The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-31
OG TO NEW LONDON,
inc New Torpedo Boat Ericsson to be at
 New London To-Day.

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 ' New York, Aug. ao.-The new torped,
 boat Ericsson for the United state navy reached this port this morning She passed Quarantine at 8 o'clock or , her voyage from Newport News. Va She is painted white and carries two large yellow tunnels. Her fiag-mast 1,
 amidship and from its peak floats q blue flag with letters l. I. w.
 It was first supposed that the Fries. son would go 10 the communipaw coal
 docks to take on fresh supply of coal
 but this did not prove to be the case, Instead of going to the docks she
 went directly past the Battery and
 steamed up the East river. The Fries.
 son is bound for New London. where
 her speed will be tested as we'll as
 her other qualities to see whether or
 not the government will accept her.
 There Is but little doubt that she will
 fulfill her contract.
 The torpedo boat Ericsson is the first
 of her kind to be built in an Inland
 town in this country. She fioated down
 the Mississippi from Dubuque. Ia. where
 she was built, to New Orleans, before
 she began her northword journey. l This was made aB far as possible by
 inland routes. After leaving Ferdi-
 nanda the Ericsson taok the inside pas sage to Savannah. From there she pro-
 ceeded by canals and bays to Chesa-
 peake, Md. thence by the Chesapeake and Delaware canal to Delaware bay, | then by the Delaware and Raritan | canal to Perth Amboy.
 The Ericsson can. so say Its builders,
 throw torpedo weighing 800 pounds with such force that 1t will float swiftly through the water for a mile and a half.
 The Ericsson is designed to carry only three of these 9O0-pound torpedoes at one time, and when they are fired her attack on the enemy is ended for that trip. Tho Ericsson Is 150 feet long, 15 feet and inches beam and 11-foot hold. The Ericsson is supposed to dart out into the darkness and fire her deadly missiles among the enemy and then dart back to harbor again. If she were ever hit by shot 1t could be only a chance shot. But a chance shot would tear the Ericsson into smither- eens. for she is not 50 constructed as to resist any such force.
 Mr. Dickey and Captain Dolson of the Iowa Iron works. which built the Ericsson. are in charge of the boat and will remain so until she Is turned over to the government. Lieutenant N. R. Usher of the United States navy, who was recently on board of the Dolphin. is with the Ericsson and will make the trip. He may be placed in command of the boat after she has been turned over to the govern ment
 The torpedo boat did not dock at the Navy Yard. She went directly up the East river. and. is going through 10 New London. The board will go up there in the near future to test her qualities.
 She has displacement of 12O tons and her contract calls for a speed of twenty-four knots per hour. She is fitted with two quadruple expansion en- zines and has a steam pressure of 2bo pounds.
 Her engines have 1900 horse bower She is fitted with both a bow tube and leck apparatus for firing torpedoes, She will, it is thought, prove without ioubt good sea-soing torpedo boat. Arrived at New London-Great Interest
 Shown.
 New London, Aug 3O.-The new United States torpedo boat Ericsson, which vas built in Dubuque, la. arrived here his evening for her trial trip, which is o be given in the sound. The Ericsson made the passage from St. Louis to this 'ort in just twenty-two days. Short tops were made by the torpedo boat at 'airo, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans. The contractors who built the orpedo boat undertook to bring her to astern waters as a demonstration of he practicability of the inland route to { essels of her draught. The torpedo oat is painted white, has two yellow tunnels and flagmast amidship The ( trange craft was inspected this even- f ,g by number of the harbor crafts- i len, and as she lay in the laarbor she | no end of attention. It has ii ot yet been decided when the trial trip | i'll take place.