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Show THE rAHTEIT CltUISErt. She Stakes EJstitrtn Knots an Hour. Aw York, Ncv. 20. The new cruiser Ooneora on the trial trip made as high as eighteen knots an hour against a strong tidal current. She has proven to be the fastest boatjret built for the navy, but despite de-spite the splendid speed showing, the Concord failed to developo the requisite 3100-hone power. The failure is due directly to the trouble in the second hour test with the after feed pump on starboard, and tbe leaking after the boiler. Before tbe trial ended there were two to three inpbes of water on the floor of tbe fire room. The rupture occurred in the middle of Uie side pipe leading to tbo after air pump. Notwithstanding the trouble it Is estimated that tbe Concord developed develop-ed yearly thirty-two hundred horse power. The test will probably not" be accepted- as official. |