The sun., 1893-10-04
THE MoyrG oMERF's 7RIA1 RUM
Her Chances OF Beating tho Fine KecoEh
Made by Her Slater ship. ::5 8.
best Of plasteB.

Made by Her Sister Ship. 80 81
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.-This week the familitps
race course In Long Island Sound will be the E
scene OF a speed trial which has several ele-;
ments Of much interest A few months age
the Detroit. q protected cruiser Of 1000 toms
displacement which had been guaranteed to
make II knots as the average OF four hourG
trial. achieved n speed OF about 1872 knotst
or close upon TX in excess Of the stipulation.
Now the Montgomery. built at the same fine.
on the Same plans. by the same builders. the;
Columbian Iron Works Of Baltimore. is to have
her trial over the same course. and 1t will be
Interesting to the public as we'll as to the con-
structors to see how she compares with her;
sister ship. LII
The builders unQuestionably hope to make
over nineteen Knots with the Montg gomery. and
this result, remarkable as it may appear. woplhr
not be surprising. There Is undoubtedly an
much in the art Of preparing vessel for her
speed trial as in that Of grooming and cartne
for horse that Is entered for q great stake.
The selection OF engineers and flremen. for OK
ample. and the choice OF coal are Important
elements. The experience OF the builders with
the Detroit ought to be of value In their trial
of her successor. and in addition there ID. Q
special possibility OF gain. Soon after fhei'
Detrot's trial was concluded it was discovered
in docking her that two OF her propeller blades
broken off short The question arose whether
this accident had occurred before. after. or
during her trial run. .Onexamining the recordA;
engineers generally came to the conclusion
that it must have happened after the trial or
certainly that It did not occur during Its,
progress. Nevertheless there Is q possibility
that partial injury may have occurred during
the @ in Wond h Be- nsF
But without counting on this source OF gain,
which in tect @ can hardly hardly BE- be expected: R & 1t vii
dredths OF a knot short Of making il kneta
above her contrac!. She was to receive S25.-
cess. but tho Government does not reckon @
fractions of quarter either In giving pre-
ce!yei ;' only si5Uo6o instead Of upward Of
It is believed eT thas ting
% Rnet. Which oe woSd mean can $4,000 extra to her
T sy
least S2O0.o00 since the @ contract price Of the =
Il should be observed that the MontgomeEy
@f eanipe G~ PafS On rhis resulted tho
.as1 to Wsees the
tract calls for only II. 1t happened; however.
RfT sRp TIE tie Ma When is Knots Wassse
speed demanded. we're al In excess 9f the
limit OF cost DNod by congress-, wnIcn was .
100000 each. Mr.. Tracy accordingly rsduced :
concessions in giving more time to build the
vessels and also rearranged the basis q pre-
mums The original bids had been $7SO.00Q
each by the Bath Iron Works and $4,000.
each by the Cramps. Taking off a knot from"
the stipulated speed OF course allowed the bids
to be 100000 lower on the same basis offs
calculation. 1t will be seen. however that evsn .
two OF the vessels at $612. 800 each, and Of
Harrison Loring for the third at S6T4 600 wore
very low and accordingly no ono will grudge
any amount Of premium which the builders 8
may earn. especially as a full equivalent will =
be given for 1t in extra speed. az
The Government. indeed. In these three 2,OOQs
tonners seems to have secured very useful
Detroit. which recently completed her lnal 9
long distance service run supplementary to
her speed trial shows that she Is fully adapted
10 all the duties required OF her. These ves. :,
sells are. in fact Of a convenient size for ecos
nomical stat ion duty in nearly all waters hav-
ing a length on load line OF 251 feet an
extreme breadth OF 81. and mean draught OF
141.., They also carry very good batteries.
consisting OF two u, inch guns. mounted on
central pivots forward and att. and hight 6-inoT
rapid-hre guns on the hroadside in sponsors. ::
besides good secondary battery and torpedo
outfit Their protective deck ompletely covers :
the vital parts, and is supplemented by Golfer
dam at the load water line filed with q water.
excluding substance. 1t Is believed that the .
The Detroit will probably soon be of for Rtos
and the Montgomery will doubtless take her Z
place in home waters after her speed trial un-
til her service efficiency has been thoroughly :.
tested. nfter which she will he likely TO tind
her way to some foreign station. -