New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.
PREPARATIONS GOING on FOR THE N'N'
opursE-poRrs TO DE v1s1TEp-sATUh'

oil connection A.
"a, - neal of which he has been at inc
o". airh. vears and is nearly ready 10 take
no'', -.,au..,rs In the luxurious cabin oil 'ie
up '"' - C,hicooo. built and furnished Tor the
wv -, ~ the feet to be known ior inc
. :. ,ooet os the squadron OF eVoiutloh'
-, bo WAS on the vessel althouSh uh-
a,u ord his flag was consequently hoo hyihS
-, r. masthead He was busy setohiB up
SO .eoire and went 70 Boston last hlshO W sec
- ot;Idrop who are there at school. 10 Is
,ol. ,1,t mo will assume his oihclal poSiuoh
-. &C. ,,ossol tomorrow On Tuesday the cruisers
pos-on and Atlanta, and the gunOoaV iorh'o"n'
hiol, with the Chicago form the nucleus vi uno
r,odorn steel navy. will probably go 10 the North
pi,or IN he inspected by the board oil "hicn
ADMIRAL Jouett is chief The chicago "iI'
nrob.hlv leave the yard day or two later, ana
after she. TOO. has been inspected III bhe Noruii
River if is expected that the four vessels VIII
90 n ston before starting for Europe IN response
10 the request of the managers of the international
Maritime Exhibition to be held there. III Is
,ossible that the vessels will stop for few days
in tho Lower Bay to test the compasseS, ana 10
have some practice with signals
This will be the first feet composed OF the new
vessels of the Navy. all steel ships with modern
engines and batteries, sent 10 foreign "a'erS'
although the Atlanta and Boston have made trips
90 Tho West Indies and the dispatch boat Dolphin
has recently finished Q cruise around the world
The Chicago is the largest and most efficient
,ossel at present in commission Her displace-
r,ort is A 200 tons. and she carries four S-lnch,
civ s-inch. and two 5.inch bigh-power breech-
loading rifles in addition to rapid-firing and re-
,ol,irg cannon. The Atlanta and Boston arc
sister ships but are much smaller than the Chicago,
although they are heavily armed, each carrying
two s-inch and six Ginch breech
loading rifles, and several rapid-hring
and revolving guns They are built II the
super-structure style The Yorktown is technl-
callv n gunboat. but would be more effective in
battle than were many of the larger Navy vessels IN
the Civil War. She is armed with six 6-inch riled
Guns. After leaving Boston these vessels Will
20 directly to Europe. They will visit the prln-
cipal ports along the English. Irish. French Ger
man Spanish and Portuguese coasts
and will also 60 up the Mediterranean
and visit the Italian ports. The cruise
is to afford to officers and men all possible en-
perience in feet tactics and the vessels Will PROB
ably ne turn next spring in time TO make a cruls'
TO the South Atlantic and South Pacific during
the winter season Of the Brazlls ana Argentine
States 1t will be on these ships that the new
system Of libraries, suggested by Admiral Walker,
will be introduced for the use of both officers and
men, Each ship is to be provided with about 5oo
volumes. including novels of the better sort, like
those of Scott, Dickens and 1hsckeray.
THE NEW MACHINE-SHoP.
Chief Engineer w. W. DUNCAN has begun the
work for the new machine shop, where the ma
chinery for the new 3000-ton cruisers Will be
built. All the work will De done at the yard With
the exception of some of the heavy steel forgings,
which will be lone by outside firms. The sixteen
boilers will be built complete, with the exception
of the furnaces, which are to be supplied by the
Continental Iron Works.
Naval Constructor Mintonye has completed the
schedules of the material required for the con-
struction of Cruiser No. T." which is to be built
at the Navy Yard, and has forwarded them to
Washington They specify the dimensions weight
and shape of every plate, rivet, angle,
| beam, etc., which is TO go into the
ship for which the keel blocks
have already been laid The total weight of
! materials required is 1.lj9,O4I pounds, or $50
tons, as follows: Steel plates, s2O,O03 pounds :;
angles, ia OsO pounds bulbs, 5O,4S5 pounds a;
angle bulbs. 1874 pounds "Z' bars, 9,)54
| pounds; rivets, 1888 pounds.
The building of one vessel, and of the machinery
addition of a large force of worl1men at the yard
| in the various departments large plant of
new and modera machinery became necessary for
the construction of the Maine, and more will be
| required to construct tho cruiser
| The old Essex. which has been out of COM
mission for several months and is undergoing re-
pairs at the Navy Yard, WIS put into the drydocx
| Yesterday morning. Her bottom is 20 be repaired
and il is expected that in time she will be once
more put into commission to do active serSice for
! Uncle Sam.
The dispatch boat DolphfA, which returned a
| few weeks ago from a cruise around the world
| is still AT the yard but is ready 10 start any
service which may be required, on short notice.
PLANS FOR THE KEARsARGE.
The historic Kcarsarge which during the war
was built in ninety days, is lying at the Cob Dock
but il is expected that she will tow the Lancaster
70 Portsmouth in the latter part OF the week. She
is then to return to this yard, and it is
| thought that she will be put into the ory.docll
10 have her bottom repaired. 1t is two years
since she was locked and her bottom is IN d bad
condition. After waiting for several DAYS outside
SANDY Hook the Galena AZ last steamed into the
yard on Thursday, and she Is now moored M the
| Cob Dock. As yet she has orders. bur the
| blue nag of Admiral Oherardl Is still flying from
Sailmakcr George T. Douglas, has been detached
| from the Navy Yard and ordered b. the training
lin jamestown He viii he relieved by Saii9
maker Samuel Bontiveh. Paymastcr F. H. liar
| ris who has been relieved from the position of
general storcIecpcr al the Naval Academy by Paw
| insrecicl Stevenson has bten ordered TO relic e
| paymaster d. \. Smith on the cruiser Boston.
| Commander Horace Elmer has been ordered 10
the command Of the K"nIsarse to relieve
Commander William H. Whitney, who has re-.
cciycd a years leave OF absence Other chances
which have been ordered nj this station are !.
| Ijentenant- Commander Edwin s. Houston. has
hcen made executive officer To the training shin
| Minnesota. Naval Cadet Lloyd H. Chandler has
| been ordered to the Boston, Lieutenant Joscnb
! NJ Arthur has been detached from the Minncsotn
and placed on waiting orders. Chef Engineer
| George H. Tower from Cramp N Sons shipya Ri
| has been ordered TO the kcarsarge as relief Of
| Chief Engineer James H. Chasmar. who is ordered
IN dutv i'm connection with th bu dng OF Crnise,
No ~ Naval Cadets William b. Franklin and
! ] H. Reid have hcen detached from the Kear
| sarge the former going TO the Boston and tho
| latter to the Atlanta,