New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
WORK AT THE NAVY lARD
PROGRESS OF THE NEW VESSELS.
TIE vEsUv1Us AND cUsHING-To GIVE Ur MORE
GOVERNMENT LAND.

rnor,,,co In The Navy VAR no Cargo fleet oi hoO'r
war vessels being repaired, and no rum'lS W "'.
The ward continues 10 be place Of ""'h '"'o'o'"
rhoro ,rc ALWAYS visitors sometimes many, same
,,mcS few and there II always something u" ~,
Napv ~ the visitors are supplied with cameras :" IN
90 carry AWAY on their sensitive pilates pictures Oh
,r,o, tbev have seen. At present the NAVY i''" -
orit hut the ordinary work advances rapidly ana
with regularity. The same vessels are Ill '"0 S"'"
which we're there - week ago.
IN. h,r monitor Miauton0mOh, the reconstruction
of which has just been finished, eAci'c' ""'" '''''
est With her low freeboard, her two rcVo'''s 'u'
rc,s one forward and one aft and her sneht super
.,ur. she Is Of a different style from most oil Inc
.se.s nj the United states Navy now In coninlN'I"h
Since she returned from the trial oi mr. guns " ''
,Sorkmen have been busy cOmplcuh- "c WV"
her and making repairs and chiissS 10 III
6cr for sea- Much OF this work has already ore' """
but there is some Iill unfinished me 'le4,. ' ,
the electric steering apparatus are "oo"' ''
u,e and other jobs have been done b"t 'no "''"
al, the occumulators for the hydraulic machinery IT.
mains 10 be completed 10 do this VIII tAhc Two vi
three weeks longer. A new device Is DHhe "''e"
around the foot OF dhe turIet on d''k' !" A'op '"'
,otar which washes over the deck from flowing GOWN
below The tuIrcts revOlve ana consequently '"'''
- :, email .pace between them and the deck where
,ro,or could enter and fall below. Inc lie" ue'"c
has been fitted to the after turret and Is no" pe'h5
s,,d 90 IA. forward tIrrct II consists OF some
Leather and nctal placed about the foot OF the urc
so 80 to keen water from finding IA way Dcl""' Ou'
moi TO interfere with the revolving OF the t'rfc''
Tho dynamite cruiser Vcsuviu, lies in the yard hut
no work is being done upon her. she i 10 De h''N
for 4 new trial Of hcr @tn-. New NaNn "'V ''"t
made mi side of the ward for Ia" pneumatic e'S ="
tho vessel When these valve are finished uoS VIII
M ,roucht 70 The ward where they can be put on 'hc
shin in 4 few DAYS, Then. after all T. In rcadneS' inc
,c..el and hey three guns will have aho'her "'''
This trial will De 81 much importance lo' " VI"
90 70 prov, whether vessel OF III" style VI ,''
ve.nvins [, praccal ard desirable or u"' anu ''
h,bo- another vce.cl Of the style OF th' NeNuNl">
sbou bc buIt this vessel hns been PF"NlH'" 'p' ~
,,,,rr,. 20 10 built If The secretary Of ID" Navy
Us 49,, .,,u,,,,I While dynamite guns ar undouhi-
,dlv valuable for use I'm fort n OH ~"ne '''''' sun
- h. NOT vet been shown thar urS arr
,,r,,le or even practical when "n m''A'" Il'""'
g ,,..el like the No.lvn,. tn" Nc~~'' J" W.
vos lulF I, ir "a mount for the Suh' p'' 1t - 49,
hv many that. wing 10 The dih' 'h.' 49,,
and training the gun. and ne "i""H -,
'a,, =, r.sderci uselc,, ~ having tn" We 81 NHo''
with shot from some small s"' ~"
b,p the plan i, not practical. ,,.
r, .l,r,t work I, tong don" on the t''p'n' '""''
cus,,nc some changis IN the stcam'hchun' aPP"''
49,. being made but the ordnance "nh' 'l">
e,o,ned II Is said that this II que u" CO.,
IN. mans for the vessels ordnance o''"'' ,
,,e vessel came 60 tho ward few "''Ns ~
- ,.ron IN supply her with torpedo hlh'h''s '"' 70
VS. .h., ,y.s 20 placc fur launching tn''' Oh
~ u.,, ,oo, mart FOR the Whitehead torpci' anu
-. o., ,ne Howell torpedo. How the N'~' W.
>, e,,.d now Is not known. but II i !" '"e 49,,
civ the Whitehead torredc@ VIII De- u''"' 80 80.
& tho, q, f, ,rpcdo launching tube VIII ~ P'' 80
. . dor,Je launching tuhc fr Whitehead '"'
'1ocod amld.hlp,. emitting th" other TWO '''''
49,, ,,o, The cushing l. small ana h'i S"'" -
~. adj fsp
launching tubes ,, mich ,,,s
launched little more than year ago III ''' -
vord advances rapidly. Not only doc the '""'''"
,io, work on the hull make inpid proI'''' ""'
,hot on the Interior In connection WIN We '"-
rho he'd plate, for the nene, ha'" been hu anu Nv"
80, , -, In. cnriuc. thcni-.lv's are being put 30
,t.cn The cylinder. are bong PM ia H' N'''' '''"
manv nart, have arrived In the yard Inc '"''"
u ..,., chow. evidence 81 rapid "orh ana inc 'i''
I,r f fine cnsnc- 6r her and the Raleigh 'h'i sister
h,r hoIng luin NJ the Norfolk NnNF r"u' j. we"
advanced Within the la-i f"w daN' the Gran" '''''
and eccentric have been pui III pi"'' -" Nv" 80
- the engine, Ni,ltor- {" the Navy lar" "'"'' Wv
ra,.o ,o.cod Iy,p. on ways the d"k near the
.,auite drv-dock an old rusty iron frame :"
p,,,Ily man, OF them have also often "'hni'u ""'
49,, old thing H. Thi, Old frame Ia, been brought I"
o,,co within the lat few dals by the appointment
10 . hoard Of officers consisting 81 captain Nor'oh'
naval Constructor Tcmah and Pa-'H A'l'''n' J."
riuoor Ldtch. to apprase Il. The frame j. ''' W
naval vessel the Intrepid. which Wa ''nl' at '''
p,, Xnvv Yard "a f.w years after the war. from
,..lrr. made lv Admiral Porter. ~" 4 2i1 i""l III
,r..b q, feet I'm width. had twin screws ANA "d'
,ruiorcd She did some service ana was 'N'i'l''u VII"
torpcdoe, several year. ago she wa hui'h up "l'
If tbe water and placed 90 stocks III the NAVY '"u
I'm order that hc might b" rebuilt. she was r'''N
,ohen 10 pieces, the work Of rebuilding h'r o'I"S
hecuu Int for some reason ia" work was never
on,shod The place where she Hes Wa formerly
Slip bat the dock has been bu' up III Hoh' u It, 'c
* now valuable only ~ old Iron.
wing I'm Man-st not far from the Lyc"nm building
f., tho Navy Yard Yesterday. v"re nine old guns
They were taken from the English man-ofwar Mace
DOMAIN by The Yankee, IN the War OF lel2' and th'E
have stamped on them the crown. monogram ana
arrow together with The number Of each. They have
brcn in the ward for many years, but now they are
20 be mounted ana plic'u "I"""" '' A''0 "'""7""''
park I'm Main st.
In the CHILEAN controversy the merchant steamship
Chic WAS chartered and work her was begun to fiji
her for rrpair-shlp to be sent To Inc SCUM Aiaitc
several officer, also werr ordered TO her. ono Of
these Chief Engineer \. w Morley has now returned
to his duties at the Quintard Iron Works.
The officers and crew Il the Talapoosa which has
been living al Montsvldeo in the south Atlantic station,
for several years have been detached aud ARE now on
their WAY home The officers follows: Com
mander J. NJ Forsyth Lieutenant J. X. Cogswell,
Lieutenant G. r. Rces. Lieutenant A. ". Dodd. Lieu
tenant Ounior grad.) y. J. l.. Hall inc. Ensign
~ A. McCmly. Passed Assistant surgeon Clement
Biddle, Assistant Iaymaster ". Il. Wilcox, Passed
Assistant Engineer /. = X. Reeves, Frst Lieutenant
J. f. Nahony. L. ;. W. g.: Pay Clerk ". \. Wallace.
The TallapOusa has b e ne amt Tot further service,
and she was recently advertised for sale. None Of the
bid, came up the appraised value, ana the vessel
has no, been sold Put the appraised value Is to be
reduced and the vessel AGAIN advertised for sale.
After several consultations and much correspond
ence between the Navy Department and Navy officers
at the yard. and the officials Of Brohll II. ana the
personal investigation by Commodore Norman Ii.
rarouhar Chief .. the Bureau Of Yards and Doc bill
to provide The ale Of about fourteen more acres Of
the Navy Yard lands T. Iroohyn for market purposes
has been introduced by Congressman to0mb,. The
ground proposed 1, he turned over 10 Brooklyn
is from point on the line Of the United states Navy
Yard al the uorthwe,t Intersection Of Fshlrg and Gin
hn nastcrlr NM ~.