The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-26
BOSS OF HER CLASS.
CRUISER NEW YORK STANDS
EVERY KNOWN TEST.
Emperor William Pleased and As
tonished at the Excellent Work
of the American Ship and Her
Crew.

NEW YORK, July 25.-After an alb
sence of nearly ten weeks, the United
States cruiser New York arrived here
today and anchored in North river.
Captain Evans, when seen by the re-
porter OF the Associated Press, ex-
pressed himself as being highly pleased
with the ship and said with no little
show of pride that she was the boss
of her class. Of the voyage Captain
Evans said:
1--WE had moderate to fresh gales
nearly all the time and although we
had only three-quarters boiler power
and half boiler power for three days,
we made the trip from Lands End to
Sandy Hook in the excellent time Of
nine days and four hours. We had
heavy head seas and the wind. which
was in the beginning northwest,
veered around. We encountered a
heavy swell from the east northeast
and it seemed to me we were to the
southwark of a circular storm. l gave
the ship a full speed trial of eight
hours duration in a head sea and, with
10 pounds of steam. the engines de-
veloped 1882 revolutions per minute
under natural draught and the cruiser
averaged a speed Of 171a knots an hour
with $500 tons displacement. Her
horse power was developed with the
consumption of 1877 pounds OF COAL
which is the lowest on record.
Il also gave her good fair trial in
a mead sea with a speed of II knots,
and there was not one moment during
that time when we could not have
brought the guns on the quarter deck
and all those on the gun deck, with
the exception. of the two forward guns,
into action"
asIJOxxy hOrr+ icit Of ha r,
emperor" asked the reporter, and
what did he think about the ship?,
We'll, now" said the captain laugh
ing, 4 don't propose to tell the Ger
man emperor's secrets, but I can tell
you 1 never met a man'like him in my
life. He seems to know a great deal
about everything. His knowledge of
naval architecture particularly sur
prised me very much, and you can't
fool him in single detail from the
keel to the truck The night he and
his suite dined with us aboard he gave
me a sample OF his technical know
ledge about a man of war.
about 1 o'clock in tine morning, al
though he had been already shown
see the engine room and dynamo. At
ter going through the engine room,
where he made a close examination of
the machinery, he asked me how long
it would take to uncouple an engine.
informed him did not exactly know,
but / would have it done for him.
| This seemed to please him very much,
and taking his watch in his hand, he
said: Very we'll, L will time you The
men set to work with a will. and when
the task was completed the emperor
looked at his watch and said: Two
hundred and forty seconds He ex-
pressed himself as being very we'll sat
isfied with the quickness of the Amer
leans, and then he turned the revers-
ing gear to see that it was in proper
shape.
When he came on deck again, the
ship was almost perfectly still and
most Of the men with the exception of
the watch, had turned in. 1t was then
nearly ? am. and while passing
through from the engine roCsns from
where he stood on the quarter deck,
! he saw the men curled UP in their
/ hammocks. Turning quickly to me,
he said: How long will it take to close
your water-tight doors?
THE men did it in ninety seconds
after the signal was given. lie said
that was wonderfully quick work, con-
sidering the fact that the men were
nearly all asleep when the order was
J issued and that he had no doubt as to
our being able to do the same work
in one-third of the time in the day
/ light, when everything was favorable.
when the emperor was leaving Us,
he stood on the quarterback, and in
! bidding me good bye he said: I have
never imagined that vessel of war
could be in the condition of the New