New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
xVVENILAND NAMES F(sA WARoHlPS.
THE WARM WEATHER DELAYS CONSTRUCTION
VARIOUS NOTES.

49,, .hsr section of tho United states is well repre-
on,cd bv the Navy, numerically, at least First
,he armoled cruiser Maine that mammoth battle
,i, which viii dsplace 664s tons when equipped
49, so,v,ce and have the heaviest armament Of any
,,,d States Navy vessel that will be afoat. Then,
n the order of names comes the Newhanpsnire' ono
=. the old time fricites, whose past mas ~eh III
n,norahle one, and whose future Is yet 10 DC neer
mined For several years she has been III use as
training ship for the apprentice boys at New-London'
nm, Two weeks ago lowed here 10 serve rs a
,o,~acks for the Naval Reserve bataltons from
Nevyork and Rochester. The Reserves hope TINT
she nav now be set apart for the u-s OF naval
srmorv or in other words. ship where the Naval
militia can have their regular drills and which VIII
relieve them Of their present embarrasSmem "i
denendInV upon the good will of the National Guards
men for n place In which 10 perfect themselves I'D
,hs,r naval drills She now lies mOored nj Cob
Dock This recalls the fact that only few n"nthS
ago while she was lying in mudbed at ew-London
she had an epidemic Of typhoid fever on board wh'ch
-,uooa r,rcb alarm Where she now lies Is
near what used TO be outlet for one OF the sewers
of Brooklyn, and 10 which attributed the cause
OF typhoid fever on the Vermont two three years
ago Iut both of these evils have now been Nmedied
The sewer nuisance no longer exists, ana the New
Hampshire has been removed from her bed OF vie
mud, and has been phtted With the most approved
plumbing.
In the rear. or a few feet from the stern Of the
States the Vermont She too, is Of those old time
immense frigates comfortable, going ships In then
day Int which would not stand more than one broad
side from a haIfdozen S-inch breechloadng rifles of
the present time. The Vermont has lain In the Navy
Yard So long, a. a receivngshp, that her old yellow
bulk with the roof the upper deck. is sight
familiar 10 New WORKERS the Navy Yard Itself.
The singe-turreed monitor Nantucket, which was re
Gently repaired and made ready for service IS possessed
Of another good New-England name, though not the
name of q state this time Another monitor. although
It Is not named after either a state or a town, yet
recalls to many Yankees their origin and their first
struggles in the New World by the very fact OF Its
name-the Puritan.
Now leaving the New England names, OF the other
vessels in the Navy Yard the unarmored cruiser
which at present officially Cruiser No. ~ Will, at
the time of her launching, be chrstened the Gin
cnnad. in honor of the Western city of that name.
The significance in the name Of another of the moni-
tors In the Yard the Terror. readily be seen.
The little torpedo boat Cushing by her name com
mem0rates the name Of man who did an act OF
bravery rarely known. II Is Lieutenant William b.
Cushing, the hero of the Albemarle affair During
the course Of the Civil War Lieutenant Gushing went
ND Abermarle Sound In q little steam launch and, as
the risk of his life and the lives OF the brave
men with him, blew up the rebel ram Albemarie'
The new naval vessel which was launched this week.
and which has been known the Pirate was chrstened
the Columbia in honor Of the anniversary OF the as
oovery 0 America by Columbus. This vessels twin
ship. now called Cruiser No b. Is to be named the
Springfield in honor Of Springfield, ILL.,, the home ana
place of burial Of President Lincoln.
The Navy Yard. well other places. felt the
eakct Of the terrific heat OF the last week, and the
work. there Jagged good deal 1t was impossible to
work In such weather and even when the men stayed
at thar Jobs not much work was accomplished. 60
on two DAYS OF the week tho commandant ordered the
men 10 knock on work at noon. Even when TINS OIuer
was not given. many OF the men dropped WORK OF
their own accord although they received pay Only TOT
the time that they worked. Thus, from over ZOoO
mon on the rolls, the force mach reduced ana
work cid not advance with IT'S accustomed rapldity
There were few cases OF prostraOn from the effects
OF the heat but no deaths. A few men have been
laid off on account OF lack Of work for then but II is
expected that they will be taken back In the fou.
when work revives.
At present everything Is quiet In the Navy iaru'
The vessels in course OF construction and reeonstrpc
ton advance toward completion, but 1t is all heavy,
slow work II is expected that the Cincinnati VIII
be launched about the first OF october. ONLY niue
work has been done on the Gushing during the E'St
week. on account OF the intense heat, but wheh 'ie
torpedo launching tubes arrive the vessel Is READY TOT
them The dispatch boat Dolphin has left the East
River and gone TO New-LOndOn. The Chicago ana
Atlanta are lying In the North River Both OF them
have been surveyed bn II Is not known as vet wat
they will do for the rest Of the summer. whether
their repairs will be begun at the Navy Yard or ueS
will have more sea duty. When they were mere III
the early summer only slight repairs were maze 10
them with the expectation that more extensive w.
pairs would be made later In the year
A rather interesting building is now being torn
down in the Navy Yard. 1t is an old brick bmlnihS
standing On the coal dock. When this property was
first added To the Yard the building was called
"ShinbOne store" II had been used hs a s'ci'houae
for shnbones Of all kinds, sizes and styles Ihe
owner sent 10 different paris Of the country gong 10
battlefelds during the war. 10 make large ana
representative collection Of shnbones. which ne 'hei
probably made into fertilizers. This building wheh IL
came into the possession Of the Navy Yard IN the time
Of the war was put in proper condition. ana used
for the storage OF salt pork and provisions Ior nV'
vessels and was called the "Victualng House. for
many years Il has used as storehOuse ior 'o"
Considerable satisfaction is felt because Secretary
Tracy has been prompt In making the award Oh Tue
contract for the construction Of the new drydock at
the Navy Yard. The award is made to John H.
Gills. 81 brooklyn. the lowest bidder. Ills proposal
was s4l2 600. and the highest Of the nine BIDS was
that Of p. sanford Ross. Of Jersey CITY, SjI4ooO The
bid OF James f. simpson. VINO built the timber dock
10 feet from where the new dock Is TO be bnN was
s537,570 and though some doubt has been expressed
that Mr.. Giis could build the dock at his bid Without
losing money. Secretary Tracy and Judge Advocate
General Lemly made thorough Investigation ana
assured themselves of the entire responsibility OF the
contractor and his surecs. and Therefore felt II In
etmbent TO awnrd the contract 10 Mr. Gills. The new
CRY dock is TO be the largest OF any OF the Government
ory docks having been designed especially for taking
In the largest battleshpS II Is TO be Go5 feet In
length at the top $50 feet on the floor. 154 feet
extreme width and 30 feet deep from the top.
The "2OOO-tOn steel cruiser No. H." recently
launched and named the Marblehead at the works OF
Harrison Loring Boston. Is rapidly approaching com
pieron. Her engines. which have been built at the
Morgan Iron Works. New-Yoih are so nearly finished
mat they Will soon be put Into the vessel They are
Of the inverted vertical. tripleexpanson type, and
were designed by the Bureau OF Steam Engineering.
ana are among the first of their kind constructed for
ne Navy They arc pIIaran teed Ia fdyn sprcd ~