The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-10

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nAzxA 1sAaEARks Ia. Mar III II
ersaiaer thArssston has rs.1nainesa 1t
anehor In tie harbos with fires ban led
up - noan sEsaay, and i derisian hxs
b&en rescued not 10 start upon she
fesag hours trial ran tessay- The nasa II
enginsegs have been busy al day In
working Khe regurgfs saksn os the per-
boFmaseea Of the engines On the dowIl-
ward trip 50 Tar rs the observations
bare zone, the result In In farar ni the
Charleston when compared with the
usaIesAl records ct hes ssstes. ship In The
JMnanese Nary. When the Charleston
was running III fourteen knots 1t was
as IN easy ske&na pressure. represent
ing only . small refceEitage or the
horsepower which aIie n hopes 50 de-
velop w1sert under furrzd dramglls. al
though the precise calculations hare
ret yes been concluded.
The anaa aanelaEs are ass1sg g:vea The
machinery. preparatory f4s lie high
teat to he made, and the engineers and
fiTeaaen are being given Thorough
rest for The heavy work required OF
thens when the engine reoEns VIII
be ciosed and fos.T hours of working
the engines under foresd siranghf villa
be required Of them Il decision viii
be reached tonight, and it Is regarded
az possible that the cruiser naay enter
fipun the share work cut eius for her
tonorrow. tbaagh no statement to
this efgsas SIS been definitely made.
E. TIE FINAL TEsr.
The cruiser Charleston will put tC
sea agaia carly tonapFrow morning.
Daring the dag the naval engineers
have been working with the results
shown hy cards taken during the
downward passage To demonstrate the
hoFse-pow developed The maxi
mum horse power shown was about
3.ng0. under which impulse the
shig vas driven at speea
exceeding fourteen knots. The prob
lem now facing the cruiser is the At
tainment Of the TOO horse power de-
sired bv the government. which viii
probably be solved during the cruise
entered upon tomorrow, providing
the engines will behave ~ well rs dur
ing the twenty-thrk, hours pre-
cegiing her arrival here. To
this end any iInperfeeticnS
il the steel crosshead OF one Of the
high pressure cylinders have been
sought to pseTsnt any difficulty en- its
account.
The cruiser viii probably be turned
engines work smoothly the furnace
roelns viii clese. A forced draft will
be employed, and with the ship
headed up the channel she win
make the hrst attempt 30 test Der
propelIing power, Representatives oil
the Union Iron Works on board ex-
press neither doubt nor confidence as
10 the result, beyond declaring that
the ship viii exceed the expectations
IL she Is capable OF successfully doing
the work cut out for her on her first
trial. III she does not, and it is
found necessary after making the
morning start to subject the engines
to still longer test, in order TO en-
able them to drop into easy working
condition, tho cruise will be extended
over tomorrow for that purpose, and
tbs four hours test will not occur
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If the ship successfully meets the
test tomorrow she win probably be
OF Point Conception at the close Of
the run. and viii probably maintain
her way on to San Francisco. In the
event OF a decision not to enter upon
the government test tomorrow she
win probably return to this harbor.
rAsTEa THAN THE JAPANESE.
Comparisons made of the cruisers
run yesterday with the results made
by the fast Japanese cruisers Of the
same type are said to be in favor OF
the Charleston. Up to the point at
tempted n devsioping her morse
Taeaehiso Jan, which is 3
prototype OF Charleston. making
seventy-two revolutions on her pro-
peiier in Yeddo harbor, developed
,3aa horsepower and q speed of
I.53 knots, while the engines OF
the Charleston, with seventy revolu-
tons, developed LAC horse-p power and
drove her at speed OF thirteen knots.