The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-15

I Boston, July 1.-THE new cruiser
| Minneapolis. anchored of Boston !ighs
| about $50 o'clock this aftrraOou, the
proud holder Of the worlds record foe
/ speed Of war ship. Two hours Later tie
/ party who had enj yed the disunc ion CT
J being present en- be fastest warshIp - Lae
\ world, Landed IN Boston.
/ The requirements OF the contract wers
/ thai she slould make twenty-Oue nautical
! miles per hour. and for each quarter OF a
/ kuot above that figure the hrm OF CramP
I * Son, builders. were 10 receive the SUN
/ II $50 GO, hence when the five members 0t
| tae Crsmp family who were preSeat on the
/ trip saw the blC anchor drop out or sight
! In the water ~ The clos Of the trial they
I had tn saT Is action ot knowing they were
/ 500. 600 richer han when, a few hours be-
/ fore, tuey embarked upoa the exemphncs-
tion Of the naval architects art
/ Tue dsy aud tue elements were al favor
/ able 10 the queen Of the seas aud net
/ single accident or mlshap OF any Kind
{ happened 10 mar the trial trip Al
o'clock the new cruiser started for Cape
/ Ann, where she was to brgin her journey
Of nearly eighty-eight nautical miles =
fame aud money. aud the long whistle. de-
noting she was ready 10 60 over the coarse,
was blown soon after Tue twin lights on
/ ThHtcbsrs island came into view, aud the
/ flag OF the secretsry Of the navy wnich hsd
/ up TO :his time Haunted defiance u the
breeze from the fOreiopmsst, WAS hauled
down anu IN turn every plrce 81 ount'ug
was run up TO ropes. t,gstStts aud every
thing which in any way could catch
breeze.
snip UNDER WAY.
The boat passed Boston light house AZ
SSH aud soon after be forced drHuZh was
put on and the ship speeded 10 tHe starting
point as though imbUrd with know edge
/ that she was expected to 90 SOMETHING
did cross the line sue had not, ia the cstt-
nation II the senior member Of the firm
of Cramp x Son, attained her full speed.
IL was decided, however. 90 lei her con Va
ne her course and II sue beat the best time
on record, let the matter drop there. but
had she not succeeded IN Keeping pretty
close 10 :he record made b. her sister snip
| which held the speed record for war
/ ship, another trial would have andouot-
edly BEEN demanded
As she crossed the line OF the first mark
the engines were credited with making ia
revolutions a minute, aud The h0tiers wien
80 pounds OF steam. Despite the speed It
which she weS running IL was remarked
how little vibration WAS noticeable. otilt
the great ship sped on aud when she
reached the buoy III he armorrd cruiser
| New York, the time noted was t.o050. aud
tue time taken 20 Tuu the two aud nearly
one half miles was minutes aud y sec
ouds, OF At the rate Of =. - nautical miles
an hour.
The freight steamer Fern was the next
| stake and the distance between the New
/ York aud Fern was t. miles and 10 was
| l0:09.0S when Lieutenant Drake, on tha
after transit station announced she had
/ crossed the line. making tho distance ia
ISIS, or at the rate OF 2i:l3 miles an hour.
I Between the Fern and the United states
tug Fortune was the same distancs as be
| tween the New York and the Fern and
this leg was made IN the
REMARKABLY FAST TINE
OF f6 minutes and 81 seconds. or AZ The rate
Of % II nautical miles. THIS was sail 20
be owing TO the water being much deeper
than on the previous leg. Her engines
were making IA revolutions per minute.
From tie Fortune To the Cruiser Atlanta
/ was 8 4 miles aud the run was male in Ia
. or at the rate of Z2.O6 miles. An equi-
distant poiot from the Atlanta WAS tns
United States tug Leyden. aud tdis Tuu
! was made ia I5:52, OF az the rate OF q -.
mile, per hour. Between the Levdsn aud
the dynamite qua vessel Nesuvius was n
space OF aui 5ilO0 nautical
| miles and this space was covered In 2i-5t
| or at the rate OF ia nautical miles per
/ hour.
The last Lex OF the ran over the first half
/ of the trial trip ~ forty-four miles. from
/ Cape Ann 90 Cape Porp0izr aud return.
WAS the next TO be run aud tue distance
| between the NssuVius aud the dispatch
boat Bolphin. "a nautical miles.
/ made IN ls.ls. or az the rate % - a. miles,
4 being the fastest time made on tie out
/ ward trip and causiuZ the mcmbnrs % Rho
! board Of officers assigned % httcnd the
/ trial TO open their eyes and The newspaper
! men on board % feel as though they wrre
/ going through tue air. The speed Was
/ perfectly satisfactory % Gil 90 board aud
the Minneapolis Ia the last few miles bad
/ demonstrated that she was not only Caps-
I be OF holding her own with her sister ship
/ but was able 20 meet Der aud show her ths
I lines Of her strrB 80 auy time. Oue half
/ o. the trip was thing Of TIE past aui ths
I time CONSUMED Ia The forty tOur Knots was
! one hour nfty-fiTe minutes and eighteen
/ seconds, with an Hvsrszs speed 20 = 90
/ mile. as against - D. for She FIRST bali u
the TRIAL trip ~ the Columbia. whose
I efforts she was trying 20 beat.
TIE RUS BACK
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I i19 the tnru being ~ minutes and q &C.
oud- No stop Wa made % cool bearings
I Or for any purpose. as nothing "a. aeo-s-
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/ TIE Oa.v differences u.s. that th- av-TaZa
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