Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-10-16

between the bottom of the ship and the main
deck
All tile baking is done Observation-Disclosures |
motors operate the dough mixers, and dough |
kucaaorS while the loaves are baked in electrical
by heated ovens. Next We visit the electric laun- .
dry With lis 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 It's up-to-daie Operating room; Capt
\. l.. Wizards quarters, the officers wardrooms'
The New Mexico mas 10 14-nch guns and
many of smaller caher. including a battery of
antisrcraft guns The larger caliber guns. three
i'm each of four turres, are operated by electric
iiy. The turrets are rcvOlved and the guns ele-
waited hy electric motors. Ammunition hosts run
electrically and there electric gun leaders,
while even the big guns are fired 10y electrical
inoar~ lut the smaller caliber guns are generally
oprnicd by hand.
In examining into the control of these great
batteries of destruction. We come to one of the
most Interesting spots the ship-the coming
tower. Navy regulations designed to withhold
important matters of military design, forbid us
from obtaining Il picture of the coming tower.
Iuf il Is permissible Ia describe IT briefly. The
coming tower is a well-shaped shaft extending
pcru,ndiollarly through the ship from top to bot
fon with ladders running up and down the sides
and convenient methods of transmitting inStruc
ID
ing nm action the vessels commanding officer
usually stations himself in this tower which is
,,l., known ms one of several hrccontrol stations
and transmits instructions.
Tn on one of the masjs we encounter one of
,ne hi., "cycs" of the Ship-an electrical eye which
cau see, for miles i'm nky darkness. Tho current
fnr tho operation of the scHrchlisht comes from
an, of hc turho- generators heretofore described.
Is the electrical propulsion of marine vessels
or,,niuc up an entirely new era of scientific adj
,,nr,u,,nt and will the day come when the seven
,s Mill he dotted with electric ships? So far as
,r ,,,n navy is concerned. Secretary Daniels
,.xnrcs~,i the essence of the Idea when he said:
81 iank this country has cause To be proud of
,bi. achievement in engineering. not alone because
f the pronounced success in this particular in
.ton,e referring to the New McXco), hut becauS,
~, th, assurance il gives us of the superiority OF
,ur ca,,itn ships to those of foreign countries.
.1v,n Now Mexico is the first and only dread
,o,,h of amy nation to have electrically operated
,r,,.llug machinery" continued Secretary Dan
, .nn this account she has been an object o
.,,.si,., interest 10 the officers of our own navy
d ia those of foreign navcs as well. and Il
electrical engineers in general
.rhc result was satisfactory from every pom
,,,, and confirmed the Judgment of all wh
wore ia any way concerned in its design and ndop
,tr There was not the slightest mishap with an
,nr, of it. everything worked To perfection. AM
,,,. CROW was rs enthusiastic over the performance
- thn machinery is the department proud u
A., possession of such an efficient dreadnaughl.
.,vhen we entered into contract for the ma
o,incry we stipulated that in addition to bein
,rohle Of developing the maximum power sl
,,d also give an economy at cruising spec
,,r, much superior to that obtanablc with the tul
,,inr installations previously used. This stringen
.ooui-ement was also met. As matter of fac
h' New Mexico will steam at ten knots on les
,rol than the best turbne-driven ship that pre-
coded her"
ANYWAY electrical engineers are now turnin
,,oir attention to the adoption of similar prime
nI,s 70 the driving of merchant ships and to larg
messenger vessels