New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
MOVEMENTS OF THE WARSHIPS.
CRUISERS STILL TAKING PART IN cELhbhAIi0-''
VARIOUS COMMENTS.

Nov, bove NOT even vet fulfilled their ronilu vi ~
NJ attending and taking part In festivals anu G.,
.ons Week before last they were III "' A.
Now York Harbor chat U.s. all that were Nv o.,
tohe mart I'm the great naval parade on lucsu'' ,
=, Arer that they returned TO the Navy i"ru' o'.s
49, 49,. IT. ,nr q celebration at stamford, Conn.,
10 '''A' ~, ,os.o,. wont This time-the Atlanta the
,.,uv,rs and the monitor Mantonomoll-ahu I"e W.
hraton which they graced with their prc'e"' .ro
ono held in honor OF the .ooth ahiil.eiS"y .,,
founding OF the town OF Stamford ihcn NV ~
mart in the Brooklyn celebration on fl'o"y' .o
another celebration Is about to take place " -,
~ rho vessels the Vcsuvlus and the Dolphin are "
sent This celebration IS in the SOUTH NJ N"h' any,,
Z ~ and & n festival held in commemoratioh oi INV
osc,no ., TINT CITY from total destruction In '"r w.
r,he earthonake OF 1886; the festival was '''"o"'
In 1857 and is held annually There Will " ',N
DAYS the time fixed for the festival peih6 "o'" ,
Al in November ,. one important part oI ''' -,
braton will lie "A reproduction In The Mtroo'
os.ouIt an Fort sumter III 17G3 by the fcuer'i ~
In every way the assault Is TO be an eN''' IVp'
, -, tbe ORIGINAL one: fac slmilc OF the Tort Is 10
Do r,ct,d and there will be the Land ba''efi'7 VI Wv
C,rfd.rotcs OH Norri, and sullivan l-lahd>' Univ "
also TO be a reproduction Of the MONITOR
r,nc.ments for the celebration are on an eN''"'''
scale.
rho rovol vessels have attended many such les
,,,.,,. during the year beginning Of The s"n'h WIN
celebrations Of various kinds, the vessels r'"""'
,orld nm North TO attend celebrations ana no"
some of them are going south again i"r sun "''
Tho festival, have been principally anniversaries III
fine fouudnrs III towns and other purely local "'i'
ia. elimination being reached. ~ course VII" '"'
Columbian celebrations: but IN all these IL VIZ ~.
tcrc.ting and desirable to have me "i '"' INV w.
war vessel, present. adding Importance to ,'N
81 noise {, the festivities. when IA" poip"'h "" Wv
yc,uvius have finished with this celebration j.
not known what the former vr,7 VIII a. '"' '''''
return 10 the New York Navy lari but n 81" is SUD
ject 10 special orders from the secretary OF '' '"'
sha may lc sent elsewhere. The NcsuviuS pr"nlplN
r,l re,urn to the Navy Yard. She has not ~ N" re-
ccived order, To range her guns although the s'"""
* growing late The two v"s-"lS ar" L" l'a'' wv
Navy Yard 50 rs 10 be Mt Charleston In une ''F '''
celebration. which begins on october IL hwy "''
sail on Thursday.
Now that the cruiser Atlanta has returned run
stamford the work on her Is to he hnSh"'' -"
work 81 r.tublnc her boiler, was begun number ~
weeks ago and was flushed 80 that 81" coma '"h'
mart m the Columbian celebrations. All I'll" ""r"
"a Doe done on the ship by no means hil.h'"
however when she left tho ward, and ms Is no" u"
be completed. The Philadelphia. until recently me
flagship OF the North Atlantic squadron, Hes al nam
s. in tho ward She Is to receive some repairs VIM"
In the ward there viii be some ov"rhAuiing OF th'
engines and boiler, her boat cradles "a altered hnh
She is TO receive n now steam launch th" on" hnhi
by the Boat Toaid and successfully tested lA''
week.. besides other small jobs. These things VIII
keep her here for some time. The repairs To me
monitor Miantonomoh are now 10 be conplc''h'
These consist Of work In the engineering department
repairs 10 the steering gear, Uulldng and patching
the decks and builius new pilot house To th"'
tn. place Of the present one her boilers Ar" "a r"
ccivc some new furnaces and tho vcssel probably
will Doe dockod md have her bottom cleaned ana
painted before leaving the yard. This Is the Tim"
for the fail repairing and 0vcrhaung - Tho naval
vessels after hey hav" returned from their summer
duty and before they set ont for their winter crus
ing duty Tie training ship Portsmouth Hos along
ode the ordnance dock IN the yard. Size I, 10 ho
pat into the dry dock 10 have her copper bottom
attended 10 ana viii then 10 10 m" West Indie.
The Italian cruiser Giovanni Iausan now occu
pies the timber dry dock. the only one az present
available for general r. %" Main" B, lying In
The granite dock. 80. ~ visitor approachcs that
part 81 the yard In which thu, dock B, situated Bis
eyes greeted with the seht Of the Italian rag
floating from The stern Of vessel In the dock The
Bau,an Is to have her bottom painted and 70 Is s,1
that Of her ,has Is 10 De- taken out the tear
ing, are somewhat worn the work f. being done
ly the ships own men, lat the yari on,r5 them
every facility for carrying It on.
Preparations being made to launch the
cruiser Cincinnati Monday. November = The
bridge which spanned the little inc, In the launching
way at the stern Of the vessel Ia been torn away
and slight temporary bridge placed IN iis stca + =.
part Of the wall alongside the launching way has
also been torn away, and in other Ways things are
being made ready for the launch Of this the second
vessel that ha, been begun I'm the Navy Yard within
the last five years. The work on tie boilers and
engines for this vessel ia the east end Of the yard
continue, steadily The work on the other vessel,
in course Of construction at tho Navy Yard Cihc cruiser
Maine and the double urretod monitors Puritan and
Terror advances well. with the exception of the
long continued delay for armor plating the usual
story The propeller shaft struts are now being put
IN place on the Maine
Affairs on the receiving ship Vermont continue in
the usual quiet condition. II is expected that som.
athletic contests will be held again this year on
Thanksgiving Day on COB Dock for the benefit Of
the men on the Vermont, and on other vessel, I'm
the Yard AT that time. They VIII DC similar In
plan and nature 10 those held In the Yard las,
Christmas, and small cash prizes will be given 10
the winners.
The new travelling steam crane which has been
erected track going about the timber dry dock
In tho Yard. was tested yesterday. In the morning
II was tried with weight Of thirty tons .usp, ndcd
from the arm. the maximum capacity for which ihc
built with the arm fully extend d. VIII,
that weight suspended. the giant Gran, travelled
slowly around the Sides Of the dock on the track
II also swung the weight around and raised and
lowered H. The crane WAS also To be- tried without
the arm fully extended. ana with n weight Of forty
tons suspended, the maximum capacity Of the ma
chine. Another biz travelling Is 10 be erected
at the side Of the granite dry dock about which the
necessary track was laid several months uco
The first boat 10 be built under the now plans
designed by the Boat Board wa, tested In the Navy
Yard during the week This first boat IS u Steam
launch. During the trial the forward cockpit VA,
filled with water. and twenty men were pinred I'm
the after; then both cockpits were filled with watcr
and fourteen men were placed board seven I'm the
bow and seven In the stern. ani during all this the
boat acted well
The building Of sea wall along one side OF the
GOD DOCK ana IN The whitney Basin has been
begun the pllc-drvcr Is at work. such n wall
has already been built along one side Of tho basin
Two dredging machines now 10 work I'm fine
Yard dredging the waabout Channel
The torpcdoboat Gushing left the NAVY Yard ,ost
MnndnV and a Oh IIntlu.r