Show HUGE GUN GOING WEST OVER V U P A huge IC dineh gun be langing t tr the lnita states military depart mert to be used on the mainc coit coi t loosed through green river niver list thur en route from the proving ground tit in maryland to los Ange angeles angelea leg calif eally the run gun la is 88 feet 2 indies inches in length and the piece and its mountings welsh weigh pounds it hns his a muzzle of sixteen inches and will throw a shell weighing pounds the piece has bas a range of 27 miles a and nil a muzzle velocity of feet per second it was in charge of capt horton and party it Is also said that this Is a big bir brother to the huge hime 14 ine inch li gun that came through green river in 1023 in that year the gun advertently y caused a wreck near carr colo when the weight of the piece broke a car wheel causing several cars tofile up the gun to la mounted in two specialty specially built cars on fourteen pairs of wheels with a concrete turntable tor for the mobile action of the gun in time of use the alie train ed of six cars for the train crews and the military attendants tend ants it Is being irane ported over the union juniou pacific and ana other transcontinental tin lines after a good deal of figuring on tunnels curves track and other conditions so far there has been no neel accident dent in its handling and it will be delivered to the coast guard in the tine specified |