Show I 1 H I 1 FASTEST flOIT ll af LOAT no navy has a ship to equal the minneapolis MAKES THE TH E EST BEST B TIME TI M E 0 F ANY successful trial trip of the now mew cruiser during a portion of the nun eun tho the minneapolis makes 1842 1542 nautical miles MI an tour hour 11 eor or average speed Is 2305 uiles mules and the columbia Is not mot queen boston july 14 the new cruiser I 1 Minnea minneapolis polls anchored off boston ligh helit t about 30 this afternoon the proud holder bolder of the worlds record tor for speed ot of it a warship two hours later the party which had enjoyed the distinction of being present on the fastest warship in the world landed in boston the require requirements menti ot of the contract were that she should make twenty ono one nautical miles per hour and for each quarter of a knot above abobo the figure the it inn rin of cramp son eon builders were to receive the sum of hence when the five members of the cramp family who were present on tho the trip tw saw the bis big anchor drop out of tricht in the water at the close of the trial thy had bad the satisfaction of mowing that they were richer than when a tow few hours before they embarked upon the exemplification of the oie naval architects art FAVORABLE the day and the elements were all a 1 fit I 1 to the queen of the s I 1 vid pil L bilut a single accident or shall y kind hap happened to mar the ap y ot I 1 at al 8 the new crullo crul sei j 5 A lal ia I 1 tails i rapo cape ann where she was to g b atu 4 her rot journey of nearly eig tyl I 1 fautt nautical billea for fame and I 1 iancy ney and 1 I t the 0 loner whistle vv denoting gy he ag ready to 0 go over the course ilg I 14 lg a blown I 1 soon eoon after the twin ligh n eliacher s malmd jai can came ie into blew an the liar his of ort the a secretary of orbi th navy avy which had zo it up to ihli time taunted breeze denance defiance to t the a from t the g fore topmast r mui hauled do dow w najia 7 and in III turn every piece of bunting runt lne roecs flagstaffs nags flag staffs and every breeze thing jn in any way ivay could catch a 11 iv p 0 ON N TO TIIE THE START aa ie boat based boston lighthouse light houge at 41 it am an and soon after the forced straight St raught was 6 put on and tho the boat speed ed on to the starting point holni as though imbued with a knowledge that she was expected to do so something never naver before accomplished anti and when the she did cross the line she sha had no not I 1 in the ot if the senior member of the firm of cramp sons attained her full speed it was waa decided however to let her continue her course and jf if she beat tile the best time on record let the matter drop there but had she not succeeded in keeping pretty close cloe toi tha record made by her sister ship which hold held tho the speed record for a warship another trial would undoubtedly have been demanded SHOWED HER SPEED As she crossed the line ot of tile first mark th the engines engine were credited with making revolutions a minute find and tile the boilers with 15 pounds of steam despite the speed at which she was waa goine ine it was remarkable how little vl ablation was noticeable still the great ship sped ped on in and when she od the buoy oft off the armored cruiser new york the time noted was and the time taken to run nearly two and one halt half miles was waa 6 minutes 22 seconda seco nili or at the rate of 0 2323 2222 nautical miles art an tour hour the frught steamer tern fern was the next take and the ill distance between the now york TOW and fern was acs G ga miles rill and it was when lieutenant drake announced she had crog api the line malting making the distance in 1838 1 3 38 or at the rate of 2143 miles an hour G GETTING DOWN TO WORK WORIC between the fern anti and the th unit united ad states steamer fortune it wag waa the same distance as between the new nev york and the fern and this leg was made in 16 61 51 seconds second or at the rate ot of 2371 nautical miles this was wd said to be to the water twin twill deeper than on an the previous leg her engines were making iq revolutions ti oil 9 per minute from the fortune to the me cruiser atlanta was wa 6 64 4 miles and in d the run was made la in 1723 or at tile rate of miles an equal als di 9 tunco tance point was the united states ti tug leyden front the atlanta At lauita and this run was made in III 1552 or at the rate 0 at 2120 miles per hour between the leyden and the dynamite gun vessel vesuvius was a space of oc nautical miles and this tiraco was waa covered in 2154 or at the rate of if 2120 0 nautical lera miles per hour VASTEST TIME yit the last leg leff ot of the run over the firs farst half of the trial trip of 41 44 miles mile 3 from cape ann to cape porpoise and cretu 17 WAS wag the next to be run and the distance between the vesuvius and the he t dispatch boila dolphin 77 nautical miles was made in ili 1818 or at the rate of 2542 miles being tho the fast fastest CA time made on the outward cutwa I 1 d trip ud and causing of the members of tile the board of a as 8 signed to attend the trial to op open en their eyes anil and the men on board to feel fed as though they were going through the air the speed was perfectly on board the minneapolis 1 in the last few miles had bad demonstrated that she was not arit only Y capable of holding her own 1 with ith her let sister ship chip but was eble able to meet her and show her the lines of her stem at any time one halt half oil of tha rho trip was wag a thing thin of the pat past andt the time consumed in tho the 44 knots was v aa lri with an ail average speed of 2290 2 g miles as against mm 2333 for the first halt half of the trial trip of the colun aia whose efforts ahe was trying to beat NOTHING CAT CAN CATCH HER hen tho the run back was started arteil st at 1168 the time used in ht making tho the turn being 1834 no stop was wa made to cool bearings or tor for any purpose as 04 nothing was waa necess axy to be done so BO perfect was the working of tile tho tru colln ery of at the boat and she immediately headed for the ali mark billark off on the tha dolphin on the return trip and the same vessels were a on the he outward trip the same buoys were in position and the only difference was that the ill a average speed of at tho the wax van a foater faster and h her er average on the return trip was wa 2320 talles as aa on an tho the first half making the total alveran averan aver aira lipped sp ce d pet per hour of 2305 and to the world the th farl fact that the newt united states cruiser cruise 11 was waa tho the fastest armo armorell roll r vessel afloat |