Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-18

lie says that this remarkably high
speed was achieved Wf.h 60 excessive
vlhrtl % % the hull .r uuiu friction
70 eneinss, The Neuei rlu Ftilirht-
way flr h1ls an hour go the raic lf 291t
kruis. followed by IL turn. lcc1mpi
within nfirru mirrtea ana another
dash 70 hllf 40 hour this time ut che
fite ~ 30ie knots. Che average for the
whole course being Z1.11. The Uni 90
Iron Works % san Francisco. whicn
butt The vessel, has appealed t1 iecre-
ilry Long tI accept hUr. declaring TIA.
rho easily m1kcs the required sp. 90 %
thirty knots under ordinary conditions.
bus was retarded in ihe On rlai vIll by
shallow water and heavy hrl Winds
On She nrH. hulf. when tht sp..l f0ll
behind the contract ratio. Thu act df
Congress VI June 10. is1G. authUflziug
this vessel and the DahIrfuu ana shr n.
A. NJ Craven, TOW building at Bash.
Maine. ls novel. in thaf 70 Fuprli.l
that the vessel shall mac D. i.dHt 90
knots ana the contracts coll fIf TINT
rpood aud declare shIt n the ycssUls
ran Go make it they shall o. rejected.
The department was therefore cHn.
poiiri iu decide thlt fourth tsIll
would be urcC sHry. o. being Pow .a4
90 waive the c'rditlnrH. Hhhnurh she
belief was general among aflcou that
"a dincrcrve of sevtut -hurdrr1ths VI
a NNNA was NNNIiIANNIl .ANI| o.. NNl.N.NNN
MINT lu n shIriY-hN0 mile run.
1hr swo similar boats building %
Bah. Maine, are within twenty per
cent 10 cnmpl fiuu and 70 ia expected
shat their irlhla VIII take place To-
about month Ali three ~ che VtE-
sells should have been delivered g. the
government ur.tr Contract in the carly
/ part ~ last Ait.i, and .hey have ale
ready ueHumul ned large bills 0H noe
HN NHH q % j" ~
urc uf che lnnn ifun works lsIAt
readily 90 accomplish aH designed wee
belly aihluEh the Scots whH Boa her
are famous Tor the excellence 70 "a .Ir
work. as shown 10 thp Oregon. the
Monterey the olympia. thr san Fran
I cisco and the Charleston. and other
vssseis-is lhuurts io fIrrahtd1w much
greater difficulties with 90. Bath Iron
/ Warks' boats. aH that company has
hitherto had lrdincrcrs success with
/ tho vessels o. h1H furnished 90 the
navy with She possible exception ~ the
| runhlln MlDhIaH AMI Cnsiine, all
/ though thsir performance has not been
| extraordinary
An Instance ~ Pacific coiat energy
under difficulties was shown at the
rtvy department in %. .ssus ~ orders
f1r Commander Drake. Naval Cun-
Htruui ~ Spear AMI Engineer Smith
I tu mctg ui ihe ship yHri % NHin and
/ Slow. ckeU Portland. Oregon. 0n Suv. %.
| Co try The torpedo boat Davis
u was aboard this vessel ih1f about
/ Three weeks aE1 several wore Killed by
] NE explosion W unr of her boilers on 4
I trhl irlp. a new boiler and other *
/ trrHiNe repairs have been completed iH
3 f1iiH remarkably short time and 40 .thrr
tttempi Will De- made next Tuesday tu
] maintain % speed ~ twenty-five ana
l ono-h1lt knots Cor Two hours Anchor
22ls kuut boat the Fox. a. aisl pririi.
cally completed 80 che WON ani 81.
wicker works aud VIII bs tried na a.ln
meni. The 2G-knot bat Rowan. y,l'-h
ehuuld have been finished hy Anpfl n
hr1thorA. at Seattle. lar. January. may
also be added o. The navy before .ha
] thd OF the year completing the HHfi
Tour uud only torpedo boats oH tho IA.
hitherto mlnop0llzcd this type " craft