New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD
HOW TIE BIG CRITTERS LOOK.

There Is an old and peculiar nautical saying sup
posed have originated with the Arab when reauS
The wind and the fight: now. sa' the sh'ps
IT'S we who suffer the most Another. Turkish
proverb reads: what fear wOnld We have OF the
waves Of the sea who had Noah for q plot I'D
look upon the great and handsome steel cruisers
which have come TO the Navy Yard within the ln't
few DAYS would suggest that the ARABIAN ihaNi'h
must have been formed long before sneh s'a"'"
vessels the Philadelphia or the chi "ere ever
thought Of for there Is nothing about them "h''n
seems 10 confirm the fact that they have sailed more
than twenty thousand miles In the last few mohiN,
and acalns, tempests that would have sunk any anu
all Of Conmbuss fleet lDrg before they s'enVu
the Western World esr II is evident thht ehen
one must have had Noah for plot. me 'eNSe's
in the Navy Yard are fine specimens
marine architecture. They have lust rr'"r"ei "''
several months OF winter crsina In southern "a''r'
and now being overhoiled u pun thc'h !" e ~
dition for summer cruising.
But Just wha, this summer cruising VIII oc
question that Is botherng heads NO oru'rS o' ".''
have been received by the hngShips. Both rear Nu'
miral Ghcardl, commandment Of the Norm ""'huo
SQUADRON and Rear Admiral Walker OF the Sq"aoroh
Of Evolution have been in Washington Tor inc as'
few DAYS There Is rllmor and IL receives u'u'"
credit, that the Philadelphia will be sent 10 opih 10
fake part in celebration there August D. IN hohor
of the departure OF Columbus on MS hrst >o'"so Vi
discovery An order has been received tna' ho WIZ"
shall be begun on her that cannot BE- comple'ea o'
July 10. some repair work Is now pc'ng uo"' y"
the vessel. The engines are receiving som' rfPs''
and the boilers are being overhaued lhe po"ucr
WIS removed from the vessel yesterday, ana taken 10
the magazine ut Fort Wordsworth so that she may DC
put into the dry dock TO have her bottom ccaheu ana
painted. She is to be docked tomorrow or on tues
day. II IS about eight months since she inst
WINS locked II the Philadelphia goes TO spah' 'he
cruiser Concord probably will 90 with her. md perhaps
he
remain home. she i. not fitted TO make an ocean
VOYAGE with comfort 10 the officers account OF her
peculiar build the Vc,uvius ought 10 have her gun
trials this summer. aud hence might also remain II,
home There would be time for little cruising ID
European waters before the celebration II the Vc7 els
shond he ready by July 10. After the &C ebaoh thcv
might cruise again. and return home In the fa|
There are not however orders for of this ~ vet
The Concord left Ncw-Yorl on Friday for Bosi H.
where +, supposed she will lie repaired ana h''ed
for another Ia addition to "ihcF "oFh'
new electro light plant will be put in the vessel
II /, understood tot the repairs on the Chicago are
10 lie finished by June -. The rumor about TINS
vessel T. that she j. TO be retained at home. To be en-
ploycd IN the -uvres Of the Naval Reserve ana
with the War college In this case. too. 1t i oniv
minor however as no orders have been Issued ~ vet
The vessel has already been dochod and hai hr lotion
cleaned AMI painted. she came out OF the
dock on Friday afternoon. Her secondary battery
Is to be changed 50 that she -hah nave
eleven siyrolnder raj !inrng guns four one
poundcr rnIid firing guns and thirty scven-mlh'
meter revolving cannon. There are also other little
repairs and changes 20 be made on the vessel
The Man,onomoh Is alsp NV in the NAVY Yard
for a little patching and repairing 1t has been cx'
pcc.ed that some target practice would be he'd
with hey guns this summer. and tins VIII i"""'H
lac done lait no orders have been received
The cuu, of the secondary battery of N" N"'Nlus
are now being put in place. There are three '
them The valves for the big dynamite guns are
also being pat In place. The electro "hge-''"''S
have not teen received. 1t has been expected 70
have some trials with the gun, this summer. ana
i likely that thi, plum will b" followed II the
vessel is no, abroad. Provided tha' nothing
happens 70 hinder the guns Will be ready for TRIAL III
n few weeks.
The cruiser Atlanta /, SIN in the North River
II +, thought that she will he sent 10 some other
yard 20 receive rci-ir-.
the North Atlantic Squpiron 10 become the hag'hp
~ the south Atlantic squadron. went 10 sea on faN
with the North Carolina Naval Reserve battalion TOT
target practice. When she returns to Nori"lh sne
will he fitted out nt once FOR the south Atlhnuc' ~
predicted I'm The Tribune scvenl weeks ago, The d.
,,r,mcn, issued an order 70 Rear Admiral A. f. X
rrnbam on Friday to hoist bis nag on the New
ark, pr.raraiory 10 assuming command OF The s"nth
Atlantic squadron. Admiral Bcnham was hrS' ouere"
4, this command wear ago. but the "rl'rs were sun
seuucIly revoked because OF H. hplr"' W VI" ~
dent 70 reverse decision Of secretary Tracy against
him. who refused TO give anything more than com
podorp's salute 70 Commodore but Acting Keat--W'
mirnl George Brown when he arrived at the Mare
Island Navy Ynrl with HI, flagship Acting Rear
,ir,l brown complained to the Department. and the
decision wa, against Admiral ncnham TIE m''r
soon after was detached from command At Mar Island
and fl, soon n he cachci New York he appealed 10
the President. This action was against custom ana
Navy regulations, and the President refused to con
.ldcr the APPEAL. Admiral Bcnhnm has since ne
| maned on waiting orders
Al last the trials with the submarine gun on me
,or1o boat DESTROYER are finished. after patient work
| Of several weeks About twenty SHOTS were hr'l HVh
the gun some Of which successful, while others
were Ic.s 81 Iut they were only experiment, 80 a. 10
| ind the practical value of the gun and the pro
| ectlcs 'or use In warShlps. The experiments nav
| resulted IN showing certain rcsnls aud no" INC
Ericsson estate executors the owner, OF the boa' can
| 20 10 work to and improve the invention Inc
gun Is originally invented by Captain Eri's'on'
but since improved In dctrs and a." pfol"'hI's
are also an improvement upon ID" Original Inc h"''
Destroyer Is II practical value In tscf III the use
Il the gun. -Ie f. used merely n mount Tor testing
;ho run For real use the submarine gun would prob
oly lie mounted In the bow Of one OF the large Cruisers
rho trials Just held demonstrated tie fact hat pro
| cc,e could be fired at distance Of few hundred
feet with tolcrabe accuracy. In the trials the boat
| fla, been stationed just outside of the timber dry
| dock and the gun fred into III" mouth 81
| it, Across the dock nets were stictchcd'
! and thus the course Of tho prolcctil" coud be
| n.ccr;aincd from the holes made In them. some Of
the projcctilc, were fired several times, they were
| recovered after cnch shot, If they had MOI heh
smashed or injured their progress. The last sho'
| was fired Oh Thursday aftcrn'"n. with TINS hhhs
| no hoard ,nndc n~c Of the WoirGlle fitted with
an AIT matte In device Whom the prol"c'll' icf
the gun the force Of the water was great tlat inc
slecve Of iubbc? which by compression and expansion
| VA, 10 regulate the rudders was torn Of In Other
WAYS also. the projcce was slightly damaged The
| inventor probably will correct the faults that hnVc
been found and tlen new tr1al may be held In
! the meanwhile the board has gone TO Washington to