New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-01
pROGRESSATTHE MAYNARD
WAY TO UTILIZE DATA SECURED BY me
ECLIPsE EXPEDITION

vessels and thus be of additional interest 10 'Sl.os'
tbcrc were in fact, only two commissioner 'esSeS III
Tho ward Yesterday the sloopof-war fahtc ana '"e
,,ainlnc ship Minnesota. This deserton OF the Faru
,o. duc to various causcs-tlc non-arrNal oi uo
>,,, Atlantic -Guadron at this port ana the iact
,. sono IF the vessels left the yard to take part III
tbc Decoration Day celebration in the Noftn hNer.
II is probable however, that in rev oaSs Oe 9a'u
will be "A, interesting place as IT was eS?ec'eu 10 DC
4 notice was on the bulletin board at 'ne Lloou",
puildng Yesterday, dated May ~ which read .h'li
trrtbcr notice the address 81 me North Atiaho rNpO
will be Port Royal, :. G.. 'I l. lot hno"H :" w
WI" ,, .ta .,u,dron W. We Port Royal but II
' .,.,,. l., ca in , laws to sail for New
,,a,, rho new cruiser I'D more arrived at Key
West on May 2f when i tdn'ral "herarui 'a''-
,,rrod his nag from the il-i in to her ana Oh INC
,o,,,yvinr day the feet, sting Of the Baltimore
., c,Ioua the Kcarsar,c and the Dolphin, lett hey
w. for New York They stopped at Port Royal Oh
Wednesday, and since then there mas been iloou ~
,,,ions 70 the officers to attend receptions In that
,ovn 70 be given in their honor me oi""o"9
visited the ships on Thursday anu re'cNeu I'e,'
conr,osv and a reception was at once arranged ior
t,, oveninr on shore which the officers had TO de-
,, becoue Of their inability to return to the snip
I,to AT night on Decoration Day many OF ue o"''oi
and sailor, went ashore and decorated the graves VI
veterans of the Civil War The ships are 10 20 :"
nr,l,pd Me 10 attend the reunion OF the ARMY vi
tho Potomac on July . after a shoFV stay Ia 'N
York to make few minor repairs ,...,
The Yantic. which. since her return rom "ei
~ cr,sc has been lying in the yard at the COO DOCK
- ~ he mt into the old dry dock on Monday morning
~ have Kingston valve put in her AlU'r ''7 '"' -
70 20 on a summer cruise with about fifty apprehuce
hovs along the New England coast, and perhaps T."
Maine until her new boilers are ready 70 be pu. ILL.,
u.bor She will return here. on Tuesday or "eohce
. ,,o Pensacola is 10 return TO the yard, ana 10 NC
, into the dry dock after the Yantc has been GaAe"
nut to find whether # Is necessary 10 make any 10
,atr. to her The training snip jamestown Is not 10
came 10 the Navy Yard. but IS soon to start On ner
crui.e 20 Europe with the naval apprentices
The work on the sloop-of war Essex when was pun
,,r.,..ior ana fla, been thoroughly over
/ ,.uIod and r.p,,rcd at the Navy Yard during ui'
Ia, ,,. nonth- has AT last been completed. ana the
CO. cI with her officers. crew and stores coi euc''
has left the Yard. on Friday she TOOK part III u.
Decoration Day celebration 10 the North hNeT' anu
20 morrow she i, t. b. Inspected BY the botru Oh !"
uec,i,n of redlow', Island. She viii probably 70
g. sea n trial trip and then start for Europe WIN
-, i1v ~ CAPTAIN Ericsson. without returning 10 the
%,d rn. extensive r. pairs which were made 70
enc y,-..el ana hcr engine, AID boilers Will enable
t o., do active -.ryl,c n the Navy FOR several years
longer. nnl,-- some accident should happen to her
me now dyurmitc cruiser Yc>uvuS. when l. !" Le
mn, ir,o commission At Loa-ue Island tomorrow i
- come ~ the Brppkyu Nlyf Yard. bur lu'' "le" S''
/ . coming W., not known there yesterday. WINE
,c t. here, ,n electric pllu consisting OF hehuns au
I .,-,.u Of electric bells is 90 BE- pat In her Inc
ARRIVAL of the Vc-pvu, ~ll afford those Interested III
fine Navy an opportunity 10 see another oi the h''o"
new defenders .e,,,
rl,- boad appointed 90 examine the ne" H'nINo"
lr, dock ,n ii. Yard la, abou, finished Us
! 49,, aud ,,. ,..,or- b. soon 20 be- sent Do. some
! ,,,.r Mating .- being done 10 tie bottom oil t"c
mining ship Minnesota. which is 90 the dock ""'e
/ the old plating has become -uih'ch'N "''n - ~
ce-.ita,, IT, lu order that the plating may De Fc
,,r,d yhcr, the keel rests ON the keel blocks wiz
t u,...a,., either 10 move the ve--el somewhat u
=, ,ii away the keel blocks, The Work on u'o M'n.
uc,ota', bottom VIII probably be hnished IN y"
tao, ,,b., .l, can Dee brought ont Of the dock All
order b,, been received t. board MP the sides o' t"'
,,-.cl and 10 put ,h"d over her. a' on the Ne'
mont after the first II July, when tle nc" "9'''
year begins. ,,n,o-v
! TIA. Alarm which j, being fitted out a. suhheFH
boat l,r TN, Instruction o apprentices at newport =
,c rady Ia receive her gun soon a II shau COME
| Tho ,ror, ON the monitor Miant0uomah' 700 = Nv
I,ycd by the ron arrival Of her guns Vhc VI ~
urrct /, ready 70 have it, top put on D"l u' ''''
| u.t bee done until the guns come. Inc Ia co. ~
,.., i, 10 arrive in few days VIII NOT heIp "''r
.,o,b A, there are two guns 10 each tuFFc' -"
| r...rpri.c which wa put out Of commission y"
,,.,. ,,o i, being repaired at The Yard anhouE"
.I. Ill. I'M good condition and there l. little ""'A l"
be done Oh her a., vard Il,
4 new electric machine is expected AZ tle i"'u ~
to
I .,r..,tiou Of the biz battlcship Maine The machine
,..,,it. and - De. used for boring. By lis Use
,, torn hearing. can Dee put into place on the Ne'
80 and then b,rcd ont. and thus # the bearing 'louu
,. Ice set exactly true the mistake 'oAu DC r'e'''-
p t1e boring The WORK on tie new cruiser W.
-,.. OIL cNocllcnty. both that Directly %" 'no
,.1 ,n the engine and boilers. The last % lhe III
,.raetiate cylinders. Of which there arr 'u'' Ava Wv
engine, Of the new cruisers. Will pr'oa'S pc '','
,l last mart Of TN, week the early part OF neat
| ,d tho hr,t Of the four low pressure 'yHuder' -
veil under way. ..o..o, 90
The hoard consisting Of captain o. +. stanton a.
.s,..r member. Nava Constructor W. L. N'"'oNHo -
<,,l Constructor X. ". steele. civil Engineer l. -
vacation and civil Engineer George NacAayc %
..,..t ,ne new timber Or, dock at Norfolk LOT '''
-,,.. II o.,ertaluug N, cause u the acoldeh' 10
| r baltimore, I'm docking hcr few weeks a-o' ma
! submitted t- report To- tie Bureau oi f"'us AZ"
p.,A, which ha, sent It's rcpprt t. secretary i''f'
,n dock wa, tested by the board with me re''Nl"-
,-. Franklin and IN IL report the boad ''lt l"''
,.. movement Of the dock shown j. not '""''''" ="
tulrc any vessel and that no remedy Is necessary d"
,n d,,. d, IA good condition. II IS tile opinion "'
the hoard that the slight settlement was oau''u Nv
,,,ur,-,',u of the several courses of timber bN ''c
,,,lt of the vessel. happens ia the d"'"'hS o III
ycs,cl, and that the hoor Wa, not di,'of'' mini
mullins report 10 the >c'ir'ii ID ~. t 49,, ~ III
-,Nln- tnt II had carefully c'>d'rcu tnT ~ ,nv
,Ss lapi appointed to make the tests ana 'ha' guy
tr,.ulns OF tne Baltimore must have Ie,"t'" i i'oi"
tir ,',u-c, than tn ALLEGED ,ctthh- oi ulr VI" ~ a.
o,i. mat it feel, fully IU-ulcd ia 'eNpry,slns sn'
"uiniou thai the structure VIII sustain dHosi"ns
| rrr of ~ua.nnS. any vessel "w'" ~
! Viii admit -, ,..,...,t,rs t. to
4 vo., Of great Importance Z" .sA'otN = ,b b"
IL, undertaken IN ,onnc zion with TIE r,po't oI tnc
In,trd state, ECLIPSE Expedition &" West Mnra u'aV.
! tbr direction Of Professor u. l. l"d"' y '
preparation OF -ci ot daily weather m'i' % oT'
ar, covering the entire period of the I,iI,1,ua
| cruise from october Ia May. Inc hNu'oH'"sf ,h,
nnr,i ha, ca,d attention 10 the lmport1nec 81 tne
subject ina,much IT prc-ontN an exc .p''o"Is op
unffnulrv for utilizing completely the duH a.. n'. w.
t,gcth,r with the data when may be contributes iV'
mi. pulpo,c by various Government oh'tH anu l,Iu
vIIual naVgatnr-. thus maatnE II aN'lIapre W ''''
| nrrcr The Chcf of the Office says
The scheme determined upon consists III tile picpnI'
ZION of - weather map of ct'h day ar ~" ~ 81
' 't mean time from october /. l--o. to MAY ~,
100 inclusive. for the entire area between altuc ~