New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
WORK AT THE NAVY YARE'
WAITING FOR THE VESUNlUS IEoiS'
PROGRESS OF THE NEW CRUI:ERs-REPA1Rs IL
WARSIIIPs.

WARSIIIPS.
Although Il Is the common report that series VI
| exhaustive trials OF the dynamite cruiser ,
- a,, % no hold no order to that effect mas Oc'h
| recoIvcd on that vessel. Nevertheless Ho"' "
norris from Washington. and from incidental r'i.i'
., rho subject In letters It Is considered c'r''' ~
| the trials are to be held. For many months Wv
| officers on the vessel have desired traiS vi '
| 1hcro has been much adverse critlcism vi W"
| ,,ns aud # has even been proposed to change ner
| int, eona other type Of cruiser even anh''"s '
| her Guns would be successful and exceheht IL nv, 49,
:, a drcd place on shore. II has been snid 'hi' sue
| d,d M, make suitable mount for theHi' ANU 'n'
| they would not be practicable on any ho''i"S 'io
| rui the officer. on the vessel. who nave tue
| opportunity TO study the guns and their s.s'e' "
| believed firmly tina; they were prhcuc"oi'' '
| e,d,s that that they would prove TO be among clo
uoet novcrfnl destructive weapons on any ""S"'p
and have desired that the veSsel m's"' "''''
| thorough trial to try wha, she can DO
Tho vessel is In the Navy Yard, where Shc nus ''a
h.r engines overhaulcl. and IS now having s'S"" "
| ventilation put on board to ventila'e the 'p''
bolcy decks, She Is ordcrcd to have all WORK nh'sct
lac nccc,nIer = II Is expected that soon ai'cr maj
| data she will leave tho Navy Yard and co. prooaoE'
| =. xcvnort 70 hold these trials. Before u" uH'''
| ara held the gun, are TO be ranged lh'S mas NV
| hoon dcnc vet and consists In fling proI''u''s ~
regulate the guns 81 that n certain pressure y" Wv
| valves will carry the projectic CERTAIN hAcu
| When this has been done, the aculai "''e, "
a hoard Of officers will preside, are 70 be held i'
| will consist In firing at mark with 'ne ~ "
vorious pc>tons and suations-wlen both 'c CRUISER
and thc target are stationary and the distance II
known and when The cruiser u moving "' Low
| -, seventeen knots, and when both the cruiser ana
| ibe target are moving For ranging the guns a"u
,roho,Iv also for most OF the trials. dummy pro''u'S
! viii he Used The three dynamite guns VI Wv
Veuvlus are stationary In the bow oil the ''S''' o,
| ,hcir muzzlcs protecting above deck, and are io'
| aimed In the ordinary way Of raising OF io"''p's' "
otherwise shifting them: but they are pointed at inc
TARGET by changing the position OF the SNIP -"
ni,c,iles are mpcllci by means OF compressed AR
| wh.n the cruiser Chicago returned to Nc"-iorh
recently there were rumors that extensive rcp'i'
| uo,dd be made TO her. and that she "ouu
! IN, mt ont OF commission. But II IL '"o"s""
ROW that thIs will not be done. The ve's'i mas Vch
surveyed and the report sent to the '"'o"' "
Washington. but the opinion Is tlht ohp I" '
| amount 81 the repars will be maze NJ "'s'"' -,
No, helnr that extensive repairs will be made after
| some months ..,
| m, ,ticoqo has been I'm commission for several
| or during which time she has done much crulShg'
and now she needs engines ana o"i'rs' - al
npnropr ion for building these VIII not Oc""c "''
,hi. until next July and they will have TO he con
.trc,cd after that II Will BE- about year. anyway
before they can be put into the vessel
In getting new engine. II IS said. much hghter
,,,,.rn WI he constructed and another Typ OF
,u.r win also b.. used thl, great reduction In the
,.,, 81 The engines will Increase the coal capacity
II tie ship - that She can carry about "o' t'"'
u coal more tlan she docs now Her coal oapac"S
nj present Is about so tons. ,
.,nc work Is stiIl being done on the cruiser l'h"
dlpbio and She probably will not be ready to go 10
| ..a Tor about a month The repair work SIN con
uuucs ON Tic monitor Man,onomoh. II Is said tha'
IN. Is 10 receive new steam steering gear h'r
Steering apparatus has never been Satisfactory N'ic
WAS no method Of steering tie vessel Directly from
the pu; house except by means Of the electrical mp
alliances whlrh were put In for experiment Inc
team apparatus that Is be put In Is 10 be connected
with The pilot house and coming towers, so 'hat u'
vessel can be stored directly from item.
Tho training ship Portsmouth. which hns been III
the drydock Tor repairs l. 10 be taken out tomorrow"
So protably will get away from tie Navy fatu
about tho las, Of this week. and start Tor Hampton
Ro0d,: there she will remain for time and then
.,nrt for the West Indies for her regular winter trip
about January ].
The private trial Of the new practice cruiser Ban
croft, which was To take place tomorrow. has been
postponed until Tuesday or "Wednesday because u'
vessel could no, BE- made ready The cruiser J.
bcng built at El0abcthport, " j.. ana the coming
trial is only one held privately by the contractors nro
,lous to the official TRIAL. dock trial OF the engine
has already been held. soon after The oroial U"'
che will probably BE- put In comhiiS Ion
Within the last wcc. all the armor plates for the
muets Of the monitor Terror, now in course OF con
,irlcon at the Navy Yard have reached that place.
and they will be- put In position on the vessel
The plates that have the port holes through "m'h
the muzzc, OF the guns Will project are not finished
r., they are difficult 10 make. II the armor plating
for the cruiser Maine and the monitor Puritan would
row come the work Of completing those vessels could
60 rapidly.
The engines for the cruiser Cincinnati are now 70
&c taken down and stored In the shops until all OF
the parts bc put on board the vessel Whch the
fire occurred the erection shop these engines wcr"
almo-t completed The same fire destroyed the
wooden building In which the engines had been
erected Plans were drawn ana the contract given
for new Iron building 10 take the place Of the oil
one but this has not been erected rs set, 1t his
become necessary take the engines down to shelter
them from the weather
degrading the recent courts martial In the Navy
the olccr, sull have decided opinions some Of them
Link that In the coming session OF Congress there
may be- some Interesting developments In the ease OF
Assistant Engineer Danorth, who court martall"i
and suspended from the service, "A week or two ago
There T. approval Of the action Of Captain T.. h.
Mco)tcr, OF the Marine Corps In his protest and dec
aration TINT II the proceedings In his case should De
established as a precedent II would tend to demorli-
.aun ia many directions. His protest That Captain
IcGlensey violated the Navy regulations when be
caused be read ut general muster Of the crew an
order which publicly rcprlmanded hn, Is looked upon
~ sound although the order may have been authorized
by Rear Admiral Walker. Ills second protest. tnii
after being rcprimanded he court nartillled and
s,niccef n second punishment for the offence.
(, also approved.
In the OF Assistant Engineer Danforth who
IS now under Suspension for refusing TO leave
his department, where he duty conducting
some tests II Is simply desired ly the stan officers
that the matter he given n trial on It's merits before
unpicIndiccd judgc-boi"ie person peiso not
In any branch Of the service and having competition
with the Navy. II Is felt that the case Is to be
decided a, TO whether The officer of til, deck "a line
oIlcer) without regard to his rank, should be recog
nize1 rs having authority over every other officer
md III 10 order him n hmm