New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15

srrrs BAY AND EARNS FOR HER BUILD
ERs A BONUS OF OVER 100000
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR;BrNBl
poston. July 1.-THE new cruiser Minneapolis,
.b,ch made her official trial trip in Massachu
..t,s Bay to-day, has beaten the record Of her
.,s,sr ship the Columbia. but not by so large
margin as was in advance claimed for her by
,sr enthusiastic admirers. She has made con-
,ruous run Of more than four hours. and has
..ablshed a record of more than twenty-three
.ro,s an hour. The exact official figures will be
.vso out later. but the estimate of the United
S,ates trial board is that she made an average
,asd Of 23O5 knots an hour over course eighty
.orr knots in length. Just what the record Will
=. when the tides are taken into account remains
"a he computed urOn the data furnished the
.o.r by the assistants who were on
.,a eight different Government vessels stationed
along the course from Cape Ann Mass, to cape
pornose, Maine Like her sister ship, the Mime
.,ois also made a short run between two buoys
AZ the rate OF 1920 knots an hour. Just what
,hs conditions are which could lead 70 this result
does not appear.
COMPARED WITH TIE COLUMBIA.
The record of the Minneapolis will naturally be
compared with that OF the Columbia The two
vessels are alike in most respects-the dlmen-
sons the tonnage. the nominal horsepower and
the armament The Minneapolis has some radi-
al ironroyements however, over the Columbia.
The former has CRATE oi heating surface for
,sr boilers OF 1922 square feet, which is about
ors-seyenth greater than that Of the Columbia.
This increases her engine power actually In ser
v,cs and would enable the Minneapolis to make
greater speed. The Columbia's coal-carrylng ca
~oc,,v Is 2 COO tons which would give her AT ten
vr.is Ft,t
according 10 Secretary Tracy's estimate. OF lOS
davs The coal bunkers OF the Minneapolis hoid
400 tons which Will add 10 her value as long
distance runner. The indicated horsepower OF
both ships 2l,OOO. On the ofiicia test OF r .ne
Columbia she only developed lS,oOO horse-po"el.
With this development she made In rough sea
an average Of 22s1 knots. over the course OF
about eghty-four knots. she ac!uany a u,u s, 90
according 10 careful estimates. between Two STA
t,ons distance OF nearly eight miles at the rate
~ ga knots but owing to the foaming OF her
donkey boilers II was necessary 10 $40" ne. ~" -,
for a few minutes. thus reducing her average TO
the figures given. According 10 an unoirCiaI
record the Minneapolis to-day developed heI
maximum horsepower ana ran pNe. ohe ,a.ar go
course as the Columbia netting about quarter
~ a knot more speed Tie conditions were more
favorable however. than wher the Coluinpia was
tes,ed when a thirty-five mile an hour northwest
wind struck her amidships along the entire
course To-day the wind was light; aheaa IL was
nearly dead calm until perhaps ohe-lourtn vi tii-
run had been made wnen a light Wind sprung up
ahaad followed by sQuall. When the Columbia
Vas tested the wind increased her draft. which
NAV be an offset TO the wind which the MIME
apolis encountered
rAvoRABIE CONDITIONS FOR THE TRIAL"
The trial to-day made under generally
favorable conditions ], was free from accident
or incident calculated 10 cast doubt upon the
bonesty or the skill Of her builders, William A.
Cramp 4 Sons. OF Philadelphia The big engiae
Of war arrived in Boston Harbor on Wednesday
hst, and every part of her machinery ana hu!,
has since been carefully inspected by tne oni'Su r.
O. Selfrdge, United States Navy; Captain I. II
Cooper Commander F. A. Cook. Commander H.
B Bradford Chief Engineer A W. Morely. Leu
fenant-Commander Uriel Sebree. Lieutenant
Commander Seston Schroeder Naval constructor
J. Feaster; assistants 10 the board. Lieutenani
Commander Joseph G.. Eaton, Lieutenant l.. II.
Reamey Lieutenant Albert Gleaves, Lieutenant
John H. Gibbons. Lieutenant James G. Drake;
Assistant Naval Constructor X. StocKer ana
The big shin Law two miles off Boston Light
until this morning, wher she came UP 10 lhe
quarantine station. Early TINS morning eus
carried down 10 the ship members OF the ~ ooaiu u
and the invited guests of the Messrs. Cramp,
under the care Of Edwin S: Cramp among
other guests on board w-!e Hilary a: HerDsI J.
Secretary Of the Navy; ex-Secretary l'acS. ~. AZ
mral Beknap Senator Hawey, OF Conhecucut'
Senator Washburn, of Minnesota; CongresSinen
Cummings of New-York Huiick: OF ONO 1no',,s
OF Mississippi. and Cogsw IL. OF MASSACHUSETTS,;
Colonel william Moore w. d. n Ferrl!i, NaVai
Constructors John Hanscom Wilham Hlch2oin Dor ~ !,
Walter s. Cramp John >. Hyoe' o.. 0i ,"e ca
Iron Works; Frank Clyde, OF the C1oe o'e"'-
chip Line, and others.
THE STORY OF THE TESTING TRIP.
Tn. cruiser under the skilful guidance OF
Captain sargeant, an old-time transatlantic cap
tain, started out on her run at $50 a. m. steam
Ing down the bay a, moderate speed until within
few miles Of the starting point. OH the Twin
lights Thatchers Island. The Governmen. ,an
boats marking the course were follows:
Tvs Nav
Gen. Vesuyius and Dolphin. For the TWO o WI s !.
miles before reaching the Iwana forceu urauS aI =.
was put on and the cruiser rushed by the mrs,
buoy at the rate Of about twenty-five knots an AZ,
hour When the Minneapolis passed the New % on =. n
tremendous cheer went up from the piueJache.s piJ, 20
who lined her sides and filled her topHas.s,
whie the marines were drawn UP al Pi0s'
arms' on the forward upper deck .,
The time taken between The dineren' ,at. ssame
a22a knots. 22.75 knots, 22os knots. APO knots.
Nes knots 205 knots. feeling OF dsappoiM't'c ~ :
nent pervaded the company VINO mao KEEP III IN
record Of the vessels speed on the outward rum
lo. 1t was believed possible for her 10 snow heI
tei much swifter than the Columbia put wnen @
rushed across the line at tne enu It [,e gait
nan OF the at a twenty-four-Knot saI''
Sns barometer rose perceptipiy anu "e"e'
oous record expected
"A detour of about twelve miles was H,aue
ior her engines must not be sackened IN tne
slightest degree and devil she came on tnS
nomeward rum making pace that proiiiise, ms
grand results She crossed the line coming SOUR
HISS and rushed by tn Dolphin ana on ,ow
ara the Vesuvius. .making the seven ana tnree res
.s ,vaIns Knots at the rate or ZoI9 kno,s ~, Les
speed could not be maintained. and the next iet
u the course of equal lergth. was run at 'h'
rae Of G.40 knots o. .,
he time al each station was as follows: 252o
snots s240 knots H40 knots. 2lSO KNOTS, HI'o'
snaI 22.07 knots. 1922 knots The a'eras'
~ going north 22.90 knots; coming hou,n
..,,.u ~ su 1920 knots; while the average ior '"'
enure run Of s794 knots was 23O5 knots.
.,M the Minneapolis rushed across the line apou
ssmry steam vessels which had gathered near nr IN
nnsh sent out a prolonged congratulatory shrek
@ which the big warshp responded win ne s
nren." which echoed over the rocks ana mn mn
''er OF the deep
cRAMP & SONS SPLENDID BONUS.
Tne Minneapolis. according to an unofficial re
pon developed q 900 horse power and her en-