Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-12
FINE PERFORMANCE
BY The Minneapolis on
Her Preliminary Run.
A SPEED OF 1887 KNOTS.
Builder Cram7 Is Highly Pleased With
Her Action.

Minnes polls, the vessel which will soon
Be the recognized queen of the sess.
dropped anchor 10 miles down the harbor
yesterday afternoon, having completed
her preliminary run over the Off ial
course from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise
and return The big vessel acquitted
herself nobly.
On her preliminary run the Minneapolis
attained maximum speed Of more than
81 knots. and her average speed over the
official course was 1887 knots under
natural draught The only accident
which In any way marred the trip oc.
Cured before the cruiser had gone 30
yards from her moorings at the Cramps
yard. Philadelphia. When the hawsers
were cast of the swift tide carried the big
ships bow up the Delaware. and she
noated down 90 the mud bar In the center
Of the river, the star board side of her bow
sticking In the bank for a few moments
She was soon dragged of by the big
steamtug Newcastle. and proceeded
down the river without having sustaiaed
the slightest injury.
When the Minneapolis reached the
League island navy yard, where her
sister ship. the Columbia, In anchored,
the scrseching Of the sirens was almost
desfening. and both vessels dipped their
fags
Headed For Boston hay.
The Minneapolis proceeded down the
Delaware Monday afternoon TO Reedy ISL
and, where, at T;45, she dropped anchor
for the night lt was but short stop,
as all hands were up and about at
o'clock on Tuesday morning, and at s:35
the big cruiser weighed anchor and
pointed her nose toward Cape Henlopen,
which was reached at 7,8O. There she
was delayed one and half hours for the
adjusting OF her compassea This being
finished, the big cruiser started her trip
of 4lo miles for Boston at Ola
After leaving Cape Henlopen Mr..
Cramp, who has charge of the Mime
apolis on her trip. decided to have the
preliminary trial yesterday instead OF on
Thursday, as that plan would give an
opportuni for the 6ues and boilers to be
cleansed aud afford a days rest for the
crew before the official trial on Saturday.
On the run from Cape Henlopen to
Cape Cod the average knots were 1875
under natural draught The average
steam. l2l pounds. and Averages horse
power, $4,000. On the trip the entire
eight boilers were in use, seven of them
kind Of bituminous coal
A comparison Of the relative time of
the Columbia and Minneapolis from Cape
Henlopen to Cape Cod shows about three
minutes In favor Of the Columbia But
when IL Is taken into consideration that
the Columbia had soft coal and the
Minneapolis hard, the latter, of course,
had the decided advantage.
aer Preliminary Spin.
When the cruiser reached Cape Cod,
Pilot Cooper was taken aboard and the
Minneapolis bow was pointed toward
Cape ann, the starting point of the
official course. At f;56 the vessel passed
A buoy, Just of the cape. and was then
on her preliminary run
She reached Cape Porpoise at 10,17:02,
having made an average of 10 70 knots an
hour. In turning for the run back to
Cape Ann, the cruiser swung gracefully
around circle Of about three miles at an
angle of between 10 and IS degrees.
On the return trip the big cruiser did
even better than on her run to Cape Por-
poise She had on what Is known as a
light forced draught, and made between
ei and 20 knots for considerable dis
tsnce. and passed the A buoy of pc
Ann at 1245, beating her upward trip by
about ak minutes
When the cruiser dropped anchor IN
Boston harbor at Q o'clock. after having
gone on a continuous run Of almost 900
miles, there was not a hot Journal or
bearing to be found anywhere. Neither
was there any foaming of the boilers,
which was so percsptible on the prelimi-
nary trial Of the cruiser New York. "She
has behaved splendid!y," said Cramp.
"and am certainly highly pleased with
the performance"
Chief Engineer Town said the ma
chinery worked perfectly. The steam
pressure during the preliminary run was
between 100 and 300 pounds, the maxi
mum being 100 The average revolution
was t0s the maximum being 1l8
Today the boilers and the fues Of the
cruiser are being clesned- Tomorrow
the crew will rest, and on Saturday morn
ing the vessel will bear of for the start
Ing point AT o. cioc.-.