New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
MovIy5 DAY FOR WAR VESSELS

!, i =, other times. and had the effect oil making
| the officers think Of the warmer cIih'cs w VIM
! some of them are soon eolug. INV '''' VIM
covering Law over everything yesterdaE' al" 'li''
| wore kent busy making paths ana clearlhs way .
| Work on the new cruiser Cincinnati WHICH IL
being built in the open air IN inc Haru' was SUI
| nendcd as was also other outdoor "o'h UNIV
| The work on the Cincinnati advances WEI" ID
| general thIna. For several wees we "o'h VI
| the stern of the vessel was delayed ~ uhe hol'
arrival Of the casting of the St'rI-p'ccc put 'hI'
| has now reached III" yard ana VIII soon w lr'''
% no 80, I'M in position In the foundry and the
machine shop rear the east gate Of The \arl' 'W'
machinery for this cruiser and also for her sister
| Cruiser No :, which Is in course OF conS'fucu"
at the Norfolk Navy Yard, is being bnlli. TT
| sixteen cylinders eight OF which are To ht uS'
on each vessel. have been east and the parts pr
| the corlcnscrs are now Icing made. oI th"e
four have already been cast successfully Mer
bcinc east. the parts of the engines arc taken TO
| the machnr-shop 60 be finished and set mp IN oc
crcciion-shop. which adoins H. In the machine
shop also lies al present the steel crank ->hait
which is to Jc put into the cruiser Boston to ic
Mace that one which was broken few days ago.
This shaft Is bcing made shorter hut il l. probable
tha, in a week or two this oh will he finished
and me shaft will w ready 10 20 into place in the
Roston What the cruiser will do after the re-
pairs 10 her are completed j. not certain she
will certainly not 20 south with the Squadron
Of Evolution when they 20, inasmu'h ~ II j
likely that they will sail before her repairs nave
been finished On Friday. A. Co\swain klrf. -
the ship was going over the gangphnk hi slipped
and fell into the water fnsiGn Hughes, VINO
was at that time on dut, ~ officer 81 TIE geek
Jumped overheard 10 save him hy fhr""lr- "a I'm"
about him After En>-n Hughes lad s't OH
board the ship again. tc changed his clothes ana
was back on duty with only fcw minutes III
terrup,on.
II nigh, hr said 'hl; yesterday vas moving
day among the vessel, IN the yard. Tie flagship
Chicago Of the squadron Of Evolution was
put into the granite dNdock IN TN"
mornins The cruiser Yorktown was taken
from her noorins> ~ the con Dock "I"
put into tho berth which the th.oaso had vacated
~ M1in-si, and tie Cruiser Dolphin "a'
moved from hcr moorings Alongside 'h" c"rf'''"
Yautic 70 those II The cob Dock left vacant hi
the Yorktown. While the Chicago is in The dry
dock her bottom IS 10 10 scrapcd and then paint d
with III" anii-foulinc mixture, and some valves
10 be repaired After this she VIII ~ taken
from tu- ru,n. uri urnKci> "'i &c. slid ~''''
coal From 200 10 200 toms of cool arc io hc
put on board Tho vessels composing The squadron
If Evolution, with tho exception Of tie Boston,
will probably leave the ynrl and start on their
cruise IN the West Indies IN on" or tHo weeks
Tho work Of coalng tire Philadelphia will H.
finished in two or Nv -cc days II waS sad "u
board the vessel Yesterday morning that She would
| prohahly start for tn" West Indies about January
| g. The plan Of ia" winters cruISe las not Vet
been FULLY completed. bui tho Philadelphia and
the Dolphin arc 10 cruise about among the islands,
| visiting IS many ports ~ possible, until Janu"r'
| o. AZ which time they are Z" wcct she Petrol ~
| port-au-Prircc During tie moqth Of March thc
whole squadron is 10 mobilize ~ Key w. i'i
squadron rynlutions Throughout th> month,
and perhaps for two weeks more. TIE men aIc 10
have target practice and infantry dnil Admiral
| ,,l,raril. who il, one Of the most progressive
officers in the Navy. believes that tire way +"
have sca,ncn proficient in the usc and actual
service Of guns is rs keeping them continually
At work p.actlsng with the guns and 10 this
end tbc din, at Key West are 10 hc thorough
and practical
The work on the Dolphin is nearly finished.
| The engines have been oycrhaucd. and early
IN Tins week. probably on Tuesday, a dock
trial is 80 be held TO see that they run smoothly
and perfectly Tie forccd-dmn apparatus for
vessel could be made ready Tor sea IN f"w days
II is now rnmorcd ,ha, She will be detached from
tho Training Squadron and ordered 10 the south
Atlantic station. ~ her light draupht makes her
| desirable for river work II IS said eht the
| corvette Ouincbaup which WAS put ont Of com
| mission and condemned Ia he sold, on her return
| from Europe about a year and a half ago, Il Ia
| hc converted into powder vessel for the Navy
| For this purpose She would have q permanent an
cboragc nj safe point in the Lower Bay and
! would require a gunner and half a dozen men ~
a crew The little torpcdo-hoai Gushing, which
has been lying in the Navy Yard for several
weeks. left it on Wednesday. II WAS SAID ,estcr
day that thc vessel had gone mp the Sound t.
have her torpedo tubes put in.
Many inquiries have been made regarding the
thirt-claSs cruiser Concord, and what disposition
had been made of her since the unsuccessful trial
trip on November ~. The trial was in no 4.ns,
a failure Of the vessels possibilities, but was
failure only in So far that one Of her bolcr'
was found 10 I've leaking and the feed pump dIc
not work perfectly. These defects have beer
rcmcdcd and the vessel will he ready to max,
her second trial in the latter part of This week
when it is expected that she will develop tie re-
qurcd 3,4o0 horse power. II i, hoped that In,
remarkable speed which was developed with sucl
a comparatively small horse power development OF
tho unsuccessful trial Will he again Developed al
the new trial For the first two and one hal
hours in the trial above mentioned the speed o.
the vessel was about l7.6 knots per hour. An"
this it discovered that the starboard after
boiler was leaking. and the trial was therefore
not a success
The complimentary DINER given 10 Chief I'm
gnrer Charles II. Loring, cN-Chicf of the Burca'
of Steam Engineering. at the Union League club
Brooklyn, on Friday night, was an incident that
will he treasured in the memories of all thos,
present Owing TO the SHOWS storm. it wa
not until nearly o'clock that En-
pincer-n-C Chief George W. Melville and some
other officers arrived from Washington an,
Philadelphia, and dinner was consequently de
layed. The result was that the Speaking which