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ttttt 'xi'fbhbs ^ / t'th/ftnc popuuw*<* vwm i ~ 000 spindles?one mill the largest in the I HI II I ^rk / I I iM/l 1-4 ~?-? ' South) one oil mill, one knitting mill, I H I A . H i I a| / HI ml H I l i i * one brick plant, two banks, ten churches, JL JL JL' wM M WM\ 1V1 Cj I I i V I I U L 1 XT. S. Census 1890 1,070 . Ave school*, artesian water. ' \ i;'' fif J "m~, 1. V JL M 4 rK_y $ l'oliw Census 1895 2.990 VESSELS Tit AT IX) NOT FlGlrfJ BUT HELP THE FIGHTERS* Without Theffl jo Battle Could, be Fought, or tfli Could be Waged Only at the C^ Jit Disadvantage. There Moat be Colliers to CarfEbe Coal to Feed the Eogtnes-^Ur Ships to /lend Breaks. Close Holes and Replace Lost or Injured Parte. A Distiller Ship to Supply tee Water and the Refrigerator to w Meat Fresh, and the AmtewKe Ship for the Comfort and Safety of the wounded. Washington, May 21^^^>pecud: % The finest of our fightin^jflpi, with their boasted E!lraJ?L2ns9B2 coal. Rer great eyes blind fwwrant of electrical force; her lunge ftule<l by tainted air because of her nailed blowers; her whole body either fev. erish or chilled, as the weather die-1 tated, for want of circulation or proper respiration, and her complement athirst for need of enough heat to transform that tantalizing sea water into drink. Such a thing is distinctly possible, and it is against even pie slightest approach to a like condition that we have taken ample ffleans to provide. The ipoderp, heavy fighting craft parries between eighty and ninety eqgines of various sorts, aside from those directly occupied in propelling ;i i ?. i 1 flip snip, q,nu unqer normal circuuv i stances it is quite safe to say at leasrl op 20 per cent, of all steam gen prated i$ taken up in their scrvL ^{p3t of them are vital to the fighting pfficipncy qf the vessel, but there arp a fij"- of them, such, for instance, as tTie engineer's work shop, the distillers and the refrigerating plant, which may he termed auxiliaries of secondary importance, and it is the purpose of the Government to run these accesories on lntlf time, so to speak, and to leave just that much more energy for other more needful purposes. To this end we have fitted up the repair ship, the distiller ship and the refrigerator ship, while to the colliers has been relegated the com moil service of supplying coal to till craft distant from ready bases t>f sunplyj and the engineer in chief )ias done his utmost to make them paptd>)q. THE KKl'AIK SHOP. The repair shop, fittingly named ?hp Yqlpan, if as the well-known Steamer Chatham, of the Merchant and Miners' Line between Baltimore and Boston. Into the sbii> has been placed some thing like eighty tons of tools and machinery, and today the vessel is a veritable floating workshop. There are plate bending rolls and punching and shearing machines that can bite through an inch of solid steel. There are lathes for turning castings of- considerable size, and plapef?, drills and milling machines pf pqmpasu pnopgh tq mpet plipost any need short of that demand in the complete reconstruction of a largo engine. There are pipe cutter, bolt cutters, forges and grindstones, and there is a good sized cupola for the melting of sufficient metal to make a pretty heavy casting. There are a number of blowers to supply the several forges and to draw foul air from between decks and to send it skyward through the red-mouthed ven^ vilatqrs above. There are also evapofatofs and distillers of a capacity pouaT fo a daily output of iiuitc 10,00m gallops qf potable \yater--scvpral tiipes more than the needs of the Vulcan could demand. \ sppple. mental electric plant hits given e$* Anllnnt lirrlitinrr r-1<ii 1 itins4 tlmimdl thlt ft""'"* .hip. but prinol???- ;n the work. shops on what is termed the third dcok. The purpose of this craft is manifest. She is lc follow in t'bo a akc of (i t|cet-r.^er'gr?at coal capacity give jipV a wide radius of action, and she is to supply froah water to the other vessels and to make then and there all possible repairs which might otherwise take the ships milo* and miles away to some ntiyal, fjtatjon; remedy the trouble, and even less time might place the engines of one of our torpedo boats in trim after a considerable break. At the elbse of an engagement the wounded vessels could hasten to her or she to them, and such work then be done as to place them back in the line of battle, 6nce more a formidable menace to the foe. ^ The mission and the usefulness of snch a oraft cannot be overestimated. when every, pound of coal must tell its work well done in our defence. It is a very modern adaption of that paci ty '' ' ^ These distillers or evaporators will each consist of three elements, like the modern triple expansion engine, and are intended to utilize the steam with the most economical expenditure demanded in the output of a total supply daily of at least 60,000 ? .11 r A i_i i*ti_ i * i gallons 01 morougmy paiaiaoie urinKwater. The operation is simple. Each of the evaporators consist of a cylindrical steel boiler, containing a coil of piping, which is surrounded fcjy cold sea water- The steam is supplied to the first cqil directly from the ship's boilers. That steam raises the sea water to the boiling point aqd gradually evaporates it. fhe steam jthus generated, in conjunction with the operation, passes into the cqil of the second evaporator, repeating the Operation in connection with the sea water there, , with the steam raised from the salt water in the third evaporator and passing together into the condenser. The condensation from the first two coils is caught by traps and carried off to the tanks. In this way the latent heat from the first steam from the boiler is economically absorbed by the three stages of salt water, and a higher percentage of performance is attained than is possible in a sin gle'element evaporator. Alter con densation the water is carefully aerated and the result is a thbroughly palatable water, devoid of that flatness generally characteristic of condensed wafer. sediment of salt?the residue of the ocean brine?gradually forms upon the coils of th^ distillers. qnu these evaporators are so arranged that this scale can be readily yemoyec|. On the other snips their distillers will be workod as far as possible only to the extent of making good the loss of fresh water consumed by the boil, ers, that the use of salt water may be obviated and the formation of a troublesome scale of salt?difficult to reach?may be guarded against in the ships' boilers proper. The hygienic value of sufficient fresh water cannot be overesfiiiiate'd when the rigors of warfare arc t^ggyavatcut by trip piqse confinement oi shipboard in the tropiosj and it mu} ovon be the purposo of this vossol tc lend its bounty to the military brand 1 / of the service. Poisoned wells an( tainted streams need not be fearec under such circumstances ; they car be avoided. TIIK URFKIOEUATOIt SHIP. The refrigerator ship supply, for merly the Illinois, of the Atnericai Line, will be used as a traveler.] base of fresh prbvi^ions, andthe 'tni; on the refrigerating plants of th fighting ships will be eased to jus that exteqt. The ^Uii^ois? v\'as origi nit-Uy l)ui|^ fqv u, nWPHftCV 'shlll, lii WqS'lfttPT rOlOgaiod to * tutiH" -* ^ trarispo ... yji cuttle and beef to Englani still as an adjunct to the America I Line. In that capacity she noce sarily liail qn e^tonsive system coW storage, and this has roadi! adapted the vessel to our presci noons. one Will carry tons of i< and fresh provender of all kinds, bi especially of a vegetable nature, tl surest safeguard against disease the tropics, and with her extensh coal capacity, her own distiller plan and her ample burden, she will pro' fleet. The Government is makii^B , provision for one or two more ves-n * s els of the same sort. |! The colliers explain themselves, and being boats, of fair speed and ^ great carrying capacity, will form the principal supply links between , our flgbting craft and our bases of supply. As caretuiiy as ourcoai win be used, still hundreds upon hundreds^ i of tons of it will be used daily to j keep the ships always ready for instant service and prepared to meet "s the enemy at any moment, and th? safe conduct of their precious ebon burdens will be * matter often de- n mahdingfcM, tool fragment, %nd 1 no mean skill on the part of their \ jgUMjl* In War titoe and sore r.theiS^x^,: 1 The nmbuihnce ship nrlWenaval sister of mercy and will minister < wholly to the sick and wounded of f our offioers and seamen, or, if need l be, the stricken of our army of occu- j pation as well. ( The Solace, formerly the Creole I of the Cromwell Line, has already . begun, perhaps, the duty for which '( she was hastily prepared, and what ( it means to transport comfortably j i and hastily the wounded from the feverish tropics to some more temper-1 ate haven beyond the boom of spins and beyond the exciting reach of j war's alarms is a boom very much emphasized by the record of every war. As far as possible the Solace has been made to meet tho mortf pressing neo?ls of the service for which she has been called into requi sition, but she is not that porfecj craft suggested by Surgeon Genera -Van Ueimcnjinii wmfpllvt by the chiof constructor. There I...' one commodious elevator into wliiq the sick and wounded will be carriej from either side and then raised y lowered, either to the large, aify \\ operating room or to the deck ti which they are to be housed. Tie state room accommodations alrea.y in the craft have been readily adat- I) ed to hospital uses, and there is ih. pie room between deck* for additinal cots. 1 The convalescents wilLhe carried above where they will biin thi fresh air, while under the shehr- w< ing cover of wide-spread awnijgs Steam cutters and largo bargesvill facilitate the easy transports tio 0f lei (he injured and sick, an j a unknown apparatus peculiar to ouijcrvice will lift them from the boaUnd swing theiu inboard and on l|tho (l1 rolling pqts that carry them toheir \\r immediato destination. Every ing has been done to contribute t^r e efficiency of the vessel and th<i>m- Ul;) fort and convenience of all on frd,iand there is every just reason [be/ lieve she,will prqve herself invAble , from the common point of lfcne r\". and humanity?for a fightinga) is a cruel place for sick or wfded g ; after a heavy engagement. j [ ' Although all th9.se ve3^jf will | . strictly avoid too enemy, fl, in ^ f their wiry, they are just aafcd to or r our success as those that tifeheir , places in the line and bear tfrunt j of battle, and any man ilt be f 1 proud of the duty entrusted him lliar 1 in their command. I ' ... j Coo 1 UNITED STATES NA \ 1 I son. Vessels in Commission inthferent ' ^ Squadrons and their Comifcrs. ^ Probably few people havr idea Is7 g of the number of vessels nl coin. g mission in the United Sfnavy, e and the appended list, f tliciy lt commanders and tli^ *bnn to amH j. iflpeji^cy. npo aUu?hed. W" [t a(rfi??ar I~>- je found y ...iv,i'est and vali j, r- NORTII ATLANTIC S<f?N- Njc] d? Acting Hear Admiral1* Samp. A in son, commander-in-chief 3\] a- * New York, flag shipr- T1* D. J \V of Chadwick. 1 A ly Iowa, Capt Roblcy Pns- J F at Indiana, Capt 11 CF fi so Puritan, Capt P F P'Jpon. C at Miantonomah, Capt'obnson. S. >c Amphitrite, Capt (f!'clay. ]{ in Terror, Capt Nicof^"'e Cincinnati, Capt (l0stcr. p, t, Dotroit, Commawf Dayton. S. i'c Montgomery, CoBer G A ]> 8 ^1,1 Lime tj. 11-na.tV T Swinrtmai] Lie. *5 edicift M Berry. 8 ads sho^r M RSI J J Huni^fommandTr cunt, JL^vwwmttlice Cult lyinsloyr. - .-.j^Bnear Mcjooander II Mangrove, Li4Bts pony v, iV $ Everett. lrnommander Maple, follogjf. ^mander W : iSuwanee, Lie ?niiasa n ^ v" V' voath, II C Iluctaon, Capt'Yp^JNG. ( 3 S. K' \ ^JEajwomLX^ Mauning, ?apt 7 M Munger, R r ' Morrill, (/apt U k Smith RCS. <i Windom, Capt StE Maguire, R C 3. Woodbury, Capt*H B liodgers, R f< j b. McLane, First Lieutenant W E G leynolds, R C S. ^ C Eagle, Lieut W ff H Southerland. IIawkv Lieut J Efcood. J llornot. Lieut J M Helm. ^ >V t: . ? **T * uieui 2\. ward. Vixen, Lieut A Sharp, Jr. S Osceola. Lieut J L Purcell. Sioux, Ensign WJfct Gherardi. i?i Tecumseh, Lieut 0 R Evans. Uncas, Lieut J? RiBrainard. F Wompatuk, Lieut Carl W Jungen. M Cusking. Lieut Albert Gleaves. Ericsson. Lie?v0uTuR Usher. N l ;il 28, L^TVcrrrgeri. r" TKvdgers, Lieiirj't^Jayne. U Winslow, Lieut J C Bernadou, Porter, Lieut J C Fremont. Dupont, Hag boat, Lieut S S na rood. Leyden, Ensign W S Crosley. dr Algonquin, Boats\va.in J \V Angus. Samoset, Acting Boatswain P. In eery, 1 Nezinscot, Mate C H Cleveland, Panther, Commander Q C Ueiter. 11 Saturn, Commander ? W Very. Niagara, Commander G A Bick>11. B Sterling, Commander R. E. Im pey. N< Merrimac, Commander J M MiL Nc Supply, Commander J 1* Morrell. Solace, Commander A. JDunlap. Ne T > m ^ *iuiiv.isiur, v^oiuiuanuer i ferry, sed as a station steamer at Key est.) * ,._v ' NORTHERN l?ATR(^&$UADHON. 0 Commodore J A Howell",'~"vPm_ tnder-in-chief. San Francisco, Capt It J* Learv. 1 Columbia, Capt J II Sands, * ] Katahdin, Com render G F F lde. ' ^ ,1 i ankce, Commander W II ltvown- . ^ IVil Dixie, Commander C H Davis. t 'raric, Commander C J Train. '1 t osetnitc, Commander W II Em- 1 W 1 FLYING SQUADRON. * Commodore W. S. Schley, com- l, ider-in chief. jj Brooklyn, Hag ship, Capt F A t, k. fftQQtlpl?noAU-" ^ x 11 T " * ?u^vuuouim, v^-api i' <i Wiggin- i I'.niu^poUs, Capt T fc' Jewell. b exas, Capt J W Phillip,. c\v <>rleans, Capt. \\ ArJ V^ev. ^ VACW^ -^WUvN. > eav Admiral r ,T ^ Irr.t- ' ? A? Miller, com. ^ . ..i-ciiicf. -^] Charleston, Capt. II. Gins-'. lonudock, Capt",<*V II Whitting. j> ennington, Com nunder Henry E ^ iols. At Hono ulu. lert, Commander E II C Leutze. , fonterev, Lieutenant Commander ? ? Gsrlin, fol*' lbatross, Lieutenant Commander ' Moser. at *! rant, Capt J A Slauin, li C S. v . orwin, Capt W J Herring, It C ?S., usli, Capt W II Iloberts, It C 5rry, Capt W F Kilgore, It C ofjuois. ASTATIC STXTWV. Rear Admiral George Dewe com n ander-in- chief. Olympia, flag ship, Capt. G. Gridley, Baltimore, Capt N M Dyer. Raleigh, Capt J B Coglan. Boston, Commander B P Lnmbe: ton. Concord, Commander Asa Waike Petrel, Commander E P Wood. Monocacy, Commander O V Farenholt. i Ancv/uuougo, Uapt D 13 Hodgson RCS. Zafiro, supply ship. UNASSIUNED. Oregon, Capt C E Clark. Address care navy department. Marietta, Capt F M Syinonds. Address care navy department. Chickasaw, Commander G E Ide. Address League Island, Pa. Southerby, Commander E W Watson. Address Boston, Mass. Armeria, Lieutenant Commander L C Logan. Address navy yard, Norfolk Va, Lebanon, Lieutenant Commander 3 F Force* Ad-'ress Boston, Mass. Scorpion, Lieutenant Commander 00 Y(j. " Oneida, Liout W G Miller. Ad[ress Boston, Mass. Pftfll'il A llilrosc T """ T..1 1 T* , vw, isinuu ITU. Alice, Address navy yard, Nor*5lk, Ya. City of Pekin, Commander W C libson. Address San Francisco, !aJ. Penelope, Lieutenant Commander I) Adams. Address navy yard, lorfolk Ya. Ores Ham, Cnpt C A Abbey, It C . Address Ogdensburg, N. Y. Calumet. First Lieut W H Cushig, It C S. Address Boston, Mass. Pensacala, Lieutenant Commander J Drake. Address navy yard, fare Island, Cal. Morris. Lieut C E Fox. Address, ewport It. I. -Pl'ic rbiiwt'L,?Litrutcnaiu G O olmes. Adi^oss m,vy y?A*cT, New ork. ' Viking, Lieut II Minett. Address ivy yard, New York. Restless, Lieut A W Dodd. Adess, navy yard, New York. { Lieutenant Commander It It gefsoll. Address, navy yard, New , >rk, Monongabela, Commander C M lomas. Address, Annapolis, Md, Yankton, Lieut J F Luby, Caesar, Lieutenant Commander A Speyers, Address, navy yard, ;w York. Pompey. Address, navy yard, j w York. ] 4 1. t * ' 1 /vowrenua. Address, navy yard, iw York. ? Dorothea. Address, navy yard, iw York. Ailer. Adress, navy yard, rk. SPECIAL SyUVlUK. S?L JM Si?8bee. ?" if < <\ h. avnt, ^t Lquis, Capt C D Goodrich. Harvard, Capt C. S. Cotton, l ale, Capt W c Wise, Vlichigan, Ihiatswain c Miller. ^ Wheeling, Licutendant commander el Sebrce. ^ iwin, Lieut v S Williams. 'albot, Lieut W R Shoemaker. 'opeka, Lieutenant commander *> cowlcs. 'otomac, Lieut G 1* lllow. hoctaw, Lieut W 0 Hulme. $ 'owhattan, Ensign F. M. I^n$sel,l. adger, commander A S Sno.w. esoluto, , omiuander J G Eaton. ^lONlTOJ^S. ttskill, Lieut M E Hall. ebigh, Lieut U G IV*1ahant, Lio??f ... Yv* l30n T - C S luehinan. ijicut II K Fickbohm. 0 lontauk. Lieut L L Kearney. monicus. w tahopac. [anhattan. antuckct, Lieut c B T Moore, assaie, Lieut F II Sherman. ryandotte, Lieut J II Milton. RECEIVING SIIII'S. ? ranklin, capt S. W Terry, NorVa., navy yard. C/ idependcnce, capt Louis Kempft, [are Island, cal.. navy yard, crmont, capt Merrill Miller, New c, navy yard. abash, capt II F Picking, Boston i. ichmond, ( apt J J llecd, at Phil)hia, l'a. Address, navy yard, iguc Island, Pa. Cf (^continued on page eight.) y 8 Wm A. Nichols * | respectful; : BANKING BUSINESS r- A.nd promise you the best i Specia ( 300 Pairs of Ladi< ton and Lace Shoe 200 Pai Ties BL Store closes at 0 o'clo UUQN ? Prices Prices printed in the papers do not tell the whole story. Our Prices represent the most your money can buy. Our Men's and Boys' Spring Suits. Must bo seen to lie appreciated. The superior merit of our Suits is the Fabrio 1L. ** " * 4*-wiis? ji wm be just as we represent it to be ^AJl-Wool^ Tailoring Because the insides are tailored with as much care and thought sis the outside. Style Because they are just sis the Standard of Spring '98 dictates. Fit Because we take as much pains sis the best merchant tailor to measure you properly. 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