Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-03
Columbia Has Arriveo 4
afSandy Hook,
MADE REMARKABLE RUN.
Crossed the Atlantic in Two DAY. Loss
Time Than Any Other
warship.

r,. WASHINGTON. Aururt :.
ae,n,, ,o Wa General ftjolcins Ia Inc nn,f
bulletin w. WY r.s When ihs Aswcated Pres
we COLUMBIA on Sauds Ilnoi as',s,. y.
o''lehIl MeAdoo expressed The srra,..,
plsssufo over The ffst time made hs IN
The rol,m ~ ~sa' 70 The West lndlcs board
start that she Would acouit hsy.eif w ~, VIZ
n9M.N o. thls trial lip arfosa ihe A,lan,ir'
~ NoiunbiA beat the time ID Inc Nav Tort
WY uays and previous 10 this trlp tho Nav
erossins ihe A,is ss,, record Of any warship
AM, Ml, MeAdoo said thyfe war M longer any
uoup. ABOUT lho tpesd Of the Columbia ma
an ss sue 'eula no doubt oycrtake any vessel
sighted In sprp,.that 4 4 a vessel Was
come w win her " tie evening, Tha Milo
neApoils y her equal n moi superior ana hi
,,'nyo,II 90 me coumbia shows that he
AMIN nron 1s,es "a. ,he Two iasierl ships nnoal
ne considered the most gratifying points rnn,
oWfn,hs mi. apeei trial He sad that when
an INC conditions ander which he Comnbiaa
, h run ~ considered, the reseln
hrht place, ne said the ioal VILLA rbad ana
pt0bably much hcllef Than The choap variety
usually supplied at home, Was not tha hat
quality OF Welsh coal.
lheu again tAe engine departments "a
our cruisers are not II nil, ,nant,sd "
nlther ne ships q the MERCHANT scrvios Oh
- those VI foreign g0sernmtnia tionseaucntis
w. Nc ,nunrAhee q ne men y tho engine and
illustration q this fact, Il "a only nscessnry 10
hlIQ me following comparison between tho
COLUMBIA and The EnriIsh quiaer Terrlblt.
columbia Horse poprf 5000 number u
~ q men In snsineer department.
Terriblc-horae power 5000; number of
engineers y men 10 engineer department.
an T. other words, The scEk IN the euginssr
oihne u Just " per cent harder Oh INA
Columbia than on Inc Enrloh ship. Wills
tho men In ouf ship have 10 do nne.thlfi
NOR work than do The rsn in the oshsr
Amonr mcn-ofwar there Il absolutely
nothlng. 20 compare HE Columbia With, "a
none OF them ever has made such 4 run
anu none could mol only becauat they DO
not carry The coal, but herauas they hpss
not tho power,
port 81 twenty.four hour trial u The
hhgllsh cruiser lioyai Arthur made In tho
faulhc some months agu, and her fuAxl-
mum speed for fuur hours Naa only IL
hnom while for the twenty four hours VI
ths trial y was only its Anoia This YES,
vel Ia officially rated At The same ~
placement ~ the Columbia uf other iiflt-
~ orulnerH, none u them has done ans,
NINA comparable With The performance "
VIZ columbia, 10 ~ Tho cftldcr blcn'
made only maxlmum Of "A Knots whrn ~
turning from llnllfaf after having carried
w body Of Sir John Thompson there fot
Tho official notice Of tho CpmmbIas re-.
markahlo performance reached the naval
gmelaln IN tho following telegram from
'aptAin sumner 81 the thlp.
New York. August 2-io the Secretary
" the Navy. Washington Columbia ieft
ne Needloa AZ D m. 2Gih ult, ARRIVED
Al SANDY HOAX lsht shin Al RkQ fntnv
average hourly 1peed for whole rna is.li
knots. whole run under naturet drspsht.
lwenty-alx hour Of foE, but no delay thvse.
IN reply Mr.. MeAdoo asni Captain SUM
lcr tho following mearAso;
Warrington, y, O.. August a~Hnnnfr,
Y. >, .. COLUMBIA, care o. cnmmandans
Navy Yard. brooklyn, The Department ey-
ondn 10 you. the officers and men Of the
Columbia It's congratulations aud thanks
N the result Of the nun froui the Needles
q Sandy Hook lIgh, house. thus making
m unokainpled record for wafnhlp."