The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-28
GREATEST OF HER CLASS.
THERE IS NO BETTER BOAT THAN
THE BROOKLYN.
Capable of Even Greater Speed Than
Her Designers Intended She
Should Make.

BOSTON, Aug. 27-The new cruiser
Brooklyn today proved herself to be
the greatest naval vessel of her class
in the world by covering a distance of
SO knots in a continuous run at an
average speed of q 92-1O0 knots per
hour. She still further showed that
she is capable of still greater speed
than q 92-100 by maintaining an aver
age of y $40 knots during a portion
OF the run. This latter speed was ac-
complished 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 re-
Esn reaehed the high average Of
"A 4S-100. in her run of SO knots she
had boiler pressure Of 100 pounds, and
an average of 13S revolutions a min
ute, with a maximum of $40 revolutions.
By her performance she earns for her
builders, the Messrs. Cramp Of Philadel-
phia, bonus of at least $3.50, 900, a pre-
MUM of $4,000 being allowed for each
full quarter knot over 90 The vessel
behaved grandly. The vibration was
scarcely felt by those on board at any
time during the entire run, though the
engines were, as matter of course,
worked to their highest tension through
out.
In addition to the naval inspecting
board there were on board besides Cap
tain Sargent, who was in command, and
a crew of 200, President Charles II.
Cramp and Superintendent Edward S.
Cramp and other representatives of the
firm
The course was marked by seven
buoys, at each of which was anchored
a revenue cutter on light house tender.
On these vessels were naval engineers,
who took observations of the tide condi-
tons which will enter into the conclu-
Sions of the naval board in their report
Of the trial to the naval department
The cruiser which had been lying off
Boston light since the preliminary trial
Of Monday last drew in hen anchor at
about $3.50 o'clock this morning and
proceeded to Cape Ann, the starting
point, which was reached shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock. At the starting point
the fire in the furnaces had not gotten
up to the desired standard and the ship
made a wide detour of several miles
and again came up back of the tug
Ivana, which was anchored at the
starting point buoy. The red flag, sig
nifying that the official start would
now be made, was hoisned on the for
ward Flagstaff and the big cruiser
crossed the line at 10:45 o'clock at a
rapid rate of speed, with clouds of
smoke rolling out of her three i'm
mense stacks. Watches were in the
hsnds of many of the naval officers,
engineers and others on board and sup
pressed excitement was plainly shown
by the interest among the several hun
dred persons on the ships decks to
turn the time at the second buoy. When
the time was announced as 10 minutes
and Az seconds and a computation of
these figures showed that the cruiser
had covered the distance of $40 knots
at an average speed of about 214, there
was an eXultant smile or the faces OF
all and many 81 told you So were
heard. The next leg averaged 21:9S,
but between the third and fourth buoys
there was, through some unexplain-
able cause, a drop to 20:90. This rather
spoiled the prospects of reaching the
desired 21A, but hope in this direc-
ton was renewed by the remaining
stages and the outward trip ended with
a general average of 21:1 The Brooklyn
was then given a wide circle, which
consumed twenty-three minutes, and
the return was started. The run be-
tween the first and second buoys Show
ed an average of nearly 221a knots, the
next stage of the course was covered
with an average of nearly %, and the
third stage, that between the third and
fourth buoys, was rushed over at the
WOnQer1ul rate Oh "a 9-1O knOLS. A
general desire that the big cruiser
should obtain the average of % knots
then became prevalent, but a drop to
21A on the next stage upset these cal
culations. The next two stages were,
however, both covered in over %, and
the trial ended with the grand average
of but S-10O less than the % mark.
Messrs. Charles and Edwin Cramp
were both highly pleased with the
cruisers performance, and smilingly
received the congratulations showered
upon them. Captain Sargent was also
surrounded by hundreds of those on
the ship, and in response to many ex-
pressions of admiration for his sllillful
management of the great ship charac-
teristicalIy stated that he was greatly
pleased with the result, and it was a
little faster than he had expected.
Lieutenant S. Takakura, naval in
structor for the japanese government.
remained below in the engine room
throughout the trial, taking observa-
tons of the working of the machinery,
with the temperature at all times far
above the 100 mark
The Brooklyn will leave her anchor
age off Boston light about daylight to-
morrow, and will likely reach Cramps
ship yard in Philadelphia Saturday af-
ternoon.