New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
WAKSHIPS START FOR DUTY.

departments OF work there were closeu' MANY VI Vi0
sailors were permitted to go on liberty 10 eJoS uo
holiday on shore OF them going on frldhy' Inc
dav was celebrated with the appropriate and regular
oarernonIes nj the Navy Yard. The new fory-fOhr-
star 1aa was shown for the first time yesterday m
ing taking It's place at the head OF the poc III lrVV
II the commandments house, .ear the forKst' gate
al tbe time OF hosting the flag. In the Army te nag
is raised at sunrise, but in the Navy Yard TINS ooee o'
take place until O'Clock. At 10 o'clock the salnt-
inc battery ON Cob Dock fired the National salute
NJ tuenty-one guns The ships in the Yard were
dressed fore and aft with their flags OF many knds
and coors AS the receiving ship vermont mas VnS
light poles on that vessel flags were dressed at t1
mastheads only. The other vessels IN cOnihsS'o'''
however were dressed after the rainbow stSie vi
the commissioned vessels the officers and crews "eio
assembled ON the decks while all or portions OF tne
Declaration OF Independence read. Moreover III
honor OF the day, the food OF the crew was Atte
Improvement upon the ordinary. Thus the gay "as
quietly but periodically and officially observed III U.
Yard The men who had liberty made that cause u
rejoicing among their relatives, friends ana aCquanV
ances ,
ab,o one IN the NAVY Yard 1t has the departure
OF four vessels and the arrival OF the kearsarge ooe
last Sunday the Philadelphia, the Petrel the fahV'
and the Lancaster have sailed away. The Lancas"f
IS now at anchor IN the Upper Bay, and IS awaiting
final orders 10 sail for her destination. IL Is no"
/
Squadron after all but that she Will probably go 10
the South Atlantic as flagship take the place OF the
Pensacola which has been ordered to Mare Island from
Chilli instead of being sent back to Brazil II tns cnahgo
should be made II is likely that Rcar-Admlrai a. H.
K Benlam, who recently relieved as commanuimo
Of the Mare Island Navy Yard Will be sent as com
mandant OF the Asiatc Squadron, which command "9
desIrrd n have In that case the cruiser San Fran
cisco NAV be sent to the Asiatlc Station as hagshlp'
The Yantic left the Navy Yard early in the week.
and after receiving her ammunition at Fort "Uis
worth she went TO Yonkers. There she TOOK part III
the unwilling Of the soldiers and sailors monument
Yesterday From Yonkers she will return TO the Navy
! Yard The Petrol and the Enterprise are at New
! London where tho Philadelphia Joined them on
Wednesday preparatory 20 series OF drills by the
North Atlantic Squadron.
| The Kearsarge, which also belongs TO the North
Atlantic SQUADRON went to the Navy Yard on lhurs
day from her winters cruise in the West Indies IL
Thought that she will ordered to join the rest OF INV
souadron In order that she may unite with them In
the coming manOeuvres. After her long outy' s"c Is
I'm need Of some work and repairs some Oh "hloh may
be done before she leaves the yard. IL IS nuoh oo
a wear since she was docked. and her bottom Is ioi
from tho werm southern waters and needs attention.
She also neeL 1 new mainyard, as the present que
is en- worn ont and rotten that 1t cannot be used Ihe
hec,s too need repairing and caullHnS. Most OF the
sails and gear on the ship are old, and there are
number of small jobs to be done on her. whicn iVo
oether would take time. 1t Is Thought that pOo'
ahrv only the most important Of these VIII be done
now and that the ship will be sent soon 10 JON 'pc
other vessels OF the squadron. In the autumn th"y
will need more repairs and the Kearsarge can have
hers made at the same time.
Tho new cruiser Bennington will soon be ready for
sea. There are many small things TO be done on iler
IN order to ft her out and these are being careu on
On account Of the accident on the Concord "ieh o
steam pipe burst the steam-ppes on the Bennington
are telnc changed in the hope of rendering Such an
accident Impossible. The work OF RELAXING the gun
tracks TO keep water from leaking through the DECKS
will soon be finished. The vessel will probably 20 u
Tho ordnance dock I'm about week TO receive her guns
and encourages. On account OF the radluS'heut
work on the electrical plant, it has been Impossible 10
use m. ono now on the Ship This 10 receive trial
IN the latter part OF this week The caukerS are no"
busy finishing the work on the main deck oil 'e sup
The cruiser Concord put into the dry dock about
q week AGO. Her bottom is being painted, ana men
are at work around the rudderhead trying 10 SoP 'o
leal, at that place The other work on the snip Will
he finished about the middle of the week As soon as
tbe vessel can get away she will Join the White squat
ron TO which she belongs, for the summer ahocu eS
The general work on the big armoed cruiser Maine
continues while she is in dry dock having her Ooo'o
cleaned and painted The big ship Is about TO per cent
completed whie about 35 per cent OF the Oinci"'u 20
completed. The machinery for the Name Is ie''F
ready for the vessel All of the hundreds OF parts
If This largest piece Of marine engine work yet Dul'
for an American war vessel have been cohpicteu DE
the contractors N F. Palmer, jr, & Co., ana IL Is
one of the finest pieces Of marine engine WORK ever
seen in the United States. Had it not been Tor the
change in the type Of metal for the large coiue I'i
be frames the engines could have been got ready Tor
t,, ,r, before the allotted time. II originally
intended TO employ cSsteel tubular columns but they
failed IN pass the inspection, and the builders asked
for and obtained permission to substitute foreed ste'
columns There IN all twenty OF THESE coiu'nllS'
The boilers eight in number, Of the Scotch tubular
tyne and of II % external diameter are pacucaliy
finished and ready TO be put Into me vessel
The work on the new cruiser Cincinnati advances
.oadnv Tho mates are being rapidly put In place
Tho second of the two propeller struts has arrived
and is being erected into place The divers are still
NJ work at the launching ways, making them ready
60 tha, the vessel may be launched in the autumn
The building and erection Of the machinery for the
vessel is being carried on with speed
The aueson of tile award Of the contract for build
ing Cruiser No. II. number two OF the commerce
dcstrovcrs Is still In abeyance but II is thought prob
ohe that the Bath Iron Works which put I'm the lowest
NJ the three bids will get the contract This company
IS now building two thiTd-caSs cruisers, onlclalN
known as Nos. 5 and @, one Of which Is 10 be named
he Machias in OF the first naval victory OF the
War of the Revolution. won In Machlas Bay by the
Yankees in 1878. The works at Bath, Me- on inc
vest hank Of the Kennebec River In the days of the
fame OF the wooden ships the vessels built at TINS
plnce we're always credited with eQualing ANYTHING
afoat for beauty Of finish, their lofty and tlpernS
spars and the most courteous brave and sklfnl sailors
that ever trod the decks. The present works were
completed IN 1859, and board of Navy ohrere
reported flvorably upon Its fitness for bmiolnS
Government warshipS of the most modern type. Gen
eral Thomas W. Hyde. who won fame ana MS tue
in the Civil War is at the head Of the works and tine
engineering department Is under the charge OF his
nephew Charles f. Hyde. known 10 the country as one
who was the first to introduce the tdpleexpansion
engine In american steamships. Everything sup
pled in the various shops modern iron shpbudng
* o. the most modern type. The works are twelve
miles from the sea- where the harbor is rcshened BY
tho Kennebec so that the water In which the vessels
lie will preserve their hulls from fouling or cor
rodng
The monitor Miantonomoh in the Navy Yard VIII