Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-14

AS un Instance Ol tne terTlDIe state Oh
mind into which the New York reporters
have been thrown by the preliminaries Of
tho trial betwc en- the sherwood and Dicker-
| son naval machineries now in progress in
that city, we copy the following from the
New York COMMERCIAL Aiuerttser of yester.
day afternoon: -... ...,,.. ...
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Nothing Of any interest occurred on board
| OF either Of the contestants last night. The
engines were worked as they had been dur
ing the day. From some cause not explained
the leading spirits on both sides are very
chary in giving any information Of an Off
cial character Of course no imped;ment is
placed in the way Of persons desirous of be-
ing spectators, but rs yet we are unable to
obtain any scientific data. The Winooski
averaged n pressure of about 25 pounds dur
ing the night, while the Algonquin carried
about so.
During the evening tho Algonguin's cyl
indcr gave forth sound indicat ,ng that the
rings on the piston were loo,s yet as moth
ing serious was appreheuded, the engine " :
allowed to run on at her accustomed speed.
On board of the Winooski eveIy ything worked
as smoothly as possible. During the Wight
the little machine for taking indicctor cards
became disarranged and useless. y. ~
At 8. O'Clock our reporter arrived at the
scene of the contest and bis first inquiry
was, Have you begun the official trial YETI"
The reply was "No.'' From alive can learn,
Mr.. Dickerson desires to cut of some of the
paddle-wheel fonts The question win be
decided as soon as Mr.. Isherwood can hear
from the Navy Department. The impression
is that his request will be granted if 30,
In N3 II l.. r.
hours.
At 0 o clock we visited the Algonquin, GnL
found the steam at 90 pounds vacuum, 25
inches scunt and the engine making 10 rev.
olutions pcr minute, One person told US that
they were consuming 800 pounds Of coal per
watch, while mother said they were burning
% buckets per watch, which, at 60 pounds
per bucket, would be about /, 500 pounds.
With such conflicting information, 1t will be
seen how difficult tits to gain reliable in
formation. The cylinder was the centre of
attraction for spectators on account Of TO
noice proceeding therefrom. 1t is belierta
that Che rings Of the piston are loose.
At 9:3O we saw an indicator card taken
r'om the after end Of the cylinder At that
time the engine was making 10 revolutions,
the steam pressure was Go pounds per square
inch, the throttle wide open, and the vac,,-
per RuBcf n inOIcb. Cufu WIS CC--
tainiy very fine one, and showed that the
engine was "outting off, at less than 8
inches, which Is remarkably fno on o ton
foot stroke. There is no question but that
Mr.. Dickorson can perform some fine work
with his engine. 't. ...'. -' .'"
At 0;40 we visited the, engine-room Of tie
Winoosh and found the steam gage indicat-
ing pressure of. 80 pounds to the squa.e Q
inch, the vacuum being "a inches, and the
engine making ~ revolutions Per minu,e
Tho throttle valve was vide open, as il l,.l
been SO far during the contest, and cpttih,;
off at (6.l0) six ltenthsa To-. e.. -
At eleven o'clock affairs were about the
same. By this time n large number Of spec
tatOrs were gathered on the bulkheads, Look |
ing on with much INTEREST,"; A large numbet I
of distinguished engineers of the navy, be- |
gides number Of engine builders and other
scientific gentlemen, came down about this !
time, and shortly HfterEnrd Mr. sherwood |
madc his appearance. '' - 'H
At noon The Algonquin YasSarryipg about !
siEty-fys p0VHds Of steam and making % |
revolutions. She is burning coal from h.! |
bunkors, and is not weighing IT, The WinooA |
Is averaging 800 pounds of coal por watch. |
and IL is being weighed on the dock, I'd |
thence wheeled on board. At eleven O'Clock |
tomorrow this portion Of the proceedings
will terminate, and by!that time II is to be
hoped that the pari!SS win agree, and the
"fOur,day run" commence a