Show TRIP OF THELA THE TEST ADDITION TO TaE NAVY 1 ov armored crul ser Pen In 11 her official trip off the New coast today made the highest speed with the smallest ret alive expenditure of oC fuel of any ar armored mored Ye vessel el so tar far built for the United States navy Her IIer contract called for 2 Z knots and her ber average speed for the four hours trIal was 2243 knots per hour while her coal consumption was 22 pounds per horse power per lour Her builders William Cramp Son i of Philadelphia made no attempt the th trial tp p s1 t this ls their dt l bu t on th other hand h r energies to the g gov nt tiC st economic expenditure or of fuel possible Her trial th therefore the t of the numer numerous ous tests teats over the Cane Ann urs s not oh ob object The da day waS perfect for the trial a moderate t to ton toa n a fl fI t iUm at atthe th t the te sea throughout out was wa very sm oth 5 t Slowly Although t the he Penns Pennsylvania hanin started started slowly beIng neatly nearly a quarter tit n knot below her requirement Oer the nr first two legs lega o of th course she gath gathered ere ered headway as she sho went on and over one l leg g of five miles of the to the turn averaged 2243 knots an anh au h hir t lr After making a remar quick turn at the upper end of the he course ourse sh she started back and ence In the seven legs to the did the speed fall be below ow 22 12 knots whIle at one onetime onetime time for 63 3 knots It was 23 S mUch interest t in comparIng lug Ing her effort today with that of her I consort the Colorado whIch preceded I I fler from the Cramps yard only a mouth month before While the latter made madeI madea a 66 ff spurt at a rate of per hour her hel average for fot the entire course of mIle was 2226 knots c With the 2243 ver ner hour Saving of Fue Tile e onomy in fuel consumption lion according to Edwin S Cramp was due to the rIgid discipline In the fire room and the excellence of the boilers The f di distrIbuted the coal and evenly with the result that the boilers steamed amed freel freely At no time was there un an attempt made to race the boat although Mr Cramp stated staled at the end of the trip that he was c confident nt that the Pennsylvania could have hare made an anav av average rage of 28 knots The s developed ah a horsepower of over while the aver averaged yer I aged per I |