Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-08
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. NEW CRUISER IS A FLYER The Trial of the MarbIehead
 Was a Success. WAR K FREIGHT RATES RENEWED. The Erie Road Will Be Busy
 With Shipments. IT MADE DANIEL CoUGHlIA VINCE. Called a Coward for the Att
 tack on Dr. CrOnin.
IT MADE DANIEL CoUeHlIa VINCE
SHE IS A FLYER.

kho NC" olChcdu Dc- veloped a Speed Far Above That Called for in the COntract-The Trip Was Without Accident.
 NEW LONDON, Dec. 7.-Under most fa- | vorable conditions to-day the new cruiser Marblehead developed an average speed of 1894 knots over .seventy-two miles on the sound, thirty six against and thirty-six with the tide, and will bring her builders bonus of $175, 900. The contract speed was seventeen knots. This is without tidal computations, which are to be made by the &f1oial board on reports from the observing vessels. but it is not expected that such computations will vary much from the speed here given. The ofI1cial report will net be made known until to- morrow. The trip was without accident until the end of the trial when the brack- cts holding the steering drum broke down in the endeavor to obtain data regarding her turning angles.
 In the course of the trial also, Passed Assistant Engineer 0. A. Carr noticed in the fire rosm that the nuts on 8 cup of the reversing shaft had worked loose and were half off. He promptly called attention to them and had them screwed down in place, thus avoiding the necessity of slowing down the engines. Beyond these slight mishsps nothing occurred to mar the success of the trip. The steam gusgs at the engines showed 165 pounds, and 16S at the boiler, loss of three pounds by friction. The average revolutions throughout on the port engine were 176, and on the starboard en- zine IFS to 1SO. The temperature in the Ero hat 11S and 1ES Haoraao and the air pressure there, during the greater part of the trial, from eight, tenths to one and one half inches, reaching two inches during the last part of the trial. Her general conduct throughout compared very favorably with other vessels of her class, she being comparatively steady, with no excessive vibration at any time.
 It was an early start for the cruiser and all connected with the trial, earlier than the time of departure from the harbor of any previous vessels tried over this course. Seven o'clock was the hour at which all were ordered to proceed on board, the time for reaching the course biting set at 10 o'clock. The observing vessels, Rear sarge, Fern, Dolphin, Narkeeta, Fortune and Vesuvius, were out of the harbor shortly after day ybreak to take positions on the course as stakeboats. The old Rear sarge had to go out the night before so as to get there on time.
 MT. N. F. Palmer, jr., the contractor for the machinery, and party of men were on board the vessel shortly after 7 o'clock. About o'clock Admiral Belknap and the officers of the trial board arrived, and at 9:1O anchor was weighed and the heavy ship swung around to point her nose out of the harbor. The weather was delight ful and the sea smooth as a mill pond, o hora al uaokh The atmosphere was somewhat hasy at this time, making it difficult to distinguish objects at distance, but the sun gradually dissolved that, and by the time the first stake boat was reached 1t had almost en- tirely disappeared.
 Every one whose business did not keep him below enjoyed the trip out from the upper deck. Altogether there were about 160 on board, including those employed to work the ship, naval officers and guests. All the way out the vessel was being put in condition for the trial. Everything portable that would offer resistance to the wind was removed from the upper deck, and all who had no business there were or dered below.
 Approaching the first etakeboat the ves- sel was speeded up end she passed it flying at 1O:0S:29. The stskeboats were arranged in this order: Kearssrge, Fern, Dolphin, Narkeeta, Fortuna.
 After the trial the speed was slowed down and the cruiser leisurely returned to New London, where she dropped anchor at 3:30. Lunch was served on board during the day and on the homewsrd trip ban quet was served under the direction of Steward B. T. Cregan of the Fall River line steamers. In addition to the naval trial board, of which Admiral Belknsp is chairman, with his score of subordinates, there were on board R. w. Steele, retired naval constructor, who supsrintended the finishing of the ship; Assistant Naval Con- | struotor George H. Rock; superintendent | of construction in charge of the work of | the government; Albert M. Morley, U. s. | N, senior inspector of machinery at the | wcrks; Carpenter Gould Northrop, assist
 ant inspector, and George H. Washburne,
 formerly psymaster's clerk, U. s. N, in charge of weights.
 | The vessels marking the course and talk ing the tidal observations were ordered to proceed to New London thirty minutes after the Marblehead passed the last boat,
 and there their observations were sent tc
 the board. From these observations the l tidal corrections will be made and the re-
 port will be given out. The Msrblehead
 will remain until tomorrow and proceed | to New York.