New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31
OUR BIG SISTER CITY.
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
Legal Steps Against Ralroad-The Republican
~ Va Weather Affects Work al he Yard
Items of General

e5.O40 foot TONS compared with 1G040 foottons OF
the 1890 and 1901 trials. Three of these pO)ectIes,
Of the latest improved manufac ture broke into several
pieces after penetrating not than three Inches OF
the plate. Two of the proiecules broke through the
Iarveyized surface their points reaching TO the
surface OF the plate. AS the right hand corner only
Of the plate was cracked, 1t was left In greatly
superior condition the test plate OF the 1891 trials
II is believed that the result OF this late test will lead
to steps being taken to contract for the making Of these
plates, In place of the nckelsteel plates which were
TO have been made.
Officers AZ the yard have INDUCED in more or less
surmi,ing TO the for suddenly deachins
Lieutenant John J. Knapp from the receiving ship
Dale and sending him TO the Baltimore the relief
OF Lieutenant James ii. Sears, who Is ordered 70
accept without question the statement that Lieutenant
Sears IA ordered home for the purpose OF experimenting
the publication of his report on the rccen, revolution
in Chll. The manuscript WIS received at the Bureau
Of Intelligence mt the Navy Department recently. ana
a document that it is 10 be published by the Burean
War series No. 3. 1t not only covers the campaign
cludes cop,-, Of all the official orders issued by both
sides. Others Of The officers have sad that the sudden
he was hurried oil 10 duty Puget sound because of
officers 0rgunzaton,' 70 the passage Of the BIZ 10
Chief Engineer Jefferson brown who lives in liar
lem, and who was recently ordered before court
martial at Norfolk upon the, charge Of drrnkrm i
Washington. lie accompanied by his sister. VINO
reanlImed what hae often been declared, thnt he Is
mentally irresponsible and has been ioF many mGntls
This condition Is believed to be due to several thing,
connected with his service, but especially the hard
exclamation Gcforc hi, recent PROMOTION. II is ad-
mitled that the engineer Officers Of the Navy. because
OF the changes In steam and electric machinery, III"
aiduous services in extreme Temperatures, the multi
watching and the hard and continuous study OF pro
fessionnl scientific subjects In All their lines, are
more susceptible to physical and mental v nS' PS ny
called that chief Engineer Brown recently disappeared
In mysterious way, and after several days OF search
by detectives and friends he wa found SICK ana De
moved to his home ~ New-forh II Is Gcnevcl ''n
the Medical Board will recommend his retirement, IN
TSn 3se f this sae cne who cann
read the paragraph YESTERDAY, relative to CHANCES N
than heretofore. On the contrary Il Is merely re-.
vision of Che eN,ting programme ana Hx1S r m nd,n %
promoted. Under the regulations Of The pa.t an as
sistant engineer has had 70 undergo an examination re
hieh-rank officers for promotion to passed assistant
engineer and the examination Of tho Latter for pro,
twenty FIVE days The new regulations decrease
the time for the examination, but they also enable the
Examining Board to ascertain whether the candidate
has kept himself abreast OF the motern practice and
the progressive development In steam engineering ana
c"gSe snleC n TH %o an cr cTaTa nh
the new, system, which will take effect ON January
lsa canddaC for PGS S1 seS no x DE- @p and 10
he Will thus be relieved from the mental strain TO
which he is subjected FOR the tnreetlme'oN long eS-
of the Bureau Of Construction, has decided T. use
inch tu.rets of tho battleShips. BY this change
greater Thickness can be given 10 the gun protection
change Of motive power and some rearr7nrcmGn,tt
consequent to It, about forty or fy tons Of M"i2ht
stcam power win not. however lie made on the tur
rets for the 13-lnch Euns Of the battlcshiPs.