The Portland daily press., 1894-07-12
HER PRELIMINARY RUN.
The Minneapolis Took Trial Spin
Yesterday

Yesterday
Over the Official Course She was Not
Forced at All, but Logged Almost
20 Knots-She is Now Lying Off Boston
Light.
Boston, July, II. The cruiser Mime
apolis which left Philadelphia Monday
afternoon for her official trial trip, came
to anchor off Boston light at two We'd
nesday afternoon after a fast and une-
ven tful run from Delaware capes The
Minneapolis would have reached Boston
five orIsix hours earlier but for the fact
that she made her preliminary run over
the official course today instead of to-
morrow. The Minneapolis left Philadel-
phia Monday afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
Tuesday the Minneapolis logged along
without effort at an 1875 knot gait.
The wind wss light and but for strong
swell the sea would have been nearly
smooth. All the eight boilers were used
and the machinery worked as smoothly
as if 10 had been running for months
and not a journal nor cross bearin g
heated during the entire run. The aver
ages for the day were: Revolutions of
screws, 107 per minute; steam pressure,
121spounds; vacuum, % IL; first receiver
(absolute) 80; second receiver (absolute)
10. The ship was not driven at any
time and 1875 knots were logged with
but $4,000 indicated horsepower. An
thracite coal was used in seven of the
boilers and poor quality OF bitumin-
GUS in the eight. Nantucket light was
passed about II Tuesday night and the
entrance to Boston bay, 416 miles from
the Delaware capes, was made at 1923
this morning, the actual running time
from Delaware capes in about Fl hours,
about the same as the Columbia in her
passage to Boston on her way to the
official trial. The morning was brilliant
~ clear and the condition so perfect for
a ruu,sthat Edward Cramp and Captain
Sargent decided to make the preliminary
run over the course this morning. A
pilot was taken aboard off Cape Cod and
The cruiser headed northeast for Cape
Ann. At 7.55 the Minneapolis passed the
big can buoy off Cape Ann that marks
the beginning OF the course and started
up the course. The course runs
ten miles from shore and ends at Cape
Porpoise, Maine, 43. 96S miles distant. 1t is
| staked off by eight can buoys at un-
equal distances from each ouher. It was
to see if the buoys were properly an
ehored on the course that the run was
made today and not with any intention
| of trying the ship for speed. AS each
buoy was passed Captain Sargent &C
| curately noted the position, and when
the last one was lett astern he ex-
pressed himself as perfectly satisfied
with the way in which the course was
staked off. The last buoy was passed
| at 1917. tine average speed for the run
| 1ai, no
an angle of is degrees of the helm at
10. 26.. and the first can buoy on the way
back was passed. The return run was
made under light forced draught and
the ship Immediately responded by in
creasing the speed and passed Cape Ann
of 1887. After passing Cape Ann the
| Minneapolis slowed down knot or SO
| and at 2 came to anchor off Boston
light. The ships boilers will be cleaned
Thursday and Friday and the crew will
| be given day of rest. On Saturday, if
| the day is clear, the official run will be
made. Tne Minneapolis has crew of
| 433 men ON board and number of III
vited guests and several mem bers of the
trial board and a number of junior
engineer officers who came on her from
Philadelphia. A representation from
the House naval committee, headed
by Hon. Amos Cummings, chairman Of
Gn0 Conmltees anu MeSSfs. george W..
Hulic of Ohio, D. H. Mooney of Miss
issippi, are the principal guests, while
others include the following: Congress
man William Coggswell of Massa-
husetts, Comomdore George W. Melville.
Chief Engineer Corps; Chief Engineer
J.W. Thompson, DR.. E. H. Goodman OF
Philadelphia, Captain S. c. Lenby, Lit.
Commander Ell. Green, Lieut.. Chen,
General D. W. Flagler, Chief of Ordnance,
US. A.; oh. Sewell of Philadelphia,
of the Trial Board; Lieut.. Commander
Sebree and Naval Constructor Joseph
Tease made the trip here with the
following members of the Engineers
Board: Chief Engineer A. W. Morley,
President; Chief Engineer R.W Mill.
gan, Chief Engineer H. S. Ross, Chief
Engineer VA. Windsor.