New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-14
vu,r THE ITALIA MIGHT DO.

- .no ro,o,t. NJ the speed Of the English vessels
during their recent manoeuVIeS arc 10 DE- wv
,,,ou the English Navy doe not possess Dd,'Io
.,., odav that could get anywhere near the ltald
and even the bclted cruisers which are i l. "ho.
ct ON ratcr would be left behind al the rate ni
more thau inJt hour, even und'I loI.'u uti..
s G I, viii only be used for brief perod and upon
prcat emergencies. But the tu .ihi. 1i,to and
hopes Of better things from the batueIp n,r,.tcd
Vulcan Of twenty-five ard twenty , hn2 GCt nro
eur.d ic-ucctlVclV. and from Inc HNc - N''' a.
ttctcd cruiser, recently launched.
THOSE Of rHE UNITED STATES NAVY.
Tho Naval vessels Of the United states have hoI
oxnitred the falling Of in speed that those u inc
English NAVY have and this is partially ac'ou''''
for in the fact that the practice Of the NAVY D'Pa'
ment u conducting trials has been a. 4 run '"l,
10 that Of England. The Admiralty HdNc ,i0 .,-
NAL, over a measured mile course, WHO ]" '''
c,yn,ry the practice j, 10 have continuous run "'
folr hopr, Even d novice can readily see tiat 10 ~
r.u over a single mile course the tphul'ly"o 90.
made favorable tle fires may De- Eot ~ mo-
be,t possible condition, the steam may p1 t, ~ ~
all the parts Of The machinery are d. tne D r,,t
llcr- need be no cold water run mo inc u'ITT.
., a' 1,c4 AZ "a" t6c dic viii need u, handling nor be-
icadcued bv putting on fresh coal. ana u,II i' wy
me chance 6f he journals becoming heated ....
Eut win a four'hour run. "a, the United state
naval vessel, are tested the condition, are ma i
changed The water I'm the boiler, is hk-N 10 W.
entirely changed Thus losing much heat vhr fct,lh3
the colder water up 70 boiling POINT ana ,'' ',
age Of los, Of ,rccd under continrou, stellng, Il,
compared with that made Oh the official trial L. hpt
great with the United state vessel, a. IL ], WIN
those OF the Eneli-h Navy, which ia" must be "p
parent. And -tn the practice ln mi, country Is not
declared h. Doe perfect but would seem Doe nearer
thc correct thing II the trials were like those made
during and for several years after the CIvil Var
Tor tvcntr f.ur hours at sea, or like that which the
Dolphin made.
tn BITIMOEE'S GREAT SPEEn
The recent performance, Of The cruiser Dalti-
more place that 81 I'D The foremost rank Of armed
cruiser, ON tl, sea- she has really developed. far
a, can le learned pcci greater than ANY vessel Of
he tonnage ca-. and over. ave one, the dynamite
cruiser Vc,uv.u-. At her steam trial on september
Il last she made "a maximum spccd Of 2O.o knot.
and f,s an hoir and half made an average Of 20
lnot, while for the four hours trial the average was
1877 knots. Tins vessel j, now IN commission for
service and Will the Navy Yard III two on three
woc.s The tlarlc ton. the second OF the new lot Of
cruisers. in lcl four hours steam trial ON the Pacific
coast, Oil august % last. made a maximum speed Of
IL, knott. ana su average speed for the four hours
0f H. knots Although the Neauvlr> made a max
imum speed of 229 knots and an average peel over
me measured mile cour,c Of 21G knots, vessels Of tho
torpedo typ DO not properly enter INTO comparison
with 1000 tom cruiser. other vessels OF the ne"
navy nearly ready for service, which are expected
10 compare favOrahy with the baltimore and Charles
ton. the Newark, Philadelphia ana san Francisco
Although the Chicago. Atlanta and Boston, The
Roach bu cru ser, nave not me pei % IN cruisers
u later date. AZ the trials at Newport last ialI an
Of them not only did well. but they exceeded Their
averages made on the contract trials When IT /,
considered that the high speed runs these trials
were practically the first time that many Of the men
lad handled modern machinery al full power, tho
records made were ccrtaiuIy excellent
TIE ITALIAN CRUISER PIEMoNTE.
vessel which ms attracted much attention OF late
and which surpassed the Baltimore in speed, IS
the Picmonte, Of the Italian Navy. She is cruiser
Of 900 horse power, and made little over ~
KNOTS hour. But this was over the measured mile