New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-27
'0u]R Big SISTER ClTY.
AFFAIRS In BROOKLYN.
- c,.rnod with Bgamy-Many Entertainments at io
" "',r Cir, Frightened to Death-Various Items
of Ccner Interest.

Norfolk she may be able to sail from here on tues
day; at Norfolk she IL 10 be put into the dTyuooA'
and then she may to Port Royal TO have SUM
target practice. The repair work OIL the iagsnp
Chicago has been begun yet, but 1t VIII prop
ably will be begun s0on when the various necessary
forms have gone through with. She has already
been surveyed. On the Philadelphia inc "Vih
progresses steadily.
The engines Of the dynamite cruiser Ves1vlus are
being ovcrau.cd and the vessel Is being fitted with
Il vcnhating system. The training ship Portsmouth
is sll in drydOck, but as soon as her ruddcr h'ai
is replaced she Is to be noated out Of The dock
will then probably sall away from the iatu anu
start south. going. perhaps, to Hampton kJaus, "
T WI tb INV Wr S'' Indie .,D' to start III '''
Lieutenant +. Prime who Is now on duty IL, IN
Lieutenant l.. Graham have received prrPaIasotS
orders for duty on the new practice snip b'igi1 ph
The former Is 10 be the executive Ohocr vi r u
vessel. II has been eaid that the ship Is to De P.
into commission on December u, but some LIQUIDS
to whether this can be done have bccn eApreeseu.
she Is now mt iIAbcthport, y. D.. WHERE snY ,6
built and has not vet come 10 the Navy laiu 'tlu
II Is not known when she Is coming. she HdS Ho'
had her olhclal steam ulal ut sea Prela'u'o'S ,I
being accepted 10y the Government, ana II Is ashcu
commission by the dai" slaed Nheh s1e ''' -, o', ~
pat into commission and hltcd for sea, she Is 10 W
the spring Instead being sent directly to Annapolis
to be used Il training oHp.
1t seems PROBABLE t..t lnc new cruiser CINCINNATI
WI bo ready for about soon rs the iailc
r
soon as tnc boilers are finished. which Will be about
that must b" LEFT open for them 70 pas iuiVuem
| the decks can b" closed, and wooden decks Ed an
over the ship. Then the engines can be- put INTO
place whenever they ARE ready, and can be lG"'tSu
INTO the "ngin"-r1Om through the hatch; IN me
meantime the wood pancllng, which will be all ready
Ia IN" Joln"r'hop. can b" taken on boru anu pu ~
place. and the bcrths put in other work "l various
hnd, can BE- done: and IN s!X or seven months tne
vessel can Doe finished. The Maine has ALREADY bcel
launched two years. and She viii probably not BE-
finished until after ia" Cincinnati. but IN her case
several unfortunate causes for delay must De- H'hn
| into consideration. For many months thc cry loI
armor plating has gone up but the arnor plate mas
not appeared ia response to the call few days "s >
'ur instance. the construction officers h0u'c1 state
plates for the turrct Of the Terror had been shipped
nom Bethlehem. but these plates hav" not been re-
c.ived the yard. The wooien ormor baclins las
also been In place the Maine FOR som" months. 50
hat the vessel Is ready flr the plates sun they
do not come. Whafcvcr plates the company turns
out II Is said scnt 10 the firms that are build
Ing naval vessels on contnict and for whom there
!, penalty I they completed IN The contract
time and this naturally adds 20 the delay In getting
plates Tor the vessels which being built IN the
Nnvy Yard. Now. the armor patlng Is delivered
rapidly and in largo quantities. or In such an order
+, made Tor special pl" ana hry AL mi, IT., De- pHII
months but n the plating + delivered IN small guam
ttc.. viii th" wrong one, first ana WIN I2nt ll''r
/ mission, between m" deliveries the complexion OF
he vessel win naturally be further proiraCied.
Another point hat must not De- forgotten IN consider
nat .hc j. much larger ard heavier vessel than
the Cincinnati and Il would - cours", take longer
time 10 do the heavier work d"s ms Wh"n
~ Maine begun, II was mnuy wears sine" any
vel lad been luu In he Navy Yard. and m dcrn
steel vessel lad never been huilf there. 80 was
necessary to rr cure entirely now plant II
machinery. md t. put I'm many improvements Whit"
flc ,nrd i'..lf wis rot as complete as II f. now
fhe 20 Iond system Tor instance wa, not AT all com
pc'c.
The wor. on TIE monitors Terror and Puritan con
linurs steadily they. 100, are greatly DELAYED by
the back ~ armor Hating On" wo"d"n lacking having
been n place on them fnr several months.
Iaymn-t,r j. Q. Barton. - The Miantonom)h. has
boon seriously ~. and. although he IS recovering now.
fee IS t. 90 10 the Naval Hospital this week.