The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-19

ON Her Trip to Ho-tou-ENcecJcd
Nineteen Knots at Timc~-Ehc
Trial Test for Today Abandoned.
BOSTON. oct 9TH, Russian battle
ship Retyizan. built i'm Philadelphia. is the
fastest hH tlc~hip DO ths world. having
completed tucIvC-hour Test. during
which she averaged ISIS knots per hour
for the entire period. The test was made
quite unexpectedly ON the way mp here
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for IN,
purpose Of making her official trial
Ordinarily "A great deal OF preparation
is required for an official t.st. especially
for one lasting twelve hours The R,tyi-
IAN is required under zine terms of ths
contract FOR her construction 10 max.
eighteen knots ar hour for twelve hours
continuously. an unusually high rate of
speed for "a vessel of this class Such
test is severe upon new machinery and
upon crew. The steam pressure required
for such speed tests every joint. the men
are kept hard at work long continued ard
the machinery must Doe IN perfect yc1di-
ton TO withstand tho large strain
The Retvizan left tho brooklyn Navy
Yard at $3.50 o'clock Thursday morning.
with the purpose Of proceeding i'm n I,is-
urcly way 10 Boston. and thence starting
out this morning for her speed trial but
on her way out she developed such speed
without any forcing. that the idea or-
CURED to Edwin 5. CramP to save time Dog
making the voyage O. Boston h. ~n- rd
trial. The weather was thick and uniaN-
cradle, but il was worth while To- make
The attempt. for II she should caiI tine trial
"trip as originally planned could 1o made.
The commission OF Russian officers SUI
TeriHtoudiuE the trial finally agreed TO
start the race. against time at D. N. The
ReJvizan at That time was making about
nineteen knots. and had been making
more than eighteen knots for at least four
hours. She behaved admirably There
vas no rolling or pitching OF the vessel
a., this high speed. and little more than
"a tremOr throughout her huge frame. Up
from her prov spOutgd great torrent OF
white foam the bone in her teeth" as
sauormon express u-uud abaft was
seethiuS whirl of water like the rapids OF
Niagara Steadily hour after hour, the
vessel was forced through the water by
engines or 1850 horsepower But there
was "a great mass OF metal To move The
Retvizau's displacement is 1900 tons. She
is the heaviest battl,snlp ever built in
America. and she was being driven
twin screws seventeen feet In diameter,
were turning at the rate of 10 or more
revolutions per minute. one can scarcely
realize what this means In terms or pow
sr without seeing the eGEirCS that DO the
work and the boilers alc -n,n who supply
the energy that is back OF them. q ne
men-Or. at least. the chiefs Or staf-are
picked men. devoted 10 the service Of the
. Cramps. and they are ready 20 make any
sacrifice that will promote the welfare Of
the great snipbundlnS company they
+ serve.
The ship is i'm charge Of Edwin 5
Cramp. with Capt r. Sargent In com
maui and j. Henry Null In charge OF
the engines Courtlaud j. Cramp. Of the
company, takes care OF thu guests, ihtsr
including. besides tn Russian commits
sion. John +. Reed, Of the Philadelphia
bar; William D0bson and 4. RySSet, ci
! the Cramps company. John Clark. Of the
/ General Electric Company. James Thorn
son. Chief Engineer % the international
Steamship Company Fred u Chanuitr-
banker OF Philadelphia. and Harry Como
I TO. of Now York The ship s. company IS
3 a very large one. numbering about .y
4 men, and the trip is made under condl-
lions Of unusual strain.
tn. special features Of the Retyizan
[ that should be kept in mind are that she
/ is the largest bGttleship GIN TONNAGE mat
has been built in America. mat she IS
more powerfully armed than any Amerl-
can ship-hcr guns and turTetS We're MADE
I in Kussia-2nd that her contract speed
/ is greater than that OF any other battle
ship All Of her auxiliary machinery lS
/ upt rated by electricity. including her
/ blowers the cranes that h-ull" her
/ steam launches and the fi-i-E mechanism
3 Of her big guns. Her electrical ,hin-ry
. alone IS sufficient to Furnish a Ct EtTdl
I station. Sns has ter Cr1a mos with an
Z aggregate rated capacity Of 5ef ki.HE.tLtS
These machines lF1slia lIral'-l energy lHr
/ more than 1850 i1aaE-@ecent lamps. II all
/ should Do, employed Tor that purpose The
T RftvIZgu was not yum during the night