New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
WORK AT THE NAVY lAkD
NEW CRUISERS IN PORT.


In c,o,r weather or in stormy. in warm weather
or in cold the work at the Navy var" N''' va
n,ucl Tho same. And there is large amount o'
work bclnq done there. to carry on "i''" H.
o,,iras many men. The work of repairing ''"
G,,irr for sea some ships. of Icc"nS'rd''L''3
thor. and of building still others, together WIZ"
the voronS other work necessary 10 DC "oh' III
connection with thcm-thcSc take large '"I''
,C mon There are now several commissioner" N''-
soils in thc ynrd nearly all OF them "'lia in""'i
steel ship> few days ago the lhl""''P'i"' '''
aoosbin of the North Atlantic Squadron ca"" ~
tho Navy Yard and was put int" the Grd""V W.
dock II is interesting 10 note how c"mp''N N"'
fill, il TO get an idea of her SIZE one mIIn' 'o'''''
o,bcr Sims which when in the dry-dock par
rally. ill IT, with the Philadciphla, Whlch 'aN''
nm so much room in length that the calN'oh ~
,Lc mouth OF the dock could not he pm III "'
usual Mace but had 10 he put NJ the 'A'''"'
limit of the dock The bot,M OF The olI ''"i"'
* being srrapcd and painted. Ai'cr ~" '' ~.
80 90 ,bc drvdocll She is 10 be coacd. Inc
air-pumps of the engines ana MOI N"'N >'''N'
,or;Iv and a few men from the Cramps WORKS
,:, h,,;l, tLc shin arc engaged az repairing
r,,m ON account OF this defect the "o'rrhm'h'
has withhold part of the payment for the vessel.
charles Cramp. one of the firm OF tie ramps
..i.;,cI the ward Yesterday morning. lie c'hr" %"
,l,,i,.,l I;-,iuc the ccmmand0nt of the Naro ana
ort =, The philadelphia. in relation I" Inc r.
,oirs helm made to the alr-punpN y" "H
as vot bec, set for the departure "I me '''"
dolnbia and the Dolphin for Tire I'1lI'' WHY
crui,e in the West Indies. but they VIII p""''''
-, obout the last of this month or '"N D" ~"
rovt TIN, Kcar>arcc and tie Enterprise wv '''''
ye,~,l, of the North Atlantic N4"''r"n' are
IN SoufLcrn waters The third-ca'> 'i'''~' ''''.'.
,,Iicb also hcloncS to This squadron - ''
XorColk She is soon 10 start Tor "'I ''''N
,ho W,,t Indie, and has been "rd'i'l - ''>'
flo following ports. Bfrmdoe> f"'' "I 'i'''.'
san I.rcia. san Juan DC Porto Rico. ape "N
and port-au-Princc. She Is ordered '' 80 ID. o.
,ast-nar.cd port not LATER IMAM ''H'''H -
,'', pc,, Admiral Ghcrardi on the flagship PhiI"-
Gcphia.
The cruiser Yorktown arrived ~ ''
Yard Yesterday morning and mooI'd '''"-N'''
cob Dock. While She is in the \'f' " j. P'''
able that the change, TO me ""I'''N
..4u 10 r,,dc The rcnairs 10 the cruiser chicago,
the flagship Of the Squadron OF HF',''''''
which tic Yorktown belongs. are approaching com
,.,ia Tho ,r,rl, of rpairu. and c''Ihni
,ho decks : completed. and ~" ''plIN 80 ''
,r.~. a,,d also 10 fhc hoIr,, "ii soon ''
a,i.bod ono Of the new anchors has been '"h''
-. board and the other ono viii hc soon i''
c-,rlssbef, Of the cruiser Boston. which WAS '"h'"
| ONT "a bo repaired "A few weeks ago. IS no" !" '
mt hack II was taken from me H''al'-N'''
! yesterday and wheeled down 10 TIE d"'N on "N'
| If ,he cars of the handrarood. i is - '' P"
an fine floating derrick. from when II WI" ~
! boi.ted into the Boston Then the machinery
which was taken out in order that me ''',!
mich, he removed must h. pui back u VIII
,,obabIv take a month or SIN weeks longer t."
| counlete the work the Boston he W"''f-'H"'
! doors are being fitted into place
The Boston will probably not be able 10 starr
with the other vessels ot the Squadron OF H'''".
| ,ion when they start on their rruiS' - NV
yet decided when they will 20. hn' II Is 'h'"b ~
tina, they will leave here IN t"' or 'ur'' "''"'
tor ,hc Yves, Indies The Atlanta, The fourth
vessel Of this squadron, IS no" undergoing repairs
AT Norfolk
The cruiser Dolphin, which Is mooT'I ai'nf'l''
,bo PISTON in The Navy Yard. will probably j."
r,.,d, for Goa when her flagship, the Philadelphia,
i ready 70 start for the SoHth The engines are
bcioc oycrlaulcd ard the work of PUTTING i
tbc pcv electric plant is being completed. Inc
,,,rk an tbc corvette Nantic VIII soon bc finished
Tho work Of pacLina She engines Is almost com
nI.tcd and the dock trial i 10 be held in i'"
davs The apparatus for forced drift has h"'
vet arrived. bat il viii take only % f." days vi
nut that in when it docs come. he l"I'i' ''
still attached 30 the Training squadron. hn' u
i question in the minds OF the officers what VIII
he done with her when She IS ready for 'c'.
The side, Of the rccciyin2-ship Minnesota ISL.
soon hr clapboardcd and the top rooted over, 'n'
, then the vessel will look somewhat as the Yer
mout has for several years The work /"
y puttire the Minnesota ia this shape has advanced
rapidlv since il was begun few weeks eco" one
Interesting thing 10 he seen on the receiving -'hII
q Vermont is the dummy --iuch Gun, 10y means Z"
which the men are trained 10 th" rs" 81 the h""
oi,ns Of the Navy. The duumy gun Is made %
wood and is the size and NhaI"' OIL IN 7-lH'l
C Gun. such as those in u>c in me new cruisers. !
h * not q, present mounted OH gun c'rri'-c, VA
, j. Unmarried on wooden nor cS Men are n>iruc"'
, in the use Of the gnn, and thus when thcF IcaV'
the vessel they are capable 10 use practically
y .uch engines Of war on board OF u"p-oi-"ar
, With the exception Of the accidents whIci
, | occasionally occur the work on the new cruise
Is Maine gets on very well 1hc work on the GIN
q | cinnati or as the Vessel formerly known
4 Cruiser No. :, also advances rapidly The castn
s of the stern post and the rdddci have arrived Il
G / the yard. The stcrn-pcst IS now III one % lh
,uachinc->hops IN the yard, where il is bein
V bored and ma r ready 90 be- SCI up in place.
= will probably not be- put in place, however, 70
.. about a month. he monitor Terror has not SO
!, been ,iakem ont of the wooden diy-doc> lie
m bottom has been ScI2pod and painted. The mon
IL itor Miantononah. which is to he put into com
mission in two or three weeks has not rccclvr
the two guns for her forward 'urrci
The litte torpcdO-hoat Gushing is still al IN
10 Navy Yard. Il is said that the diSilling ap
= paratus is not satisfactory, anc that before tn
4 last payment for the vessel 10 the contractor
Pr is made II will have to I've replaced. Sccrctar
ID Tracy has appointed board of engineers consist
s.. ing Of Chief Engineer George W. StNers an
III Passed Assistant Engineers &. II kcarncy an
le ". y. Little II make final examination Of III
et machinery of the vessel and 10 report what w
10 he nee. ssary 10 fTlfl all the conditions of IN
a. contract before tie last payment i, made.
~ II is very probable that within the next Nv
H. weeks another official steam trial of the thirc