Show the hie fon figures her trial trip AT LIB irta juilee Rc alim on halam corpus the hi niec n h a 1 bjone ment or the killing I 1 S S Bli the kainer irr or lh ay one of alln the horlib asta N DA ED special S I 1 service J NEW sept 15 A time philadelphia says taft speed trials of the grout war ship baltimore are at mi end the cruiser has made il e most wo records of thetty she his logged as high as 20 21 knot aa lour on four hours continuous run she did this despie the ECI and wind richt on delaware boist aej in water sill beating high from the effects of alio great the engines developed lully 10 lione potter and as a result cramp sons ae a e entitled to the amui of for tins obtaining a ehon ica over and above the contract requirements ane now mccu pies in ohp ford moet rank of modern fighting the recent doi oga of many inglem war conspire coni pire ty unfavorably with her performance and in ber own tonnage class ebe bai no peer alloa throughout the whole of the four liburn run the baltimore was d awn the fame as ehe would ba in time of action the weigh s were placed over alie different eun positions and babtist were store 1 for the foil allowance of the stores ammunition and crew in aery respect the BaU imora corresponded to what her is designed to be in actual comm not the slightest opportunity has been afforded the cruis r to to her a speed bot hera and in fons quence the showing boado satur fay is an actual criterion of the as capability ia time of mar tho only trouble experienced at a ay iy time during atie run was in the cato of the f boiler winch lifted att ii e but for only a few at a t mr aliis lifting caused a reduction in steam presure pre sure abid revolutions revo lotions for toms thereafter cut tor this the horse power and apcel would have been arcate gr cate at co time did the show aay defect but continued to work well beginning to end no n ater was used in alie machinery except a little on the fir ward ant this was ol 01 little cons nonence from lie data of the pitch of the crows etc it is f nd that revolutions per minute will give the baltimore when in lie fane cor drion as on S turdy a speed of knots per hour 20 knots alie pitch ol 01 alie baltimore craw is 20 feet ten per flit tl p speed aal hie revolutions at the vacuum 23 inches and the cutoff cut off atas indie alie speed of 19 8 knos is accredited to the yes eel al hough the horsepower can not definitely be stated until all the present indicator cada are worked op a car ful estimate places it less than this is 1400 kose ko se power over and abbie contract requirements quire ments the bonus allows for every unit of horse power oata ned in addition to the specified number in alii present instance the cramps will ehtan fully as a reward tor giavina built tor united states government one of alie swiftest war afloat t the end cf alie speed tests the bait more was beaded in fir dela ware breakwater and anch rad yesterday alie cruiser was easy got ander way on the turning and tast from tte signal given while the engines working full speed the latter were reversed in fifteen Is going full speed ahead the bal imor etui ned with both parens in 6 minutes and 58 arc ads with one crew only in 7 roii itei and 2 fe ands tha diameter of the circle made wai arab he reached yesterday after acon tha weakness is in ihfe pumps and pistons hollowing Iol lowing are the principal dimensions of the vessel length feet mea draught 19 feet 6 rhea displacement 4 tone Irei wJ sept ac the general of at the navy de pat ment today to day was ilia remarkable the new craiger balti diore on trial last saturday early in the day glass who a member ot the trial board called upon secretary tracy add gave him borne data relative to the trial chih pleased the secretary KO well that liu sent the tele gam to secretary mho procured the des KOB for the hull and contracted for the tion SAW washington sept II 11 ir C whenry latt secretary of the aury permit me to congratulate yon on alie magnificent performance of the baltimore BENJAMIN 1 what olas biad to communicate were tha acts chich will apgear more in ileta 1 in the report of lie trial board but almli in substance n ere an follow a alie iaal ti bea trial commenced at a m and ended at 1040 p m saturday the fust chere was a light breeze ahead with a moderate sea and an occasional long remains of the cyclone Thedis taace run in our loers was as 3 linoki tho a crago speed per hoar was aci and the minimum peed lr an hour knots A remarkable cir in tha and one exhibiting the of the mechanism was that this great rheed tf 02 klots vaa mule in the third hour atter alio and engine biad been for two hours driven under forced dealt in fact a Comoria ader Ulas 1 at the end ot the four fioura the was in to under talio another euch run without further preparation atio areray revolution of the screwy during the four hours ft as 1174 per montc chile the maximum for one hour ran up to 1197 the average maintained during the four haars hoars was probably as much it not more than bat the exact cannot ha obtained until the computations are iiii laj this is 1000 above tho contract requirement of and will the build ra to a premium of after the trial aba capel was put to her POT org with boh engines ahead ebe a complete circle of yards diameter in about seven while ith ho port engine being ahead and engine takina she turned in a circle of yar la biame cpr in abat 7 18 manule mi nule with full speed ahra 1 ehe stepped in 8 minute and with both bicking ship came to a standstill in 21 the leabel was loaded down with pig ir n to a point bvm in excess ot her bringht iring ht when fitta with and atoria and amply dem lier strength ft a particularly ticul arly ad full speed or at 0 knot alia vibrations were ery plilip lit the irza cihra alons bine about alie forecastle and pilot house but not noticeable uoti ceable on the lower decks ilie was EO steady in paw ay as to ciure alia officers to compare her to the monitor type and this a steady gun platform one of thi arme r quaites of a man ot v a r TV 0 men v eie able to steer the chip at any time with gica test readiness another note worthy fact wai lie comfortable comfor tabe condition of alis cre and engine acomb A duplicate chew hai fetn provide wili the of rc ieving the firemen in two hours but aft r alie houie of the run te first to quit work and insisted on running alia ship throughout the evlira four hours aral |