Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-01

has the advantage. What is called the
radius of sailing" the distance a ship
can travel at a rated speed without STOP
ping to coal, has great deal to do with
the record. Frequent delays for couling
will soon put a warship out Of the race.
The Suez canal is always hindrance, Us
more vessels may be registered for pas.
sage through at one time than another.
1t takes about ten days TO coal and 80
through the canal.
But the Newark has made fine record
for herself. In her run from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu she made the 1900
miles at an average speed of IL knots m
hour, which is good steaming. Captain
McCalla was so well pleased with the
performance that he promoted every man
in his engineer department one classified
ton. The Newark left San francisco. on
Oct. IS, and when she dropped anchor
in Manila the other day she finished a
run of over G.OOO miles.
The Brooklyn, under the command Of
Captain r. +. Jewell, left Hampton
Roads Oct. IL and arrived at Gibraltar
Oct. %, the average speed being thus
about - knots, good record for so long
a journey. She has coal capacity Of
1,46O tons, with a sailing radius of $500
ett up q sustained speed of 16 knots in
good weather, but her average is seldom
over II knots.
From Gibraltar to Manila the routes Of
east bound warships were about the
same. The L..tautc from Gibraltar to
Alden. on the Red sea, is 1917 miles, it
being l 500 miles from Gibraltar to Port
Said, at the entrance of the canal. From
Alden to Colombo, in the southwestern
part Of Ccylon. is 2,13O miles. Then
comes the long stretch from Colombo via
Penang to Singapore, 1850 miles. From
Singapore the path is to the northeast to
Manila, little jaunt of 1866 miles, max
ing the total mileage Of the Brooklyn H.
G03 nautical miles.
The New Orleans, under the command
of Captain, e. Longnecker, left New York
Oct. 81 and arrived at Ponta Delgada, in
the Azores, Oct. 81. The distance from
New York to the Azores is zoos miles
and from the Azores to Gibraltar 1,1O2
miles. The New Orleans has a coal Ca
pacity Of 800 tons. Her sailing radius
with fr!l bur,lers Is $500 miles at
speed of II knots. The total Of her jour-
ney is 11,G00 miles.
The Nashville, in charge Of Command
er Raymond =. Rogers, left San Juan,
Porto Rico, Oct. ii and arrived at Gi-
braltar, a distance of 1875 miles, Oct.
80. Her coal capacity. 395 tons, is un-
usually large for vessel Of her size, and
her sailing radius is $500 miles. Her av-
erage speed is eight knots. Her total
mileage is 11,76S miles.
The little Marietta left Norfolk Oct
II and md, her journey Of 2, 1913 miles
to I'onta Delsada, in the Azores, by Oct.
al Capacity is ~ tons, with
sailing radius Of 800 miles. She can
come up to speed Of ten knots. The Of
fcer in charge is Commander e. II.
Green, also a veteran of the Spanish war.
1t was conceded from the first that the
Brooklyn, on account Of her superior
speed and large coal supply, would win
tlse ~ I'd 40 The contest Of the
New Orleans. Nashville AND Marietta has
been mort ;ntar~ - :, W. although the
:, ): 90 s.'t' est, her ma
chinely Is lot al good condition, and the
two g"n''02te had Z god fair start. The
inul, .uu.,I ,tuu!uS lurulcn something for
experts to puzzle over, as it is known
that none of the ships has wasted any
time, and the long trip makes it u most
valuable test.
incidentally Uncle Sam has furnished
TO sr"i, oH biz cit;ztce Who have followed
the contest fine object lesson in geog-
raphy.