New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-17
PLEASED WITH THE INDIANA
THE UNOFFICIAL TRIAL OF THE NEW
BATTLE-SHIP
RUNNING AGAINST THE TIDE YESTERDAY SHE
MADE 1881 KNOTS AN HOUR. AND 1T Is Ex-
PEcTEp THAT SHE WILL DO i6 KNOTS
ON HER OFFICIAL TRIAL.

PEcTEp THAT SHE WILL DO IS KNOTS
ON HER OFFICIAL TRIAL.
BOSTON Oct. 16-The battle-ship Indiana took
preliminary run over the official course to-day.
and so successful the trial that when the
boat reached the upper end Of the course Edwin
Cramp decided that II unnecessary 10
speed her back again. She got under way at s:3o
a. m from Boston light and started down the
bay TO Cape Ann. At $50 she was going ahead at
full speed and when about seven miles from the
starting line the forced draught was turned on
The course was from Cape Ann to Boone Island,
a distance OF thirty-one knots marked by six can
buoys So knots apart The starting line was
crossed at 1890 The second buoy was left astern
at 1855 the speed between the two buoys being
Is knots The third buoy was passed at l;2o the
speed between the second and third buoys being
ISL knots. The fourth was alongside at ll;43' the
speed between the third and fourth being lol'
knots The fifth buoy was passed al lz'o' the
speed between the fourth and fifth being l96i'
The sixth and last buoy was passed at lZ:Sz' the
speed between the fifth and sixth being 1o.lI Ihe
average speed for the run up was lo3l
Although the Cramps expected to do 10 KNOTS
easily with the boat they were more than pieaseu
with the showing she made. The tide was run
ming against her rather fast and It cut off propa-
bly, three-quarters of a knot.
Two particularly noticeable things were devel-
oped in the run. One the absence OF the usuai
vibration that the powerful engines OF big snip
make, and the other was the bow wave cast OIL oy
the ship. The torpedo tube In the bow threw up
quite a wave, but the bow of the boat itself cieit
ceanly through the water. and the lateral waves
instead Of extending many feet on each side OF the
ship. did not extend much more than fifteen feet
and then they converged sharply and cung to the
vessels side leaving no side wave at all
When Mr.. Cramp found that the ship had done
50 we'll on the run up. he concluded not to push
her on the way back The forced draught was
taken off and eighteen minutes were spent in
turning The ship passed the first buoy on the
return at 1850, and she logged back at an easy
average speed Of 1903 knots passing the last ouoy
on the return trip at 1913
The engines Of the Indiana are, with one ex-
ception the finest that have ever been turned out
by the Cramp Company The engines OF the
cruiser New-York were the most perfect that had
ever been built by the Cramps. and those OF the
Indiana worked as we'll as did those OF the New
York on her trial trip. Not the slightest heating
OF any of the crossheads or journals was observed
The average revolutions of the screws on tne
run lIp was l2S and the maximum l5l. Inc
steam pressure was 15e pounds and the AIR pres
sure in the fire rooms was one men Oh water
Ninety-tWO hundred horsepower was
This is 200 more tnan the amount LOT "hich TIC
engines were designed .
The run OF the Indiana from Phllaoelphia 10
Boston IN nasty head seas. and this run under
high pressure support the title OF American
naval constructors and American snip"rights
as the best in the world. Foreign critics nave
declared that the Indiana would be topheaVy
and that she would roll herself 10 death In any
sort Of sea. Never were prophecies more com-
,Ie,ely cfutcd The In1iana VITA heaVier
weight of armor and guns above water tnan any
otha chf tn N
Yacht The sea smooth to-day. but the
iorg swell that is always felt IN the ocean was
running To those standing upon the deck OF
the ship there no more motion perceptipie
than Is felt In crossing river IN Terry pod |.
The Indiana anchored at night OFT Boston
Light The boilers and fire CRATES VIII be
cleaned thoroughly on Thursday, and on FRIDAY
the official run will be made. Although none OF
the persons connected with the boat VIII make
any predictions. 1t is not unlikely mat she VIII
do sixteen knots on her official trias.
THE RIVALRY FOR JAPAN'S NEW FLEET.
Washington. Oct. 16.-Lieutenant Miyaoka.
the naval attache of the Japanese Legation. is
one of the guests on board the battle-ship lnd-
ana whicn is about to make her trial trip OH
Narh,ehead Lieutenant Miyaoka is a gradu-
ate OF the two naval schools at Toxic he mas
been attached to the Legation at Washington
for several years, and he Is stanch friend OF
the United States. He Will make an oficlal re-
nnr, to tha Japanese Naval Office respecting
the performances of the Indiana. and what
ever influence he can exert in having some or
the new Japanese war vessels Dullt ABROAD
will be in favor of this country
On the other hand. number or the experts
at the Japanese Navy Department received
the,r academic and technical training in Eng
land and they are strongly urging the Govern
ment TO have the new fleet built in that coun-