Garland Globe | 1907-09-28 | Page 3 | Vast Amount of Coal Required for Trip of Battleships to Pacific Coast

Vast Amount of " Coal Required for Trip of Battleships to Pacific Coast. Washington. Two hundred and fifty-three fifty-three thousand tons of coal, exclusive of that to bo shipped In govornmont colliers, will bo required to get the At- , lantlc battleship licet to tho Maro Is-land, Is-land, according to tho estimates madu by tho equipment bureau of tho navy department, which has called for pro-posals pro-posals for supplying thu necessary fuel. Of this aggregate, 1X1,000 tons aro seml-bltumlnous and tho remulnd-cr remulnd-cr Welsh coal.