The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-23
FASTEST IN 7HE WORLD.
The Armored Cruiser New York
Breaks the Record.
WONDERFUL SPEED MADE.
Not Only the Most Powerful But the
SWiitest Cruiser AfIOat.
A Triumph for American Skill and Gen
ius-The Builders Win the Larg-
est Premium Ever Paid-2O.O9
Knots Fer Hour.

Boston, May 22.-With her forward
torpedo tugs buried deep in the sea and
the water pushed almost as high as her
forcastle, the armored cruiser New York
steamed across the line today, breaking
the worlds record and winning for her
builders the largest premium ever paid in
any country. When twenty-one knots
was predicted as the speed of the new
cruiser, many hoped but few believed her
engines would ever be able TO drive such
an immense mass of steel through the
the water at this rate, and when she
crossed the line today, however, with a
speed of 81 90 knots through the water,
and some corrections yet to be added Tor
tide, the ethusiasm on board was intense.
This gives the United States not only
the most powerful, but the swiftest
armored cruising vessel. There has been
great enthusiasm in England over her
formidable cruisers, the Blake and Blen-
helm, some claiming the latter attained a
speed of % knots. However, these YES
sells are not armored, but simply pro-
tected by 4-inch decks over the machinery
and boilers, and even equal speed for
them, therefore, would be nothing re-
Inarkable against vessel carrying in adj
dition to 6-inch protective deck 5-inch
side belt and two turrets each eleven
inches thick.
In the second place neither of these YES
sells ever had an official trial over meas
ured course. The Blake broke down from
leaky boilers after reaching a speed of
10. Z miles in shoal water and developing
only Il, 000 horse power, while the Blen
helm was gagged only by patent log
which, it is claimed, Indicated 221z knots.
in trr on rd 10
York showed a speed of % knots and a
difference between that and the actual
distance covered is proof of how unreli-
able patent logs are for official tests.
at O'Clock this morning the New
York hoisted her anchors and headed for
the open sea. The wind was light from
the northwest and the sea smooth. The
cruiser moved off at an easy pace but
gradually warmed up and by the time the
twenty knots, with her engines making
about 40 turns per minute.
Gloucester was off the port beam at 9
O'Clock and twenty-five minutes later
red flag was broken out at the port yard
arm and the New York went over the
line making 135 revolutions per minute.
Steam pressure was then 1855 pounds to
the square inch and the vessel working a
tritie over twenty knots. In a few min
utCo tHS IcNOIutlOuo JulupSu W Loo duu
steam TO 10 pounds, both of which were
held throughout the entire trip.
Now the great furnace began to roar.
On few the great cruiser, increasing her
speed at every jump. The Nina was
passed at 9:46, the Bennington at 1905
and Fern, the halfway mark, at 1921.
Then came the tug Fortune at 1914, Ley
den at :05 and finally the historic old
Kearsarge at 11:25, The rigging of the
corvette was black with men, who
cheered the warship as she passed. Next
the turn was made and the race back
over the course began. At 1:44 the
Kearsarge was off the starboard beam
with the New York headed to the south
ward. The Leyden was passed at 1904,
Fortune at 1927, Fern at 1913, the Ben
nington at 1:01, the Nina at 1:20 and the
Vesuvius at 1:41.
The entire course was Al .65 nautical miles
which was steamed over twice. On the
first run, the speed was 20. SO knots, and
the second 21.35, the difference being to
the tide, which was against the vessel on
the trip north. The average of speed
gives 81. 09 knots, with possibility of its
being greater when the true current cor
rection is added. On the whole the days
record was triumph for American skill
and genius, and will stand pre- eminently
alone until some Of our new war ships can
beat it.