The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-23
ALI Records Broken by New
Cruiser on Trial Trip.
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BOSTON. May @-W;th her forredo
tubes buried deep in the sea and the
water pushed almost as high ~ her fore
castle. the armored cruiser New York
steamed across the line today. break
ing the worlds record and winning
tor her builders the largest preminm
ever paid in any country, 500.
c0. When twensy-one knots was
predicted as 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 crossed the
line today. however, with speed of .Lo9
Knots through the water and some corrcc-
tions yet to be added for the tide, the en-
thusiasm on board was intense This
gives the United States not only the most
perfect but the swiftest armored cruising
vessel.
There had been great enthusiasm in
England over the performance Of the crai-
sers Blake and Bienheinl. some claiming
that the latter attained speed of twenty
tao knots. However, these vessels are not
armored. but simply protected by four
inch decks over their machinery and boil
ers. Even equal speed for them, there
fore would be nothing remarkable against
vessel carrying In addition TO six-ineh
protective deck. iive-inch side
belt and two turrets. eleven inches
thick. In the second place neither
OF these vessels ever had an official trial
over q measured course. The Blake broke
down from ieaky boilers after reaching
speed Of 1917 miles in shoai water and de-
veioping only Is.o0o-horse power. while
the Blenheim was gagged only by patent
log. which, il is claimed. indicated 22i,
knots. This same instrument on board
the New York showed a speed of % knots,
and the difference between that and the
actual distance covered is proof Of how
unreliable patent logs are as official tests.
At s O'Clock this morning the New York
hoisted her anchors and headed for the
sea. The wind was light from the north
west and the sea smooth. The cruiser
moved oil AZ an easy pace. but gradually
warmed up, and by the time the Vesuvius
was in eight she was going over twenty
knots with her engines making abont $50
turns per minute. Gloucester was of the
port beam at O'Clock. and twenty-five
minutes later red flag was broken out at
the port yard arm and the New York
olutions per minute. The steam pressure
was then lbs pounds 20 the square inch,
the vessel working trifle over twenty
knots. In few minutes the revolutions
jumped to 135 and the steam to 10 pounds,
both Of which held throughout the entire
trip. Now the great furnace began TO
roar and on few the great cruiser. increas-
ing her speed at every jump. The Nina
was passed at DAG. the Bennington at 10 :05
and the Fern, the halfway marx, at
1921. Then came the tug Fortune
at f0:4i. the I.eytoh at l:05 and
finally the historic old Keaisargc ut
1i:25. Tho rigging OF the corvette
was black with men who caeered the war
ship rs she passed. The next turn was
made and the race back over the course
began at 1l:44. The kcarsarge was Off the
s:arboard beam with the New York
headed TO the southwark. The Leyton
was passed at IL :0i, the Fortune at 1927,
the Fern at l3:is, the Bennington at l.oi,
the Nina at I 30 and the Nesuvius Mt A.
The entire course, 4i.65 nautical miles.
was steamed over twice; on the first
run the speed was 20 - knots: the second
l.s5 knots, the difference being due to the
tide which was against the vessel on the
trip north. The average of speed gives
q. 90 knots with a possibility of its being
greater when the true current correction
is added. On the whole the days record
was a triumph for American skill and
genius, and will stand pre-eminentiy
alone until one Of our new warship's
beats IL.