The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-21
NEW CRUISER
Minneapolis Proves to Be the Fast.
est Warship in the World.
On Her Triak Trip She Made Speed oi
25.42 Miles Per Bour--Her Engines
Are Reported to Have Made 13A
Revolutions Per Minute.

On lier TITAN TIP she MNUc Spceu OF
25.A. Miles Per Hour--IIer Engines
Are Reported to Have Made 13A
Revolutions Per Minute.
BosToN, July 16-The new cruiser
Minneapolis anchored off Boston Light
about 4:3O o'clock Saturday afternoon,
the proud holder of the worlds record
for speed of warship. 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 81 nautical
miles per hour, and for each quarter OF
n knot above that figure the firm OF
Cramp & 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 the
big anchor drop out of sight in the
water at the close of the trial, they
had the satisfaction of knowing that
they were S4Oa, 500 richer than when, a
few hours before, they embarked upon
the exemplification of the naval archi
tects' art.
At o'clock the new cruiser started
for Cape Ann, where she was to begin
her journey of nearly SO nautical miles
for fame and money. The boat passed
Boston Light at s:31 and soon after the
forced draught was put on and the shir
speeded to the starting point as though
imbued with knowledge that she wa.
expected to do something never before
accomplished.
AS she crossed the line of the frs
mark the engines were credited will
making 124 revolutions minute ant
the boilers with $50 pounds of steam
Despite the speed at which she wa
going it was remarked how little vibra
tions was noticeable. Still the grea
ship sped on and when she reached tn,
buoy off the armored cruiser New Yorl
the time was 9:5O:3O and the time tal1el
to run the two and nearly one hal
miles was 6:22, or at the rate of 22:2
nautical miles.
The freight steamer Fern was tn,
next stake boat. and the distance be
tween the New York and the Fern wa
6.66 miles, and it was 1O:O9:Os whel
Lieut.. Drake, on the after transi
station, announced that she had crossed
the line, making the distance in 1888
or at the rate of 21.43 miles. Betweel
the Fern and the United States tn,
Fortune was the same distance as be
tween the New York and the Fern an,
this log was made in the remarkabl.
fast time of 16 minutes and 45 seconds
nj f1,a {n nf 1nc
This was said to be owing to the waite
being much deeper than on the pre-
vious log. Here the engines were re
ported to be making 1874 revolution
per minute.
From the Fortune to the cruiser AT
lanta 6.4 miles and the run was mad
in 1928, or at the rate of 22.O6 miles
At an equidistant point was the Unite'
States tug Leyden from the Atlanta
and this run was made in 15:52, or a
the rate of 21.2O miles per hour. BE
tween the Leyden and the dynamit
gun vessel Vesuvius was space of ~
nautical miles, and this space was Gov
cred. in 81 minutes and 81 seconds, o
at the rate of 21.2O nautical miller pc
hour.
The last leg of the run over the frs
half of the trial trip of A miles an,
return from Cape Ann to Cape Porpois
and return was the next to be run
and the distance between the Vesuviu
and the dispatch boat Dolphin, IL
nautical miles. was made in 1918, or a
the rate of 25:42 miles. being the fast
est time made on the outward trip
and causing the members of the boar
of officers assigned to attand thu
trial to open their eyes and the news
paper men on board to feel as thoug
they were going through the air. Thi
speed was perfectly satisfactory to al
on board, and the Minneapolis, in tn
last few miles, had demonstrated tina
she was not only capable of holdin
her own with her sister ship, but wa
able to meet her and show her tn
lines of her stern at any time. One
half Of the trip was thing of tn
past, and the time consumed in tn
"A knots was l hour 55 minutes an
1s seconds, with an average spec
of 22.90 miles, as against 22.91 fo
the first half of the trial trip of the CT
lumbia, whose efforts she was trying t
beat. The run back was started a
11:5s, the time used in making the tur
being 1s minutes and "a seconds. n
stop was made to cool bearings or fo
any purpose, as nothing was necessar
to be done, SO perfect was the worlSin
of the machinery on the boat, an
she Immediately headed for the mar
off the Dolphin on the return triI
and the same vessels were passe
as on the outward trip. the same buoy
were in position, and the only differ
ence on the return from the outwar
trip was that the average speed of tn
Minneapolis on the return trip wa
$3.50 miles, against 22.92 on the firs
half. making the total average spec
per hour 23.O6 miles, and proclaimin
to the world the fact that the ne'
United States cruiser Minneapolis wa
the fastest armored vessel atloat.
The lapsed time from the start to tn
finish was3 hours and 40 minutes.
u Suicide on Account of Ill Health.
BLooMINGToN, Ind. July 16.-Iucind
Graves, wife of farmer south of towr
committed suicide by hanging. Sll
was found by her daughter. Ill healt
was the cause.
Murslerously Assaults His Son.
BRooKLYN, N. Y. July l6.-Danit
Hazen, nineteen years old, of Third a
enue, is in the Norwegian hospital wit
a fractured skull, The result of blo'