New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
MOVEMENTS OF THE NEW CRUISERS.
PUSHING CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRs-MARlNh
CORPS UNIFORMS.

The Navy Yard is still place OF much interest,",
although the number OF vessels in 1t is less by SEVERN
than it was q few weeks ago. This number VIII oe
still further reduced in week or two oy inc u.
paJiure of three more vessels, which are now hears
ready to sail. And that will be about the Gnu "
the rush of work which has been IN tDe iaru o."
this fall After their various summer duties So'o
of the vessels Of the North Atlantic squadron uio
SQUADRON of Evolution and the SHIPS WHICH Ne,o
! going to foreign stations came TO the Nav! iu
he repared and made ready for their diherent u''
The Yantc was made ready for sea, anu s''i
for the south Atlantic, to which squaofo" Gu
is ordered. She is to stop a' 'a,o I'm
de Verde Islands on her way enc WI,
re,;sve the Tallapoosa. which is worn out ana
is 10 be sold at public auction aI'er '"o
| arrival OF the Yantic and the Essex The iahuo Is
favore ship with the and 1t is sao th'' i1' Wv
| is unusually fne more than 80 per ceh' VI 'I -
| are American citizens, and 60 per cent 'io any
| horn Moreover, third of the ere" haNo 'o"
tnuous service certificates The men nae " eel' ~,
the vessel and she does not suffer from oeserooh' anu
| from lack of men to make up her complement iho
| D.snotcb vps also at the Navy Yard for some ume
and il was from there that she fad sailed "on on.
mot the storm that wrecked her, lie iolhVo"i OH"
the Boston were made ready in the navy iaiu ioi ''
| on a foreign station, and left there not nlaiS S'
anart TO 20 to Chill. They are to serve In tc racine
| souadron The former reached Bahia' br'li' vi
o,nher %. the latter reached st. Lucia on November
The Petrol Law in the Navy Yard Tor a long 'iihe'
| and was thoroughly put in order 1or iohs ''ui''
she is to serve the Asiaic squadron anu s''e.
from New York last Wednesday TO go thefe oy way vi
| prazl The Philadelphia flagship OF the North Az
Iontc Squadron sailed away on Wednesday ior hci
winter cruise in the West Indies. Various pofls III
,h west Indies are to be visited in the winter by the
vessels of this squadron The Kcarsarae sailed from
this port on Tuesday for the West lndies ohc' ho"
| ever. had not been to the Navy Yard.
| with ALL these vessels here. there has been rush
Of the Navy Yard and particularly as the repairs Oh
some of these vessels hurried to their compieno
There have been many visitors to the farn anu anna
terr photographers have found in IT fruitful SUBJECTS
| for their snap shots" There is still numper %
sbips in the Yard including those in active service
hut three Of them will be ready to leave there IN ABOUT
| a week.
The Atlanta was put into the drydock on FRIDAY 70
have her bottom cleaned and painted ills only aoou'
three months since the vessel was doched, ana inc
,nt on har bottom is still in a good condition. The
vor, on this ship is being pushed rapidly and Is 10 De
carried on night and day. Some OF the men arc u
work on her to-day The repairs on the snip are eoe
Tn about week the ship will be ready 10 go 10 sea'
II Is thought by that she will be sent to Cm inc
same way as the Yorktown and the Atlanta, and by
oilers that she will be sent to Brazil ehe ID a' PeSe
attached to the Squadron of Evolution
The Concord of the North Atlantic squadron Is 10
sail next saturday new steering quadrant mas oee
cast successfully in the foundry at the Navy Aard ana
this will be put place this week. In other respects
the Concord is ready to go to the WcSt lndes 10 JON
| the other vessels of her squadron
The cruiser Bennington, the Concord's twin sister
has been ready for sea about week She is being
DELAYED now by the lack Of a steamaunch Her
launch was cranky, and hence she is to have new
one This Is now the way from PORTSMOUTH, anu
when it arrives the engines from the old aunch are 10
be put into it, This will probably be finished oy inc
close OF this week. and then the Bennington VIII be
Tho
some target practice but the weather is now rather
uncertain and cold, she may TO the Chesapeake III
stead to hold this practice. The iast OF 'he dh"u
ton for the vessel was received yesterday The ship
has received many repairs and alterations since she re-
turned to the Navy Yard from her trial run at sea-
The big cruiser Chicago the flagship of the Squadron
of Evolution, viii probably be in the Navy YARD aoou.
month longer. The vessel is In good condi'on' pu'
needs few repairs She IS receiving new usuierS'
some changes are to be made in the Venhia'lns aP
paratus the portfolio that was stove In by feryDoat
last August is being repaired; new cradles for the
small boats are being fitted and Just now painters
are busy on the spars. and the pipes above deck
BEFORE the vessel goes away she Will be put INTO the
dock to have her bottom cleaned and palnted. Ii
&c NOT known where the vessels duty lot the "hNr
will be. but it is thought that she will 60 10 the
Cnf of Mexico and also make trip up the MISSISSIPPI,
with the other vessels Of the squadron.
IT. will be several weeks before the Miantonomoh'
aro will be ready for trial. although on her. 100
the work is TO be pushed night and day There are
many Jobs on this big monitor to be done and' WORK
ing night and day, the vessel probably could not Dc
made ready in less than a month"; Ihere Is oic ot
task on the forward turrct for thing The turret
has been made ready the carriages placed III H.
and the two heavy guns mounted on the carriages,
and now the roof to the turret is being rivetch INTO
place but the is thick and heavy aho eohse-
ouently the Job is slow and long one Iheh there
Is work on the vessels steering gear. Inc Vessci
also needs her dynamos, and she has yet to receive
rer vari6s small guns her supeTstructure and the
military tops in her, masts.
The other vessels in OF construction at the
Navy Yard have felt the effect Of the pushing OF WORK
on the vessels mentioned. But as many OF the shlps
have gone and Others soon to co. the work Oh iem
can be advanced with greater rapidly The twomonitors
pu1.an and Terror being rebuilt. But the Maine
and the Cincinnati the one In the water and the other
,i ON her ways naturally of much Interest in the
ward The boilers are now being put Into the Name
They are eight Of them, and they are OF the Scotch
tyne They are be arranged in the ship with four
on n side fore aft freroom between The boilers
are IA feet inches In diameter 10 feet long, and are
Of the return tubular type. The plates forming the
sheu ore 1 1-3o inches In thickness. Each boiler is
supplied with three Corrugated steel furnaces the crate
surface in total is 553 square feet, and the heating
surface about 500 square feet IN ALL The boilers will
be fitted with draft the closed ashpit system
the air being led into the ashps by ducts under the
floor of the freroom The boilers are being put into
Mace by the contractors who made them. but other
construction work the vessel is being carried on by
the yard worhmen.
The cruiser Cincinnati is growing into more of
a ship every week. The frames are In place,
much Of the plating Is on them, tho |
propeller struts and the tubes for the shafts in
position and The beams for the spar deck beng
put in place. The work the engines which are |
| hui in Ward and cd iu
shops for the Cincinnati and her twin sister the |
Raleigh, Is advancing. Three Of the four sets Of
engines up. and the fourth will be up. prob
ably before the month is When the engines |