New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
PEEP AT THE NAVY YARD.
WHAT \ VISITOR MAY SEE AFTER PASSING
BEYOND THE GATT.

HOW THE WINK ON lie. NJ" 'i''''''A'' '~
FoRwARD-DYNAMrE CRUISERS, TOR
PEDO BOATS, MONITORS AND OBJ
soLETE VESSELS THERE.
Despite Of the fact that the cruiser Baltimore
and several of the other warships in commission
at this station looking after the interests Of
the New-England coast or having series Of
great gun-drills and target practice at Bar Har-
Dor. fcw subjects can be more interesting to the
students Of history than what is offered to-day at
the Navy Yard. I'm point Of beauty, lines, speed
and carrying and fighting qualities, the class OF
ships like the Pensacola, now in the drydock;
tie EsNcy getting her few finishing touches prcpar-
atory 10 Coin1 across to Sweden with the body of
Captain Ericsson: the Enterprise, just put int
commission 10 go 10 ~ Brazil Station. and the
Galcua, now about TO be laid up, were, in their
day and gencration unsurpassed. and their names
were made famous by one action or another. But
when one looks upon that hellish outcome Of
Yankee ingenuity" the Vcsuvus the great battle
ship or armorcd cruiser Maine, which Is rapidly
approaching ID condition that suggests she will soon
be- ready 70 pat aiioat: or upon the Cruiser No.
which rumor says will be- named tho Newburg-
then the visitor appreciates how rapidly the I'M
provcmontS for destroying men and property in
battle are being made, and how fast other things
of Il few years back are becoming obsolete.
The advance in naval architecture, armament
and speed in the last twenty years is exempt
fed in the case OF two vessels now in these waters
For instance. the little wooden steamer EsscN was
the first vessel which Commander Winfield Scott
Schlcy wa, appointed 10 command after receiving
his commission, and the big steel cruiser alu-
more is his FIRST command since he was promoted
to captain The armorcd cruiser Maine IS being
built under the old Ship-houSo, where the wooden
sloop-of-war Sew York was begun. made nearly
ready for launching before the Civil war closed
and then the work abandoned upon her because
Congress refused to give money to finish the vessel
and in time became of obsolete type
The Maine will he the largest Of the new steel
w3r-ycssrls nfloat when she Is launched her dis
placement being calculated at 6,GiN tons, hnt
ii..,r one, are 10 follow. In all probability the
Maine Will he launched in September, but L one
wants 10 study beautiful lines, immensely ana
formidablcnc>s they should visit the place where
she is building Plans Tor the launching are All
ready, and it only remains to extend the Sr"Nh"-
WAYS and put in the launching-Wa}N P'oTi'
Specifications for the extension of the former are
already made ont. and bids for the work VIII ~
oponcd ON saturday ncNt. Work under 'Ue Sp'''-
G,,,iops mus; he begun within EIGHT DAYS after
tIP contract Is NiIi'tl, anu ul''' Nv "''''
forty davs thereafter. Ninety yellow-pine piles
five feet long. will be required among other
tbinos 70 bear her weight Of l,2o0 tons AT the
time shc Is launched.
Tho new Cruiser 40. :" is no longer without
form ol,bouah her construction has not progressed
far rnourh ~ give more than a vague IMPRESSION
~, ,clot Size is to br like, further than Wht
con he imagined from the LENGTH and bread'h
which the partial skeleton now shows. III,
entire Lusth Of The keel has been lald the steer
stem. which is formed for the purposes ol ram
os well AS 10 cut the water, and already S"E1'S'S
defiance. has been pat in place, ana about tNe'N
Of the thwartship frames. amlishp", nave "''"
nut in place For eight hours day one may
L,,r fine clin.claug of The hammers. riVe''h-
H.. ,noc-platcs and frames in place or hear me
ratchet of the electric drill making the h"l'H I"'
tb, riycts. while under the metal she'd Is u"
hmm Of The rollers, or the dipping OF the plates
=, ,L. ,cd bath To remove the scale and other
formations on the outside
The old shphouse. at the lower end OF N'hl-''
which Secretary Tracy discovered upon his liS'
risi, T., tbe Navy Yard was in danger Of tnmhlins
down unlcss an unwarrantcd amount OF m'N"t
v,s cxncnded upon it. is at last To he disposed
or Commodore Farquhar. Chief OF the bureau
y, Yards and Docks. visited tie yard Last week.
and is NOW having advertisements prepared asking
Cor bids for the sale and removal of the olI Suc"
II will probaby bring good price. ihe sla'e
.,c j. nrobablv worth more than the lnmher III
tho structure, as it can easily be taken down. ana
con bc used in any other structure. Most "i t"e
luubcr may also be utilized, rs il is well seasoned
and ought to I've worth something more tH'"
the cost Of removal II WAS under TINS oull""S
that tie ironclad Colossus was partially com
plctod during The Civil War, and then S"ld curing
tbc ,l,, Gland Administration Tor what II" J"hN
dealers would give for her ola ha'"F"S,
Tre bin for the sale Of the Walabout lands, or
Navy Department real estate lying hel"cch " "a'"-
ir.c,,- o,.e and the Naval Hospital, and Flushing
and Kent aycs. went into effect on lhurSd"|'
a.d still many of the Brooklyn people are h"'
banpv The next thing 10 he dore is the appoint
mont Of aupraiscr, by Secretary Tracy. Their
rcrort will be awaited with much ANXIOUS Interest
/ la. tI. Hrnnliyn people who have been interested
in oht,inino thc,c hundred and seventy lots, and
tLe intimaton that thc appraised value VIII not
Le loss than s. 900 900 Is troubling the heads
and the pockets of many who have ALREADY cn
tered ~ protest against BrookNn paying ;" m"rA
for additional market facilities. The pot con-
rairs about l25.0Po uHrr feet.
The Baltimore. Dolphin, kcarsarge and Petrcl,
of the North Atlantic squadron. viii probably
not be- seen here again fer several weeks, aS II IS
tLe intention of Rcar-Admiral Ghcrardi 10 crns'
along the Ncw-Eugiapd coast before he returns
~ Nrw-Nork. They sailed from Portland early
Yesterday for Bath, where are building two Of the
new cruisers for the Navy, the first to he built
east of NewYorl since the close of the civil
War. The four ships will remain az Bath few