The morning times., 1896-11-14
5PURTED UP TO Il KNOTS
Battleship IOwa's UnOffic al
Trial Off Delaware CapeS.
SHIPPED LITTLE WATER
She Rose Far More BuOyantly to the
sea Than the Indiana or the Mas
sachusctts- $5O,OGO Premium for
Every Quarter Knot Above SIX
teen Into Commission i'll March.

Philadelphia. Nov. 13-The big sea
gong hdtuesmp Iowa returned here ms
evening from her builders trial tup
OFF the Delaware Capes.
TIE tridl was essentially an engineers
trial to give the ships builders an IdCa
OF the pOwrr of the engines ana the
way Ia which they worked. ana the speed
developed was secondary consideration
of the trip.
Nevrr,tcle.s. on two-hour,' burst Of
speed tins morning the ship averaged ib.-T
knots at III revolutions OF Tie screws.
Tins Is - more than the contract
speed OF the vessel calls Tor, ana that the
Iowa Is capable of better time tiau tins
was shown when she was occasionally
SpIrtcd up around the seventeen Knot
notch.
me result Of the trip was in every way
satisfactory to Edwin :. Craup, who
uad IL ia charge Ior the hh.Ic-Ts.
THE DEPARTURE.
TIE low. left here on Tuesday at noon
and made rllr ran to 'u" HrraSWaErr uu
one uue, arriving IEcrr hat Iu=aJ. iug
government was represented ty Lieut.
!.Uylr. uE,uuLrr officer -faIipurG - tNv
yard, Huu Assistant iGErl-.r II'nrT"l-
Bg-.ua- these gentlemen here were e.
uuIuarr OF guests aboard
CA Wednesday mDsmuE after adjusting
.-.. -f. .n... ..i-..r a.e t.-.r f-L nH
shore tw.ugg miles aui wa> steamed four
times over the ID-NHut course between
l..,. $50 IT-It SHIPS pu rI,e r.. -e.a lau.
~la4'. lie gUEIl-.S were EIErI good
Hmr-uu- up auda- 50 revolutions II =
Knots were made.
within The oapr- and went out again
t..tr-. .irE MORNING. Bee was run. -f.s.l -. T.
ul. shore IuT Sixty miles and no reVulu-
tlons OF the screws Were maintained.
ttl-. rr-.lI nf ,In rIu l..Hr- -,i ...~ ~.'
i,ru tory To the engineering department
ru,. Size returned Too neg a... rg,f-" li.si-r
the luqcs gam uu Thursday night.
TESTED HER SPEED.
This morning Mr. Cramp determined 20
,r,t the ~mp'- speeding atiuIr> "a Httlr.
Under forced drauEtJ size was driven Tor
v@rutv miles on shore and then was
beaded landwari again.
\ slrJng gale from the northwest met
the snip aS size was headed NhoTcWdTu
but she met the rising waves >'lTlly.
She rose tar more buOyanCly 10 the sea
| iFtu does cIIh"r tine lndIeut or Ma>sa'
/ CiuSettS. and there was not near tht
weight OF water coming over th" DO" as
! either OF these vessels sup IN any sur'
! OF a heavy sea.
/ Tn,. iowa. however. Is Il deck higher
| than the Massachusetts and luIIHna hIH
/ was built 10 take long cruises IN decI
! water.
| Wucu the Iowa passed into tuccaUe- thN
| morning after her run Off shore -H' Iit'
| averaged 1921 knots at ll2 rrI,iu,i ions
1t Is approximately r>lna,.nln nnu ,''i' VIZ
! developed 10y lhr engines uI the il'i"i@ ''
| mat siup'~ Official trial
she must make "a ~prgd oi /" Gh,,~ ,..,.., ,r NJ
| knot made above this hcr hgIarrr "l.
| rr,rl.r a premium of $4,000.
! 1t is expected tuat tine ~tIp VIII ht
| tar middle %! February. ana iS '.'i i'i.'
| she VIII hr so nearly '.uFiy'ri 'aa, -..'
| can 10 into commission "a NdI'h. u '..'
| government dry deck AZ fruuElEH IS avail
| tbI. about the uW" the 'itI,IH. tri4i Is I.
lr ual.. lnr Iowa will pF,u"H-E l'' e"D Ne
there and have her bottom >grapet