The New York herald., 1870-04-04

creased, more ships were buit comfortable 0n1ccs
wharves ami piers were constructed and other naval
vessels launched from the stOcks Repeated and
vent On wss made y
among the foremost aud most sincient navy yards
u ',a ne country Our largest ships Of the line were
repaira repair u also became an Important recruiting
ENHANCING THE YARD.
10 keep proper pace with our growing population
Anu our growing importance AZ uation !t became
apparent IN due course OF time that the Navy Yard
OF our naval service. 1t became necessity 10 buy
more land. Is unnecessary to 60 into all the de-
These were made from time TO time and at varying
prices until 1s2 acres comprises the present aggre
Ss "a snS Sr oWed BY hs and
three acres comprise what Is designated as the
ordnance and cob docks across walabout channel,
give an idea OF the prices that had to be paid for
these subsequent purchases we WIN only mention
course can oil be made good by 1lling up) between
the eastern boundary Of the Navy Yard proper,
tue encompassns yellow W. painted @ IsIs'a bricn wall
were paid $2Sd,000. Tnis purchase was made
from frederlck Grifling in. ls4s-a time in the
CROWN OF our nation considerably after the period
when those making sales OF real estate or anything
else 70 the governments considered 1t their bOun,
den duty to ask about trebe as much as II the
sales were made 70 private parti0s. In 1853 there
also mad TO be paid TO this city 067 80 for surren
der OF its rights OF tidal ownership in the Walabout
AGGREGATE OUTLAY FOR LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS
:. ~ would be impossible withonta great deal Of
iaoorious research to give the aggregate expenses
incurred by the government IN Bringing the Brook
yn Navy Yard to ITS present perfected state of COM
appropriations Tor building purposes and other I'M
provements run back through long series OF years.
Proclamation Of the sum total or outlay thus in-
CURED: inc heaviest single item Of expense
ooo. For lie various nnchine shops SHS Sna
the machinery Ia them winch is OF the best and most
expensive KIND, immense sums have been paid. Some
OF tnese are quite new as, for instance, the IRON
plating shop. which is one or the largest az well as
one OF the finest in the country. The new receiving
sye structure. All tie buildings for mechanical
purposes arc most solidly constructed buid-
BE-. not to last for short PERIOD 6ut 10
last through generations. 1t Is needless TO
specify them in detail And then there are the
wharyes and piers, which have cost an Incredtble
sum, and the ship houses and the oilices ana tie
otfcer's residences and there Is the encompGsslng
barracks and the hospital buildings, each aiding
largely and incredibly, could the exact aggrcgaies
mated-and 1t is probably low estinlate-that not
less titan 500, ,o00, 900 Will cover this sum total
visit to sA the BrooSyn oyna Navy YaS Yard no matter
how often one has been there before, Is
always a pleasant and profitable employment OF
time. cranky. clleVronned marine 2t the general
entrance may try and put an unpleasant preliminary
barrier upon ones progress witnln the immense
this Cerberds and laughed in ones sleeve at his
pleasngy harmless deusion that In him are centred
clear. To describe all that is to be seen would re-.
auire scverai columns and besides, t9e subject as
wsn Dsag Tasn has aud ae ssa %
It y pretty thoroughly threadbare. Passing
down the paved walk, which here has q gentle de-
cnyity by the small octaG0n building used for ofiiceS
ana giving hasty glimpse at the rno old.fashloned
mansion looking down from Its nigh elevation on the
ieit, where the Admiral has his hcadquHrters; look
ing hastily at the pyramidca piles Of solid shot aud
lormidaole rows OF pig naval guns arranged with
on tue left; advancing stl farther, to where some
brass pieces captured by General Scott during the
Mexican war present Their menacing mazElss al.
most In one's very teeth, and here also seeing
some "reminiscences OF the most memorable
naval CONFLICTS OF The late war aud not forgetting
one opposite, 30 long used FOR of1ces, we see the
ship Java on the stocks. She seems Q monster on
York. also on the stocks. ana ship house adjacent
lies the Colossus, an iron-cad In partial state OF
u IN no ,e ork nsS done On
ont for the South Paeinc squadron y gang
Of Of men,. however. is ,.y actively at work. The
ing to toe right ts to be seen tue Canaudaigus
IN the dry dock UNDERGOING repairs, while
llOgshlp Of the West india squaaron. lying al an.
chorage little further on are the naval ships Sus.
Old agap Hartford The scs,va sp Vermont
ia at the same mooring she has occupied 50 long 1t
seems dull here now, compared with what 1t was in
war times when froquently $500 naval recruits
were on board II her at one time: A stones throw
from here Is pointed out the place where the old
@ Ms@ory sup USED do s % aaca0r a.V0osns5s On l6s
ordnance or asnc ., ana i.,a cob docks much Sc
been wors tna useS be sve Sy e
way TO the negro recruits and Who, before the III
teeEth constitutional amendment was thought Of
were not allowed quarters the receiving SHIPS as
now. Leaving the machine shops and the DIN and
hum Of its swiftly moving machinery, the quiet OF
transition. But vail not linger nere Az in otner
portions Of the yard, the most perfect system ana
n s9 b sssn s iss ana oraer prevail easy
equipped navy yard In the country.
DIVIDING THE NAVY YARD INTO CITY LOTS.
OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard aud the proposition III
in this to divide the same into city lots This
present Kept rather seduousy in the &cs ground M nd
but It s plain 60 be seen that this is tue ultimate
Tor selling the yard and Selecting = I Site s'Ne Else
s4e,oso, 1oo. ana that ms is . good round
ings ana other improvements could not be
replaced IN new yard for considerably more than
ooV At least. sum that Includes Of course curse
VIII anu aSsk Be wSn
s s'iSspss i assessS sSss he s.sassS
IL 10 run High, Sands, Prospects, Evans, Plymouth,
Marshall and other streets on tue west side parallel
intersect these streets by Canton street Hampden
street, Portland avenue Oxford street, Cumberland
street, Carlton avenue Adelpht street, CicrmOnt and
Vanderbilt avenues. clinton avenue Hamilton ave-
nue. and Washington avenue, with Hooper, Keap,
Rodney, Ross ana Wilson coming In obliqueiy from
a s0utheasterly direction. The low land on either
side Of Washington avenue can be filed IN at CON-
parativey rning expense. and for purposes OF resi-
dences become among the most desirable in the
entire plot Of ground. The natural topography Of
tine ground is admirable for building purposes, and
where the Naval Hospital now Is are some Of the
finest building sites IN tho country. Altogether 1t IL
apparent that 1t u big scheme-a scheme TO which
the adrott nnesse for obtaining Dossession at q
nominal sum OF the plot OF ground where the
old Quarantine used to be Is mere bagstee. 1t Is
clear that the brooklyn people are opposed to the
project. while the city government IL HtranuousIy
and loudly In Its favor The secret OF the interest OF
the latter is IN the revenue now four and half per
cent 10 one and half per cent IN this city
TO be derived III case Of the property passing out
OF the possession Of the United States from
payment OF taxes the property like all gov.
ernment property being now exempt from paying
taxes 1t is said tnat General Socum, the most &C.
tive member IN Congress in bringing about tie sale
OF the yard 10 workng for the interest oil the Flush
ing avenue railroad, OF which he Is reported IS q
large 0tOCkhOlder TnlA 40 and m not.