New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01

FIRST MANOFWAR BUILT IN NEW-JER-Ef
MISS MARY F. MOORE CHMSTENs TIE VESSEL
PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
r, ]. Horner & Co.

MISS MARY F. MOORE Christians HE 'A-'"H'
PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
The steel practice cruiser Bancroft the first war
shin ever but I'm New-JerScy for the United states
Government was successfully launched yesterday NJ
Elizalcthport in the presence OF about ooo' Po"pi'
Finer weather for the ceremony could not nave oee'
desired The gates Of the samuel L. Moore " Sois
Company shpyard. where the vessel was buli'' "cre
thrown open to the public nj 10 O'Clock The officials
NJ the Brcoklvn Navy Yard came down on Govern
ment tug The wharvcs and the roofs and WINDOWS
Of bindings I'm the nelghborhood were crowded WIN
people and the shores OF staten Island opposite Were
fringcd with hundreds OF spectators MANY po'P''
came from Rosellc, Linden and towns adjacent !"
Elizabeth to witness the launch
The cruiser looked imposing ON lis eIeNa'eu pc''"
and was profn,ely decorated with nags and bnnuhS
Five Temporary masts had been erected Inc N"'onni
IGN roa,cd from each a,ihcad, and the Union Jack
from the bow small flags Of various shapes ana de
signs extended from the bow TO the stern
4 raised platform drapcd with the Stars ana Stripes
WA, erected a. the bow, and THE wcIc grouped Inc
Naval officials, the Mayor of Elizabeth and other prom
incnt citizens, surrounding Miss Mary Frances Moor,
the Young lady who To bapuLe the vessel she l.
the daughter Of Mlar +. Moore senior member Of the
firm and stood a chair with "A bottle OF champagne
tightly grsped In her nelt hand
AT IL 80 O'Clock the signal was given TO begin the
worl, Of knocking away the asisnngs that held tie
craft and at II 30 she began TO more
81 chnstcn thee Bancroft said Mis- Moore IN
loud clear VOICE broke the bottle OF win" over
the steel bow Of the cruiser. and moment htcr hhn
the chers Of the assembled thousands, the waving oi
bandkerchefs by the ladies and the deafenng sreec
Ing Of a hundred steam whistles. the Bancroft lid
gracefully down the Inclined plane and Glove the waters
of the XIII Won kull for the first time. The multi
ude I'm their enthusiasm shouted again when the YES
sci nobly rightcd Itself and swept toward the staten
Island shore.
The heads OF the shIpbuildng firm were warmly
congratulated by the Naval officers present who were
a INIT I'm declaring # o BE- Of the prctticNt lannche
they had ever witnessed. several hundred ladies' ana
Gentlemen with the Naval officers and prominent ont
firm after the ceremony.
Among those present at the affair were
Fucnccrin- Chcf q. W. Melville Chief Engineers d. j.
Mccartney. A. W. Morley, Jackson McElwel and j. T..
Mickey: Chief Naval Constructor +. ID. Wilson, NaNn'
Constructors Philip Ilchborn r. L. Icrnad, Thon1s r.
Webb j. j. Woodward John +. Ianscom, W. H. Capps,
D. w. TAYLOR w. l.. Mntonyc and q. ". street Cap
tain H. L. rhythiaE, Of the Naval Academy; Judge
Advocate General ". f. Remcy, Passed Assistant En-
ninccrs W. ~ Mcfarland. George X. salisbury, I. "a
Carr f. H. scrbner Il. 4. Bennett and Albert Morltz
IT, w. RAYMOND. private secretary Of secretary Tracy
Lieutenant Commander W. :. Cowles Medical Director,
l. Gihon AID Dcavan BlOodeood; Commodore
Henry Erbcn Commander J. s. Newell, lcu'enanis
W. H. H. Switzerland and J. {. WILSON, Lieutenant
IJessc OF The German Legation. Washington; Com.
m.ndcr &. H. Rockwell. Irving NJ scott president of
the mon Iron Works. Of san Francisco, eNfongicHs
man John Kcan, state senator MrsI ana tounS 'Ol'
lector Wood, Of Union COUNTY Judge We, orn,ch' ~
Con gresham Calkins, the Rev. +. VI McAll>"r, cl
MAYOR Peter Il. Bonnet, Clerk CrOwcll, city Cier.
Manning Frccholdcrs Moore, Saucr. Don0hnc ANA
Bender. and the members OF the Elizabeth boara Vi