The morning call., 1893-01-06

| LIE hOAIER1
Island She fairly flew over the water. al
though the tide was against her and he
| decks were under water all the time. A
the Prov the water rose four and half fee
| above the deck, but all ran aft and off The
vessel before it got amidships. The stern
| Of the vessel lay in hollow between two
enormous waves, higher by several feet thar
the decks.
| In spite Of the heavy weight of the water
! constantly falling on her bows she rode with
| her stern very low. Her wave line Is pc
| culiar. The water rises high above the bows
| forward. and there is q deep depression.
| exposing several feet of freeboard, that
reaches aft tn the smokestaek, where a
slight rise occurs. Then there is a slight de-
preston, and after that grand sweep OF
wave that hides all the stern except the
flag.
The bay was very rough and covered
with white caps, but that made no differ
ence in the wave line, except when running
against the wind the spray almost hid her
from view. When running with or against
the tide there was no difference, except just
at her bow. This depression in the wake
was deepest when running against the tide
wharves watching the vessel passing to
and fro and listening to the weird shrieks
of her whistle. The whistle is ''siren"
that can be heard for miles, aud when 1t
gives several blasts in succession they
reverberate among the hills over and over
again, producing sound as If all the
whistles on the bay were blowing at the
same time.
hn IN npal Tel .
tractors felt satisfied with the vessels per-
formance and said they were ready for the
official trial. All steam was put on and tho
Monterey spent the forenoon running over
the course between Hunters Point and Red
Rock.
The official computations upon the data
which was taken will not be completed for
week or two. and the exact amount of
horsepower which the Monterey developed
will not DE known until then. But approx
mate computations were made as soon as
the run was finished yesterday afternoon.
and these show a development of 5452 horse
power on the main engines alone. The
horsepower Of the auxiliary engines is esti-
mated at from 100 to 900. according to the
allowance which the Government will con-
clude to grant.
Both the contractors and the naval eDgi-
neers who were on duty during the trial are
confident that the 300 horse power required
by the contract has been exceeded, and they
express entire satisfaction with the per-
Torrance Of the engines.
During the four hours run under forced
draft there was not the slightest accident to
any part of the machinery. The maximum
revolutions were 16S per minute, aud the
average for the four hours was about 162.
As there is no speed requirement In the
contrac, no great effort was made to ascer-
tain the exact speed of the vessel during
her run. though a patent log was In use
all the time she was under way and a num-
Der Of shore bearings were also taken. The
results obtained by the patent LOCI cannoube
regarded as accurate, as the course which
was gone over included a half dozen turns
which the vessel was obliged 10 make. but
the log showed that in four hours and five
minutes the vessel travelled q distance of
fifty-niDe and half miles, Indicating an
average speed of over fourteen knots per
hour.
The pitch of the screws was formerly IL
feet inches, but the vessel was placed on
the drydock aud the pitch was reduced
about inches.
Some fears were expressed that this might
cause reduction in the speed of the vessel,
but her trial yesterday did not seem to indi-
cate it. Her maximum speed on the preyi-
Gus run was not more than IA knots. while
yesterday it was over 10.
When the Monterey started on her official
trial she presented anything but an attrac-
tive appearance. There were unsiphtly
piles of pig iron on her decks to compensate
for the additional weight she will have to
carry when she is ready TO 60 into commits
sion.
This weight will consist principally in
the armor belting on the two turrets and
the ammunition for tho great Pinch and 10
inch rifles. which are already In position in
the turrets.
The pig iron assisted In weighing her
down to the necessary 5000 tons dispIace-
ment.
Her mean draft was IA feet inches and
her freeboard was about 40 inches forward
and 20 inches aft.
The trial run was finished at 1 AS p. NJ.
and was announced by a long and jubiant
blast of the fog siren in Mission Bay,
which carried the news to the employees of
the Union Iron Works who constructed the
vessel that the Monterey had won the
victory.
At the end Of the four hours trial run
the Monterey Unanswered in the vicinity OF
Hunters Point for two hours, having turn
ing and backing trials and testing her hand
and hydraulic steering gear. The follow
Ing were the results Of the various trials.
with the engines making from 100 to $40
revolutions:
With both engines going ahead and the
helm hard over, a complete circle was
turned In five minutes and thirty seconds.
With one engine going ahead aud the other
reversed complete circle was turned in
four minutes and forty-two seconds The
hydraulic steering gear was put from amid
ships to narrower in ten seconds, and the
hand gear, with seven men al the wheel, in
ffty-one seconds.
Both engines were going ahead, and were
suddenly reversed. and the ship was going
astern two minutes and forty-thres seconds
from the time the bell was rune to reverse.
The trial board will 90 on thu onterav