The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-01
TAKING ACCOUNT OF STOCK
WHAT SECOR ROBSSON % 90. HAVH
DONE ron TINE My,
what the Vessels are Worth after tho sccrc-
tnry's Farmers have spent mere than Two
Hundred Millions Of Dollars upon them.

what the Vessels are Worth after tho sccrc-
tary's pnrtners have spent mere than Two
Hundred Millions Of Dollars upon them.
Fyon the LotaspRic couyiar-,J,arna,
As President q rant has ordered the navy
TO bo nut ON war footing ut once. Tor some
private reasons which the general public can
ouly guess al, u will 10 interesting to sec what
kind Of navy We havegot. ~ hobsson has spent
between S2D1 0O0OO1 and blO0,0OOOOj on 10 since
be and the Cdttcls, together With Jay Cooke.
hcCuiloch Co., went into partnership in tho
marine business ut the expense ~ the taxpayers
OF the country. According to the report Of Com
modore Nichols, who knows whereof he afrms,
tue strength OF the w f. l46 vessels OF all
grades, Of whicn the most formidable urs
rcpor.ed to be in the following beautiful condi-
First Rates-Colorado, In commission ~ re-
ceivhg ship. New YORK; needing new boilers
aud general repair. Niagarg, engines and.bner;
broken up; hull parly broken up, needs 20 be
rebuilt. Wabash, receiving ship ut BOston; en-
Riues md boilers condemned; Will need CON
Siderable expense % at un;
stocks. Iowa, rotten, broken backed and con.
demned. Antietam, used ~ a store ship at
League Island. Delaware, made ono cruise and
IL now rotten and condemned; was sold at auc.
tion last fail Tor S235OO, but tho sple was not
confirmed. Java, New York, aad Pennsylvania,
Gu Tue stocks aud said to be rotten. Susquo-
hanna. originally sidewbeel frigatc. but foi
some year. being changed to screw, and will
deroVa. and Canandaigua need extensive re-
pairs Congress lately put out of commission,
u uus r.Por vy 70 NC very Iutten. sevsn CON
said to be unseaworthY.
Third Rstes--Juniata. Iroquois. NrIraeansett
Kansas, aud Nyack, need extensive reuairs
Quinnebaug and Galena.rebuilt and Incomplete
Albums. Enterprise, and Essex, uuhnished Wa
chusett. neeus new boilers and ext cnsive re.
pairs; MOhican and Nipsc, supposed to he re-
building; wyoming, under repair at Washing.
ton AshuelOt md Monooacy. iron hull, side
wheel steamers double enders). now in China,
considered unsafe for general naval purposes.
Sailing NesseIs-New Orle ms, ON the stocks;
Ohio. rotten and unseaworthv; vermont. indie.
pendeuce, Macedonian, Potomac, st. Lawrence.
Cydne, 81 LDuis, Saratoga, Dale, PaWnee. and
lie ief, unseaworthy; Constitution, under OK.
tensive repairs.
ronciads-Amphitrlte, Comanchc. Mi1ntono-
nah. MonadnoCN, ana Terror, rebuilding with
iron hull ; Orleans. Massachusetts, and oregon,
on the stocks. ana believed to be rotten; Puri'
tan. hever completed
OF tho remaining ninety vessels only forty
egnt said TO he " eff ctive" Fifteen of these
are irOnclads, and the rest arc coasters for mar
Dor dcionse. and a few wooden frigatc+, which
would be smashed 20 smithcrcons upon theii
nrit appearance IN naval engagement with q
fOteitu power
The in, estiari tion into tho affairs OF the Naval
Department last winter showed that tOOeson
has been using the money supple by indulgeni
Republic IA Congresses III manner not at All
calculated to enhance tno vHlue of the navy, M
Co umodore NichOls's statcmt mt shows. There
L. evidence enough, indeed, to inpeach the See
retary.