New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23
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WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
TO MEET THE BRAZILIAN wARSIIlPS.
GOVERNMENT WILL HONOR THE NEW REPUBLIC
THE MAINE AS SHE APPEARS IN
TILE. WATEK.

At last the great launch which for several
weeks was anticipated and provided for at the
Navy Yard is over, and over successfully, too'
On Tuesday last the new armored cruiser III u''e
presence of great crowd Of people, was chrs'eheu
the Maine ard was then suffered TO slide INTO
ber watery home The vessel now lies alongside
the dock at Main-st in the yard. big red hulk.
The work of completing the inside of the vessel
is now being carried on without having the armor
plating in position, 1t is not known when this
will be put in place, and, in fact 1t Is not yet de'
cidcd what kind of armor will be used Alter
the excitement of the launch the affairs in the
yard are now once more assuming their natural
condition The repairs TO the other vessels there
are being done, and the various other work stead
lily advances.
The cruiser Yorktown left the yard yesterday
morning and started for an anchorage inside OF
Sandy Hook. The cruiser Dolphin and the nag
ship Philadelphia are to start about o'clock
this morning. the former TO join the Yorktown
at Sandy Hook, and the latter TO 90 around TO the
North River, to anchor near West Twenty-thrd-
ST. The Brazilian vessels left Barbados on last
Sunday, and will probably arrive here some time
early in this week. After they have been met
at Sandy Hook by the two American cruisers and
the Rear-Admiral commanding them has been sa
luted, they will start mp the Bay, escorted by the
Yorktown and the Dolphin. 1t is expected that
as the vessels pass through the NarrOws the Bra
lillian flag will be hoistcd on special flag poles in
the forts there, while tie salute of twcnty-one
guns is fred The ships will also be sauted as
they pass Governors Island They are TO anchor
in the North River. Every cndcavor will be
made by the Government TO give the Brazilian
visitors n reception which shall equal in cor
daliy that which was given TO Admiral Walker
and the other officers Of his squadron in June and
July last. Apart from the international sign!fl-
canoe Of the visit, the Brazilian vessels themselves
will excite much interest; but both Of them are
not 0rst-class cruisers" as some of the papers
have represented. The Aquidabara is modern
ironclad or armored cruiser, of the class OF the
American cruiser Maine, except that the former
is about 500 tons less displacement She is q
double-turreted vessel. was built the Thames
in 1882 and is fully equipped war vessel. But
the Guanabara is an unarmOrcd wooden cruiser
built in Brazil in 1877. She is only Of $50 tons
displacement, about the same size the Enter
prise.
Tie medal intrusted to Rcar-Admiral Sivera
10 present to the President of the United States
is commemorative Of the salutation Of the flag
of Brazil by Admiral Walkers squadron at Rio
Janciro on June % last. 1t is made of gold and
paladium-thc former symbolizing the United
States and the latter Brazil. Its weight is about
fourteen and three quarter ounces and it is about
three inches in diameter and about a quarter OF
an inch thick On side is alcgorical
figure Of Brazil and fivcpointcd star, eDcircled In
wreath Of laurel, with the following inscription
suspended from the two lower points of the star
Estados Cnidos DO Brazil 10, de Novembro de
1885," which translated means United States of
Brazil. November 10. 1889" the date being that
i'll lia Tho
verse is represented an American eagle car
rvinp in its claws the coat Of arms of the United
States. with a branch of laurel in one claw and
one of GAL; in the other The eagle is flying
toward Brazil with branch of olive in its bcall.
Underneath is this inscription A Republica dos
Fstados ITnidos do America" or. To the Republic
Of the United States of America"
The work of putting the new electrical plant
on the Dolphin has been carried on during the
last week but is not yet finished. and the vessel,
while on her short trip, must he lighted by means
of candles and lamps. The Philadelphia, while
in the ward, has received new gun carriages 10
take the place Of those on her which were found
defective Some Of the boat cradles over the deck
have been shifted slightly, SO that the boats may
be entirely clear OF the guns when they are
fired The Chicago flagship of the White Squad
ron. will probably remain in the yard several
weeks longer while the repairs 10 her are being
COMPLETED Work Is now being done TO her soup
per, and her boilers and the decks are being re-
naired and caulkcd. The little torpedo-boat Cush-
ing still lies in the yard. No orders TO leave the
ward had arrived yesterday morning, but it was
Thought that she will soon sail away 10 go
into. winter quarters. perhaps at Washington. The
DESPATCH has left the yard and started for Wash
ipgton. Little work has been done on the cruiser
Boston in the last week. but that on the water
tight doors will probably now be pushed forward.
The broken cranksh is being fitted with new
croplpins and will not he ready to he put back
into the vessel for several weeks.
The monitor Mantonomah has been put into
tho granite dry-,lock to have her bottom scrapcd
and paintcd and 10 test the merit OF the anti
fouling paint which wes put upon IL last WINTER
as compared with that which was put upon the