New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
FOR THE LAUNCHING OF THE MAINE.

FOR THE LACNChLNU VA
THE NEW CRUISER SOON TO LEAVE THE ""'
rxp1A1N1yc THE vEsUvIus TRIALs-DE-
rAcHMENTs AND CHARGES.
The object at the Navy Yard around when In
..rest now centres is the big armoreo ofui,e'
M.,ne which. at IL 81 o'clock on the morh'ie
a, the eighteenth Of next month"; Is 10 INC sew
from the ways on which the hun has Ven oon-
'.....od into her watery home. The mass OF iron
and steel which. in little more than TWO SeNs
~. h.cn nut together in the form Of war-vessei
=" ;,nm.rsc and one cannot form an adequate
;aso Of the great size of the vessel and the iarso
49,. ,rt ~ labor which has been required to put
Lor into her present shape and condition, as she
r.sts unon the ways in the shiphouse t1rs' '"e
-, blocks were laid and then the keel-pia'es pu.
,,,or tben, I'm the autumn of 1883, and the 'ese,
~ until after q year, one could walk arounu
en-. mates making the bottom Of the SNIP WIN
.ho hiah frames. upon which some Of the side-pi"V
,no had been nut, on either side. ana hS'eil ="
,he din made by the hammers as the rNe'eis
fastened together the plates with rive's' oiUuen'
,od.bot from little portable furnaces ny ooS'
Now ono can stand upon the main oecK oi .ne
,.ssc, end behold with admiration the "noic'
which is so soon to plunge into the SCH 'nei' "
no finished and made ready for service as d p"i0
Of Uncle Sans Navy.
IIor. and There ON the main deck are openings
.,ro,ch which one may look down into the In
,erior. In one pprt the place where .hc "o,ei'
orc ,o no set may bc seen; In another place. "here
tho cnpipcs are TO stand. The various opTnihes'
b,c and little. are for the different matches. In
.io haT, ond ,be stern the ship has been built
,,n 60 ,ho bcirht of another tthc armor deck.
which is not 70 he completed untlI oler INC 'essei
& IN the water The propeller shalt on The port
side is now being put into place. ana the one
- A., o,orboord side is soon to follow. The con-
.,r,c,;on work. which was to be done before the
Launching Of the ship, is almost finished. and the
,o,rchinc.wovs are soon to be made ready. AL
,yourb II was rumorrd that the Maine would
M. after NIL. I've launched on the day appointed.
November IS. Secretary Tracy says that there
will be no change in the orders. At the umc OF
,be launching a reception is 10 be given by Rear-
Admiral Brane, and luncheon Is 10 be served 10
tho guests by the officers in the yard.
General Il. +. Tracy. the Secretary of the Navy,
uaid visit 10 the Navy Yard yesterday, giving
particular attention to the work on the Maine
GEORGE W. Quintard called upon him there In
relation 70 the official trial of the new gunboat
Concord built by the John Roach & Sons Della
Nj Quintard is ore of the assignces The con-
tract for building the Concord awarded on
August 8, 1857, and the keel was laid on May
IS. 1875, and the ship was launched on tie sth
Of last March She is required to develop 3,4OO
horse power and the contract price for the hull
end machinery complete is 100000. premium
Of 500 is 10 be allowed for each horsepower
developed above tie guaranteed 3,400 hut PEN
olty Of 500 for each horsepower below the re-
ouircd amount will he eXaCted. The Concord Is OF
lie same style as the Yorktown, of the White
Squadron and is almost the same as that vessel,
with the exception that she is required TO develop
400 horsepower more than her sister. 1t was
agreed by Secretary Tracy and Mr.. Quintard that
the trial should take place ON Long Island Sound,
Instead of on the Delaware River, was originally
Intended. and within few days
Acting Rear Admiral John G.. Walker. the
commandant of the Squadron Of Evolution. was
in Washington several days last week, and spent
considerable time in consultation with Secretary
Tracy upon affairs pertaining 10 the future WORK
of his squadron. Information was also received
1v him that a squadron of Brazilian warshlpS
under command of Rear-Admiral Balthazar had
sailed from Rio Janeiro on October 20 Tor New
York 10 spend a few weeks in American waters
The vessels of the Squadron OF Evolution VIII NC
in tie Northern waters at the time of the ARRIVAL,
md Rear-Ad,ral Eathazar and the other
brazilian officers who extended so many courtrslcs
10 admiral Walker and lis officers when the
Squadron of Evolution WIS in brazDian waters
will lind that those officers have not forgotten
their pleasant experiences while they were There
II is rUmOlCd that the following Changes Will
take place: Captain H. is. Robson. COMMANDER
Of the flagship Chicago, is 10 take the place
h., lntl a
tie Navy Yard for about two and half years.
Captain Miller u command tie Chicago captain
j. A. Howell. commander Of the cruiser Atlanta,
is soon 10 be made president OF the Slec4 bo'ru'
whose former president, Captain Montgomery
Sicard, was recently ordered 10 command 'nc
monitor Miantononah: either Captain Il. Il.
Wallace or Captain c. {. WLtSe Is 10 succeed
Captain Howell in the command of the Atlanta
ord the other one may he ordered to relieve
CAPTAIN James OKane Of the command OF the
cruiser Boston.
The organizations for making the boiler tests
ON the torpedo-boat Gushing were almost com
ple,ed Yesterday, and there were orders ON Doard
The vcsseI to have her ready u begin the trial
pt o'clock on Monday morning Tie pipe
u, ch is To lessen the noise made by the escaping
Sloan, WAS in position, as we'll as an apparatus
f,r measuring the amount of water which goes
into lie boilers during the trial. Men were busy
Yesterday caulkng the deck of tie cruiser Dol
hin and her bottom is SOUL to be painted. Tie
work Of repairing her injured stern
Is almost completed. The big floating
steam derrick, capable of lifting Weight
o, seyenty-iive tons, stood by the Mlantonomah
YESTERDAY, and one OF the immense l2-inch guns
which weigh about $4,000 pounds each' was
rais ID into tie air and then lowered into position
W It's carriage iu the after turTet; v,;o
lac officers ON board the sioop-ol-"al i'n'i'
in the yard were delighted yesterday 10 learn
that Lieutenant j. ID. j. Kelly had received or
Gers ~ return to his place Of executive oiiccr on
that vessel A few days ago Lieutenant heliy
Received orders detachiug Lin llon lne lahtIc'
AID Oruerlng hln ~ liie SLOPPY IT. c,. tnat