The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-23
Affairs at the Navy Yard.


THE IMPROVEMENT VESSELS AT THE YARD-CON.
bITlON OF THE NIAGARA, MISSISSIPPI, ETC.
Very little work was done during the winter naenths
In tho Navy Yard al Broos the approaches 70 benx
bocksded with Ice materials could be go for the new
buildingL Since spring has opened, work hes become
quite active again The yard has been cleaned TIN 10 ~
model Of nestness and orcer. particularly ssreso
BILE 70 60 from the dirty, nhy seething streets Of New
York into The pleasant premises Of Uncle SAM The can.
arranged In long parallel lines and the balls are
piled up in regular p ramids the smallest Of which con-
tain 24o balls, and the largest o76o There arc 1880
men now employed In the yard The following division,
OF tht will give idea Of the amount Of work that I'M
ling on 10 the several depar tmen,s:-
There are ls0 In the ship oarpenters' department
gun carriage MAKERS 40 employed ON the Niagara 81
blscksmihs with 40 helpers 90 ioners SO causers ~
ma.ers 81 painters 20 boat builders 81 pumbers
eco yard aborera In the steam engineers department
tnele are 70 mAonnsss ~ boiler maker. aad Is Are
carpenters, 40 dock builders 1870 laboreFs and othef
woIkmen. amounting in oil TO $50 men.
There 10 sufficient quantity OF lumber 10 tbs lumber
are cubic feet Of white oak ubs sS,v and oe
cubic feet OF yellow pine ter making plank
THE NEW BUILDINGS
They have been TO work for some time en- the oakuu
shop, which Is now nearly completed. 1t will be PUT
into operation in few days. when oil the oakum for
United States Navy will be ufaotured In IT, Water
pipes have been laid through the yard to and from H.
The machinery for the various departments OF the
Very little work has been done the boiler shop ane
foundry the smitsery. armory, carpenters shop and
plumbern shop are about com pleted
The work on the stone quay whicn s being buiit
around the upper part OF the navy yard IL going quito
rapidly they cutting the stone AMI laying them on
the wall IN front Of the saw mill.
DESIGNS FOR MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS IN THE Bos-
TON NAVY YARD.
The Chief Engineer Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Jesae
Gay, has lately been engaged In preparing plan for the
iron works In the Boston Navy Yard which consist OF an
iron and brass foundry, imthory boiler shop and ma
chino ahop. All these buildings to in one grand
snos open. The boiler shop Is IN tho opsn space,
Ssu1es, and viii supply steam 'o or motive I'VE
power 10 the works tf oil ihs other buildings WIN
the other shops The nois from thee forsss VIA be-
drawn by suction In pipes running Ter the ground
the chimney Of the boiler shop, through which wip
escape
VESSELS AT THE YARD-THE NIAGARA.
The steamship Niagara recently received orders ffon
the Secretary Of the Navy to proceed 70 England and
take board part Of the telegraph cable, and 10
neccn With On English steamship, lay across the Az
sIc. This vs,sel il nearly o,mpeted; her engines,
are al on board sni:ssd and comp sssd ' Ths I..
.oIi 4. done except .om. onsy work, .hicS viz
be completed In few dsys Very tsIe has to be done,
Tb.y have oonmeuosd to pu. in ksr oss The siaxsr.
xillno. take her sn,, Along ,i.n herr .hs win E.vs
mere p,0O.o, about n. lss o. APRIL The wo,.msn are
speaking tubes through the ship, 30.
The Mississippi, which Is 70 accompany the Niagara v.
EDS and has been rebuilt and thoroughly repaired the
work upon her nov nearly nnished. Her boilers and
engines and oil ecsions nearly oompes-
decks Are on and Tsasy ns up Ssr
ssis spsrs, rigging l., One hundred mon are rapidly
completing the work on her; they expect TO have steam
The wabash, which got Cd reef on A,piuwAl last
WIN vss put IN the cock on her return and repaired
Der ipjury was slight; she has been recAulked
and her IRON work In proved 80 she 10 now ready ".
s.l =. econ .. she axes in her supplies coal shes,
powoer and tAuenH her III gns. for which she Win re-
quire calm weather see s the flag ship Of tho Home
me soop-of vlnoennes 10 In dock. being rebuilt
and rs fitted Her Geek has been taken OF, also her
wales. batteries, p'snk., nss's spars &C. sns 70 DO
CURED, also 70 have ne~ mssu, SPAR, rigging 80, 10.
The work on her null will % completed in about two
The North c., ons is kept, - usual In tho nssaesa
Vim ~ Commander Rowan; everything on board 10 keps
nave been ,.rsn down and VIII be sSorouShs r.psrsd
There are 81 present three bundled and eighty pa:
.s" en- recruit, Two sSa o.
q var Dse.,% IN the P.sins squadron oos s Sss
ruis daily IN brcadsword exercise, with the dreock %
be suns, 40. This is the only receiving snip in the
hat would be veil for others Initiate both for the
rake OF the recrais and service without some such
noet unepdurable Donotony, wbich always beScn diss
ration crime and peeersisn.
me Despatch saad fev days since, be, AMER going
few ues 70 zee, 4 hep nues gave and she vas
conpeled to return to ct repaired She had prsv,eps
ly been lsyirg up souetius undergoing repairs
The Arctic 70 laying up 10 ordinary.
The BRANDY vi.s r nov, and has been hJ,ur in ordh
nary for several years
The Sabine was built nearly four years ago she han
never been to Sea- but has laid MP In ordinary since
she wss built
ne s'oreship Relief has been In the dosk, examined
ooppcred, and they are now everlasting her rigging
spsrs, 30.