Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-11
WAR ON THE NAVY YARDS
THE ONES WHICH THE COMMIT
TEE WOULD CLOSE.

Several Costly Superfiuous Supernu-
meraries who can also be Convenient
! lv Dispensed With-The Pensacola
Yard among those Recommended to
/ be Closed.
!. CONCORD, \. H., June 10.-Secretarv
/ Chandler to-day received and considered
memoranda furnished him by the Navy
! Yard Commission, of which Commodore
Luce is President, concerning the report
to Congress. He approves their recon-
mendatiOns for closing certain wards. and
the concentration, organization and a re-
ductiOn of expenses in the remainder will
be ordered to take effect about July Is.
The recommendations read as follows.
That there shall be a reorganization and
concentration of the mechanical deDart-
ment of every navy yard. so that there
shall be one shop in each for the perform
ance of the same class of work. The
committee also recommends a further
| concentration of the work, so that each of
the several articles that form part of the
outfit of each ship shall be made in a sin
gle shop to be established in such ward as
may now have the best facilities and con-
veniences therefor.
The Commission recommend the re-
tentiOn of the Mare Island NAVY Yard.
and advise that the Norfolk ward be re-
tanned i'll first class working condition.
and suggest in accordance with the pro-
position for the concentration of work
certain changes, which NAV be
summarized as follows: The abo-
lition of positions of master iron
platter, quartermaster iron platter, plum
Der,- foreman house joiner and quarter
man hOd-carrier; the master boat builder
and blOckmaker to be retained if not at
any other yard, and the cOppersmIth and
plumber to be merged. The total daily
pay would be thus reduced from $12j to
500.
1t is advised with regard to the Wash
ington yard that it be dropped from the
list OF navy yards, and be designated as a
naval arsenal, retaining it in full work.
ing condition for the manufacture of GER
tam specified articles only under the
Bureaus Of Equipment and Ordnance.
The Pensacola yard is to be closed.
1t is recommended that the League
Island Navy Yard be closed both as n
yard and as Il naval station until plans be
prepared and approved for such yard as
the department requested authority to
construct and Congress authorized
Inc commissioners recommend that
the New York yard be retained as a first
class yard, but that no money shall be
spent III the way of improvements. either
in the yard or on the cob dock, until plans
for its full development have been pre-
pared and approved.
The New London should be dropped
from the list of navy yards.
Some differences of opinion exist in the
commission in regard to the disposition of
the Boston and Portsmouth yards, and it
is recommended that no further expendi-
lures be made thereon for improvements.
The aggregate daily pay of the fOremen
at all the yards is at present $3.50.
With the navy yards at Portsmouth,
Boston and League Island closed and the
organization of the other yards reduced
as proposed, it would be $3.50. With
the Portsmouth and League Island yards
closed $539, and with the Boston and
League Island yards closed it would be
SOIL