The record-union., 1892-12-21
Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

the Official Trial Takes Place.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoS.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 20.-The new
coast defense vessel Monterey was given
her second trial run on the bay to-day,
preliminary to her official trial trip,
which is expected to occur within a
few days. No attempt was made to force
the engines to their full power, though
greater speed was developed, and for a
greater length Of time, than during the
preliminary run yesterday.
The Monterey was under way to-day
for five hours, and during the greater
part of that time the furnaces We're
worked under forced draft, and the en-
gines made an average of l3O revolutions
per minute, the maximum being I35.
There was not hitch in the machinery
at any time during the run. The engines
worked smoothly in every particular, and
there was no occasion to slow down or
decrease the power they were developing
for the purpose OF making adjustments
or alterations.
No effort was made to obtain an accu-
rate estimate of the speed which the YES
sci developed, owing to the fact that the
question of speed does not enter into tile
requirements of the contract between the
Government and the Union Iron Works.
the chief requirement being that the YES
sci shall develop 5,400 horsepower. The
patent log was in use during part Of the
run, and several observations which were
made by means Of it indicate a speed of
between twelve and thirteen knots per
hour. Short bearings were also taken.
n ut lad
indicated greater speed, the highest
estimate being fourteen and two-tenths
knots.
The run to-day had partly the appear
ance Of an official trial, owing TO the fact
that all the members Of the Naval Board
who will conduct the official trial were on
board. The members OF the Trial Board
are Admiral George Brown, Captain
Louis kempf, Chief Engineers George
A. Mutz, Joseph TriIley ana George J.
Burnase, Lieutenant-CO Commander Edwin
c. PendletOn, Lieutenants James w.
Carlin, X. f. Nicholson and George w.
Dinheld, and Assistant Naval Constructors
David W. Taylor and Albert w. Stahl.
The mem bers of the Board Of Naval
Engineers who will take the data upon
which the computations for horsepower
viii be made were also aboard to-day,
with the exception of one omcer, Chief
Engineer George w. Niagee. The mem
pers OF the Engineer Board who were on
the Monterey were Chief En-ineer
George +. kutz, Joseph TriIiey, George
j. Burnase, Albert {. Engard and Robert
". Milligan; Past Assistant Engineers
Charles Powell, William ROwbothatn
George D. Strickland, William B. Dun
ming, Howard Gage, Andrew NJ. Hunt
and Thomas Carter, and Assistant En-
gineers SOlOn Arnold, Emil Thesis and
William c. Herbert.
The contractors We're represented by
Henry II. Scott, President Of the Union
Iron Works; Expert Engineer W. r.
Eckart, Chief Engineer Robert Forsythe
and Il. Z. Morris.
The vessel was in command of Captain
Charles Minor Goodall, with William
Field as first officer, both Of whom served
III the same capacity on the trial trips of
the cruisers Charleston and San Fran
cisco.
The vessel left her moorings about II
o'clock, and headed for a point between
Goat Island and the San Francisco side Of
the bay. By the time that she had passed
the eastern end Of Great Island her en-
gines had been worked up to over a hun
dred revolutions, which gave her an esti-
mated speed of ten or eleven knots She
soon began to show that her low free
board was calculated to make it decidedly
uncomfortable on the forward deck. The
and it grew in volume as the speed was
increased, until right at the point Of her
bow there was steady stream pouring
on her three feet above the deck
She was heading for Red Rock then,
with clear passageway, and the engines
continued to work faster and faster, until
they attained an average Of one hundred
and thirty revolutions. With the engines
working at this rate, the volume Of water
which was pouring over her bow in
creased until there was torrent rushing
over the forward part of the deck for a
distance of thirty or forty feet back Of
the hawse-pipes. The waves submerged
the flagstaff in the bow to point tour or
five feet above the deck, but the depth of
the waves rapidly decreased as the water
rushed over the hawse-pipes.
The main volume Of the water was lust
at the point OF the bow where the hawse
pipes, covered by immense iron hoods.
are located, and these, with the large
anchors which were secured on both sides
of the heWse pipes, formed breastwork
which caused the water to banl, at that
point. The wave was broken before IL
reached within ten feet Of the forward
turret, and ran off the sides without caus-
ing any flood near the turret though
there We're small streams running along
the sides tor a considerable distance back
of that point. The bay was smooth, and
the vessel was perfectly steady, without
any tendency to pitch or dip her bow in
the water.
The members of the Naval Board ex-
pressed no surprise at the manner in
which she threw a wave over her bow.
and stated that nothing else could be eX-
pected of vessel of the monitor type.
with such low freeboard as The Mon
terey has.
After the Monterey reached Red Rock
she turned and went over the course
again, returning to Hunters Point. on
her return trip the engineers on board
took data in the engine-room and fire.
room, upon which the horsepower com
putations Will be made.
1t was about ! o'clock when the war
ship reached Hunters Point. and the con-
tractors concluded to run her over the
course again This was done, but there
was no special incident on the second
trip. The engine maintained au average
of l30 revolutions all the time. The Mon
terey returned to the Union Iron Works
about 1 o'clock and anchored off the
works. The contractors express the
greatest satisfaction with the perform
ance of the vessel.
She will 90 out again over the same
course on Thursday, and it is expected
then to work the engines up to 40 revo-
Iutions and perhaps more on the next
trip. Alter that they will probably be
worked to 100 revolutions and then it Is
to give her the official trial.
The contractors are not the only ones
who express the greatest satisfaction
with the preliminary trials Of yesterday
and to-day. The naval engineers who
were aboard the vessel and members of
the Trial Board also do not hesitate to
say that so tar her machinery has worked
perfectly, and that there is every indica-
ton that when forced to her full power