The record-union., 1896-08-28
Proves Herself the Greatest Naval Vessel
Of Her Glass in the World.
Maintains an Average Speed of 21.92
Knots Per Hour
In Continuous Run of Eighty-Three
knots-By Her Performance She
Earns for Her Builders Premium
of at Least Three Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars.

BOSTON, Aug. 27-The new cruiser
Brooklyn to-day proved herself to be
the greatest naval vessel of her class
III the world, by covering a distance of
50 knots in a continuous run at an av-
erage speed of 2192 knots per hour.
She still further showed that she is ca
pable of greater speed than 2192 bv
maintaining an average of 2291 knots
during portion of the run. This later
speed was accomplished in the run
back between the third and fourth
buoys, distance of about seven knots.
She also, between the first and second
buoys on the return, reached the high
average of 22.4S. In her run of So
knots she had a boiler pressure of 100
pounds, and an average of 1873 revolu-
tions a minute, with a maximum of 40
revolutions.
By her performance she earns for her
builders, the Messrs. Cramp of Phila-
delphia, bonus of at least $4,000 a
premium of $4,000 being allowed for
each full quarter knot over twenty
The vessel behaved grandly The vi
Grafton was scarcely felt by those on
board at any time during the entire
run, though the engines We're, as a
matter of course, worked to their high
est tension throughout.
In addition to the Naval Inspecting
Beard, there were on board besides
| Captain Sergeant, who was in com
mand, and a crew of 200 President
Charles H. Cramp and experimenting
| Engineer Edwin S. Cramp and other
representatives of the firm.
| The course was marked by seven
| buoys, at each of which was anchored
a revenue cutter or lighthouse tender.
On these vessels were naval engineers.
who took observations of the tide con-
dition, which will enter into the conclu-
sions of the Naval Board in their re-
pert of the trial to the Navy Depart
ment.
! The cruiser, which had been lying off
| BOSTON Light since the preliminary
| trial of Monday last, dIew in her an
cEor at about $50 o'clock this morn
ing, and proceeded to Cape Ann. the
starting point, which was reached
shortly before 10 O'Clock At the start
ing point the fire in the furnaces had
rot got up to the desired standard, and
| the ship made a wide detour of several
miles and again came up back of the
tug which was anchored at the start
ing point buoy The red flag signify
ing that the official start would be now
made was hoisted on the forward flag
staff, and the big cruiser crossed the
line at lO:45 o'clock at a rapid rate of
speed, with clouds of smoke rolling out
| of her three immense stacks
Watches were in the hands of MANY
of the naval officers, engineers and 9TH
ers on board. and suppressed excite
ment was plainly shown by the interest
among the several hundred persons on
the ships deck to turn the time at the
second buoy. When the time was an
nounced as ten minutes and four and
che-half seconds, and a computation of
these figures showed that the cruiser
had covered the distance of 60 knots
at an average speed of about 21.75
knots, there was an exultant smile on
the faces of all, and many Il told you
SOS" were heard.
The next leg averaged 21.9S, but be-
tween the third and fourth buoys there
was, through some unexplainable cause,
a drop to 20.90. This rather spoiled the
prospects of reaching the desired p. -,
but hope in this direction was renewed
by the remaining stages, and the out
ward trip ended with general average
of Pill
The Brooklyn was then given a wide
circle, which consumed twenty-three
minutes, and the return was started.
The run between the first and second
buoys showed an average of nearly
22.J0, the next stage of the course was
covered with an average of nearly
- knots, and the third stage that be-
tween the third and fourth buoys, was
rushed the Unn6prfI1l II 10 nf
22.90 knots. A general desire that the
big cruiser should obtain the average
of - knots then became prevalent but
a drop to 22.25 upset these calculations.
The next two stages We're, however,
both covered in over %, and the trial
ended with the grand average of but
eight one-hundredths less than the %
mark.
Messrs. Charles and Edwin Cramp
We're both highly pleased with the
cruisers performance, and smilingly
received the congratulations showered
upon them. Captain Sergeant was also
surrounded by those on the ship, and
in response to many expressions of ad-
nration for his skillful management of
the big ship, characteristically stated
that he was greatly pleased with the
result and it was a little faster than
he had expected.
Lieutenant Takakura, Naval Instruc-
tor for the japanese Government, re-
NAMED below in the engine-room
throughout the trial taking observations
of the working of the machinery.
The Brooklyn will leave her anchor
age off Boston Light about daylight to-
morrow, and will likely reach Cramps
Shipyard Saturday afternoon.
Will Pay the Additional Taxes.