The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-08
PEERLESS MINNEAPOLIS
The Cramps Have Constructed An
other Record Breaker.
ARBMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL TRIP.

A AhbMhhhhDbl bUOOhpoI VI Ah1At
All on Board Satisfied That on Her om-
oIal Trial Trip the New Cruiser VIII
Exceed the Record by Her Sister Ship.
the Columbia
PHILADELPHIA, June s.-The new United
States cruiser Minneapolis, which is fast
nearing completion at the shipyRrd Of |
William Cramps Sons, returned at
O'Clock last night from her preliminary or |
builders' trial trip. The big cruiser Rc-
Quilted herself most creditably, proving |
herself the equal in every way, II not the |
superior, OF her sister ship, the Columbia. |
While 1t is true that the Minneapolis did |
not equal the record Of 22S7 knots an hour |
made by the Columbia on her official trip, |
she did better than did her sister ship on
the preliminary trip Of the latter, the
speed of the Minneapolis being 2l. rs knots
while that Of the Columbia was but 20.VS
This was accom- plished in spite of the fact
that the new ship had to burn anthracite
coal, which is regarded as handicap. As
q result of this trial it is freely predicted
that the Minneapolis will make at least %
/ knots on her official trial trip.
At $3.50 o'clock on Wednesday morning
the anchor was weighed and Uncle Sans
newest commerce destroyer was ready to
essay her first venture upon the ocean. In
the face of stiff northwest breeze she
steamed slowly and gracefully out to the
| Southwest lghtship, twenty-one miles
| from the Breakwater. AS she passed
| line parallel with the lightship Captain
| Sargent gave the signal to Chief Engineer
| Patterson, to let her go ahead at full
/ Tho ataoy,, eyarua at TINT time rpey-
( istered 100 pounds to the inch, and under
natural draught Mr. Patterson gave her
the required power, and she headed for
the Northwest lightship, 9.65 knots away.
With her mammoth engines pounding
away and her triple screws churning the
| water in her wake into a boiling mass six
or eight feet high, the latest wonder IN
| naval architecture jumped away to show
what she could do when called upon. So
steady was the ship, even under this great
pressure, that it was difficult for those on
board to realize that she was being given
her head for the first time. But little
smoke came from her two huge tunnels,
and it was only by looking over the rail
into the rushing waters beneath that an
adequate idea of what she was doing could
be had The wind came over the decks
like hurricane and landlubbers and
sailors alike found it a task to keep on
their feet in the face of it, In almost the
time it takes to tell it the distance be-
tween the lightships was traversed, and
as she passed the ship the register showed
that she was going at the rate Of 1873
knots an hour.
Describing a long and graceful curve,
the steel racer rounded the Northeast
lig htship and headed for the original
ftnwN fnVrr hon re
the cruiser flew back and forth between
the terminal points of the course until, Oh
! the fourth and last circuit, she had
, acquired the remarkable speed of 2l.7(
, knots an hour, and it was known that ,
. | new world beater had been built. TheI
. | the vessel was run up the bay to Browni
, | Shoals, where she came to anchor for thu
night.
Yesterday morning the Minneapolis
! steamed straight out TO sea, a distance o
about fifty miles. Then she turned, anC
= at 10 o'clock started back for the Break
water again. Now she was under forCeC
draught, and the cinders were flying from
% her tunnels like hail. The vessel flew
along in the face of a spanking breeE
that flung the spray In q shower clear owe
the bridge. Not a man in the party bu
was satisfied that she had exceeded 92.5
knots an hour, but when she pulled u
again at Cape Henlopen Captain Sargen
% said she had only made 21,75 knots a.
hour. She had done this, he added, Il
4 water the mean depth of which is siXtee
fathoms, and can do better in deepe
water He added that the turn had bee
made in sixteen minutes, with the heir
at two degrees. The record made by tn
Columbia on her preliminary trial wa
4 no Al, e, lie l.
beaten it by about three-quarters of
knot. In horse power, too, she excels tn
Columbia having developed 20,S00, Will
that of the Columbia is about $4,000.
After passing Cape Henlopen the cruise
steamed up the Delaware, reaching ht
berth at the shipyard at O'Clock. On th
homeward trip she was greeted by
chorus of footing whistles, and when 81
passed the Columbia, lying at Leagu
Island, the crew of the latter, lined up
the rail. and gave the Minneapolis rouu
after round of rousing cheers.
The crew which manned the hinneap
lis ON her trial trip numbered 47 mel
The maximum revolutions Of the shat
were 135 to the minute. She burned a
most 100 tons OF broken coal, and Il
, highest steam pressure was 100 pounds
the inch The new cruiser will have b.
official trial sometime between the \
!, and the 18th of July, probably of 81
New England coast.
A, Edwin II, Crsmp, who accompanied Il
tel vessel on the trip, Captain Sargent, h
% commander, Lieutenant Lewis 7. Nixo
tn her designer, and Supervising Engine
',Rn5 Towne, who planned her engines, we
dy delighted with the vessels performanC
Ss sn They unhesitatingly pronounced the Mi
,le nespolis the best ship Of her class and &
az, fastest of her size in the world.