New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
WORK AT TIE NAVY YARD.
rop THE DECORATION DAY EXERCISES.


will both be here by that time. and that Ac's h'''
Admiral John g. Walker will arrange a programme oo
| etinc the occasIOn These two vessels "hioh "''
now ON their way back from the South A'ah''o '"'
| tion arrived at ~. Thomas on Ih'irauaS Hi9' ~ w.,
nrobably be in New York Iarbor before inc Gnu vi WIS
| week. This will be in time for them 10 Dc Ser"0D -,
| and washed and put into frst-cass cohui'io" i
| nocorot,o, Day II II had not been for the coming
~ those vessels the Navy could not have Arranged "
,arc nort I'm the services OF the day. more IMAM ''
Which the marines from the Navy Yard and the san
ors from the Minnesota and Vermont could take
| The absence Of available Navy vessels from 'iS
mort ot this time Is due to the fact that the rhI'
| dcnbIo Newark Kearsargc. Concord. Nesuvius ali"
Mlantonomoh of the North Atlantic squadron arc ~
bo at Annapolis TO take part in the examination ana
| drills OF the cadets at the Naval Academy Inc en-
animation Of the cadets OF the first class pesihe W
| morrow and will end on Friday. The b"'ru vi ''',
TORS will be- officially received on Monday ana VIII
witness the drills which are TO continue untii JUNO
| q when the graduating exercises and presentation Vi
| d,nIou,s Will take place. 1t Is expected that the
officers Of the North Atlantic squadron Will help SVEN
| the number Of those attending the annual meeons VI
| tho Naval Academy Graduates Association ana 'no
alumni dinner. The dinner VIII be hcd OH JUNE -
| the day before the commencement exercises anu "
special effort Is being made to have the attendance
| large this year.
TN. ,nonItor Mianonomoh has not yet left the Navy
Yard hut sho is 10 start Annapolis not later tfah
| Wednesday. She may get away on Tuesday. ZOE
some time the work Of fitting into place her eectnoai
steering apparatus has been going on. ana II Is HUI
| &c, finished 4 representative OF the company
which Is supplying the ship with the apparatus ms
lust obtained permission from the Naval Department
| IN make the trip TO Annapolis the Mianfonomoh
~ the weather Is favorable this electrical apparatus
probably will be tried on the trip down. EAcep'lhs
for trials however It Is probable that the vesHei WI"
be sccrc by either her steam or her hhnd steering
gear The ships galley Is below decks. ana IL makes
| the place hot and disagrceablc for the men, TO
rcmeiy this trouble another galley Is now being set
| mn ON the main deck. But the old one viii sun be
retained on the ship. the new one VIII be merely
for filrwcaihcr use
While the Miantonomoh IS In annapolis it Is likely
that her guns viii be moved for the benefit Of the
officers and cadets at the place. They Will not he
fred but drills will be held with them.
ON Tuesday May 81. board is to he convened
nj IN, Navy Yard for the examination Of applicants
for the place Of ma st.r electrician In the Yard
II f. rnmorcd that after the commencement eXer'
clscs at Annapolis the flagship Philadelphia OF the
North Atlantic squadron, will make flying TRIP
10 New York. I'm order that she may go up the
hudson River be present at West Point at the
commencement exercises OF the United states Military
Academy there.
II any &c needs stronger proof that the naval
hattie 81 the future Will be more desperate afair
than ever II In the past than has appcarcn III
these columns from time 10 time, nolng IN"
progr,s which science has made IN the last Few years
In guns ships and WEAPONS. thca that proof may be
found In n glance AZ the several vessels now IN the
yori There 4, the old wooden frgac Vermont.
which lie, I'm her bed 81 mud. In use only a.
temporary home for sailors waiting to be- drafted i"'
n cruise. or for those who have returned from u
crui,e and 80 waiting T. be paid or and discharged
Within 300 feet 81 her lies the mammoth i7-toh
armor,d battcship Maine. soon To be ready LOT
active service and equipped with all the latest hpp
anccs for destroying AN cnemy-l3inch guns machine
guns aud torpcdoc>. - say nothing Of the ram. ihc'
Is the little chccsebox monitor Nantucket whch al'I
having been ont ~ r,l active service since her
destructive performance, Of the civil war; the mirhS
Of which she yet carries. is being made ready Tor the
summer drill, Of the Naval Reserve. Near her are
the double tnrrettcd monitors Miintonomoh ana
Terror and the G.OOOton barbcttc monitor PURITAN
Then there is the Ericsson WEAPON named t''
DESTROYER which (, to have series Of tests OF her
twenty. seven feet long submarine proIccth'S' inc 's'
Of which made on Friday ancri"oh'
These vessels are II study In themselves, and as the
,or advance, upon them they become more and more
Interesting. and people begin Il understand h'' h"N'
warfare with IT, powerful ripd-iiring guns It's 10
ton guns It's smokecss powders, It's strange ana
wonderful torpcdoes and destructive explosives OF all
kinds, has undergone evolution that has practically
revoutIonircd the science of war on the seas.
Commodore Erben, who was summoned to washing
ION early In the week . confer with secretary Tracy
and the head, Of departments relative to the proposed
sale Of additional Navy Yard land, TO Bioohyn for
Wallabout Market purposes, returned on Thursday
II /, believed that the appraisers Will not fix m
amount less than 100000 for the land. hut the
economists Of the House determined that the pro
coed, shall be TUNED into the Treasury Instead OF
using 1t for needed Improvements In the Yard Com
mvlorc Erbcn's iI-t proposition was TO part OF
the proceed, Of the sale for building the new dry
dock hi, recommendation being that the dock could
H.. ,rlIv Inn hv days nd nd he
supervision Of the Government But the
bill authorizing the building Of the dock
provided that 1t should be built by contract.
The shlpbulldng plant. the division wall, the putting
up Of bulldogs ior new work. and the sea wall
other improvements need considerable sum. ana
II IS the opinion Of Commodore Erbcn and secretary
Tracy that the act providing for the sale Of Tho
lard should specify that the proceeds, n portion
should be utilized for improvements. The plot which
II Is proposed 10 sell Is section the westerly |
side Of Westinghouse, extending two blocks to-
ward tho Marine Barracks. t. I'm einary line that
would be CEnt0n-ave. II cut through, and from |
Fushing-avc. 10 the waterfront, containing about
twenty acres
As to the new drydock the specifications for
which arrived from Washington Wednesday, as re-
ported in Tho Tribune Thursday It is TO be thc
largest In the country and will be completed IN
the autumn OF 1904 Several would be contractors |
already obtained copies Of the specifications and
bids will be received until July L.. The contract |
VIII be awarded about August l. The dimensions of |
dock will BE- 62j feet in length, feet extreme
width at the top, "a feet wide Mt the bottom and |
IS feet deep from high water mark. The foundation
will be made by driving piles Al feet deep upon |
the top Of which will be laid bed OF concrete not |
less than two feet thick. The dock floor |
will be laid strngers Of yellow pine, secured |
by bolts being driven in the centre OF the founda |
ton piles. The dock will be closed with a floating |
caisson OF steel, the horizontal section which will
be ellptical In shape The casson will be 100 feet
long on the top, Il feet long the bottom, 25 |
feet In breadth. at It's thickest part and IS feet
In height The dock pumps will have capacity |
lr discharg1ng 1000 gallons OF water a minute