Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-05

JOURNEY COMPARED WITH THE oRteowS
While not Made Under such Dramatic Cir
rumstances. the Trip Of the Mon.
terey Was a Wonderful one.

collier Brutus arrived here today.
with all well on board. after q long and
unevcn,ful trip. having lefi San FRAN
cisco on June iih last and San Diego.
Cal. on June nth Tho trip was re-
mafkable Tor nothing save the wonder
fully nnc weather that both vessels
had an the way over. except one
little gale on July aist During this
voyage 81 1000 knots the Monterey
was flowed a,125 Knots by the Brutus
and two stops were made one no
Honolulu the other no the Island Of
Ghum Ia the Mariana group Al each
OF these places the Monterey was
coaled, IN Honolulu from shore and In
Guam from the nfutus The dis
tance TONED and that steamed without
towing are aa follows. June isih 10
June gIrd. t0wcd az knots. July 9TH TO
July End. towcd 2.ifi knots. july 2sih
90 July 2sih. towcd az knots steamed
without towing as'b knots. Total.
1000 knots
Tho eighteenth meridian was crossed
h0twron the sth and mn Of July. 20
that the 9Th and i0ih were but one
dlv. nud the total number nf towing
hours was 55i. and G1g knots The avCr-
age rate at which tho Monterey was
hauled across the Pacific BY the bru-
tuf.
In entering San BernardIno straits
the ilHnthuuHrskNH 900 fhH kUuul
Islands holslcd The spanish naF and
aaluicd with u NJ the two vessels
passed. OF course. ihla aet them 90
wondering n peace had been COM
plctcd.
Compared with The trip Of the Ore
run from The west 10 the east coast
~ the United States. the voyage Just
ila.shed by iheat two vessels is devoid
N the dramatic Interest that chirac.
toriEcd the batiieahipa great home
run, but ~ a matter VI fact, the trip
81 the monterey was really the more
vcnturcHumc ~ the two. The ore
ron could ~ her own wings. aa well
NJ hFht. but for the greater part Of
the way from Honolulu 90 san Bor.
nardlno straits the Monterey would
have been helpless but for the nru-
tus. The monitors siramlng radius
II only 1900 miles. while the BruiuH
steamed the entire distance ~ l,fuQ
miles. gave The Monterey 2GS tons
~ coal In Guam and then arrived IN
Manila with about $500 tons In her
A. an experiment the trip hnu proved
nothing more than That with phcn.
omcnally nnc weather a vcrael Intend
"a for coaat defense may. with her
own steam and tow. cross the pacinc
ocean. What tale there would have
been 10 tell had much rough weather
been cncovqicred H. % course, an
other story. Their n reason 20 be.
iieve. however, that such q voyage
can be- made even In heavy weather.
And IN the paclnc ocean u IA Away,
possible 10 choose route along which
favorable weather VIII probably he
encountered
Such long seavoynFc. IN all nifty
days n; sea out " nfiy-sryen. with not
A. a .NI.NIa A..
from June 9Th 10 July aisi. doubtless
must seem 10 the landnman monoton.
Gus In the extreme. but the days were
well nlled with the work o. keeping
the ship going ana that other auri u
work Of keeping things In order that
Il like nothing on shore 20 much ~
housekeeping In q large weli-rgulntoi
establishment.
II IL seldom, though. that such q
long voyage IL destitute Of events A
seafarer might 80 20 sea for the res,
OF his ilfe ana never experience such
long stretch % me weather Save
for a moderate little gale VI wind on
July aist on San nernnrdlno straits.
and a days rough weather outside 81
Fan Francisco ON June sih, II was a
trip 20 make yachtsmen envioua
There were no hardshlpa except that
fhc heat on iho monitor was almost In
tolerable ana NE on her would have
been simply uncomfortable but for the
constant bunrinT oi the electric fans.
a. they stirred up the close ntmos-
phere below decks. Ia crossing al that
waste OF water but one vessel was
sighted, a fun-rlrEed sailing ship, on
thu morning u July iath,
often IN the evenings about y O'Clock
when the Monterey was nothing but
low black object ON the sea nHtrrn
Of the lirutua. marked by rvd
Hight on one side and a green ilght nn
the other, q great nanh would shoot
over the waters from one % the mont,
tors rearchllrhlai another would
throw n white cone out into the dark
ness and those two great luminous
eyes would vlhrair like the Whit
metal In rnundcr'a oupoln. Then she
looked every inch the monster nf the
deep she n. n was easy 90 Imagine
the terror she could strike 90 the
hearts ~ the simple Gaumiea by
nienmlnT toward their little island
with her llEhlH playing and her steam
siren tearing the mir With that horrld
noise which sounds ne n some mann
moth were seeking Tor her young and
would not be comforied because they
were not
Our entry into Guam was however
n very ppuccahlr one. aH the "ChnTleH-
ton" had preceded uH and carried away
the NnNffnnf ana inc Few soldiers mat
had been ON tho Island Tho cffcct on
the Chnrleat0n'u short vlait WIS such
that when the second eNpedltlon-un
the China, colon. senator and
Hralaudih" passed by the island and
looked IN without stopping, almost ov-
cry man. woman and child % d. said.
took % The woods
Guam. with ltH i2o00 native chhmnr-
rps, was an Agreeable surprise. These
hlHcult-cnlured. not Impossible citizens
Of the United States are comedy,
olcanlY lot, ana ua FAR me- could be
learned. are unusually moral cor dwell
ers ON a tropical Island. friendly and
honest. though Tor years they have been
Handicapped By the name "Lndrnnra."
given them by some early navigator,
All of them appeared 10 bee eager Tor the
arrival of the "Amcrlcnn governor"
From Punto Pill the landing place IN
the hnrhor Of san Luis d'Aprn, where
both vessels anchored, 10 Agana the
principal town mhoui 5000 lnhnhitlntsl
Of The Island, there ls "a road leading
through w1ndrourly beautiful troplr-
al world. wherc grow tall straight
oocoanut trees with their passing
plumpu on top ana az their feet a car,
Pet OF vines two or three feet thick
above which the underhruah runs riot
Many queer-lnnklnE travellers. on foot
and on rowback IN bullock carts and
on hullocka were seen on that drive.
from the wee dOrcart or caleche Ion
which the wrtcr bumped along. drawn
nv "A LITTLE native unuN nbuut nH hlr nu