixth page.
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CluSVerluS Jr
Grandson Oe Rear Admiral
Sanpson. fa.seeolnS firSe
holt on keel plate oS
battle ship Neur VorlI