The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-10-17

between the bottom of the ship and the main
deck.
All the baking is done OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
motors operate the dough mixers, and dough
kneaders, while the loaves baked in electrical
ly heated ovens. Next we visit the electric laun-
dry with It's many ingenious machines electrically
driven Electricity also plays its part In other
places, such as the crews library, reading room
and recreation quarters; the barber shop the
sick bay, with Its up-to-date operating room; Capt
A. l.. Wizards quarters, the officers wardroOms
etc.
The New Mexico II 14-inch guns and
many of smaller callber, including battery of
anti-arcraft guns. The larger caliber guns, three
In each of four turrets, are operated by electric
ity. The turrets reyoved and the guns ele
waited by electric motors. Ammunition hosts run
electrically and there are electric gun leaders,
while even the big guns fred by electrical
means but the smaller caber guns generally
oprated by hand
In examining into the control OF these great
batteries of destruction, we come to of the
most interesting spots on the ship-the coming
tower. Navy regulations designed to withhold
important matters Of military design, forbid us
from obtaining picture of the coming tower.
But 1t is permissible to describe 1t briefly The
coming tower Is wel-shaped shaft extending
perpendicularly through the ship from top 10 bot
tom with ladders running up and down the sides
and convenient methods of transmitting instruc-
lions by means of Indicators and telephones. Dur
ing action the vessels commanding officer
usually stations himself In this tower which Is
also known of several fre-control stations
and transmits instructions.
Up on of the masts we encounter one of
the big eyes of the shp-an electrical eye which
can see for miles In inky darkness. The current
for the operation of the searchight from
one of the bo-generators heretofore described
Is the electrical propulsion of marine vessels
opening up an entirely new era of scientific ad-
vancement and will the day come when the seven
seas will be dotted with electric ships? So far as
our navy Is concerned, Secretary Daniels
expressed the of the lea when he said
II think this country has to be proud of
this achievement in engineering, not alone because
of the pronounced success In this particular in
stance (referring to the New Mexico), but because
of the assurance 1t gives us of the superiority of
our capital ships to those of foreign countries"
THE New Mexico Is the first and only dread
naught of any nation to have electrically operated
propeiling machinery" continued Secretary Dan
iels "on this account she has been object of
surprising interest TO the officers of our navy
and to those of foreign navies as WELL and to
electrical engineers in general.
THE result was satisfactory from every point
of view and confirmed the judgment of all who
we're IN any way concerned in its design and adop-
ton There was not the s ghtest mishap with any
part of it. everything worked to perfection, and
the crew was enthusiastic over the performance
of the machinery is the department proud In
the possession of such efficient dreadnaught
..When we entered into Contract for the ma
chinery we stipulated that. in addition to being
Gamble of developing the maximum power. she
should also give economy at cruising speed
very much superior to that obtainabe with the tur-
bne installations previously used. This stringent
requirement also met AS a matter of fact
the New Mexico Mil steam at ten knots on less
fuel than the best turbine-drven ship that pre-
ceded her..
Anyway, electrical engineers turning
their attention 10 the adoption of similar princi.
pies to the driving of merchant ships and to large
passenger Vessels.