Show 1 t r BATTLE SHIP TEXAS 4 I The Great Vessel as She Lies at i Rest I r I HER RECORD mint SOT YO5 rr I A Tlilt to tire nccp Water Ilnrbor tf It GnlTistou liar Oil Iho < > lull of Jltilco I Ij GALVh8Tqxo Texas li b 8 1607 To the Editor I I Oa February 10h there anchored 100heoloh bay the great battleship Ttzas Tb vessel having been cbrl It toned thus she cm 10 the To Zeus 10 receive the honors they bad In store for her The 19h was the dy set Ctrl for Hie reception and long before Ibis Ibo people the Lone Star state were In 1 anxious eipeclanoy The legilature adJourneJ the governor and bis stall came out prominent pro pie 01 other cities and towns were there to wltnets the nHtlr and thou I I tnds more from all quarter availed Ibemielvesof the liberal ofler of the I railroad companies to see the newly repaired manolwar By tor We flailed n I pier on which the multitude landed and climbing the lalder were soon lost among the vetelj 1 virlcui departments About throe mile out Jn tbo bay stood Ibo ruae tlo ship It need It was a rich barvet for ferryboat owner and yacht men to carry to and Ir I j too cnt throng who wanteJ to no onboard on-board It About midday the 11 tie iqusdron ol I I boat lugged by the little tieamer nil 111 I I I belonging to the Texas landed at the b wbait laden with the captain and esiort They were moliby B committee commit-tee of cllUens Captain Glass and him j lleulonaut I were OLD at the Batch I I I hotel where a jieat throng awalttd I I J the ceremonies Galvisous Beech hoist It one of grandeur as well I I cjpclly On a speaker stand centrally cen-trally locaitd within I speaking die i j note of the great alI of the botel overlooking the Ocean were l Governor Culbemon and other prominent promi-nent Texans the oommlltee BEJ of l court tile captain and his asicclateJ f I < offioeri Not only the balconies I tut I all tbe available apace on file lawn I I was taken Thousands were present I eager la wltaeis the proceedings With filling speccbe the governor a I and able representatives of the varloj organizations presented the boat with i Dome beautiful and useful present anon I I I An ockmiwledirynont 01 Itip hor ran erred by the secretary of the Ivy In I nmlnK the greit ship the ITexts1 Tho a liver mors lee preienleJ to 1 the balllehlp T < x > Bls I funipiBBlol tlv u liaodomoly cu < vaJ plecef all bonr Ine mementos of early I T Zen blilory 1n rad IOn tne larK erver It 1 the Alamo tbe ointlhjarl building whlob land o In I tbe city cf B > u Antonio and In which ivy Crooiett and other hero were killed In do cuts of Amrl can cUIo 00 what w as thll lilexlc toll On the large platter In I band omely eneraved the cplloi building One of the pieces ll a clndlelkK will live top Bud the olhtr are In keeping With the above om d A beautiful Texas 1119 for the LAW lead wan given by the women 0 Tu A mallrr silver service was preonied by the hltorleil library of be ttatea alo IIHIJBJ OrtrIL ol Aullii and Houston two of Txaii iloneer nl d ablest Uelenlcie for Hiou are named the capital and the second city InT I x > Captain Ulaio rnpofldeJ to the various rise 0 1109 aoJ li the course of fill remark laid that reioeutliig tbe honorable secretary ol the navy In accepted them tiunutllul gifts from the cltlzansof T XI to the n1 balllcblp oimimiiliiuu in our navy The blutory 1 tllBhlp BCl lf 0 ll WA put In ojmmlBlau for service In Augun16U3 mot luteretliiK slid at time nag been clotting Hie Texai wa 0 the first battlehlp built In tills cotintt and wlillo come mistake occurred all have Loon entirely correclej and the la I today one of file oundeol mosteaworlby nut tniclent war vemi under Luc llig or any other In Ibo world She us stile above all her rulebps which would hove ruined many other ships resultIng result-Ing In many Improvement each lime the poixiee In a marked degree the captain continued the essential quail ties In marine battle ships ol luadl uee of uiautuvering and high spooJ She can make more tbnu ulnetren knots an hour In the trip from New Yort to Oalvuton he averaged 124 kuolB tbe settle dllta ce auJ at Ilii I end of her Journey she was In excellent condition lur figutlin The powerful battery of tne Texas and great film mol uf heavy armor the carne makts her a lormldable opponent for any still now aUjat Elder Ualley accompanied fuel and as soon 01 we ml loot ou deck look up a careful Investigation Investiga-tion ol all Interesting Point Hire plows about 13 fact of water tied Albania about twice as high Is I about 70 feet wide and over 800 feet long The grotlttt Run Is about 82 ftet long with 1Muob bare Lattice a allot 12 mile lo do dimKe Weighs 411 ton take 600 pounds of powder lo charge It at a cot of 1000 tach shot A smaller filed gun carries > lx 1 mllei the loaded shelf weighing 150 pounds KauElllB from theffe looser uuus may teen all tltes 1 to some up In Ibo ml not much longer than a rills In length but having B bore of al 1 least one Inch I These gnus are stationed oil over Ibo boat from Ibo masthead to the second deck The large one revolve en the upper dick and call be adjusted to any range is I covered with u revolving house of beet steel ell Inches thick Ill act all the ship Is steel except the I captains cabin and thai look to though II was Intended tu be SHopt away sometime Tne moot le rnalkaDle weapon of all Is ills torpedo KilO which being charged wllh com preied air aided with a few ounces ol powder to eog the dan ercu torpedo luto the water roe torpedo Is about ute shape ol a large Ilib II I about tbn B feet In diameter fully fourteen luit long bead rounding like that of Ibo nova of a Bib while the till taper onto on-to a little wheel willed when loop tlon propel the torpedo In a liuliar manner to that of I IBe screw movlug a boat The center division Is filled with compreEsed air to II will uot sink the front divl 9 Ion Is charge with the most powerllll explosives Tbe gun is I bastioned at the bJW of Ibo sblp where DU hou ell r opens oul lutl above the IU I co of tb water When dlooorRLd thO dangerous weapon of war dans to the water gee under and trvel Inn lurliontal line abut sx r1 below Ihe surface li will Ira VI this way about 600 yard aiming nllho uuder side of a strip Ine mumuut II 1 tlrlke a mining uteol U rxplodir worn U 1 tests eveiyiuiui baiuru i I Tire mariner explained bow to moil having the eueuiy pick these thellbI and Ue thm again Tboy Lav to ariauteuielll whereby theytul 10 A little water so that they luk Uuti gIbe g-Ibe time of practice thy are allow to goat by aid ot the cjrnprc ceil Q rod r-od are Ilekod UI again every flint J torpedo Is I fired and I at t It cot 1500 to the goTernmool There are two llllleerclres for cencr allui elrrtrlclly which not only lights up the bin battle iblp tu tupply lour large search liable 011 Jok wllu a rtrenctb of natphlni fully rva mll F ur bailer of 160 holes power each lurolb 1 tlem and two large upright Dgluts 01 God he power cacti move life great machinery The coal loner did not know Just how much coal was cooled daily but mil they I Used about 1 850 ton Horn New YOlk to file harbor All the doors In the ship are pltoJ steel and are nude water light an that In CliO of nu rcclJenl to one rall the water can be kept Irom the other roomi Once more on the ferryboat being waited lo shifts Wj ooulJ tee Ihe broa I tide of the great nol II 1 being all while except u low simple decoration and ou ier side near Ibo top was lu icrlbed U 6 d Texts ANDREW KlUBAIL |