New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-19
THE OREGON's LONG VOYAGE.
IF SHE IS AT BARBADOEs SHE WILL HAVE
STEAMED OVER TWELVE THOU
SAND MILES

SAND MILES.
The Oregon sailed from San Francisco
March 10. her journey around the Horn. and
touched at Caao. from which port she sailed
On April .. Five days later she cleared the har-
Dor OF Lima. Peru, and continued on her south
eriy course. When she left San Francisco. II
was believed that she would put in at valpa.
raso but Captain Clark 1T. either because
OF orders received or for other reasons, to avoid
thai port. and no subsequent landing
nounced untll April q. when she was reported
at Sandy Point. In the Strait Of Magellan
The distance travelled by the oregon up TO
that time was about G.5sS knots, or about 200
knots day.
Passing through the Strait OF Magellan. the
Oregon steamed north pas: Montevideo 10 Rio
dc Janciro. where she arrived on April 30 at 8
y. m. The distance from Sandy Point to Rio
is about 236S knots and this distance was made
in nine days. or about 241 knots day. From
these figures 1t may be that the Oregon
taking her time. probably sailing close
enough to the shore TO within the three
mile line in Of need. The Oregon had as
companion on the latter part Of the trip the
gunboat Marietta and in order to give that yes
sci protection had to run slower than she would
under ordinary circumstances
The Oregon's registered speed IL 16 10 knots
an hour. while the Marietta can make only
about II knots an hour.
At Rio the two vessels were joined by the
Buffalo, and the three ships proceeded up the
brazilian Coast tow ard Bahia where they were
reported as having stopped on May o.
The distance from Rio to Bahia is 745 knots
and this stretch was covered In nine days. or
only about eighty y-three knots day The vessels
were certainly running at low speed. or they
may have encountered storms by which they
were delayed.
on MAJ II a dispatch was sent to New-York
hv way Of London to the effect that two Amer-
can men -of-war had put In az Bahia, and that
tho cause Of their coming was not known.
Since the news Of the Oreeons assured safety
has been announced it has been suggested that
the TWO vessels reported AT Bahia may have
beer the Buffalo ana me Marietta. which were
senf there by Captain Clark in order that he
night make the remainder Of the run at full
sneed and not be hampered by his slow COM
nanioc the Marietta. Sending them back 10
rDahto might also have had tendency to throw
the enemy of the scent
'''E From bahia to Barbadocs is 2,57S knots. and
In order to cover that distance zee since May the
Oregon needs to have made 2s6 knots day. or
ahos,t twelve knots an hour. a speed of which
ah. ie surely capable She may have gone also
90 Trinidad In the same time.
u O.. Thnnras is 446 knots beyond Barbadocs
,r, even this point might have been reached by
the Oregon. The Mona passage IS 400 m miles
~ ~, r,,,,on when she left Bahia on May y, she
,ynuld have to cover 3,l2o miles, whcn. IN nine
&c ,vould mean an average OF o5' mics a day'
or 'f,urteen ard one-half KNOTS an hour, which
OF OF ',, lp her registered ability. though perhaps
20 ~ she could make with the foulness or null she
mus fs Csntan t,p Clark heading for the Wind,
Ia ~ passage he would have about hve hundred
"ssit.t,naI miles IL should he remembered
hhui'io. mai tho oregon may have made
h9%eVGr, ircut 70 the east In order TO avoid pur-
wiuy . intending TO reach some port on our up
per AtIahu. , sneed into account II seems prob
TAKING "et 'be oregon is safe in some un-
speeed spe % port Secretary tSns TTsaaS or Ba
sasms to imply the port Is al 1r'hio"o o' -
hadoes