St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-26
: PEER OF ANY CRUISER.
Officers of the New York Are En-
thUsiastic.

thusiastic.
NEW YORK, July 25.-After an
absence Of nearly ten weeks, the
United States cruiser New York ar
rived here today and anchored in the
North river. Capt. Evans, when
seen by the reporter of the Associ-
ated Press, expressed himself as be-
ing highly pleased with the ship,
and said with no little show of pride
that she was the boss of her class"
Of the voyage Capt. Evans said:
We had moderate to fresh gales
nearly all the time, and although
we only had three-fourths boiler
power for six days, and half boiler
power three days, we made the trip
from Landsend 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 E. N. E., and it
seemed to me that we were to the
southwark of a circular storm
save luS snip Illil SpGSu lIIdl
of eight hours in a head sea, and
with 122 pounds of steam the en-
gines developed 1882 revolutions per
minute under natural draught and
the cruiser averaged 171a knots an
hour with $500 tons displacement.
Her horse power was developed with
the consumption of 1.S7 pounds of
ic oa
Il also gave her a good fair trial
in head sea with a speed of IA
knots, and there was not one mo-
ment during that time when we
could not have brought the guns on
the upper deck and all those on the
gun deck, with the exception of the
two. forward guns, into action"
How about the visit OF the German
emperor% asked the reporter, "and
what did he think about the ship?''
well, now," said the captain, laugh
ing, Il don't propose to tell the Ger
man emperor's Secrets. but I can tell
you that l never met a man like him
/ in my life. He seems TO know a grea
| deal about everything. His knowledge
OF naval architecture particularly sur
prised me, and yon can't fool him in a
single detail. The night that he and
his suite dined with us aboard, he gave
me a sample of his technical knowledge
about a man-of-war.
About o'clock in the morning. he
expressed a desire to see the engine
room and dynamo. After going through
the engine room, where he made a close
examination of the machinery, he ask
ed me how long it would take to un-
couple the engine. informed him that
L did not exactly know, but 1 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: '240 seconds
| HE expressed himself as very weir
satisfied with the speed of the Ameri-
! cans and then he tried the reversing
gear to see that it was in proper order.
When he came on deck again the
ship was almost perfectly still and most
of the men had turned in. 1t was near
/ ly o'clock in the morning, and while
! passing through from the engine room
and from where he stood on the quar-
ter 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 p
The men did it in 80 seconds after
| the signal was given. He said that
was wonderfully quick work, consid-
er1ng the fact that the men We're nearly
all asleep when the order was issued,
! and he had no doubt as to our being
, able to do the same work in one-third
! that time in daylight when everything
was favorable.
When the emperor was leaving us
he stood on the quarter and bidding
! me goodbye, he said: I have never
imagined that vessel of war could
be In the condition of the. New York -