The sun., 1893-10-31
MOLE EoR TEE 6LrarrA.
The New pncinc Coast Flyer IL 70 Have
Her speed Trial.

Her speed Trial.
wAsHtxaroN. Oct. 30--santa Barbara chan
mel the regular race course for war vessels
on the Pacific coast, will be the scene Of
another speed test this week. The Olympia.
originally known as Protected Cruiser No. @.
which was launched from the yards OF her
builders. the Union Works OF San Francisco.
about a year ago, Nov. 8. 1902. Is now ready
for trial She is the largest unarmored cruiser
ever built on the Pacific coast. and she is also.
no doubt, the fastest, and instead OF forty
mile course between Point Conception and
Santa Barbara one OF sixty-three miles has
been laid out for her.
The act authorizing the construction OF the
Olympia was passed more than fve years ago.
being approved Sept. z. 1888. In those early
days OF construction. planning proceeded with
much deliberation. and Secretary Whitney lett
the task OF calling for bds upon her TO his
successor. The general type selected was that
OF the Reina Regente. the famous Spanish
ship built at Clydebank. which had steamed at
the rate OF 81 knots. and was properly consid-
cred the crack vessel OF her class. She was
particularly noticeable for her heavy curved
deck, the nrmored protection given to her
guns. her novel cellulose bolt and her coal
endurance. mbined with the high speed Just
spok en- Of and great battery power. Our Gov
ernment bureaus. however. in accepting this
general idea. made certain changes In 1t. as
they were we'll able to do. from the Olympia's
The bids Tor her were opened in june 1889.
Congress- onSr s's was s1oo6o. and the Union Iron
That being the only bid. was accepted. Secre-
tary Tracy had authorized an Increase 81 the
tended. to $500, to allow greater length. and
it has been said that her displacement Will
vota linz ~ faaf. N hpnpn m nd n
Gunran nteed speed on trial is 20 knots. and her
knots. Judging from her private trials. and
With the San Francisco, constructed by the
may reses 4 Which Place hes
in the class OF our best big cruisers.
h o hd the
endurance This at 10 knots is put at no less
capacity, is 1900 tons. The vessel has twin
screws. driven by two vertical inverted. direct
abreast OF each other in two water-tight COM
partments. The cylinder diameters Of each
M ssofs 81 e 9f a'hff ss sp sas s
culating pumps are driven independently:
The Of sYSSI by Gae
were two. main condensers, Of compost
tion and sheet brass. each having about
are four double-ended and two single. ended
horizontal return fre-tube boilers placed In
ns tsnf line b
furnaces each. and the single. ended four fur
naces each. They are all about IS feet 3 inches
Il feet 5 inches long. and the single. ended 10
feet II 4 inches long. The working pressure
square feet and total heating surface Is 300
square feet" All the boilers can work under
rp
polling. air.pump. and circulating eng mes
should be l3.5OO when the propellng engines
tnfp lrnv lyf iNn nm fFvnin n M
cluding the protective deck. and large super
With ops for Sht gun. snd for s Electric sSts
on each. and carries ufficient fore and aft sail
to ns aud r a
slopes. being notably heavy. inches on the
rounding the ship is a oofrer- dam 2tt feet
and rising to feet above the water line
Much OF the space above the protective deck is
ing Ing additlonal T rrotection at the water line line.
The % the nss w Gsss sans s
Gatlings. and six torpedo. tubes. The s-nch
guns are carried twenty six feet and the 5-inch
guns are mounted on the mnid dock forward
and aft in the centre line 10 elevated barbsttes
rets around the guns The latter are about ten
feet above the deck. and have very great train.
Ine armored ammunition tune ls partly conf
cal and partly straight. being three inches
thick throughout. The 5-inch guns are m mount-
ed in the superstructures in such a way
that four Of them can fire right ahead and five
on either beam. and four right astern. They
are each protected by a 4-inch segm entail
shield, The O.poundsr guns have Pinch seq
tube in the bow. one fixed tube in the stern.
and two training tubes on each broadsde
The Olympia will no doubt be a credit to the
builders OF the cruisers Charleston and San
Francisco. and certainly she will make pow
erfu and most welcome addition to our fleet
in the Pacific.