Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-31
TO MAKE A SPEED RECORD.
TuE OLYMPIA UOmEs TO uONo.
LULU UNDER FULL PRESSURE.
~ Is Hoped That she Nay EScsf ths
Performance OF the cruiser
Columbia.

cruiser Olympia, which is going
to the Asiatio station, should max,
an ocean record, as far as Homo
lulu, at least, and possibly across
the Pacific, has produced some
thing Of a sensation in naval cir.
cles, says late American ex.
change.
The Olympia will try to beat
the Columbia. The latter made
the distance between Southamp-
ton and the port of New York ,un-
der natural draft, in six days
twenty-three hours and twenty
nine minutes, eleven minutes short
of week. The distance covered
was 3100 miles, or an average
speed of a tritle over eighteen
knots an hour. .. ..
The performance of the Colum-
bia has caused wide discussion in
naval circles equally in Europe
and in this country. The Eng
lish papers have taken especial
interest in the voyage and frankly
admit that she is "the fastest
fighting ship in the world" The
United Service Gazette says, in
commenting on her performance:
There will be an uneasy feeling
here until the Powerful and Ter
rible are finished. We have no
cruiser which could maintain q
like speed for such continuous
rate" ~
The Navy Department has evil
IDENTITY determined to ascertain
whether or not the Columbia is
the fastest of American fighting
ships, and the honor Of competi-
tion has been assigned to the
OLYMPIA. Officers and crew are
proud of the distinction conferred
on them and are eager for the
test. They are confident of rat
least equalling the speed of the
Columbia, if they will not .ex-
ceed it. ~ Il .f
"We believe sincerely that we
will beat the record of the Colum-
bia," said one of the officers of
the Olympia, yesterday. "The
distance to Honolulu is 2l00
miles. We ought to make it in
four and half days. The 0lym-
pia made q fraction under twenty
knots an hour on her trial trip.
If she should be kept up to
speed of eighteen and a half knots
an hour, which we believe prac-
ticable, she would stand off Homo
lulu in four days and twelve hours.
This would beat the record of the
Columbia and beat the world"
The crew feel as hopeful of scor-
ing a new record as do the Off
GERS. They realize that the CO.
lumbia, being triple screw
vessel, has considerable adVant-
age over the Olympia, which is
twin screw vessel. Still the
Olympia has triple expansion
engines, the same as the Colum-
'bia. .a. u.u. .e.1 90 sG s
"'The fastest war-ship record on
the Pacific" said a naval engin-
eer, in speaking of the projected
cruise of the Olympia, sis that of
the Charleston. When she took
to Ha avail the body'of King Kala-
kaua she made the trip in five
days and eighteen hours. The
Charleston is fifteen years older
in design of her engines than the
Olympia and the Columbia. The
Charleston carried compound
engines, against our newer and
more servlceable triple expansion
engines. We ought to beat the
worlds recold and / believe that
we will. Anyway, We are eager
for the trial. 1t is understood
that we will go under full pres
sure under natural draft. The
department will not permit forced
draft, save under absolute emer
gency. If we fail to break th'
record you may be sure it will
be no fault of officers or crew
They are all proud of the boat.
The famous, E. & w. earl 4