New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
ApP,yG1yG FOR A SOCIAL BALL"

r,,oro hos hccn l:ttle change in the Navy ,aru
n rho last week. and affairs ecnerailH r",'
ori,t nt TINT place. But the Soci"l i''"
.o,sor tho hall which is 10 I've hciu 'o-iio'Io"
svrninr in Bnil1ing so :, is now oil i"''i','
committee of arrangements whlch was "PP'
ooreietin, of CAPTAIN j. y. Nllcr' c'p'"i" W NV
card. Commander \. II. McCormicN' INC i,,P
., ordroncc. and Lieutenant y. s. H. l-'''ie' ~,
old IN fine Admiral, has done us Wor> "'"' "'''
tho hall will probably be great S"o''''' wv
or three years ago Building NO was Parry Nv
moIisbcd by fire 1t was aiterward rc""i'' anu
.u' '"t.rior entirely remodcllcd so that it Is
now practically new building l,c ~, '.-,N
,+octivc with its fresh paint, while the inferior
:. aro,. finished and furnished The Offices are
,,a nrd v,cll-lichtcd ard wcll-vcntilated, ANA
.'oi. f,rrisbircs arc modern and handsome. The
IN. oro wild, and there is free communication
LEI, tber, and between the rooms by means oi
humorous doors. On the top floor Is the large
roor, in which the court-martial meets. ms ana
,bo various OTHER rooms are to be Thrown oP'l
Cow tho hall Tic rooms will he bright ana at
tr,ctiyc with the decorations OF HAYS OF all co"'
tries The scene will I've n brilliant one tomorrow
evening. wlcn coupled with the bcautiiul cos
TUNES of the women. will he the uniforms OF 'n'
officers. bright with their gold insignia o. r"ln'
Orc Of the officers. when asked about the ball,
said vcstC r,lav that il was in 70 sense III o'h'IH
ball. In fact. it could hardly lie called pan
Ne one is invited Just because he IS an onccr' II
is simply a social affair given by the o'hccrS OF
thc ward. of the Marine Barracks ana OF inc
Naval Hospital. for their friends IN BROOKLYN
Contcrno's Marine Band will furnish the music
for the dancers.
Tie new cruiser Bennington, which was IN
tbc granite dry-doci in the Navy Yard last week,
int
and has gone to the Quintard Iron Works tie
builders Of thc vessel, on the East River. She Is
70 he made ready for her official steam trial. The
Concord. which arrived in the Navy Yard from Tie
Ouiutard Works a week ago, Is T. be pat INTO
commission or Tuesday Since her successful
steam trial a few weeks work hes been ear
ricl or ma king Ter ready 10 90 into commission.
Her masts haze not vet been set mt" place. hu'
this is % DE done after The vessel II IN commits
sion 50 ;hat her crew can assist in the work.
Many Of tie officers Necessary 10 make the iill
confinement have been ordered 10 the ship VIXEN
she i, put INTO commission the United states n1s
will be boosted upon her. ana She Will come under
the control of re Government, and so ONT 81
the hands of the contractor. The officers VIII
the, he on board during the day. and one or
more of them durlnr the night. Tho crew Is 20
have It's quarters on the rccciyins-'hip Vermont
for awhile and 10 work on the Concord during INC
day In time of course, both officers and men
will take up their continual residence the
Concord. The officers quarters are. IS far rs pos
siDlc, pleasant and roomy. II was inevitable that
the paint should become Soilcd during the steam
trials. but these marks have been removed, and
the ship IS clean and fresh. But, although tie
new cruiser may he in commission, il will he scv-
cral weeks before she will hc ready for sea, and,
taking into consideration the delays which always
occur in fitting ont vessel. the time may bc cN-
tended 20 months She now has neither mas's,
spars rigging r1r guns. and after these have been
received She will need ammunition, coal, provisions
and other stores. There viii also be
hcccssayy furniture for the officers quarters.
The work OF preparing the vessel for sea is TO
he done in the Navy Yard The vessel now lies
alongside Of The Ordnance Dock.
At last the cruiser Boston is to sail II was
thought TINT she would start tomorrow, but
She will probably not 20 until Wednesday. Dur
ing the last wcc: every effort las been made to get
the vessel ready for sco. and now she Is
almost ready 10 sail. With the exception Of a
few more necessary stores, of which two are
900 gallons OF lubricatiu- oil, and tie anmuni-
ton, the vessel could sail with fcw hours
| notice. Instead Of going to Fort Wadsworth for
| il the ammunition may be pat the ship while
| She is in the gard. Tie Boston has now been
| in the Navy Yard for five or siN months, and
| during I his time much work has been doEc on
| her OF course the principal piece Of work was
! The removing Of the broken cmnk-S and
putting in new one. The old shaft was FIRST
| repaired, but rs il was being hois;ed into the
vessel one Of the couplings Of the derrick broke
and let the crank-Shaft fall to the dcc, OF the
derrick where il broke. \ casl-,jcci shaft, which
| had originally been intended tor the vessel, was
| then made ready tby reducing its length. to con
| form with some changes made in the Boston
| since she was built and puo into place in the
! ship. To take out aud replace these cIank-Shals
! it was necessary 10 remove some of the parts of
| the engines, so that now, with the new conncc-
| tons which had TO he made, the engines are
! practically new, as one Of the officers said yes
| terday. Therefore the engines naturally do not
at first work so smoothly as those which have
| been in constant use, and during the last week
| the officers have been busy making the necessary
| adjustments, 50 that the engines may work per-
fcctly. In addition 10 the new crank-shaft other
| work has been done the Boston since she came
| - the yard new galley has been received.
The mountings of some of the small guns have
| been changed, and watertight doors have been
put on the superstructurc. The decks have also
been repaired.
Captain g. c. Wtse assumed command Of the
Boston on Thursday. When the few stores still
remaining and the ammunition have been re-
ccived the vessel is 10 start for the West Indies
to join the other vessels Of her squadron the
Squadron Of Evolution. he will probably not
visit Ncw-Orlcans at all. but She is to join in
squadron manocuvrcs with the other vessels.
The sloop-of.war Yantc is still in the yard and
is unable to sail on account of lack of men. She
has not yet received any orders 10 her destiny
Nearly all Of the officers who recently sick
with the grip are now once more on duty. The
monitor Puritan is in the dry-dock, while her bot
tom is being painted. The two guns belonging
TO the forward turrct Of the Miantonomah have
not yet been put on board. The guns in the after
turret have long been the carriages, and
during the last few days the steel covering has
been put in place over the turret The work OH