The sun., 1893-07-01
THE MONTG OMERY'S SPEED TEST:
Points Which Make It OF Intereat and Prom
ise u Good Record for Her.

WASHINGTON. June 30.-Our new ships just
now are following each other pretty rapidly to
the mea sured course for acceptance. and when
the next annual official list OF vessels In ser-
vice is published it will show a gratifying gain
The Montgomery Is the next candidate for a
race against time. and her approaching per-
formance will have certain special points OF
interest In the first place. she is to run on the
same course in Long Island Sound that was
marked out fort Detroit her sister ship and
under the same regulations. The Detroit beat
all records in the proportion OF premium won to
contract price. and she holds that record to-
day. Besides while she surpassed her guar
anteed speed by six quarter knots. she came
within q very few hundredths OF surpassIng It
by seven quarters. which would have meant
S25. 900 m ore for her builders. Hence 1t will
be interesting to see whether the MONTGOMERY
cannot squeeze out these few hundredths and
| earn the enormous premium Of $175.OOO or
| within an eighth as much as the big New
York. of four times her displacement
There is another interesting point in the
SI@nh Shsn the efp Detroit Was % docEeS at halt @ore
| close to tho hub and that the starboard screw
was also broken: with one;haIt gone. There
hsr
hn e. Sls 9F csSpseS @ ss5 a thst hss
contractors IN the premium earned. Hence
much curiosity will be be excited to see whether
can be inferred as to when the Detroits pro- l
Hs Ths
begin with. in those days the custom was not
to hurry forward plans for new vessels, since
he nsS TO n se s hs DUTY
OF calling for bids upon the Montgomery and
her sister lister ships; rs Te &c other vessels Sat At
came into office SIX months later; Mr.. Tracy
called for bids on them in May. 1880; and they
cash but both bidders exceeded It the Bath
SSl5.O0O. In that dilemma the new Secretary
called for new bids and made the undertak-
for constructing the vessels. giving more ad-
vantageous speed premiums. and. above ali
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We're re'i dssiGned me to give IS Knots, this VAS
Accordingly there were five bidders At the
sl05 600 for single ship or to @ 1873 900. with
1SF 'KS aHS 1s
each for the three. r, But Lorine q Boston and
as snd 0H6
Works Of Baltimore one for $625.QO0 or two for
mas he We
ne Quintard, Works The soatract Sn for the two
the, vessels In thirty months the Detroit and
there are Offsets to the pena ty through changes
Of plans by the Navy Departm ent which origin
Of S In
hand. the calculation on at least 100000 for
premium through the contract reduction Of
of the Detro SSe ana f would not be surnssns
to find the Montgomery now adding enough
si925 zoo contract % e Even sspposnS that The
haze H9st than the eonraet PRICE
bSy bonyus Sr arse the baers IN
The 70 hss a
4eme 'eps Beam oi 81 aa and 1 mean ara dpsusht Of
24E; Her engines arc OF the tyin:scrsw.
the aianster Of y The iow:pressuTe eSindsr BE-!
and Of the high pressure 63 inches, with q
common stroke Of is Inches They are meant
@ at Ths ahrse doubs
working pressure q 1Go pounds. ana the total
consist Of two J-ineI GIsech loading ridssS
Eapid-hre guns. in sponsons on the broadside,
The secondary battery will contain SIX
and Sss
for Howell torpedoes Her curved protective
deck extends throughout the length Of the
that Of a two-mas,ed schooner. with about
View sef Of the fss e1os to
that, II she made that with propeller In
1S Knots. This would be q most creditaUle
speed in vessel OF that displacement. when
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