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Show Without a Peer . in Any Navy This the Statement of Builders of U. S. Cruiser Colorado After' Unofficial Trip. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del., July 2. On the unofflcal builders' trip today tho United States armor-id cruiser Colorado achieved a maximum speed over a measured courco of 22.31 knots an hour, tho averago of two runs under forced draught being at tho rate of 22.10 knots an hour. This result re-sult is highly gratifying to tho builders, ha tho requirements of the contract wcro oxceeded In ovcry respect Experts on board predicted after tho run that tho Colorado would averago not less than 22',j knots on tho official trial trip, nnd thus oxcecdlng tho contract speed requirement by at least one-half knot. In speaking of tho result of tho test Vice-President Edwin A. Cramp of tho Crump Shipbuilding company said: ' Tho pe.-formnnco of the machinery was perfect per-fect In overy reapecL The Nlcalusso boiler, about which there hns been so much controversy, performed Its functions func-tions admirably. The model of the ship is so excellent that at thu top speed there was a remarkable absence of waves both at the bow and at tho stern. Another noticeable no-ticeable feature of tho trial was the entire en-tire absence of vibration at all spouta. The results altO-ether show the Colorado to bo without ji peer In tho American navy or any other navy " Tho weather conditions wero Ideal and everything fnvorcd good results generally. A number of naval experts were on board and they wore all enthusiastic regarding re-garding the performance of the Colorado. They predicted that on tho official trial the results would be even more gratifying than those accomplished today. Tho official of-ficial trial vlll rrobably tako place about tho mlddlo of September. Tho ship will leave for Philadelphia tonight, to-night, and It Is expected that sho will bo at her dock at Cramp's ship yard tomorrow tomor-row night. |