| Show OUR SWIFT NAVY I 1 tile san francisco Is about the finest ship all in all in our navy when IlI tion she va ain completed in san franisco francisco c sho she vas mas ordered to new york when she bhe arrived there a dispatch from the secretary of the navy a asked s ked tho the comm commender inder ihen site ahe could be made ready for sea and lie he an answered sered just so soon as stearn steam could bo be gotten 1 u up p tile all blila was in absolutely perfect condition she has never leaked at all rind and only two years ago secretary herbert sald eald she was the pride 0 of tho the nav navy y she has been over in tho the mediterranean ter lately and becoming fouled was a ordered into the dry dock and scraped As she came out admiral selfridge ordered her to take a run for afew a few hours to see how much she had deteriorated the account says bays tho the vessel rushed away at 18 knots speed and kept this up for ton ten hours without a stop there was no hitch h itch or heating he abing of 0 journals or other fault to bo be found N alth ith the machinery and alle tho the s peed averages ii vere ere not as high by a knot hnot and a half as a that made on the lilal trip of 0 the san ran francisco it la Is the general belief that the ten hour record under service conditions la Is tar far better than the record made on the trial trip velch aich lasted four hours with picked coal and everything prepared tor for the lie trial capt schley at 0 tile the cruiser new boik started away from Hani plon 11 roads for new foik the other day and 9 eive are the signal to lot let out tho the ship she st steamed earned aboul tor for tour four hours at IS knots ark an hour and that without re resor drig to forced drafts doth these thesa vessels have been several years at sea and it seems beems they are just as capable of 0 splendid performance now nov as ahrn hen they were first put on their trial trips |
