Evening journal., 1890-06-27
Handy Tor the Trim.

inch breechloading rifles and she carries
number of machine guns aud revolving
cannon
Ready for the Trip.
The trial run occurred Wednesday of
long Island, and although the conditions
were unfavorable, the new cruiser made
nearly twenty knots an hour. An officer
on board thus describes the trip: Bustle
reigns at once on shipboard The trained
crew Of the Cramps disappear IN the hold.
Chief Engineer Patterson goes into the fire
room and closes the doors air tight. Six
teen men are shut into the pit with him.
Chief Engineer johnson disappears in the
engine rooms with sixteen engineers and
4 tWenty-four oilers. There are also eight
coal passers, four water tenders aud eight
/ men at the blowers, which suck down air
from the score Of gaping tunnels, Twenty
government engineers also 70 below with
Indicating machines to secure horse power
and other data not required on the trip, but
useful TO the department
Away She Goes
The cleaning Dolphin is sighted appar-
entity in position eight miles away A
shrek from the Philadclphia's whistle
tells the imprisoned crew that the rnce will
begin and the vessel jumps az once. Capt.
Steel takes his place on the bridge. Will
lam Cranp pencil and paper in hand, sits
on the bridge. The trial may mean q pre-
MUM of 100000 or a loss Of 100000 He
seems as cool as any other Interested spec
tator The vibrations of the vessel seem
to cease but the subdued roar Of the ma
chinery keeps up Down into the fire room
runs a tube from barrel containing iced
lemonade and ginger ale No man must
leave that room. Its temperature is about
l02 degs., and the men must have a cooling
drink Quantities Of ice are being carried
to the engine room for the men down
there. Long lines Of hose run down there,
so as to keep the machinery COOL with
water. Not an inch must be lost
Like Giant Of the Sen.
The race is on. Like giant Of the sea
and clouds the lead cOlored Philadelphia
has rushed across the line The Dolphin,
little of the range is passed half q min
ute later. The next marking vessel eight
miles away, cannot be discovered, and the
course leads by compass only. The light
wind is from the southwest and the sea Is
! lumpy The revolutions of the screws are
10 to the minute and the full 100 pounds
Of steam is on in the four boilers Steady
MS a ray Of light the ship moves on. From
her two smoke stacks the black smoke
pours, and, mingling, streams away BE-
hind the cruiser like stin pennant in a
Etalwart breeze.
The next marking vessel, the Nina, Is
} passed 25 min. and 81 sec. after the start.
"A Little over Nineteen Knots.
The vessel rushes on and anxious eyes
look for the next vessel, the coast survey
vessel Blake She h seen so soon that
there Is suspicion that the compasses
< have gone astray Astern, however, the
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: The Blake is passed 50 min. and 32 sec.
away from the starting point. According
to these figures the Philadelphia is going
at twenky-one and a half knots, but the
Blake is out Of position.
Twenty more minutes pass, and then the
, Petrol is sighted about two miles off the
: straight line to the eastward. She too is
: out of position on account of the fog She
: was more than 80 min. from the Blake
On. on speeds the cruiser, and at last the
Essex, which marks one end of the course
!, is passed Snap 60 the chronometers. Il
q Is H. min and "a sec. from the start
: ing point, and the speedy pencils show
! this Co be only little over nineteen knots
speed
William Cramp comes down to the bridge
: deck; he suggests that perhaps the ranges
= have not been found. Capt. Erben rushes
: down and will not listen. He shouts:
e "Turn her aroundi We got It'll We goi
iii Turn her aroundl We gotit
a a Hegesticulates like a stock broker anc
repeats his excited words score of times
Il Capt Cramp gives him a searching glance
= and then calmly looks TO Capt. Steel OF
the bridge and says; make the turn.
Perhaps scores Of thousands Of dollars ar'
slipping from him, but he never loses hii
J equanimity.
The Finish.
The return trip is made at increased
speed. At last the finish is in sight anc
there are the black hull and lofty spars o
q a sloop-of-war near the Dolphin IL is thu
Kearsarge--a masterpiece of the old nav
lying at the finish to cheer the flower o
e. the new Quick figuring shows an averag
II ran u almost eNisctly nlneUeen and a MAJ
knots The Cramps say they are satisfied
a. The board OF engineers say the course wa
z s0.292 kn0is long, and tsny announce th
Ipeed Is i9.5i2 knJ.s.