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APTOL 8, 1908.
THE SUNNY l $OUTR
FIFTH <PAGE
“Tennessee,” “Pennsylvania,” “Washington,
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Uncle Sam’s Formidable New Sea Bull Bogs
OW. u never before, are .
the people of the entire I
country, from coast to
coeat, deeply Interest
ed in the bulbilDg end j
launching: of I'ncle !
Ham's fighting vessels, j
which have become so i
formidable in character [
es to attract attention
of the whole world
and Great Britain in
particular.
It is now believed by
B * T& ! authorities that the United States
government has reached the highest de
velopment in the construction of the ar
mored cruiser as represented In the
Pennsylvania, Washington and Tennes
see. which will be most desirable ad
juncts to naval fleet, being efficient not
only in speed, tout meeting almost all the
requirements of the giant battleships, in -
sides having many advantages over these
more cumbersome vessels, in fact. It is
more than probable, according to the
best naval authorities, that this advanc
ed type of armored cruiser will be toe
coming fighting vessol of the future, and
1b*t the United States navy will be made
gradually stronger by the addition, from
time to time of this character of highly
developed war vessels.
It has been stated that it is the opin
ion of the president and the secretary
of the navy that the advance the Ameri
can navy is sure to make toward su
premacy of the seaa, will depend largely
on the construction of powerful armored
cruisers, built on the same lines as those
now being launched from the big ship
building plants of the country.
In connection with the building of the
latest type of warship for the United
States navy. It is Interesting to note the
keen rivalry that exists between the
New York Shipbuilding Company, of
Camden. X. J.. iiriH the owners of
Cramp's shipyard, of Philadelphia, Pa..
In the building of the armored cruisers
Washington and Tennessee.
KEEN RIVALRY
At the time the contract was awarded
the Xew Yorw Shipbuilding Company io
I'onatruct Iho Washington, February 3.
1904. the government made a similar
contract with the Cramps for tbs build
ing of the Tennessee, a sister ship.
At once a race began between the two
shipbuilding Arms to sec which would
complete Its contract the quickest. The
Cramps held the record for rapid woflt,
shipbuilding purposes. It has been reck
oned that Philadelphia's city hall tower,
from its foundation to the top of Wil
liam Penn's hat, measuring 658 feet,
could be placed lengthwise in the shed..
The armored cruiser Washington, about
! Launching “The Tennessee.”
was launched on December 3 1904. at
the Cramps' yard. Is a sister £hip in
every respect to the Washington, both of
these vessels, it may be noted, arc ex
pected to be an improvement, over the
Pennsylvania, which has up to the pres
ent moment been regarded as the high-
63 per cent completed, and which was -est development of the cruiser.
the first warship to be launched from
under cover in the east, and conceded to
lv* superior to many battleships of the
earlier type, has a speed of twenty-two
knots an hour and Is equipped witn
23.000 horsepower engines.
The Tennessee and Washington have
the same speed and coal capacity as the
Pennsylvania, but their displacement s
J, 100 tons greater and their armament
more powerful. Their main battery con
sists of four 40-caliber fO-inch guns of
The Washington’s armor plate pretec- j the latest naval pattern, these pieces
mf:
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“The Pennsylvania,” Which Repreaents, at Present, the Highest Development of Armored Cruiser.
hut tn the ship yard in Camden work
was carried on under an Immense con
servatory, constructed entirely of glass
end steel, during all kinds of weather,
thus permitting the workmen to continue
their labors uninterruptedly, the result
being that, although neither of these
boats have yet been finished, it now looks
tlon ranges from nfne Inches for the
turrets to five inches for the belt. The
cruiser will have a very heavy arma
ment. The main battery will consist of
four 10-inch guns and sixteen 6-inch
guns. The secondary battery will have
twenty-three 3-inch rapid fire guns,
twelve 3-pounder semi-automatic guns.
as If the Camden shipbuilding plant j two I-pounder automatic and two I-
would win the race as the Washington. | pounder rapid fire guns, two 3-inch field
although launched three months later [pieces and three small caliber rapid fire
than the Tennessee, is much nearer gen- machine guns.
eral completion.
So Immense is this lass shed in which
the Washington was built that some of
the largest railroad terminals of the
country. Including the train shed, could
find place Inside the structure and'yet
there would remain plenty cf room for
The Washington was launched from
the yards of the Xew York Shipbuilding
Company, Camden. X. J.. on March 18
and was christened by Miss Helen Stu
art Wilson, daughter of Hon. John L.
Wilson, of Seattle.
The armored cruiser Tennessee, which
taking the place of the four 8-inch guns
ir, the Pennsylvania.
The 8-inch gun. when firing capped ar
mor-piercing shells, can penetrate 7 1-4
inches of steel at 5.000 yards, but the
10-Inch piece of the Tennessee can pene
trate 11 3-4 inches at the same range.
The respective weights of the shells are
250 pounds and 500 pounds, and the
muzzle velocity is the same, but,
whereas the muzzle energy of the 8-Ineh
piece is 13,602 tons, the 10-inch has a
muzzle energy of 27.204 foot tons.
The Tennessee carries two more 8-lnch
guns, or sixteen as against fourteen, and
five more 3-inch guns than the Pennsyl
vania.
Another improvement is in the distri
bution of the armor. The thickness of
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armor on the main gun turrets ha* been
Increased from 6 inches to 9 inches, with
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extended until it overlap* the barbette*
of the main turret*, thu* materially
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MASTERPIECE IN JUNK SHOP.
f Colorado Springs Letter to The Denver
Times.)
Henry Bussell -Wray, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, is the possessor
of an old painting, that is attracting tie
attention of art connoisseurs the country
over. The canvas is believed to be a
Ribera, and is valued at not less than
$50,000. although the owner paid only 5
shillings for it three years ago in Europe.
The story of how ho picked it up and
the mystery' connected with it is just
beginning to ba told and such noted con
noisseurs as Bellamy Storer, minister to
Spain, had expressed muefi interest in it.
The painting, bears the seal of the Sing
of Saxony and we® probably done in the
sixteenth century, ‘-A remarkable Incident
tn eoqnectl#nraddb^Jt is that, It ts sup
posed to fcivtrBWa stolen from the royal
gallery At Dresden, fh no other way can
i it's possession by the junk dealer, from
whom Mr. Wray purchased it in South
ampton, England, 'be accounted for.
Count pourtaAs, who is now living in
Colorado Springs and who is familiar
with the royal jg&llery of Dresden, says
that he has 'never known a case where
a painting from that collection was per
mitted to be taken away without the
seal first being broken. As the seal on
Mr. Wray’s pkSttSre is intact and plainly
is that of the king of Saxony and shows
that the picture is from the royal gal
lery, those who have seen it ere con
vinced that it was stolen.
For three years Mr. Wray has been
trying to trace its origin. All experts
who have seen it are of the opinion that
It is very valuable end could not be pur
chased for $50,000..
Mr. storer, who is the possessor of a
fine Ribera, believes that this is one of
that master’s works. It is .evidently the
portrait of a Spanish bandit. It is very
Rembrandtesque in lights and shadows
and is broadly handled in the Ribera
style, being almost impressionistic in
spots,
possibly the most vigorous features are
the hands and face. The turban worn
by the figure has all the mellow rich
ness of a Sir Joshua Reynolds and there
Is every evidence to believe that ffke pic
ture was painted about 1560, It was dur
ing this period that Ribera held sway,
and there are very few of bis originals
extant. There te only one, so far as local
artists are aware, in the Metropolitan
museum, the others, except those in pri
vate collections, being in Madrid. The
curator of the Dresden museum thinks it
possible that this picture may have been
one of a collection that had accumulated
in 1859 and whose owncks cguld not be
found when the exhibit of that time
was at an end. He recalled that a num
ber were advertised for and this may
have been one of them.
The place where Mr. Wray picked it
up was In a garret of a Junk dealer’s
shop in Southampton. The fact that the
canvas had been punctured made it seem
valueless to mm and he parted with it
for a song.That was three years ago, and
since then. by the application of oil, the
lines of the picture have been brought
out more distinctly, from time to time,
until now it looks tike it might have
looked four centuries ago.
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