New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
PROGRESS on TIE NEW CRUISERS.
OLDTIME WAR VESSELS soLD-To TEST PNEU-
MATIC GUNS

OLDTIME WAR VESSELS SOLD-TO TEST PNEU-
MATIC GUNS.
Who fears wind and water let him not 60 10 sea"
is a wise Venetian proverb, but judging from the
hundreds Of hands At work getting the Concord and the
bennington ready for more active employment than at
the Navy Yard and the hammering and batterng ana
steady grinding Of machinery on the new ships under
course OF construction at the Navy Yard. there are
none who fear wind and water" among the officers
who may be found directing the work Of completing
that portiun OF the Navy In the ward. And these
many workmcn carry along the work the various
vessels i'm the yard rapidly The monitor Miantono-
moh which for several years has been in Of
reconstruction at the yard is now nearly finished The
engineering work is completed. some work Is hclhg
done on the after turci which has not only received
II, guns but also has been covered over. The forward
turrct cannot completed until the two guns for II
arrive in the yard and are mounted I'm the vessel
These two guns werr taken to the new proving
grounds two or three weeks ago to be tested Below
deck, some fitting carpcntcrng and painting Is being
done. The officers quarters have been repaired ana
, painted The other monitors. the Terror and the
Puritan are in a les advanced state, but good work
is also going ahead on them
TIE construction Of the tVo new cruisers the Maine
and to Cincinnati has made rapid progress although
n has been retarded by delay In getting some Of
the material The construction Of the upper part II
.bc -f,iu was IL NAV lc remembered, carried ahead
leaving the the armor belt plating 60 I've put on after
wa.d This course, tho. Is being followed a. far as
possible on the Cincinnati. l'nt nevertheless the
work suffers some delay on account Of this lack Of
plating
Naval Constructor W. L. Mntonyc has been at Pitts
iur in the last week to try - hasten the delivery Of
pl,rs for the latter vessel These plates bein:
made at the Linden steel Works Constructor Min
tonne SAYS that Of delay is the difficulty
and length Of time required TO make the heaVy phtc''
which are too thick to be cut by the ordinary method
biz shears and must consequently be cnt by slower
method The contractors have. however, promised 10
work night and day on the platcs and 10 send ship
mont Of scverI Of them 10 TIE yard posi-
BILE The armor plates for the Main" are 70 be made
Of nickel steel by the Carnegie Works. New roller
mill, are being constructed by thi, company for the
manufacture Of these plates. The delivery OF them
Will probably begin some time I'm the summer y
Lvman might find it difficult Ia imagine the immense
amount of material required in the building Of such
shin a. the Maine. Constructor Mntonyc has had
some schedules made out Of the material required
The schedule for the Maine gives the total weight OF
iron and steel for the vessel including the armor the
haIf.ttcs turrcs, coming tower belt armor, bolt6'
nut. ETC., ~ 2,A17,565 pounds.
The work Oh the engines for the Cincinnati and some
Of the other new vessels Is going rapid in the
rachp,-,hop foundry and erection shop, in the
eastern part Of the yard. The steam engineering De
partmcnt which has charge Of this work. Is one 81
the most complete. thorough. progressive and emcit
establishments Of the kind not only In the Navy, but
sI.o In conparson with some Of those carried by
pIya,e corporations IN the United states The de
artiucut al the Navy Yard T. aby conducted b. Che
Furiuccr ! H. Chn.nar and Passed Assistant EnGnee'
e. H. kearncy and they are assisted by an efficient
corn, Of workers. chief Engineer Cha,mlr Is there
carly and late attending to his charges and perform
ing his various duties and i recognized ~ one OF the
most able and practical members Of his corps.
Orders have been issued to those officers from tie
Navy Yard who are on the trial board Of the new
cr,iecr bennington to report on the vessel on Tues
dav The trial VIII probably begin day or two after
they report The vessel removed from the timber
de-, dock IN the Navy Yard and taken over - the
MORGAN Iron Work d. III" last week II i SAID That
while she va, in the dock IN the yard 1t was dis
,oy.rcd that something which had hit blade Of one
If fine piopeci, had altered the pitch Of the propeller
THE broken blade va, removed aud replaced 10y an
J o,hcr blade The pitch Of both pr0pcl"rr was also
increased So a, 20 Ice somewhat greater than At the
: former trial IT being thought that by I'm, means
premier power WI DE gained and the coming tiaI j.
IA lac a power trial. iuasmuch a. the snip worked
satisfactorily I'm other poets at her last tral Inc
cana kind OF coal Is wa, used in the last trail but 81
, SLIGHTLY better qualify, is 10 be burned AN soon As
rho final trial Of this third clas cruiser Is completed
Cbicf Engineer Ralph Aston and PaS-ei Assistant
t,ci,car Holland ~ stevenson VIII DC detached from