The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-19
NEW CRUISER
Minneapolis Proves to Be the Fass-
est Warship in the World.
On Her Trial Trip She Made u Speed OF
25.42 Miles Fer HOur-IEcr Engines
Are Reported TO Hare Made 13A
Revolutions Per Minute.

On Her Trial Trip She Made 70 Speed OF
25.42 Miles Fer TIOur-TEcr Engines
Are Reported TO Hare Made 13A
/ Revolutions Per Minute.
BOsTOS, July lG.-The new cruiser
Minneapolis anchored off Boston Light
about 1870 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
the proud holder of the worlds record
for speed of warst,ip. Two hours
later the party who had enjoyed the
distinction of being present on the
fastest warship in the world landed in
Boston.
The requirements OF the contract
! were that she should make II nautical
miles per hour. aud for each quarter Of
q knot above that figure the firm Of
| Cramp & son. builder rs. were to receive
/, the sum of eJO,0N0. lIcnce. when the
five members OF the Cramp family,
who were pre-. ent on the trip, saw the
I! big anchor drop ont Of sight in the
: water at the close of the trial. they
/, had the satisfaction OF knowing that
they were s4Oa.:,00 richer than when, a
few hours before. they embarked upon
the excmplifcation Of the naval archi-
tects' art
At 8 o'clock the new cruiser started
for Cape Ann, where she was to begin
| her Journey of nealy So nautical miles
for fame and money. The boat passed
Boston Light at sal and soon after the
! forced draugEt was put on and the ship
speeded to the starting point as though
imbued with knowledge that she was
, expected to do something never before
accomplished.
AS she crossed tho line of the first
mark the engines were credited with
making 134 revolutions Il minute and
the boilers with ESQ pounds of steam.
Despite the speed at which she was
going it was remarked how little vibra-
tions was noticeable. Still the great
ship sped on and when she reached the
buoy off tho armOred cruiser New York
the time was O:50:3O and the time taken
to run the two and nearly one half
miles was G:22, or at the rate of 2222::222
nautical miles.
The freight steamer Fern was the
next stake boat. and the distance be-
tween the New York and the Fern was
6.G6 miles, and it was l0:GE0S when
Lieut. Drake, on the after transit
station, announced that she had crossed
the line. making the distance in 1888,
or ut the rate Of 2l.43 miles. Between
the Fern and the United States tug
Fortune was the same distance as be-
tween the New York and the Fern and
this log was made in the remarkably
fast time Of IL minutes and As seconds.
or at the rate OF .3.1l nautical miles.
This was said to he owing to the water
being much deeper than on the pre-
vious log. Here the engines were re-
ported to be maxim. ia revolutions
per rSinute.
From the Fortune to the cruiser At
lanta Ga miles and the run was made
In 1928, or at the rate OF 22.06 miles.
At an equidistant point was the United
States tug Legion from the Atlanta,
and this run was made in 1882, or at
the rate of 91-oO miles per hour. Be
tween the Leydcn and the dynamite
gun vessel Vesuvius was space of TIA
nautical miles, md this space was COW
cred in 81 minutes and 81 seconds, or
at the rate of 21.2O nautical miller per
hour.
The last leg OF the run over the first
half of the trial trip of A miles and
return 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, ia
nautical miles. was made in 1918, or ut
the rate of 25;42 miles, being the fnst-
est time made on the outward trip,
and causing the members of the board
of officers assigned to attand the
trial to open their eyes and the news
paper men on board to feel as though
they were going through the air. This
speed was perfectly satisfactory to nll
On boart, 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 a~thing of the
!, past. and the time CONSUMED in the
IL knots was hour 81 minutes and
IS seconds, with an average speed
of 1890 miles. as against 22.9l for
the first half of the trial trip of the Co
lumbia, whose efforts She was trying to
; beat. The run back was started at
: 1883, the time used in making the turn
being Is minutes and 81 seconds. No
stop was made to cool bearings or for
any purpose. as nothing was necessary
to hc done. so perfect was the working
Of the machinery On the boat. and
abe immediately headed for the mark
off the Dolphin on tho return trip.
and the same YES. Fl, were passed
as on the outward trip. the same buoys
were in position. III the only differ.
ence on the return from the outward
trip was that the average speed of the
Minneapolis on the return trip was
o3.oO miles. against as.na on the first
half. making the total average speed
per hour 23.0ti miles. and proclaiming
to the world the fact that the new
United States cruiser Minneapolis was
the fastest armurci .c,:,cl atioat.
The lap. ed time from the start to the
finish was 3 hours AMI - minutes.
Suicide or Ace ourt of Ill Health.
BIooM1NGToN. ln.,.. .Iuly l6.-Lucinda
Graves. wife of u f;lr'ner south of town.
committed suicide 10y hanging. She
was found by her daughter. III health
was the cause.