St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-15
she IS QUEEN OF The SEA,
CRUISER MINNEAPOLIS HOLDS The
WORLDS RECORD
AS THE FASTEST WAR SHIP.

The Roat Made Total Average
Spec d Per Hour OF %. O5, and the
Cramps Are Over 100000
Richer Than Before the Trial
Was Made-The Day and the
Elements Were Most Favorable
BoSToN, July 1.-the new cruiser
Minneapolis anchored off Boston light
about 4:4O O'Clock this afternoon, the
proud holder of the worlds record for
speed of a war ship. Two hours later
the party who had enjoyed the distinc-
tion of being present on the fastest war
ship i'll the world landed In Boston.
The requirements of the contract
were that she should make twenty-one
nautical miles per hour, and for each
quarter of knot above tnat figure the
firm of Cramp IL Son. builders, were to
receive the sum of $4,000: hence when
the five members of the Cramp family,
who were present on the trip, saw tho
big anchor drop ont of sight in the
water at the close of the trial they had
the satisfaction of knowing that they
were 100000 richer than when few
hours before they embarked upon the
eXemplification of the naval architects
art. The day and the elements were all
favorable to the queen OF the sea, aud
not single accident or mishap of any
kind happened TO mar the trial trip.
AT S o'clock the new cruiser started
81,
her journey of nearly lightweight nau-
tical miles for fame aud money, and the
long whistle, denoting that she was
ready to go over the course, was blown
soon after the twin lights OH Thatcher's
island came into view. and the flag of
the secretary of the navy, which had mp
to this time Haunted defiance to the
breeze from the foretopmaSt, was
hauled down, and, il turn, every piece
of bunting, ropes, flagstatfS. and every
thing which in any way could
CATCH 4 BREEZE.
The boat passed Boston light at S:31.
and soon after the forced draught was
put on, and the ship speeded to the
starting point as though lmbued with a
knowledge that she was expected to do
something never before accomplished,
and when she did cross the line she had
not,in the estimation of the senior mem-
Der of the firm of Cramp & Son. at
tanned her full speed. Ii was decided,
however, to let her continue her course
and il she beat the best time on record
let the matter drop there; but had she
rot succeeded in keeping pretty close
to the record made by her sister ship,
which held the speed record for a war
ship. another trial would undoubtedly
have been demanded. AS she crossed
the line of the first mark the engines
were credited with making 124 revolu-
tions minute and the boilers with $50
pounds of steam. Despite the speed at
which she was going, it was remarked
that little vibration was noticeable.
Still the great ship sped on, and when
she reached the buoy off the armured
cruiser New York the time noted was
9:50:30, and the time taken to run the
two and nearly one-half miles was six
minutes and twenty-five seconds, or at
the rate of %. % nautical miles. 4
The freight steamer Fern was
THE NEXT STAKE
and the distance between the New York
and the Fern was 6.66 miles. and 1t was
10:O9:0S when Lieut.. Drake, on the
after transit station, announced that
she had crossed the line making the
distance in 17:3S, or at the rate of 21.43
miles. Between the Fern and the
United States tug Fortune was the
same distance as between the New
York and the Fern, and this leg was
made in the remarkably fast time of
1851. o. at the rate of 23.7l nautical
miles. This was said to be owing to
the water being much deeper than on
the previous leg. Here the engines
were reported to be making l34 1evolu-
tiOnS per minute. From the Fortune
to the cruiser Atlanta was GA miles,
and the run was made Ill 1928, or at
the rate of 22.C6 miles. At an euuidis-
tant point was the United States TUG
Eeyden from the Atlanta, and this run
was made in 1852, or at the rate of 2I. 20
miles per hour.
Between the L"yden and the dyna-
mite gun vessel Vesuvius was a space
of IA nautical miles, and this space
was covered in Il minutes 81 seconds, or
at the rate of 2l'20 nautical miles per
hour.
The last leg of the run over the first
half of the trial trip of forty-four miles
from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise
and return was the next to be run, and
the distance between the VeSuvius and
the dispatch boat Dolphin, 74-1OO
nautical miles, was made in IS minutes
Is seconds, or at the late of speed of
25.42 miles, being
THE FASTEST TIME
made on the outward trip, and causing
the members OF the board of officers as.
signed to attend the trial to open their
eyes and the newspaper men OH board
TO feel as though they were going
through the air. The speed was per
fectly satisfactory to all on board, and
the Minneapolis in the last few miles
had demonstrated that she was
not only capable of holding her
own with her sister ship,
but was able to meet her and show her
the lines OF her stern at any time. One
half of the trip was thing of the past,
and the time consumed in the forty-four
knots was one hour and lifty-minutes
ana eighteen seconds, with an average
speed OF 22.0 miles as against 22.92 for
the first half of the trial trip for the
Columbia, whose efforts she was trying
to beat.
The run back was started at 11:5S
the time used in making the turn
being eighteen minutes and thirty-four
seconds. No stop was made to cool
bearings or for any purposes, as nothing
was necessary to be done, so perfect
was the working of the machinery on
the boat, and she immediately headed
for the mark off the Dolphin on the
return trip, and the same vessels were
passed as on the outward trip; the same
Duoys were in position, and The only
dltfereuce on the return from the out
ward trip was that the average speed of
the Minneapolis was trifle faster, and
her sterage speed on the return trip
was 1920 miles, as against %. 80 on the
hrst half, making the total average
speed per hour OF 23.05 and proclaiming
to the world the fact that the new
United States cruiser Minneapolis was
the fastest cruising vessel afloat.
The last half OF the trip, or rather the