St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-20

Fern. The steam Stacked a little and
the engines revolutions dropped some
The speed fell to 21.53 knots, but 1t
proved the Columbia was only gathering
power. She swept by the Fortune, the
seventh mark boat, at II :31:2S, and
then the three big prOpellers hauled
up a mighty mass of Seethlng,
boiling water and left trail couple of
miles long in her wake. The water
from the bow leaped high in the air on
either side, and the knife-like stem of
the fieeteSt ship in the world dashed
into if. The Fortune was left far aStern
III tWinkling, and still the ship sped
onward. perceptibly gaining moment
arlly. The spray leaped in over the
bow and drenched the forward deck
Sargent as he stood on the bridge. The
white line of the Vesuvius on the
horizon Sprang into view and took form
with startling rapidity. The Columbia
was rapidly nearing the first half of her
trial, and she was pent on smashing
records. The two long patent log lines.
one over each quarter, stretched hun
dredS of fathoms aStern, and hummed
aud tugged at their fastenlngS with Il
voice OF a gale whistling through a
ships rigging. Edward Cramp looked
at the frightening wake OF the ship and
then grlnned at Commodore Walker.
On she dashed; never was ship built
that eQualed the tremendous velocity
which The Columbia had now attained.
1t was no easy task to stand on deck in
the face of the gale which resulted from
the onward sweeping of the mighty
ship. The bells in the engine rooms
tingled merrily as Capt. Sargent de-
m 10 nf CT u
turned into the great cylinders. The
great cranks answered with whiZZ and
whirr and an ease that put one i'll
MUD of the working of a light-runnlng
sewing machine. Thus it was that the
Columbia tore down by the VeSuVuS at
the end of the first half of the
course. The Columbia had covered
the last ~ knots at the rate
of 1881 knots per hour, or
little better than thirty miles, The half
of the course, fortv-foUr miles, was
done at the rate of 1892 knots per hour.
She took large turn to seward Oh her
Starboard helm before returning over
the course. The time occupied Ill the
turn is not counted in the trial. but it
must be made at full speed. Back she
came 10 the Vesuvius, more eager than
ever to be on her swift way. At 12:14:56
she crossed the line on her return, and
from there down to the Fortune she set
merry pace. The wind was now
dead ahead and blowing twelve knots
an hour. The velocity it attained on
the deck of the Columbia must have
been IN the neighbofhood of thirty-fve
knots. The water continually leaped
over the forward decks, and the rain,
which had been threatening, began to
rush on the men on deck. The ship
was Keeling off 24.77-knot gait, and
one of the patent log lines could not
stand the strain and was carried away
just as the ship passed the Fortune.
There was a commotion in the engine
room and every light went out. The
boiler which drove the dynamo gave
out and the result was darkness.
When the light was restored the en-
gines were set to work turning off 1873
revolutions minute. The speed rose
10 23$l knots almost Immediately, and
when the KearSarge'S crew got into the
rigging and cheered her as she sped by
she was at steady 23-knot gait. From
this to the end of the course she re-
manned at 2215 knots speed. She passed
by the Dolphin at 2:1l: 13.. She had
been actually OH the course three hours
tif1y-one minutes and four seconds. Her
average speed for the Lightweight miles
was 22.S1 knots per hour, The board of
inspectors were highly pleased with
the manner in which the ship behaved.
She will leave tomorrow for Philadel-
Dhia,