The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
RANDOM NOTES.


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Inc random Wrter found himself In conversation
tne o'her uay with one OF the brightest men Ia the
nnglnee' .orps OF ,ne Navy 1net hngneer Z. IL
,aAei M - na've OF saem, Mass, porh 10 1881, VINO
cnereu 'ne service IN 1890, ana saw actse uu.y AT
once' having oeen engaged IN the capture OF inc
osiIler ior's near Canton' emma, IN 1885. lie was
III tne rtasuv eNpeultion IN iso' ana AT the open.
.ue VI 'ne oNh war was engageu III Tue siege VI
nork'o"n auu operations IN tue YORK anu James
hvers ne nau an experience which rev naval
oncers undergo having while engaged on an errand
oI mercy heipng 10 succor SICK and wounded reoes
oeen maue prisoner anu sent ior tnree months TO
.ne prison at SALISBURY, NJ u Aterwards engineer
BAKER was a nuemoer OF 'ne examining board' ana
io' ioui years, iro lsoS W 1906 Wnen aNast amount
OF WORN was oelne done' ne was on special duty IN
oV"''eo.ion WIN .'e oo"suuc"oh ot mach'nery anu
IRON Nessels a. BOSTON, lie was iot hVe years head
VI .ie department VI INSTRUCTION anu steam
ensui.e'ine % az 'ne na.ai acauemy. IL Us m's
'ar'eu experience oolh in acuVe sea service ana IN
supeiin'enuine construction which makes Chief
hns'ncer baker opihons upon technicai questions
as ne mas studied especially valuable.
"There is little doing at the Navy Yard now,
EXCEPT In Ordnance said this ofncer in reply To n
H..
do not fear to compare what we turn out with any
work done In this country we have inst been max.
Ing some boilers The boilers are of steel with
brass tubes No work done upon them was
charged to any other object, and all ex-
penses OF testing, loss OF labor on defective
material. and sperlp,epJence were charged IN ,hem
They cost fifteen cents per poupd we couId not oct
the same articles from private firms for tina, money
Propretors Of shops must earn interest on the cost
of their plapt and proats besides Possibly we could
| they would not compare with those made IN the
washington Navy YARD Tor careful workmanship,
nor have undergone the severe tests which we en-
| ploy.
Does not the eight-hour law cripple you9"
| Mot at ALL A good workman will do nearly as
| much In eight hours as he would In ten. Then we
are not obliged to pay as much for eight as for ten
hour days. fou know politics do not trouble us at
| the washington Navy Yard. And most OF our yards
are now In fair state oil efficiency 1t Will he wise
policy for the Government TO Keep politics out and
make full use 1.-THE yards In rebuilding the Navy. AT
very moderate expense some of our navy yards can
be ntted Tor building steel cruisers, ana we could
make better war ships and make them cheaper than
| we could get them OF any set oil contractors The
Boston fard uldeaslly be made building yard"
| "But what we near ABOUT the Mohican does not
| altogether support your theory"
81 am not familiar with affairs at the Mare Island
yard Probably the fault Is one OF omission on the
part OF Congress. Had money been appropriated for
the purpose the repairs of the Mohican would have
been completed years ago. Twelve years since,
when the term repairs covered the entire rebuild.
ing OF vessel tine department was ut liberty TO re-
place the Old Mohicanb by a new snip Congressional
| legislation arrested the process. II work can be
done well aud prohtably at Washington Navy
| Yard, why not at Mare Island, with like manage
| ment? Needed reforms may easily be made, but II
the yards are to be made useful they must be used
|
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s'anu u ialf SNOW oi nomination.
pluine anu Logan, .oo, are heepine tneir "eathe'
eyes oh onio pai1e nas'eheu 10 senu FORAKER
teiegram OF congratuiation, anu l notice that th'
onio papers say 'hat oo'h biahe auu Logan are go
Una. .ney a.e "a'cning sherman.
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