New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-10
A GREAT DRY-DOCK.
SUCCESSFUL TEST AT THE NAVY fAKp'
,novrxryr VISITORS FROM WESTINGHOUSE
scR1prIoN OF THE WORK.

~, or,v was the Navy Yard full yesterday OF the
,,,o, rrests from Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia
nd other places invited TO attend the opening VI tno
now timber dry dock just completed but there "cc
crords of visitors who streamed through te i"'n-sH
and Flushing ave. entrances between ana IL ocIocH
,d masscd themselves about the great Das'h IL,
,h,ch vas about to be placed the barbete ture'ea
inter Puritan 10 test the efficiency OF the COCK ana
=. hove tho bottom of her huh cleaned. The speciai
train of six sleeping cars from washington o'cr '"o
pennsylvania Railroad arrived at Jersey ''y 'oo"U
=" o'clock on Thursday night. but tie guests fef'e"
1, The train until about O'Clock Yesterday. "heh t'
.o,tos.cd at the restaurant in the station. Thcy
or, ,hon taken 10 the Navy Yard secretary lI"cS
-. ,,,re IA no prescnt, but he was represented by
,, ~ uoro the venerable Chief Clerk OF the Navy
ncpartment who has been there through seVD'"i -"
minlstratlons. The guests rom o' Va 'o"' ~ 49,.
,ovs tickets and several VIII not Immediately re'"
r, hut arc IN remain in the city for several days
Ho"'N 49, o.ts ot the yard Assistant
80. =, n Treasury George s. Batchcllcr'
49, n Tborn,s Congressman Coleman. Congress
- II " cusk Congressman wallace fcilA N''nP
hcu and Clancy, eX Mayor Joh' '" hu"'0' - " =,
atronahan surgeonGencial D. NJ bIo"h' 49, 90
Hood commodore y. IL. FaiQu'a'' Ohei Vi e
% Yards and Doclis Commodore W. A' -.
oa,ot NJ the bureau Of Ordnance: Commodore l. ~
,vr.or Chief OF the bureau OF CONSTRUCTION Dr ~
-. 7, lieutenant Commander G. A. BicAnel. Chici
',aor Dro,p EearA Admiral iraine and FAMILY
civil Engineer Assclson ard family Capalh o. ~
MILLER and family. Naval ton-N'uo'o 'i'a.', , -
v,.,, Constructor J. y. ianscon, Payna>tT loilco'
Coptain l.. 4. Eca!dslee Noihmahuc' DUN N''r".
parts p,yIaaster John IureY. Naval 'oA9"'"''''
ulcbbor,i Captain J. l.. Howlaon' T. H. SucAIo''
- = po,ors paynaster II. ID. Wright. John T. Ora
nam. Commodore Melville. ". II. II. smith, y. T.
Tonrto William Powell. Chei ENGINEER lhoIh1' VIZ
ian,,on Captain X. W Meade Coiohe' Injuries ran
Can,aIn .lla, Terry. d. W. Rauscr. surgeon d. L.
nd MssNA u
Ruth MaIor A. T. Nicholson ana M".oF H. d.
Iov.ry Marine Corps Naval Constructor
u " TAYLOR Lieutenant r. L. d. Neider,
riertorant l. G.. Logan CAPTAIN P. c. Pop, Commo-
49, y. u Dobsou. Commodore ". 7. Mcclellan
u +. Gilkerson. J. J. Whitaker. John ;. Blair.
=. T. stockbrldc-. Louis +. wallace. Commodore
/ X Drown James Otwcll. Cmet Engineer Mont
comery Fletcher. Llsute.ant John {. Fremont
Lieutenant EllrdGc. Lieutenant A. '" faul N"l-
gresham " H. Mctdoo. Lieutenant Y. l. Cottman.
Thomas J. Sullivan T.. II. Wa;ncr. Lieutenant A. +.
Eulow p V De Graw. l.. g. BAN. Frank =.
MORGAN Naval Constructor w. II Narncy. Charles
II Pepper George II. Walker. Charles a. Hamilton.
T. A. DC Piny. Il. L. Flan. H. E. Elan. Charles H.
Gray. T.. VI. Hood. f. G. Rowland. Thomas b.
Kcrby. D. Low,ley. \. NJ. Low. c. y. LYONS. A. f..
Merritt Robert II. Ycamnu. Cvil Engineer George
llaclag ). Hcn:iQucs. PaymasterGeAerd Thomas
H. LOCKER. Pay inspector K"nncy, Congressman
Riley G. c. Mathcrson. J. L. Moore, United states
Marshal d. NJ. Ramsdcll. Commander John p. Adams.
John Wiuslow. Colonel Alexander Bacon. John G.
Nacu.rc, Commissioner Nichols. +. q. smith, b. f.
probasco James Howell, =. ". TAYLOR.
Colonel Harry Beard, Paymasc. II. I.
wright. C.wl Engineer f. %. MaSson.
Li,,t.n,nt Houston Edridse, Chief Engineer George
W silver, and James Entwlsle and Medical D
rector \. l. Gihou. Of the Navy \. F Whitaker.
Deputy Fourth Auditor Of the Treasury, and several
Washington newspaper corr. spJndcnt'
Vt 10 "a the valves Of tho several culvcTts in the
ttrftfe largo sans
OF water rushed and nlcd the dock In nifty nine
minutes In the meantime he Puritan was made
ready to be put into tie dOch and at II 40 she was
pushed In by tux shorcd into place, and then while
the band playing Tho caisscn WAS replaced ana
the centrifugal pumps were started II took about
an hour and ten minutes 10 pump the water from
the dock. Tho Puritan Is barDct;e turreed vessel.
slowly approaching actual eomoletoD. and
IL ono OF the largest vessels snoar pcins IONS
displacement she formerly a monitor with $40
and Is 80 feet Ioas 20 feet beam, ana 10
After the ceremony o, opening the dock. The
guests sat down 20 an elaborate luncheon served III
Building 80. ID uy Anderson. he Brooklyn caterer.
Tho walls and ceiling oi the large hall IN which tie
luncheon was served were decorated with many
ras-. and large floral ship was on the centre ~ TIE
table :. II. simpson presided and extended u
hearty welcome to tno-e present: .,..,
The toA,ts were a, follows: Tile President 81 tho
United ,tsteS' responded 10 by eNCongrc''m John
J.. !h0u.as. OF Illinois. Tie Navy, responded 10 by
sid that hc w, reconstructed confederate .oldrr"
lhe secretary Of tie Navy, respoad". 70 by '9n.
gresham II. - krsh. ~ the Naval committee - ne
Imp.lr state, re- t1Hded To ~ ". 1. Nal.d.'' oi
e. W. Hunter. cA Mayor Of lro'Nyh' " me In;
Officers ~ tic NAVY responded to 10y Eea~- Admiral
lGc .t,r 0f.ccr, Of the Nayy' responded - by
Surgeon General ). ". brown: fhe lan.s and Dry
Sommodorc H. ''' FaTaShar ccf Of Ia" Barc,u q
Yards and Docks: The Pres. res ponded - by F. "
Hood. Of the United Pres. The city of Ncwf YORK,
responded TO by }. II. MCCARTHY.
c a9Gt %a tr r BY cdd %P 80, Go t at iq1
ly The OovcrnHent TIE others being at Norfolk A.,
and League Island n4W, ,aG,. \ good de;cIi2u,44A
Il, con traction wa> begun m December - AMI iai
Unit o"a IN The contest iSr It's cc"pi Ta4 nSS
years. but many engineering problems vera
,.",r,nn,cnt or Congress has favored stone "a, the
material fur craving docks, bat, owing 70 the difference
va, d,cidcd u Ga,o The tlrto timber docks built. The
on,y $40 fcct long was - 24i 600 and little
/ tlan A year ago 100000 moro was expended upon
/ tor r'pus. he new timber dock is 500 feet long
top am,dshp- 80 fert w'i, AZ tho bottom and - -
f,Et deep. and the contract price ~, *5d5,-o@ u
"a hUii; throughout witl heavy beams Il Georgia piAe
The general outline of the dock conforms in some
dccrrc 10 Tie outline, Of ship and Il is closed by .
Gontln. cai,.oa Tal, is a iinn vessel with slorin.
stcm pieces That exactly nt tho dock cntlNncc and
rac,igg Powerful machinery Is provided for pgmp
Ing out the dock. the pump, having "a capacity -!
10000 gallons a minute. and are calculated 90 empty
m, dock IN one and one Eai hour, when vessel ~
in H. II a ship is in the dock the less time for
cmptyins the Gocl VIII he IA proportion 10 the amount
Of water she VII diSplace. IN" Filing % The doch
i, done through cnNcrs. With valves. IN the ca-son
There are several noodrac, twenty-five inches ~
Diameter. hence the nl9s may BE cN ucmcly ropd
The ;round on witch thc doct IS built i made ,o
land. and portion Of II was used n timber pr
serving basin many wears ago Down deep ~
~ qucs,,nd were fonr1 mp Euo", I've cAh ana
o,hcr tmncrs VIM" th' dnisng wa- being Go'.
c nc II the I'D hT1'}n Se E wa o al ".ca or
wrtcring vessels IN tho haraor. was uncaethed.