Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-19

iiS ahi Icy DOCK company. reached
New York Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock, after a not especially cventfu!
trip.
The newest Of Uncle Sans fighters
has already claimed the largest share
of the attention of the public. not even
excepting Admiral Dewey's .lag>,l:p
Olympia.
she is now the most powerful fighter
anoat. She is different from any o:her
vessel ever completed by any navy.
and cmbodie.s al Of the best ideas that
can enter into the plans for ,he con
Structlon OF Il ship Of her kitll ard
class.
She has already demonstrated that
she is Il success. Her trial Trip VIII
hardly be more than an olicia, coniir-
nation Of this.
Mn. e. T.. Cunningham. we:ghmsistrr
in the government department at the
shipyaTd returned from New York yes
terday, having made the trip UP tao
coast on the new battleship. He has
only words of praise for the behavior
of the Kearsarge on her maiden voy-
age. Mr.. Cunningham left the ship
shortly after she anchored off Tomp-
kinsNilc and started on his honlewa:t1
trip.
Tho Kcarsargc experienced fine
an unusually enjoyable voyage
mo attempt was made to speed the
new warshp on this trip. hence no re-
cord-breaking averages were made.
The official reading of the log for ,we.vc
consecutive hours showed an average
hourly speed of Is knots With IS revo-
lutions. With that number of revolu-
tions. considering the foul growth Of
the ships bottom, that is considered an
excellent run.
The forward turrer Of the ship was
tested on the passage and it worked
like j charm. About three hours We're
lost in adjusting compasses, this work
being done by Captain Hand. of Phil
adephia. Captain George w Mason,
of the Morgan Line ma viga ted the bat
rleship Captain sam Dear, the Wen
known Virginia pilot was aboard for
the entire trip, but at Sandy HOOK Cap
tain Peterson, a New York plot Was
taken aboard.
las the Kearsarge passed in She was
greeted on every side by the steam
whistles OF tugs and other craft. E.x-
cursion steamers were especially cnthE-
Siastic in blowing their whistles and to
each the big white defender. to all APP
pearances a member Of the famous
white squadron, responded. One cx-
circle the big ship, blowing her whistle
and her band playing Hail Columbia
The kearsaTge reached Tompkins-
Vile at . o'clock and anchored astern
Of the cruiser New York flagship OF
the North Atlantic Squadron. which
was assembled there. Other ships anch-
orcd close by We're the cruiser Brook
lyn and the battleships Indiana, Mas
sachnsetts and Texas AS the new ship
slowed down the other warsh;rs wei
coined her by ringing their bells. which
is the only salute used in the navy on
Sunday. The sailors. however, crowd
ed to the rails and Justify cheered the
new conner.
THE kearsarge was queen OF The wa
ter sunday and the admilng ganc.s
at the big fighter by naval officers and
shipping men spoke palmer than words
She is destined to be the Queen OF the
Navy and her official 1riai will! &c mon
strate that if she comes up to the ex-
pectation OF her builders.
The kearsarge went into the dry cock
at the Brooklyn navy yard yester-
day She will have her bottom
scrared and painted and on Thursday
morning she will leave the navy yard
Immediately on coming out Of the dock
and will proceed to sea for the purpose
TO make final tests prior to the offic;,!
trial. which will take place Monday off
the Massachusetts coast
On good authority it is started that the
kearsarge Will put in at Boston imme-
tliatclN after the official trial in ordc:
to put off the trial board, and on the
Goth will sail directly for Newport News,
20 receive her finishing touches
All Of the New York papers publish
pictures or the new battlcship and
comment upon her appearance in COM
planetary terms
The following is taken from the New
York sun:
The resplendent white ships Of the
North Atlantic squadron. cnurtaeyirs
in a choppy sea and stretching in line
from st. George TO Stapleton. staten
Island We're put in temporary eclipse
yesterday afternoon BY the imposing
new hattlcship kearsarge. just from.
the yards of her builders. the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany. at Newport News. Most Of the
officers Of the squadron didn't know
mat the kaarsarge was expected here,
and When she appeared in tn: Mar
rows they began To guess VIVA; ship
she was. One young Iieuteant jumped
TO the startling conclusion that she vas
the olympia making q record from Gil
praltar and fooling an expecting tniong
Of patriots. When she got nearer ev-
e-rybody in the squadron realized t.:tt
she was Uncle Sans superb thundercr
the first battleship with superimrcscd
turrets, the newest and most modern OF
sea fighters.
Folks ashore, especially on tic iocg
pier at ST. George, concentrated their
attention on the stranger. She is even