The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-21

II. c. Taylor, Lieutenant Commander Nichols
and Naval Constructor Linnard.
The date for opening proposals for the erec-
ton of two large steam cranes at the New
York and Norfolk navy yards has been ex-
tended from June 16 to July next.
Lieutenant Charles p. Perkins has been
ordered to duty in connection with the installa-
ton of electric lights on board the naval yes
sells building for the Government at the Bath
iron works, Bath, Me.
The commander-in-chief of the Asiatic
Station reports the following location of the
ships Of that squadron May 27 The Monocacy
Temporary flag ship was at Yokohama Japan.
The Alliance left Yokohama for Shanghai,
China, May 26. The Palos left Hong Kong
for Shanghai Maya and should arrive May 2S.
The following cadets at the Naval Academy
have resigned: f. II. Watson, of Kentucky;
w. B. lizard, of South Carolina; George T.
Greer of Virginia. F. G. DeKay, of New
York; w. Baldwin, of Texas; NJ. j. Nc
Cormack, of Michigan; w. G.. Groesbeck, of
Tennessee, ard w. Bagley, of North Carolina.
Ex-surgeon General Philip l.. Wales, U.
S. Navy, director of the Museum of Hygiene,
1907 New York avenue, has been appointed by
the Secretary of the Navy as delegate to
the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene
and Derlography, which meets in London on
August 10 next. He will sail on the 18th of
July.
Secretary Tracy has issued another advertise
ment inviting proposals for the construction
of a.steel, twin-screw, sea going torpedo boat
Under the former advertisementtwop proposals
were received, but the Secretary decided to
increase the size of the boat and change the
plans in other respects, so that this re-adver-
tisement was made necessary. The proposals
are to be opened August 1S.
The board of naval officers appointed to
investigate the recent explosion of steam
pipe in the forward fire-room of the Concord
by which two men were killed, have submit
ted their report to the Secretary They found
that the accident was due altogether to a
water hammer and insufficient drainage in the
pipe. They found no one to blame. The de-
fective drainage of the main steam pipes of
all the vessels of the Concord class will be
remedied.
Secretary Tracy has approved the plan re-
commended by Engineer-in-C Chief Melville for
giving the cadets to be appointed to the En-
ginecr Corps this year course of supple
mental instruction before assigning them to
duty afloat, and accordingly the five young
men who will be selected about July / for this
corps will be ordered to the New York navy
yard in body and kept there for several
months under instruction in the steam en-
gineering shops and on board the vessels fit
ting out and repairing there.
1t is probable that the top-heaviness of the
cruiser Philadelphia, which has given trouble
ever since she was put in commission, will
necessitate important changes in the vessel to
correct the defect. In a recent trip from
Port-au-Prince to New Orleans the cruiser
carried $50 tons of water as ballast in her
double bottoms to prevent dangerous rolling.
1t is proposed to remedy the defect by taking
out her heavy steel masts and substituting
light masts of wood. 1t is believed that this
will reduce her upper weights enough to
make her perfectly stable without CARRYING
water in her bottoms The change will proba-
bly, be made before she leaves the New York
Navy Yard again.