New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
WORK AZ THE NAVY YARD
NEED OF MORE DOCK ROOM.
rur NEW CRUISER ADVANCING RAPIDLY-RE
PAIRS TO THE cHIoAeo-A FINE LOT
oua JACK TARS"

INNS TO THE cHIoAGo-A FrNF; LOT
OF. JACK rARs.'
1v,o interest at the Navy Yard now centres on
49,, ''.,v a,moree cruiser Maine and the Launching
- har coumittee Of arrangements has peeh
annointed. condsting of Captain >. n Miller, Tue
oantoin Of the yard; Lieutenant Commander a. ~
II. Lille. and Ensign Z. D. haeseer, ana 'ne 'sss1
is being maie ready to he Launched on the Io'n
Of this moth. The cradles ana auncnins way
VI V"'s nuIt and the launching stand on which
s arc D.s Tracy and other high officials will be
.r' .me e being erected. The naval dispatch
az '.o ,esrotch Is now at the Navy Yard, to re-
Dos. nrtil after the launching Of the Maine, by
orle of Secretary Tracy.
The dock room at the Navy Yard is now pretty
I'LL taken up by the various vessels. During
no last week the old vessel-of-war Quinnepaus
mas been brought back to the yard. Inc Qulnne-
hang was mt out of commission several months
ago and condemned, but has not YET been sofa.
For several weeks the vessel has neen used by the
Army TO make torpedo experiments az wlne'os
Point A few days ago the sioop-oI-war oaiena,
which is also out of commission was to"eu
around to the Ordnance Dock and her old guns
were removed. She was then towed back TO the
Cob Dock. New boilers are now being prepared
in the yard for the ship, ana sne Is eventually
to be repaired and again put ineo COMMISSION
Although the interest is now concen.fa0eu oh
the Maine, the new cruiser NO. s'eadiiy grows
and promises TO Ike before many months have
olorsed IN the condition in which the larger vessel
now is-readv for launching. The work on the
cruiser is being carried on rapidly. and the frames
Of the hull and of the armor-deck are being in
closed with the heavy iron plates The engines
fer the new cruiser No. 8, which Is being built
at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and which Is tne SISTER
of the cruiser No. Z, as well as the engines LOT
the latter vessel are being built at the New-forK
ward The last of the sixteen cylinders OF various
pressures for these engines Is to ne cast AT tne
foundry on Tuesday Every one OF the niteen
cylinders which have already been made was
perfect casting and if the sixteenth Is also sue
cessfuL the men who work in the 1ouhory VIII
feel proud of their work. Preparations are now
being made to cast the condensers for THESE engines
The work on the minor repairs to the Chicago
the flagship of the White Squadron, still continues
The decks are being caulked and repaired and some
plumbing work is being done. The work on the
boilers is not finished and the vessel Is 10 receive
some new anchors There is nothing new on the
gunboat Yorktown, and little is being done on the
cruiser Boston. Some work is being carrieu OIL
in the engineering department on the iat'er YES,
sci, while the broken crank-shaft Is being replireu
in the yard The work on the water-nght doors
still continues, and the new mounts for the D.
FOUNDER guns are being put in position. Inc nreS
have been started in the new galley which has
been put on board.
The tests of the Thornycroft boilers on the
torpedo-boat Cushing have been finished, ana yes
terdav the apparatus which was used during the
trial was being removed. The vessel is now to
be PAINTED and once more put in first-class con-
ohobI n washington,
where she may spend the winter. 1t is said that
very good results were obtained in the trial under
forced draft with a steam pressure in the boiler
of $50 pounds and of twelve hours duration
The water which was fed into the boilers was al
the temperature of the city mains. The average
consumption of coal for the twelve hours OF the
trial was forty-four pounds per hour per square
foot of crate surface the evaporation being about
seyen and one-half pounds of water for each pound
of coal.
The steel cruiser Dolphin is now out OF the
drvdock, and the repairs her arc being finished
Her hull above the water-ine is being painted
and the work of putting in a new electrical plant
is being carried on. The Dolphin was one OF
the first of the naval vessels to be wired, and
since she received her plant many improvements
have been made. The sloop-of-war Yantic Is
now being painted, and the work to her boilers
is being completed
Some excitement was caused in the Navy Yard
ON Friday night by the alarm Of fire which was
sounded about l 80 o'clock. The fire broke out
in the paint-shop on the spar deck OF the re-
cpivina ship Minnesota, and it is supposed that
it was case of spontaneous compusuon anions
some of the paints in the shop. The fire was
ouickIy extinguished by the men on the ship.
Tn the meantime the cry of fire had been passed
lima md
started for the ship. The officers on the various
sbins in the yard had seen the smoke, and were
| nreparing to protect their own vessels and TO
c;ve assistance If it were necessary. On some
os the ships the men were brought to fire-quar-
| TORS Preparations were made to spring the
yantic which is moored just ahead of the Min
nesota, out into the channel.
| The work of clapboarding the sides of the Min
nesota and putting roof over her advances
slowly.
| The Brazilian war vessels Aduidiban and GUIANA
bara under the command of Rear-Admiral Bel
thazar da Silveira. which sailed from Rio Janeiro
| on October 90, are due to arrive here at any
day. The object of the visit of these two vessels
| is IN show the apprecation of the Government OF
Brazil for the compliment paid by the visit OF
Acting Rear-Admiral Walkers Squadron of Evolu-
| ton in Brazilian waters last spring. The visit OF
these vessels will give naval experts. and also the
people in general, an opportunity of seeing what
The London Tines described at the time OF
the construction of the Aquidban. as in respect
of speed. coal endurance and battery power COM
bined, the most perfectly constructed war-shiT
aHoat.' The Aqudiban is the flagship. She Is
a modern vessel and was built in England in 1883
She is steel, wood-sheathed armor-clad, OF about
5000 tons displacement carrying eleven inches OF
armor at the water-line and ten inches on the
| turrets Her battery consists OF four 2o-inch
brcech-loading Armstrong rifles, four l-2-ton
guns and fifteen Nordenfeldt cannon. She has
speed of Is 1-2 knots. The Guanapara Is
cruiser of 19ll tons displacement She carries
battery of nine 4-inch Whitworths and hall
dozen Nordenfeldt guns.
Civil Engineer Peter c. Asserson has been tenn
| porarily detached from the Navy Yard to serve