Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-19
TO TEST HER SPEED.
The Montgomery Goes Out for a
Trial.
PERFECT WEATHER ON THE SOUND.
Confidence That a Good Showing
Will Be Made.
THE CRUISER DESCRIBED.

NEW LONDON, Jan. 19.-The new cruiS-
er Montgomery weighed anchor at O. clock
this morning. and with the members of the
trial board and their assistants steamed
out of the harbor on her way to the thirty
six-mile course in Long Island sound, over
which the speed trial will take place today.
The Dolphin. VesuviusNdnd -four navy
yard tugs that will serve as lstakeboats
went out during the night.
The rain, which had been falling during
the night. ceased at sunrise, and the air
became clear, with faint breeze from
the northwest. The water was as smooth
as glass. The day promises to be a per-
feet one for the trial, and the contractors
are confident that the new cruiser will
make a good showing.
The run will be from a point off Say
brook, where the Dolphin is stationed, to
point off Startford. where the Vesuvius Is
at anchor, and return. The distance Is sew
enty-two miles, exclusive of the turn.
The Montgomery is required to make
speed of seventeen knots an hour. A prem
ium will be paid for a greater rate of speed
and a penalty will be exacted for a lower
rate of speed. The Detroit and Marble
head. sister ships to ths Montgomery, each
exceeded her contract requirements as to
speed, and there is every reason to expect
the Montgomery to also earn for herself a
premium for speed. The trial of this ves-
sci was set for several weeks ago. but
was postponed because of an accident to
the vessel as she was her way to she
trial course. She ran a Io'lge near New
London, and was compelled to go back to
the works at BALTIMORE for repairs.
The board which WI, conduct the trial is
composed Of Commodore j. G. Walker.
Commanders p. H. Cooper and X. Is. Brad
ford. Chief Engineer A. w. Morley. AS
sistant Naval Constructor s. w. Armis-
tead and Lieut.. l.. L. Reamer. recorder.
with the following assistants: Lieuts. c. C.
Bowman and A. N. Mayer and Ensisns S.
S. Wood and ]. l.. Jayne. The horse power
board is composed of Chief Engineers A.
w. Morley, r. w. MilIigan and Harrie
Webster.
The New Boat.
The Montgomery is Of the simple cruiser
type. the disposition Of her coal and water
tight deck. 11-16 of an inch thick, being
the only projections to her boffers, engines
and magazines. The hull is built of mild
steel, and the rig is that Of a two-masred
schooner, spreading about 6,2S9 square feet
of canvas. The water-tight deck extends
throughout the entire vessel. sloping to-
ward the sides and ends under which are
placed the ''vitals'' and the steering gear.
The principal dimensions are: Length on
water line, 2o7 feet: breadth. extreme, 81
feet, and draft. mean. IA feet, inches.
The vessels displacement is 1000 tons; her
indicated horse power, maximum (contracO,
is ). 40. and her speed (contract) is IL knots.
The normal coal supply is 100 tons, but
435 tons Of coal can be carried. and with
this full supply the vessel will have
radius of action Of $3.50 knots, 376 days
steamlng, at 1O-knot speed: 3,022 knots,
7.S7 days steaming. at 16-knot speed. and
1,62i knots, 3.I6 days steaming, at 1S-knot
speed.
The motive power is furnished by two
triple expansion engines, each engine work.
ing one of the twin screws, and placed in a
water-tight compartment separated from
the other engine by a middle line bulk
head. The engines are of the vertical in
verted cylinder, direct acting, triple expan-
sion type. each with a high pressure CYL
inder of 26 IL inches. an intermediate pres
sure cylinder Of 30 inches and a low pres
sure cylinder of Is inches in diameter. the
stroke of all being IL inches. The collective
indicated horse power of the propelling en-
gines. air pump and circulating pump is to
be 3, ,4OO, at 1856 revolutions per minute.
There are three double-ended steel boilers
of the horizontal. return fire, tube type. and
two single ended steel boilers. All built
for a working pressure of 100 pounds.
Each of the three double ended boilers
has four and each single ended boiler two
corrugated furnace fiues of feet inches
diameter. The total heating surface Is TO-
966 square feet and the total crate surface
;36 square feet Steam reversing gear ash
hoists, turning engines, auxiliary pumps,
fans. engines for working machinery in
workshop and windlass and steering gear
are supplied There is distiling appara-
tus and refrigerating plant capable Of
making 200 pounds of ice day. besides
supplying ample cold water and keeping
meat room at a temperature of "a de-
grees +.
There are three torpedo launching outfits.
One in the stem for Howell torpedoes and
two on the main deck forward for White
head ,orpedoes.
Her main battery consists of eight 5-inch
and two 6-inch rapid-fire guns, and her Sec
ondary battery cf six 6-pounder and two
1-pounder rapid-fire guns and two gatlings.