New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-19
READY FOR HER TRIAL TRIP.
Cruiser NETWORK REACHES BOSTON.
sAT1-rAcToRY RUN FROM DELAWARE BREAK
wArER-rHE NAVAL OFFICERS ON BOARD
rnx rv,rcnApu TO TIE TRIBUSE.l

W -. "a THE big cruiser Ncw-York. which
william Cramp a. Sons, OF Ph'iadeipH'"' "n'c o.'''
for the United states Government racheu Dos'""
=, ut,e mast noon to-day. after good run from
n,,ovare Breakwater. She VIII remain IN Mnssachu
s.,ts I,ay until Saturday. when she VIII make pre-
ljminary trial trip over 'he eo"So Vi o''' ~
down from the salvages of Cape Ann, returning on
Monday or Tuesday II the weather Is favorable. Ine
wau, York will make her official trial trip over the
ne coursc and great interest Is felt as to It's re-
suit She IS under contract to make twenty Kho's
an hour and for every qnar'erKhot Deyohd tha'
speod her builders Will receive T3o,ooo. They OK
nect that she will. under avorab" conditions make
twenty two knots she has already. In an unofficial
trp run 20 57-IOO knots an hour. TO accomplish
u hopca for result the sea and the wind must be
,.yoro,Le. and every effort will be made TO secure
the greatest speed possible
The New-York left Philadelphia at II n. m. on
Tuesday. She anchored OH Reedy lsiaha Tor Jew
hours The oOnpasses were tested NJ BOMBAY HOOK
and we're found to BE- correct. on Wednesday noon
she rounded Cape May and headed out !" sea, where
she struck heavy water, much to the discomfort OF
tho landsmcn on board. Her quickest time during
tbc run OF about 434 miles from Cape May to Boston
Light was 10 40 knots, with lO5 revolutions OF her
screws. scrap coal being burned. with natural drai''
No ATTEMPT was made on the trip OF course to attain
high speed for on the official test she VIII burn
each hour about twenty tons OF carefully selected
noon and 3 H. m. on Wednesday was IL O-1O KNOTS
and the average for the entire trip Appropriated ID
knots an hour with the wind dead aft Walkers
chcrub patent log tested between Five Faihom
Bank Lghtship and Overfas Buoy. on the New
Iersev coast making a run OF IL s7-I00 knots In
E, horr and D minutes II was estimated when
the cruiser left philadelphia that she would reach
| boston Light at 1879 p. m. today; she
arrived therp nj lo:Oj The trip as a whole
WIS pleasant and entirely satisfactory to Ehwin
a Cramp who Is n son Of the head OF the firm, ana
who has charge Of the trnl and although the vesS'i
is not finished every possible arrangement was maze
for the comfort OF the guests and the United states
officials Lieutenant Mason sent of twenty carrier
pigeons on the trip. with messages to persons IN
Philadelphia.
The Naval Board OF Inspection Is rs follows: Rear
Admiral George +. Bclknap. presiding Officer Chief
Engineer James ". Thompson. COMMANDER T. H.
Cooper Commander &. +. Goodrich. Cai"f Engineers
Isaac r. McNnry and James II. ChaSmore' Lieutenant
Commander J. n. Hcmphill. Liout"nants T. {. Nc
Lean X Niles, l.. L. Rcanncy and Henry Mc're :
Naval Constructors Joseph Fcasicr and j. j. ""d
v,rd and Ensigns w. w. Buchner and Thomas Wash
,ncton The following naval officers have. by ORDER
of SECRETARY Herbert reported 10 the Board OF All
sp.cton rs assistants for collecting the data fas"
Assistant Engineers a. H. Willcts, r. H. fr"emah'
C. A. Carr. J. NJ. Pckcrell II. ll'rwig ana ""ors'
f. Bird and Assistant Engineers \. IL. McAliis'r
NJ. ~.
Dcsmukes. e. A. r. King, ID. ". t. Ridgcro'' anu
3 G. Bowers The officers Of the ship. who are OH
board rs guests Captain John Philip Lieutenant
lstommandcr I. Is. VI. Mason. executive oihc'r' L""
tenant Wainwright Kellogg. navigator '"''' IT."
cinccr John Lowe. Associated with Edwin - tramp
who represent, the builders. Captain sergeant Ill
command of the cruiser aud formerly Of The American
Line steamer Ohio: Captain Lewis Chambers pho',
and Louis Nixon formerly OF the Navy. designer OF
tbe baitlc,hlps Indiana Massachusetts, ana oregon
and now In the employ Of the Cramps "s suP'''"'
,ors.nt of constructions Constructor Nixon Is one
Of the alcst young men graduated from N"""po''''
and 4, well known both continents
The Ncw-lors will lie at anchor about ten mi"s
from Boston, "A short distance from Boston Lieh''
mill saturday morning II the weather holds far
and then the experimental trip over the fcr'y'mhe
pres rbcd course viii he made"
The S.w.York will De- the first vessel t. carry
pigeon cote and Will hay" the on" pf'''h''u ~ '"'s
w. Chllds Of THE Philadelphia Public Ledger
olcucc,tcr Mas. May ls.-The NeSu''us arrived
her. thl, morning from York, To remain uh'i'
nft.r the trial of the cruiser New l"r~' w.t., g.,
The course from Cape Ann to Cap rorpoS 'S y
Ll.u,enanis Howard. Phelps and Callahan ana 'lc
engineers Of the Bcmineon In" ',rnlnrr ,'ea," y
lu position the western part VI the courss' anu
ioit-nant Cooper. In the ,tranrr La % ,re
cour"r of Cep rorpol>c and performed like duty
From the salvage. buoy has been paced norm,
miles no, 10 mark the colr>' but i0f me hr','',
tramp IA order that the ship may sandIfdi1c her
screw bcf0rc proceeding.
TIE statement published IN dispatch from WASH
ngon yesterday that secretary Herbert Intended to
order a cour, OF inquiry as TO the reason why the
vcsuvus was detained here was surprise To The
officer, at the Navy Yard. The dispatch said that
the Vcsuyus was ordered 10 go 10 Boston on May II
to assist In laying the for the official trial
II the cruiser New York. but that She had not yet
sailed aud no one ut the Navy Department was
able TO say why she had not done ~ "A flct.
iii. Nesuvius left New York on Tuesday and went
| to Gloucester.
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