The herald., 1893-05-23
BROKE ALL THE RECORDS,
Official Trial of the New
Cruiser New York.
She Develops a Speed of 21.g9
Knots Per Hour.
This Makes Her the Fastest Craft OF
Her Glass Afloat.
The British Ships Blake and BIenMeina
No Longer In 1.-THE Cramps Get
the Biggest Premium Ever
Earned.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.l
BosToN, May 22.-With her forward
torpedo tubes buried deep in the sea
and the water pushed almost as high as
the forecastie, the armored cruiser New
York steamed across the line today,
breaking the worlds record and win
ming for her builders the largest premium
ever paid in any country. When 81
knots was predicted as the speed for the
new cruiser many hoped, but few be-
lieved 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 with a speed
OF LOO knots through the water, and
some corrections yet to be added for
tide. the enthusiasm on board was in
tense. This gives the United States not
only the most powerful, but the swiftest
armored cruising vessel.
THE BRITIsHERs oUTDoNE.
There has been great enthusiasm in
England over the performance of the
cruisers Blake and Blenheim, some
claiming the latter attained speed kof
22 knots. However, these vessels are
not armored, but simply protected by
tour-inch decks over the machinery and
boilers. Even equal speed for them,
therefore, would be nothing remark
able against vessel carrying in addi-
tion to elk inch protective deck, five
inch side belt and two turrets, each IL
inches thick. In the second place,
neither of these vessels ever had an
official trial over measured course.
The. Blake broke down from leaky boil
ers alter reaching speed of 1917 KIN ts
in shoal water and developing only
$4,000 hcfse power, while the Blenheim
was gaugsd only by q patent log, which,
it is claimed, indicated 2215 knots. hia
same instrument ON board the New
York showed speed of % knots, aud
the difference between that aud the
actual distance covered is proof how un-
reliable patent logs are as official tests.
THE TRIAL BEGUN.
At s O'Clock this morning the New
York hoisted her anchor and hesued for
the open sea. The wind was light from
the northwest and the sea smooth. TIE
cruiser moved off at an easy pace pnt
gradually warmed up and by the time
the Vesuvlus was in sight was gong
about 130 turns per minute. GI iucester
was off tke port beam about O'Clock.
Twenty five minutes later red flag was
broken out at the port yardarm and the
New York went over the line making
130 revolutions per minute The steam
pressure was then 1856 pounds to the
square inch. the vessel working
trihe over 20 knots. In a few min
utes the revolutions jumped up
to 1856 and the steam to ITO pounds,
both of which were held throughout the
entile trip. Now the great furnace
began to roar; on flew the great cruiser,
increasing her speed at every Jump.
The Nina was passed at 9:46, the Ben
nington at 1905, and the Fern, the
half way mark, at 1921. Then came
the tug Fortune, at 10:41 the Leyden
at IL :05, and finally the historic old
Kearsage at IL rs The rigging OF the
corvette was black with men, who
cheered the war ship as she passed.
THE RACE BACK.
A neat turn was made and the race
back over the course began. At II Al
the Kearsarge was off the starboard
beam with the New York headed to the
southwark. The Leyden was passed at
1904; Fortune. 1921 Fern, IL :4S BEN
ningtop, 0l; Nina. l 20, and Vesuvius
at Al. The entire course of 3l.65 nauti-
cal miles was steamed over twice. On the
first run the speed was 20 83 knots and
the second 81 35, the difference being
due to the tide, which was against the
vessel on the trip north. The average
of the speeds gives 21.09 Knots, with
possibility of its being greater when the
true current correction is added.
On the whole. the days record was a
trump for American skill and genius,
and will stand pre-eminently alone until
some of our new war ships beat it.