Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-30
G0slract Speed Requirement TX
cssdsd by More Than Knot
and q Half.
OWNERS AV0 BUILDERS PLEASED
New Mallory Liner Was Built fc 1876
Knots an Hour, bu, During Run of
-Four Hours She Maintained Average
Of t7.t--shc IS Now Ready to be
Delivered.

On fou- hours run under forced
draft on the coast of Virginia ycslo,-
day the new Mallory Line Steamship
llra2os, the latest product of the plSnt
of the Newport News Saipbuling ana
Dry Dock Company, maintained an
average speed Of III knots nm hour,
exceeding the cont act requirements
By i.G knots I'M hou The perform
ancc OF the ship was highly crafty
ing TO the ward officials anu the rep.
representatives of the owning company
w,io Mere abonid during the trial
Tho Brnzos left the shipyard at 7:3o|
o'clock yestc day morning anu passed
out of tho Virgins capes shortly he.
fore 10 o'clock After she passed out
to sen the compnsses were adjusted by
Captain John Hand OF Philadelphia
and final preparations were made for
the fo,ced DRIFT rum The course was
from the Cenc Horny light 10 ca IT.
tuck light. on the extreme northern
coast OF North Carolina and return.
Started With Fair Wind.
with Il strong wind at her Stern. tho
big steamship dashed across the stn t..
ing line az nearly an is knot clip ana
she averaged l7.7 knots an Nour dur
ing the rim down the coast Although
running In the face of the wind ana n
rather choppy sea. tho Vessel made
lG5 knots on the run back to Cane
Henry. giving her an average OF III
knots during the trip
The steamer passed in the canes nj
isla o'clock In the afternoon ana ar
rived ut The shipynrd Il few minutes
lNfOrc o'clock
The steamship behaved wei
throughout the entire trip and while
lnnning in the open sea she proved
herself an unusually stnunca and
steady ship, the engines cnuslng but
yey little vibration.
The builders are confident that the
Brazos will lie able to maintain mn
average speed OF 1915 knots an hour
under natural draft during her vov.
ages f;om New York to Galveston IN
which trade she will he emplpoyed
aftes she is delivered at New York
this week
Capt. Melvin in Command.
During the trial tho vessel was com
mnnded by Captain w. G.. Melvin and
was manned by a picked crew OF near.
" roo shpynrd mechanics. Among
the officials of the ward on lnard were
General Manager Walter q. Post sup
erlntendent of Hull Construction HON
err l., Ferguson, Superintendent OF Ma
chinary James Rowbottom Chief En-
gineer Bailey and Mr., % l. Cornbrooks.
chief of the hui drafting department
representing the owning company
weto NJ. Ferris naval architect of the
Consolidated steamship Company, who
has superintendent the construction of
the ship Captain Merritt and Chief
Engineer Brown who will he the chiefl
engineer of the Brazos Among tAel
guests of the builders were Captaln
Nelson, who Will command Tho lumber
Hteamer Mann Smith. which is unde.
construction AZ The ward. Captain Ham.
let of the United States revenue cut
ter service, Coicf Engineer Dorsey OF
tho same cai ice and Naval Construc.
tor Richardson
The Bars Is 4l6 feet long. 46 feet
broad and hes n carving capacity oil
about 1900 tons of freight. She Is
built of steel throughout ana is nro.
pelied by twin screw t iple expansion
engines of about 5000 horsepower