New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-11
NAVY YARD NOTES.

The new cruiser Concord was not put into commits.
sion at the Navy Yard yesterday x expected.
There is stll TO be made By the contractors number
Of the alterations which recommended BY the
Board of Inspection It's official Inspection Of the ship,
few weele ago. and the ship Is not yet quite ready
for the officers TO take up their residence upon her.
only about sixty of the IsO men, all told. who viii
make mp the crew, have yet been asst gned tho
vessel The officers who have thus far been ordered
the Concord reported upon her yesterday. They arc
Commander O. a. Batcheller commanding; Lieutenant
Commander f. p. Wood, executive officer; Lieutenant
J. b. Briggs. navigator; Leutenants V. l.. COttman.
Charles Laird and A. W. Grant Ems gns Joseph Strauss
and h. e. Berolette, Chief Engineer K. b. ne, Passed
Assistant Engineer f. X. Freeman. Paymastcr J. A.
Ring, Surgeon Remus &. Persons, and pay clerk, Mr..
Brooks.
The red flag was flying from the foremost Of the
cruiser Boston yesterday, Simplifying that the vessel
was being loaded with ammunition. II the weather
should lie favorable, lighter is TO 90 to Fort Wads-
worth this morning. and bring up the rest of the ammn'
milton for the ship. OF the ammunition which Is
being put Oh the Boston there 1o6 shells for tho
s-inch guns 3IG FOR the 0nch guns and about ten
tons Of different kinds Of fixed ammunition or ammuni-
ton for the guns smaller than the GInch Inc l'ooo
gallons OF mbncatng oil have not vet been received
on the ship and it is feared that this may keep tho
vessel from sailing for several days longer one lot
of oil was rejected, and TO get another supply, with
IA
nary purchase, would require about ten days. But
telegraphic order from the Department has been re
ceved the Boston 10 buy the Oh In open purchase
which would require only two or three days AS tts
order however was not received by the yard officers.
and as they do the purchasing. it was SAID yesterday 10
he uncertain which side would prevail If the order
received on the ship prevails, the Boston Will probably
sail tomorrow or next day, but if the yard PREVAILS
she cannot get off until next week. In the meantime,
while the vessel Is I'm the yard her hull is being touched
M with white paint. and may be entirely Hpalnted'
Passed Assistant surgeon T. c. Craig left the dynamite
cruiser Ve,uvus yesterday, being transferred from that
snip 10 the Boston.
The two Navy Yard tugbOas, assisted by q tug from
out side tOwcd the big receiving ship Minnesota from the
Yard TO tho North River yesterday. While she was
i'm the Savv Yard the upper deck OF the Mnhesota
was rooted and her sides We're bllt up WIN L oiaP
\ f. Palmer. ir, d CO., the builders 81 the ne"
third class cruiser Bennington, expect Ia nave the Ns-
1 ready 20 make the official steam tral required Dy
the Government on Tuesday next. me Neoscl ar
rived hero from Chester. PENN about ten Gays asC aa
VA, at once put into the dry dock at the HdVY iai.
where she had her bottom cleared Ga al iht1e sIO"
and had the pitch her screw propcllers licI-aS
'rho Bennington j. the second war NeN'ci ever
i'm mi, country with her machinery ana hlluh' Pii.
ticaIly I'm place She l. an exact counterpart 81 tn2
Gon~ord which vessel recently made her Obc!Il Flu
and exceeded the Limit of horse power eldrdh7N,
linus carnng a premium. Her principal Gmehsoa,
arc. o2G feet In length, mean drhli-U ol NdS
s.et. dsnloccueut in tons 70 load water me- 40
tons sail area 635= square feet maximum" Sp0'' p''
hour Is knots ,, ,,, ,.or,, ,,rohotlv an.
r1ach IN That Of the Concord her trial. namely -
Knots Roth Of these vessel, are 81 the SANE u.I ~ y.
sons As the Yorktown 1 li.e ',',. ,I,,r,less of
W. rho ,ao,, cement for the Yorktown WIS 3Op'
The trial viii be urhours' coh'l'oAS ia" VA Wv
Long Island sound