Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-23
.SHE BEATS THE WORLD.
The Armored Cruiser New York Runs
21O9 Knots an Hour.
THE AVERAGE ON HER TRIAL TRIP.
Remarkable Performance, Which
Wins Laurels for American
Ship Building and Gives the
American Navy the Banner
Cruiser Of the World-How the
Race With Time Was Won.

BosToN, MASS, May 22.-With for
ward torpedo tubes buried deep in the
sea, and the water pushed almost as
high as her forecastle, the armored
cruiser New York steamed across the
line to-day, breaking the worlds record
and winning for her builders the lar
gest premium ever paid In any coun-
try.
When twenty-one knots was predict
ed as the speed for the new cruiser
many hoped but few believed that her
engines would ever be able to drive
such an immense mass OF steel through
the water at this rate. When she crsss-
ed the line to-day, however, with a speed
of q. 90 knots through the water, and
some corrections yet TO be added for
tide, the enthusiasm on board was IN
tense. To-day's performances oil the
Massachusetts coast Will be echoeu
from one end of Europe TO the other for
it places the United States in the van
among the navies of the world and
gives US not only the most powerful but
the swlftest armored cruising vessel.
At7:30 sharp all hands were called TO
ger the cruiser under way, and just as
eight bells were sounding by the hshing
feet nearby the New York hoisted her
ponderous anchor and headed for the open
sea.
She moved off at an easy pace OF about
seventeen knots with her engines making
80 revolutions to the minute Gradually
she warmed up TO work, however, ana oy
the time the Vesuvius was in sight, the
cruiser was making over 20 knots with her
engines spinning around about $50 turns 10
the minute.
A perfect flotilla of fishing smacks await
ed the big cruisers coming, and they look
ed aghast at the great column Of water
that She threw in front Of her cut water
The little village of Gloucester was OH
| the port beam at 9 o'clock. Inc steam
pressure was then l65 pounds to the square
| iuch and the vessel working at d Urine over
! 20 knots. In few minutes the revolutions
jumped up to 1875 and the steam to l15
pounds, both Of which were held through
| out the entire trip.
On flew the great cruiser, increasing her
speed at every lump The Nina was pass
| ed at 9:46; the Bennington at 1000, and
the Fern, the halfway mark, at lO:2l
! Then came the tug Fortune at lO:4l, the
Levden at II :05, aud finally the historic
| old Kearsage at Il %. The rigging OF the
corvette was black with men who cheered
| the warship as she passed.
A neat turn was made and the race BACK
over the course began. At ii 40 the kear-
| sarge was off the starboard beam with the
New York headed to the southwark. The
Levden was passed at. 04, the Fortune
at i2:27, the Fern at l2:46, the Bennington
at 0l, the Nina at 30, and the Vesuylus
at1:4 The entire course was 4l.65 nautl-
cal miles, which was steamed over twice.
On the first run the speed was 2O.S3
knots and the second 2l:35, the difference
being due to the tide, which was
| against the vessel on the trip north.
The average of these speeds
gives 81 90 knots, with possibility OF It's
belng greater when the trlc current cor.
rection is added. On the whole to-day S
record was a triumph for American skill
and genius and will stand pre-eminently
alone until some of our new war ships
beat it.