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Made in seven sizes by JOHN BLISS & CO., 128 Front Street, New York, is finely finished sensitive, accurate and durable. and is extremely steady. pass ever made in this or any country. For sale _ by ship chandlers generally. .- Moves quickly Is the best Liquid Com: OUR NEW. BATTLESHIPS. “The designs for the five new steel battleships for the U. S. Navy now approaching completion by the Bureau of Con- struction and Repair, provide for vessels more powerful than those of any other Navy in the world. | These vessels will be known as the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia and Rhode Island. The provisions of -the Acts of 1899 and 1900 for the five vessels have been covered by designs for three sheathed and coppered battleships with the ‘‘quadrilateral arrangement?’ of.8-inch turrets. The general dimensions and chief char- acteristics of the sheathed and coppered vessels are: Length on load water line, 435 feet. Breadth, extreme, at load water line, 76 feet lo inches. Trial displacement, about 15,- ooo tons. Mean draft at trial displacement, about 24 feet. Greatest draft, full load, about 26 feet. The general dimen- sions of the unsheathed vessels are: Length on load water line, 435 feet. Breadth, extreme, at load water line, 76 feet 2% inches. Trial displacement, about 14,600 tons. Mean draft at trial displacement, about 24 feet. Greatest draft, full load, about 26feet. These battleships will have a speed of at least 19 knots. _,The vessels will be propelled by twin screws driven by two 4-¢ylinder, triple-expansion engines of about 19,000 indicated horse-power, having a stroke of 4 feet, running, under con- ditions of maximum speed, at about 120 revolutions per minute. The steam necessary to this power will be supplied at atpressure ‘of 250 pounds per square inch, by 24 Babcock 7 & Wilcox straight water-tube boilers, placed 4 in each of six independent water-tight compartments. Eddh ship will carry four 12-inch guns, mounted i in pairs in Pec, balanced turrets, having an arc of train of 270 degrees, one forward and one aftin each vessel. Of the eight 8-inch guns, which will be carried on each of the three sheathed vessels, four will be mounted in turrets of the Hich- born type, superposed upon the 12-inch turrets above. men- tioned, and four in two turrets amidships, the amidships tur- rets having an arc of train of 186 degrees; and in the two _ unsheathed vessels, all eight 8-inch guns, will be mounted in four independent turrets, each having an arc of train of 145 degrees, placed two on each side at the ends of the superstructure, thus forming a quadrilateral. In each ves- sel there will be a broadside of twelve 6-inch rapid fire guns, mounted six on each side, on the main deck, each with an arc of train of 110 degrees, and each ship will have twelve 14-pounders and twelve 3-pounders, mounted in commanding positions and having very large arcs of fire. In the two lower tops there will be four automatic I-pounders ane in the upper topsfour single shot 1-pounders. The vessels are fitted with submarine torpedotubes. Two “of these are located in one compartment, one on each side, fitted for the discharge of: the large 18-inch Whitehead tor- pedo. In the magazines provision is being made for their arti- ficial cooling. -Provision will be made in the magazines for the storage of at least 60 rounds for each of the 12-inch guns, representing a weight of about 144 tons; 125 rounds for each of the 8-inch guns, weighing about 180 tons; 200 rounds for each of the 6-inch guns, the weight of which will be about 190 tons; 500 rounds for each of the 3-pounder and 1-pound guns, and an almost inexhaustible supply of ammunition for the smaller guns. Each vessel is to be provided with a complete water-line belt of armor, eight feet in width amidships; eleven inches thick at the top and eight inches at the bottom, tapering to a-uniform thickness of four inches at the ends of ‘the vessel. They will also have an armored belt extending over 245 feet of.their length, of a uniform thickness of six inches, rising from the top of the main belt to the upper or main deck, and joined at its after end to the barbette of the 12-inch tur- ret by a 6-inch armored bulkhead, and having at its forward end an inclined armored bulkhead from side to side six inches thick, thus forming a citadel or redoubt within which the 6-inch guns will be mounted. The barbettes for the turrets of the 12-inch guns are to be ten incher in thickness, for that portion outside of the redoubt or citadel, reduced to six inches thickness within. The turrets themselves will be protected by armor 10-inches in thickness, the port plates however, being eleven inches. all cases, be protected by six inches of armor, with six and a half inch port plates, and their’barbettes will be protected by similar armor. The conning tower and its shield will be nine inches in thickness, and the armored tubes will be pro- . tected by six inches of armor and will be of sufficient size not only to receive all the voice-pipes, wiring, etc., but to’ also permit of their being used asa passage-way, if necessary. rrr WORK ON NAVAL VESSELS. Chief Constructor Hichborn’s monthly statement of the condition of work on warships under construction shows that, of the battleships, the Alabama, now in commission, leads the list with 99 per cent. of work done. The Wiscon- sin’ comes next with 97.5 per cent. and the Illinois third with 86 per cent.. The Maine is 37 per cent. completed, the Ohio 33 per cent. and the Missouri 17 per cent. Of the six protected cruisers of the Denver class, the Denver leads with 31 per cent. of work done. The monitor, formerly called the Connecticut, now unnamed, is nearer completion than any of her three sister ships, with 71 per cent. of work done. The torpedo boat destroyers Lawrence and MacDonough are 98 and 97 per cent. completed, respectively. Other torpedo boat destroyers the Goldeberbdgh; the Stringham, the Bailey, the Barney, and the Stockton are all within 3 per cent. of completion. No progress has been made on the submarine torpedo boat Plunger, which re-’ mains at 85 per cent. The 8-inch turrets will, in’ “THOSE WHO SEEK TO DIVERT THE FLAG FROM ITS SA-: CRED USES SHOULD BE RESTRAINED BY PUBLIC LAw.’’— William. McKinley, President of the United States. ‘« * “*' ‘TI cordially hope that there will be national flag legislation of the kind we have had in New York.’’—Col.» Theodore Roosevelt; Mice PavHidenistlent of the Unie States. perversions of our flag, and I hope the efforts of - your asso- ciation will be successful to prevent every desecration and improper use of our national emblem.’’—Grover Cleveland, former President of the United States. ‘‘As you already have a sympathetic expression from me in behalf of the effort to prevent the misuse of the American flag, I can only add that any movement that tends to pro- mote love and reverence for the flag has my ardent sympa- thy.’’—Gen. Benjamin Harrison, former President of the United States. “T cordially sympathize with the good work in which you are engaged, of protecting the national flag from desecra- tion. zen of the Republic, and should never be sullied by un- worthy uses.’?—Col. John Hay, Secretary of State. “Tam always heartily in sympathy with any movement | which has for its object the prevention of desecration of the national emblem of the United States. (sean Root, Secre- tary of War. cok % Flag legislation should be national rather than the enactment by State legislatures in order to have the greatest possible effect upon public sentiment. I wish your flag association success.’’—Sanford B. Dole, President of Hawaii. ‘‘We do not hesitate to disparage ourselves and our sym- bol in the eyes of other civilized people. Other nations are scrupulous in respecting the emblems of their sovereignty. A suitable flag law by the national Congress ought not to take a week for final action.’’—Brig. Gen. William Ludlow, U.S. A., former Military Governor of Havana, Cuba, now President of the Board of the United States War College. ‘‘Whatever lowers the flag takes from it the respect of the multitude, lowers the country, and takes from the country the respect of its citizens.”—His Grace, Archbishop John Treland. or oor HASSAN PasHA, Ottoman Minister of Marine, and General Williams, representing the Cramp Ship Building Co., of Philadelphia, have signed a contract for the construction of a cruiser for the Ottoman navy. The price to be paid i is $350,000, which. includes 423,000 as indemnity to the United States for losses’ sustained by Americans during the Armenian massacres, YORK & POULTRY PHONE VESSEL 44845 ELK STREET MARKET SENee ys SEPT SALTY ]RUFFALO. NY. y Pacatic) pit hs “Tam strongly opposed to all advertising uses and other. It is a symbol which ought to be sacred to every citi- .