New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
NEW CRUISERS ARRIVE

Penn 10
trial fine arrival Of the new cruiser oohco'" from
,,o onin,,rd Iron Works ON the East River the
don,r,urc of the sloop-of-war lantlc 10 DO" UP
,,ro0 d,nccrous wrecks of Barncsat, and the noml-
,,o,io, If Iicutcnant-C olonc Charles Haywood ~
naIa,ol and commandant of the Marine Corps.
rho PENNINGTON reached the yard few days ago
a,I was mt into the granite dry-dock The pitch
If bcr propcllcr is being altered The work. now
cvcr is being done entirely by the Contractors
and not by the Navy Department.
The cruiser Boston was taken ont of The dry
donl. oorl in the week. after her bottom had been
ro,oirtcd Since then her bunkerS have bcen
,r.il1v Gllcd with coal and dock-trlal has pcen
hold ON Thursday the engines were run for sew
cral hours. but they did not work sallS-
fac1orilv and the trial was unsuccessful. Some
chances arc being made in the engines ana
another trial is 70 be held i'm day or TWO. Aver
tbc rest of the coal has been put on ho'rd 'he
white hull of the vessel is to I've rcpmn'rd' 'h
Thursday CAPTAIN g. G. WIltsc. at present. TIE
commander of the Minnesota. is 20 relieve captain
Jon,cs O'Kanc Of the command OF the boS'oh' ahd
fin, TUESDAY following is the day set Tor the ne
norturc Of that vessel TO join the other vessels
If tbe Souadron Of Evolution III 'hc
South. The torpcdo-boat Gushing lett the
yard on Monday and started on h'r 'IIP
f. WASHINGTON. where She has been put INTO
.cirtor ouortcrs The Concord reached the Navy
Yard. where she is to be fitted for sea. yesterday
morning. and she is now moored at tie 'r'h'l'e
Dock At present she has no masis, ana various
other details of construction will be necessary ne-
fore she will lie ready ior service.
For some time several masis have been men
acire navigation of Harnc-at Tn" Nantc c''
the Navy Yard on Wednesday morning Tor the
nurpo,c of destroying thee remains OF Wrcc"c
vessels one of tie mastS which was hrs' &c
stroycd BELONGED TO the schooner IlaItrlFc". IT
protected ont Of the wafer and was c"'ci'd VII"
wire rieeing. 10 clear away w.i"h, 80 'ha' '"'N
could use the torp,docs, the men W"iNc' s'"'
time. When everything was snll'lrh'R ''H' 81
torncuo was lowered 70 lis foot. ne siiidl "o''
from which the work was done was rowe" o" J."
q safe distance and tine torpedo was hfcd "N h''hN
of an electric wire. The m1s' was torn away
rI.. TIM. otbcr masts Of the schooner were IN
succession blown 10 pieces. and nN 'lI' 'ih' VA
Lulk If fine mast which had been first blown 'p
,,-,s 0oltirg on the surface %! TIE scr y '"'""'
was applicd 10 this. and it then entirely ne
.,ro,.cd The work VA, done in a dense lo-.
The steamer ViZcaya was next attacked anu "''
two masts were blown 10 atoms IN an sc'c"
torpclocs were used. When the faniic had made
certain that the distractions were entFcY r-
movcd and that navigation was safe at thai P'lh'
She returned to the Navy Yard, rearhi'S '"'r'
YESTERDAY The crew on the lan'Ic is "' pr''c"'
20 small that it was necessary for her 10 "o'Io"
mon from the rccciving-sIip Vermont TO 20 on
This short trip What her destiny Is ana Whrh
She will sail is not yet known
The work on the new cruisers Maine ana 'lh-
cinnati advances rapidly. aud tie construction oI
the engines of the latter is being rapidly carrier
ON AT the foundry
pruors about changes in command Of naval
stations ar, thicker thau hail al the Navy l"!"'
urt tho rumors do not ali original" AT The Navy
Yard: some of them crow from germs pIah'cu III
WASHINGTON. and within a week the sos'iS Oh TIC
Navy have made up az entirely new sla'c from
,Ic orc that was 80 nicely written ou' JUST "i"l'
p.o,- >d,oi.als G. crardi and Walker sailed ioI a
marc tcmlcfat, climate. ~ comes from Ie-
Liable source That when t"ar-Adhlr" IAN ron,
Gbcrlrdi went 10 Washington just hcio.r he S'I''
,or pori-au-Princc with his ilaSsnp the IAil'-
dclpbia. lie said to Secretary Tracy th"t Ae pre-
t.rrcd 10 remain in command @! the N"''N Al
i,ptio S,uad1on until be has complete 'ir f'I".'r
cruisc Of ihIc. years soa-scrricr' "ni'h VIII ho'
hc until \pru. lo92, rather than 20 succeed 10 t"c
command Of the NcW-Nor> NaNa! station ""o'
pcar-\ ADMIRAL Daniel l.. BruHc /" l''i.'' io
,rc in Nav. A. il had been arranged "i'' W.
r,ir.l GIcrard would succeed Aimiru hI""',' GNU
That Admiral Walker, who coulh'h'S D." ''i"''F
ror of Evolution, would receive 'Ie N''u' AZ
louiic Squadron. there Is no" m"ch SP'"'''''''
49,. 60 ,cbo will be- ADMIRAL Br.iuco successor.
Tie ,latc-makcr, ar" all NJ scd, but i"mor-
,,o,ocrs have mt down Captain henry Erhrn.
,,,i,, will he a commodore in a few months, and
if his claim to recognition tor special Ici ami
,.ro,.,.,,, .hould bc granted by tie President and
fine Senate hc will hc rcar-admirl before Con
,ro.s ,diourus. Captoin or Commodore or Rear
,I,,i,ol Oos lac would be- if hc had received the
s.,rpc rrc6ynition for war services rs some other
officers have ErbcD Is NcW-(ork man, and Is
moi only well known hcrcab0d', but j. popular
,,n.r,ycr he is Known. Re is BOW on the board
having TO do with the official trials Of new crdls-
o,s and battie-ships. and was president OF tl!,
Naval Board of Inspection OF Foreign ana DO
nestle Steamships for three years
Anotbor candidate mentioned is Captain ". y.
kirkland several numbers junior 10 Captain Er-
ben. and now connected with the liarbor Board.
Tine ms, has always been looked upon as dcslr-
oble one. hence IT. was thought that Admiral
Gbcrardl would not refuse it; but he has always
done hi, share oil sea-duty, ANA he wants 10 c0l-
Time to do 81. Hc,idcs the tomUandant OF the
Navy Yard gets only "activc duty pay which
is about 81 600 year less than sea pay. On the
other hand the Commandant may occupy free Of
rent spfcious mansion, winch, though built IN
1901. combines all the modern improvements, and
i, picos,ntly situated on high bill which over
looks tie entire Navy Yard and the Bay. Be-
sides. Ncw.Yolk is the finest port in the world
and the Commandant is surrounded by every luz
ury
Oniv two weeks ago il was announced That
Re,d- Admiral GEORGE l.. lie!knap would he sue
cce,eI in the command Of the Asiatic squadron
nv Rear Admiral \. f. X. l}cnham at present Com
mandaut of the Mare Island Navy Yard. Bat it
come, from the reliable source that Admiral
Bell,nap does not want to come home until ho
Ina, served three years in command, and that will
moi he until April 1. 1882. Hence, if Admiral
Bcllrap is 10 hc aratied, and Reliable source
SAYS that he is, Admiral Bcnham will find it most