New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21
WORK AT THE NAVY lAhD
INCIDENTS SINCE The CHILEAN TROUBLE

FOR NfM NhIl~bi''
The recent preparations OF war vessels aue 'o''
movements, in anticipation that Only ior'c VI "a
ro,ld wiring from the Chians an apology anu iep"'"
w., e., ,ha hr,,tal killing OF the American sailors OF
,ho cruiser baltimore have clearly demonstrated t''o
Zoo. not the mental and physical strain 10 mni.'
those who take part in the next naval wa, WIN ~
subiected will be Of the most uylhe "' 49,,
the old DAYS of ailpower a commander vi
so,odron or feet knew that so long as INC WIN, -
manned unfavorablc his enemy couiu nu' y. ,".
errnrtso him and that he might If ne WHICH IL, 'p
~ p, stcou. mower always the foe OF resi-
hoe eevoIcned TO such an extent as seriouSh "
uooto, N murder sleep altogether in war u'o ~
sco and this steam-pOwer has gwen 10 ''' .
and least conspicuous craft the greatest a,' W. A.,
nccd This fact is absolutely demonsu"'" ~ ~
torpedoboat Cushing and the dynamite cruiser
WINS which were being made ready "
force TO be pitted against Chill ~ o
Tho nronorations for exacting from Chill q recos'
,,ior Of the rights Of a Civilized people "eic ~
mar, the ciSpa.cning Of the vessels OF INC 80
Atlantic SQUADRON toward The straits OIL ''"s'
hut before they reached M0ntcvidio wherc 'ne'
70 be Joined by Admiral Walkers BiaAii 'a"''a .'
Chili's apology and proposition to se''io III ,,
peacefully were forthcoming, and ORDERS Io' % Ir.,
denbia and Concord to return were sent 10 -''''''
charardi , few, DAYS ago. This brought Joy 10 thc
hearts NJ the families aud relatives OF the ohccrs ""'
.,rs for these vessels Will be back Ill Nc".
York waters instead OF sending Shells 'oipou' ""1
ether deathdcallng project'les 20 the ueo"". ,na
,hc cnemy's war vessels and the people oh oo'D
them. 1900, roor,,or
The preparation sto put The doubc-tuiTeteu 'non..o
Niontonomoh ard the stecclad coastde'choe nioii'o
,,. 49, nd ,be other ow.frceboard vessels into
e,htipr condition awakened interest In tho'e NS
soils and many naval expert who mas Nis"ou '"'
Miantonomoh and the Puritan, the Terror anu Wv
cbce,c.box monitor Nantucket, at the H"N' i'
realized and admitted that they nave a"'
which the hlghsde battle ships have not - W"
demonstrated in the civil War; ana u IS ho" w
mIt,cd that the United states Navy possesses u ''o
,o,rl,inc unmostcd craft vessels Of war when hS
easily escape being detected until they are "i''nh "
short distance OF the object Of attack.
The Mlanionom,h has been In inc urSoo'" w.
,.i davs while tests have been made to determine
her mctaccntrc height; that is. To deNr1mne '
,o,r, in the vertical axis Of the ship beyond which
her centre Of gravity cannot be raised "'''p'''
that the shin will turn turtle The double 'urfe'cu
itor Terror which is now being rebuilt, was 80 top
heavy I'm 1872 because Of the great weight OF
her turrets and other meialwork above '"'
watcrllnc. that she was IN daHs'T VI 80
Ing bottom side up In heavy weather anu
when The other monitors were sent Nor'n i'"', "
West I'm May Of that year. the officers oil u'o i''''
dreaded the idea OF q trip around Cape ha'''r"''
Il, find the mctaccntfc height 81 the M'Ah'oho'''"'
The vessel WIS put into the timber drydooK bnt sue
was kept anoat the water was not pumped out u '''
dock nor was the cnisson or gate even pun "'''
,be mouth Of IT, Heavy weights oi pgron WIZ
nut on the deck Of The MONITOR 80 aFrlhs"i tN'' Wv"
could be pulled from side TO the oJicr LOT "'''
inc the vessel The report ot the test has not Sc'
been sent in but j. understood That inc meI'on'
,,ht of th. shin was found - be about u Ia I''''
-, account OF the breadth OF beam and The Shho"he'
Of vessels Of this the monitor type snch Ne'>'" INV
much greater uetaccntric height 'lan those oi the
cruiser t,pc. The cruiser chicago, ios m''A"'o no
= metaccntrc height Of only about j icct h''
the cruisers can make much bette Np'cu """ "''
mentors, b,cansc they built more for that pnFp''
The Miantonomoh probably VIII be taken from the
drrdock In , day or two. The various WORK on h''
an continues In the last week some repairs nave
Lccn made 20 her machinery. lac "or" 81 "''"N
alout the foot 81 each turret the cohtnVanoe io'
tccplug water from washing down below H'' con
tluued The electrical steering gear propaDN VIII
soon be ready for use. In the pho'"""sc vi 81"
ton Of the super.tnicturc Of the vessel the electric
,,os have been led ND through the floor and the
.,ndurd which is 10 hold the par; which regulates inc
steering The electrical Apparatus merely opens the
valves down below. ana the steering h'ci is "o"e pS
ncons OF the steam When all i In readiness nv"
in tle plothousc can. with Mile manual labor res'-
.tc tbn direction Of tho ship. In front oil MIN j. the
con,nas,: he holds hi, hand 4 snail lever by NOV
Ing which the ship l. stccred ana near al ahn are the
,c,,l- communicating with The cnSincroDm. III Gaze
NJ q hattie IL might he unsafe for any ono 10 remain
ON the sIpcstrucurc, the supeStrctl tire mp' nave
l.cn shot away. and In that cas-" t'e Steeri"s "a"
e done from the coming towers OF the trrets fr1o
ably the word would De passed down below ana INC
team steering apparatus used. II might happen TOO
chat 4bs steam steering apparatus could not
-, need for .omc r..ison and In that case the vessel
could lie seer.d by hand. so the ship Is conveniently
and well supplied In this respect.
The ship could in short time be made ready Tor
ca lt She has orders for service ana no hurry is
being made. The officers on the snip 90 no, hhow
rhot She will do II Is thought that she VIII be sent
20 Gardiner. Bay again for target practice ard tactical
,riaIs The vessel was put into commission last iah
rather suddenly after being In the Navy Yard In coarse
~ ,ocou.,r ctlon for long while; then the work on
h.r ,coe carried along rapidly that on January
she left the Navy Yard for the first time In several
y.ar and went to Gardiner Bay to nave some tihl
of her guns The trials were, on the WHOLE success
fuf but everything was new and the men had 10
learn how TO use the guns. The guns had been. OF
cour,e tested before they were put on the vessel but
mounted I'm the turrcts With new and Improved ma
oh,,or, fine art OF operating them and the attendant
machinery perfectly could not be acquired In minute
81 come further trials II held now, probably would
be Of much advantage.
Tho vosuyIus and the Cushing arc In about the same
condition as last week. on the former The dynamite
cruiser the work has not been begun ms yet but Is
stu being carried on away from inc y"ru w o' con-
tractors Nothing further has been done on the latter
the little torpcdoboat, In regard to the torpedoes
which are TO be put her. since the fear Of war
with Chill has gone work on the torpedo launching
tubes on this vessel has been stopped.
The work Of making castings OF the propeliers for
hc two new cruisers Cincinnati and Raleigh Is about
IN Inc berun I'm the foundry In the Navy Yard. Each
vessel is 10 have two propclcrs. The propellers will
have three blades each and the hubs and the blades
will he cast separately. The work on the machinery
for the Two vessel, advances rapidly. Crank shafts
cccentrics and valves being put In place all but
two OF the cylinders haze already been submitted TO
thc hydraulic test 4 few parts of the machinery OF
the Raleigh have been shipped to Norfolk-where tho