Evening star., 1898-04-15
THE WARSHlP NEW ORLEANS
Proves to Be Valuable Addition to the
Navy.
Her Performance Coming Acros. Was
Highly Satisfactory. Though
the Weather Was Rough.

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE New Or
leans formerly the Brazilian cruiser ANA
zDnas, which arrived last night IN COM
pany with the san Francisco. will uudoubt-
cdly b. d very great help to the American
raVy in case war should be declared The
vessel. which was recently purchased from
the Brazilian goyerr mcnt. was built by
Armstrong x Company of New Ca~tle-oE-
Tyne, England. George Robson. repre-
sentative Of tina. firm, came over on the
vessel and superinterded the working of
the machinery during the entire passage.
Mr. Robso@, who is a skilled engineer. toll
Il representative of the Associated Press
today that he was perfectly satisfied with
the manner in which the New Orleans ac-
Quilted herself OF her initial trip across
the Atlantic and said that his most san
guine antcpations OF her capabilities were
clorc than realized. In this Mr. Robson
was backed by all the officers on board
who were loud in their praises Of the quail
tiles of the new warShlp.
Lies Low In the Water.
The New Orleans lies rather low in the
water. Her frccbOard is only about half
as high as that of the San Francisco, and
she ships Il lot of water: in fact, she is
what naval experts would call 'wei
ship
Having been built for use I'm a tropicaI
climate, the New Orleans has no heating
apparatus. and this is one OF the defects
which the American officers discovered be-
fore they were many hours on board A
large stove stands In the center of the pas
sage leading from the quarter deck 10 the
ward room. and. with the exception of the
ilreS which generate her motive power, this
Is the only dispenser of heat on board
n log nj to
ingly unnecessary room set apart for the
comfort of the officers. out this will un-
doubtedly be changed when the naval con-
structors take hold Of the new boat.
The New Orleans. from spe I'd stand
point. can compare very favorably with
any of the Amerlcan-built cruisers. With
favorable weather. she caa attain a speed
OF 22h knots an hour under forced ,iraught
Her coal-carrying capacity is large enough
to enable her to steam at z lJ-knot speed
for twenty-three days In fact, she had
enough coal on board to bring her TO this
port without stopping at Halifax, but the
San Francisco ran short Of coal, and Lad to
Eut in there to have her bunkers flied.
Armament Of New Vessel.
The new vessel carries six j-lnch and four
4.7-inch rapid-firing guns, and in a recent
test, ten projectiles were fired from one of
her 6-inch guns In forty-thr,e seconds. The
ship has also very stroas secondary bat
terry, and is fitted with three torpeio tubes
She has six fighting tops. which will prove
very formidable when the ship is in action.
The trip was anything but pleasant Fer
four days the ship encountered a perfect
hurricane. and terrific seas swept over her
One of her boats was crushed in end two
compasses swept away. Her steering gear
was damaged considerably, and the ward
rocm door was caved in, with the result
that the officers quarters were flooded
twice.
Lieut. Commander A. P. Nazro, who has
had charge Of the ship since she left Graves
end. nearly three weeks ago, is perfectly
satisfied with her performance, and says
that the United States can be congrat atulated
on securing such an excellent war vessel.
The New Orleans and the San Francisco
lay at their moorings of TompkinsyilIe
8. l.. this morning, awaiting orders from
the navy yard. In all probability both yes-
sells will go to the yard this afternoon.