New-York tribune., 1890-07-16
srCcrssFrL TEST or a TORPEDO BOAT
THE SWIFT SIMS EDISON CRAFT RUNS AT HE
RATE OF TWENTY MILES AN HUN
UNDER CONTROL FROM TIE SHoKL'


RATE OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR
Under CONTROL FROM TIE SHORE
about 6fty men accepted the nyitltion oi ti" H'iS
rdieon Electric Torpedo Company yesterday al''I"'
10 witness a trial Of the company hsh "'PI
Willctt's Point. The fast ting Frcd b. l'''"'' 80,
chartered for the occasion. Among 'l' t",>' :,
were II. f. p. LaScano. Chilian Minister i" do
wcclcriin. Netherlands Minister; Captain L. r. "
ootdorbo da CANA brazilian Navy; Captain J. ea"'"o"
rbuian Navy: II. Won Kohlcr. swedish cIr'H"'''
,o,o,ol q q Howard Rear Admiral d. J." h'''"o'
SIMMER J. Kimlall, United Sta;c' Lne A''ur -,
General T. H. Gruhb. these olh'cr' "i '''' =.
Electric Torpedo Company Everett fi'"oI' W. 80
sins II DE Castro. Thoma, y. Edison "afO'i'ci -
80, vuIi,r n Deem Ambrose snow, James W
,,,,a,,, and George W. Casper; Warner Mlllcr' pN9
dent Nicaragua Canal Company; Lieutenant N'-''''
.,ror I. : ~: John II. Liycrm0rc' Hl"'" ~ & 'N'
rr,nh II. platt George ". QuintAiTi' James w."
Darwin r. James, Aaron NandcrOiI'' anu
Holme. 49,. .,, co,nnanv was
I.o, arriving al Wet's Point the company
,oc.i,cd bv Colonel W. X. King Dr. E"''' ~. ~,
-, con,atrs sears IoXic and Eerclahh' anu -"
,o,or,s warren Zima. skunk, Jervcy' M'N'nS'S' '
son Vlnslow D'Armit, FlaGlcr. haNnE' i''
Grccor sladc Howe. Beacon. NlIklhsoh' 7''''' 4,
wtno and Stottler. Tho torpedo sent OUT ,,
two parallel parts. one above the o'IIc'' @oe -.
,or, and about thirty feet long. The lower lo'u"'
was a cvlindcr with conical ends coveNH WIN I
,,s,do thc she'll beginning at the ioF"a'" '''
hoo s.ctiors containing 80 pounds "i Sahu' "''u -
s,od ~ dvnar,ite the controlling caOle "'c' "''
49,, acd about halt an inch in diameter i'H"' ~
nn ,,ris,cd copper wire which was lhyed ou' a. '''
.oAo advanced and the electric motor ana ''''.'"
device. The upper part consisted oi n, noil - t',
r..n a conner hull The torpedo when i'"c''" '''.
49,, ,,o- into the water was almost entirely sup'''s w.
ar,r ror,ion of the upper half ShoSlhs ABOVE ~''
water. , H.. ,,s t,s,c,,
A signal the torpedo was loosened rom w. I'H"
i... Nr sims touched the KEY Of his cont"llihV "P
..i-,,',,,s In tha ner and the little Cdn~'Hh' o4t
1900 like n meteor u, eour~c, Wh'h l''' -,
r.,.i ,bn huIl Of "A Yacht anchored about a I't
=, " nile from the shore The torpedo appI"1'", ,,,
y, ossci - the rate Of twenty miles an hour; -
ri,lin ten feet Of IT, touch on the Key pp y, -
,,-,t,r caused the little racer to make suuucI -
oPe ,|, sf,nr which II started OIL for q "rtc
chonner which wa sailing directly aGro.s ~ Poi.
Iotnro rn,chinc the vessel however. IL beFhn - I-
~ ,bc left and then began EraduallN, 10 ,u.''
toward the pier IN the distance ln' ,tUr O., ,s,r
r,,ehcd through the water seemed hNlhE ''l ~. e.
.e,i, aer. n, movement under control. HlVI ~
kir, its circuit wa found tlu one mic 1 'lpio
Lnd inen laid i'm two ana one half minutes l"' Po'
formance was much apPl0uded -, .-,o,
T,V,, charges. consisting ol nltN P""'
rovdc- each were then exploited undcr "dbr Wv
lYa",ricr,,. ono Of these explosions throw - 'iunl
:. ra,er inward 10 a height Of about 900 icci. ~ Wa
learned that torpedo Doat "l '''l'n', & Ft,it5
-nrcst ~ construction 10y Mr. sims Tor me hI''
:,o,os Governmcnt to be ready next ial ihI- O', J.
cy ncct.d - run two miles ~ IN" IaO "i t"'H'n mn
oM bour and viii carry 40 pounds OF dVnhnit,,
I'm In thirty thrcc feet long and have cSlulueI
twenty-five inches in diameter