The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-21
CULUMBil AND err or rIRrS.
Their Relative Speeds ma various Consid.
creations Ben~ins ON Thew.

vs. ~
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2o.-Can Unclo SANS last
7.~3oO-tonncr. popularly known as tne f',a.e
and officially US the Columbia. beat the spien.
did Clydo-buiit transatlantic hycr thnt HAS
Just broken al! records, even her own!
Thoro is no doubt that tho columbia was
| MANNED to DO tits or more. In cruiser No.
-" said Secretary Tracy's rerort Tor lS'".
"thy department has sought TO produce n YES
sci absolutely without parallel hmong tue war
shi,s Of Tho world. Sho Will DO II match for
! ,Lo mos, swift transatlantic linor rioatto.day.
r.r;yiu. any armament OF which such q vessel
I. c,nnblc. Nomc,chunt Vessel that she meets.
amazed or unnrmed. cnn escape from her.
When tho occasion arises. she can ovcrtake
win ,aso tho i,ue,cst U. the ocean grey
hounI." Atthut time the CITY Of Paris held
tie record amvps thcss I;eylioun,is. with her
pr,lt run u. - days IL hours aud Is minutes.
In August. 1885,.
Bat now this spicnGid Imam rnasr has
| lcuten .hLt record Ut three years ago bv nearly
i've hours. AMI also the subsequent better
records OF tho Majestic aud Tcutonic and hul-
soft. Arun OF = days ii hours AID ~ minutes
sets quite another marx for the Columbia to
reach. and whether tho ship planned Nv our
navy bureaus can bsat the great product VI
tho ihou,svh. becomes !'copUrtionally murs
doubtful. Tho highest average hourly speed
" WV ~ ~ 49, 80 AtSNhO q YIN - "
SANDY lIoak. had ke,u 20.Ul knots when the
Columbia was designed. Bu. since then the
Malcstic has reached an average OF 2o.l0. the
TcItcnic an average Of :.!Q.34. AMI the City Of
f.tis averages Of 20. AZ aud 20.7n.
]; we look at tic Cc,umbia's contract We ind
AZ average Of twenty-oGe knots called for.
But that average need be maintained fur
four consecutive hours" or.y. and. Of course.
this is quite different from a. run Of over 1874
consecutive hours. And again. while the speed
must be slow I'm the open sea-" run OF
four hours on tho const might not correspond
teal miles like that Of the City OF Paris. which
,nsinIen IL FRESH Sa'c anu rough seas durln:
AEair. va iu, that tho Columbia has a
the City OF Paris j. 5AS, ieet Ion: aud the Ma
,estic $50. Secretary Tracy has pointed out
,Es' w toH G AVN tie in shg iHnstths at VT tGi sG nssuI H.
questioned; hut il. SO. tho fact that the CITY Of
iaf Iayo Of S OF t i far !H';TeF fiji iiiia poi point o was SWc It
npon soyre tin" ago in the hngu,,rrinv Maya
siEner OF steam vessels. aud he. added that
while the Columbia had but lo,, feet q, FREQ
liz hTIa con 'pnTsrf ti. tns It h'i Z Hne aar's btH w N ,ist;
sr: as Lsr ;Ihsrt length aud small froebOard
the Question, on tho Other side We have tho
StutoIncut vi .,cCitthIS u liza tuO onH ltlCS
Of the Columbia. are really expected to give her
"a maxi%um # Il Gl k1Gt 5, and nnis a ss .Ss, me- lay az;
In speed ia expected from tho three screws.
This device was aLorted because it was not
tn9nght r MisGdTa Iet to s Ss'n in this country:
screws "sIy =, Tho SnsiH;sss 5, a IL, e ss dIsysiEp The +
isSsncs s Wiss5 SaSf H1o 81 q !: %S2s : s f"ss! at 10
transmitted through II single shaft. There
WAS also an advantage IN economy, as Sh0
can work with orc engine at fun powcr for
e euIIilnaify e we Snvs the nI itn sSe.inG ai inrs t tHnt he HSs
collective indicated horse power called for by
the Golumbia's engines is between 2.5og and
one in favor. Of Melv!llc's, engines.
speed OF the City Of Paris is remarkable. it
sho ID be |! m re~ nsIiibs that r she E Tbn time for
are ares Sntitied to reckon from noon to s noon. by
observations from tho ship; In calculating
s shs's d lSst t fSn f;o rpS do so nJ ysSt comes sr ist It i tS SSi
awsntYps d9 ? r. ELAPSED LAP co,r hours rs on on q 2 w snd ShpSs v r.
below the fortieth. IN the highest latitude the
gain in q day is nearly, an hour. or certainly
greater or less gain which the experts could
calculate from tho course.
knots Of til: Columbia; which tho l premi-
ums offered to the builders will tempt them to
BY the navy DEPARTMENT. These rules hnbitu.
ally require the most studious estimates Of
deductions and additions for tho force Of tides
und currents. so that the true steam power
muy be shown. But there are portions Of the
trnnsatlantic steamer lane In which the favor
able current is estimated ut the rate OF fully
half to three..Iunrters OF a knot un hour for
more than q days continuance.
1t will no seen. therefore. that the champions
OF the COilimhia need not yet give vi their be-
lief thnt she could overhaul even the City OF
Paris. But. Of course. in one case we have thn
wonderful results Of actual voyages. while in
the other there are only tho theoretical consid-
%srat!nils yet TO DO put to the test. Next spring
the CnmIhnia. with her horse power far in
excess Of the Lolumbia's. will undoubtedly DO
faster than tho latter.