The Portland daily press., 1895-10-31

we'll as every minute detail OF her lna'
chinery and eouipment has been supJeos-
ed to the most searching scrutiny anH,
if the unofficial commentator u the the
officers foreshadows their reports W U =
department., these will be highly nt'uVoi LIS
to the builders of the Katahdln.
Along with the trial boards GAINS sos :
eral formidable looking chests anu ea2oS
containing the delicate measuring -
struments in use by the navy depaLV-
ment, and wilderness of note pooA ,,
blank forms, tables, stationery, esc,; IL rpa
recording the work Of inspection, All 6he
instruments and indicators to De useu
by the engineer corps were correcbeu lol VI
this trial at the New York navy yaru
and table of errors has been furnished eu
with each these errors to be applieu W
the subsequent records made by tne II
struments in order to have the calcula-
tlons as to her horse e-power, revolu1lohs,
etc., as near to absolute correctness as
human ingenuity can make them. >,
lit may seem strange to an outsider;
said Chief Engineer Milligan to the
PRESS representative tonight, "to hear
of errors in connection with these dell
cately adjusted instruments. But there
are errors in their work, almost infinite
simal--just as there are variations OF the
compass-and we must take them lnuo
consideration. They may be due to va
1lOuo CcbGS5S--tClApoEttUu luOlouuioS SSS,j
being among these con ditions-but these
are not to be considered as in any way
rejecting upon the skill or the integrity
of the manufacturers. On the contrary
the makers of these instruments Will
be glad to learn of our discovery OF errors.
for our tables will enable them to make
their machinery better than ever before :
The two boards will remain in session
in New London probably until next
Wadnacdav for ahOI1t C0 individual reports
will be prepared and submitted before
the final report can be sent to the depart
ment in Washington.
General Hyde president of the Bath
Iron Works, and his subordinates are
very attentive to the boards He enter
tanned nearly all the members aboardshlp
informally yesterday afternoon and made
a most favorable impression on them.
The installation of crew OF expert
stokers in the fre-room of the Katahdin
yesterday provoked an assorted lot of COM
ment from the Bath crew and not a little
merriment These exports are mostly
Germans, selected by New York con-
tractor for the fre-crews Of the fastest
trans Atlantic steamships. They under
boss, who came from New York with
them, acts as their interpreter.
"I don't see,' said one of the Bath
boys to the PRESS representative, "that
these Dutchmen work any better togeth-
or or show any more skill than the regu-
lar coal HEAVIER from the works at home.
In fact, the Bath stokers have never
had a fair chance to show what they
could do, for the conditions heretofore
in the fire-room have not been equal to
what they are now. STILL / suppose its
all right. Results are what General Hyde
is after-and we stood by the General
every time What is best for his inter-
ests goes with us. -
The ram behaved finely on her preli-
day Force draught was applied to her
fires for only about 10 minutes, and her
speed was something terrific. 1t is the
unofficial opinion of one of the naval
experts on board that the Katahdjn
made considerable more than II knots per
hour for nearly half an hour Yesterday.
But if Superintendent John S. Hyde
has record of it, he would say nothing
definite on the subject tonight. 1t is
known, however, that General Hyde is
quite confident that the ram will earn
the Bath Iron Works something in speed
emiums-baring accidents, OF course,
which never can be provided against
with absolute certainty.
Following is the official roster Of the
Katahdin for trial trip tomorrow, with
the. exception Of the oilers. stokers, sail
ors, deck hands, etc.
Cabin President. T. W. Hyde; super.
intendent, G. r. Hanscom; consulting
engineer, j. S. Hyde; purser, G. H.
MoLellan stenographer, Z. f. Sargent.
Ship filter, W. S. Hanscom; electrician.
E. B. Nichols; I. M. communication,
Frank Wood; piper, H. Foote; sheet iron
Robinson joiner, Chas. Harrington.
Sailing master, Capt. o. G. Oliver,
1st mate, Capt. Enoch Reed; I'd mate
Charles Twiggs; pilot, Walter S. Lowell
Crew-John Shaw, Christopher Cush-
ing, Bert Dickerson, Samuel Holbrook,
Fred Ferris; steward, Fred Foote.