The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-17
NAVY YARDS AND DOCKS.
GREAT PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
MADE DURING TIE PdST TEAR.

DRY Docks for the Largest Battle Ships
Needed On the New Epgiond ans Gulf
Coasts-Improvements IN tho New fo,s
rard-A Total Appropriation Of 80 SOL
sO3 Asked For. Including st,1s7.a7O
Tor umprovenr and liner .nse ~ Navy.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1G-Commodore Faruu.
har. Chief OF the Bureau OF iards and Docks Of
tho Navy Department. in his annual report
speaks OF the permanent improvements maac
IN the several yards. At Portsmouth. \. H.. n
water system has boon provided; at Boston
new pumping machinery for the dry dock and
now shears capable OF lifting great weight 3
have boon ordered: at New York an alec
trio plant has been installed. locomotive
cranes the largest OF their kind In this
country. are being erected. the sea walls
on Cob Dock rebuilt I, n goat extent:
also many changes In no workshops. to TIE
greater facility of carrying on the WORK: al
League Islnn two magnificent piers are
about completed. much g:adinG and ming VI
havo been done. while larG" amount 81
dredging ie under n.ract: NJ Norfolk launch
ins ways for two shirS have rcch oul'. n,''
successfully usrl. an Immrnsc Gran" Is III inc
r,irsc q, constructions extensions hnro been
NADIA TO the shors and sea- walls, an 'ir''r"
Ugut iiUnt has Leon Installed and an annie
supply Of water obtained rom " serios VI
wells: at For, Royal. S. C.. the dry dock -
we'll in hand. and should tc conipIe'ed III the
time contracted FOR: at Mare IAand tho sea
walls arc being rebuilt In Substantial
manner, tho railroad relaid. the Prison great
~ improved, and Il new crane mounted on the
water front: at Puget Sound all the land for
the station has been purchased. Proposals
were invited FOR building dry dock. and the
bid ~; Byron. Barlow 4 Co has lscn Rccerted
The sommnndan,s Of the various Yards have
snpmittel estimates for approximations for
the next fiscal year amounting to si.5Mi.IM
These were reduced 10y the hureau TO S2.23
~ a. follows: hcnairs and rresssrya m,
civil establishment. SIo.Uos.l4; improve
nents, 81 ;lSI2U
necessity for n dry dock on tho New England
cast CAPABLE Of taking tho largest latte
coast as We will soon have on. tho south At
lnn.ic: Tho same could be sntd OF tho neces-
sity OF dry dock on tho Gulf coast. Another
should be constructed AT tho Boston yard. so
that the Same pumping plant could serve both.
Commodore Farlnhar renews his recon-
DO removed from tho Boston yard. and that
one DO built on Seavey's Island. part Of tho
that Nix e S sorr; Of sS is
Increased to twenty, the assistant engineers
70 re selected from graduates OF the Naval
Commodore Faruuhnr recommends that
Do % le 9I 5ee SSw i9 6s
basin: and the Whitney and Cobb dock The
"on sept. II the erecting shop OF steam
engineering was destroyed by fire and some
damage done to tho machine shop. steps
Recommend that, S75. 900 be asked for to con
hat in future valuable machinery s may be be
guarded AGAINST loss by fire -, fiye thousand
%hsn Gaa sy the or Inst snn
street entrance. and the amount now required
is to complete the Improvement Work will
extended to the various shops and wharvss. 80
that the locomotive can haul material. instead
quay wall Is necessity: ID continuance Of the
appronrriation for fey years vii greatly In
tn the al th y
oiSi27.30O is asked. to be expended In repairs
q ship houses rebuilding ihl Wharvss, instslla;
fSS NOUN. $. H: $4,000 is asked for
he kessSs
msnsns ssEs TT sa%
Of east dry dock pier; =, construction Of sea wall
ono Ssl pair shear les; improvement Of roads o
recon enled. and for Puget Sound an OK
pen,liture OF S32.O is ask ed.
NAT At Mare isiland: CAL S s2 23 ;S Is nodded
lrtwcen the ferry slip and the stone dock and
SSS. 3o5 for extending the quay wall to the
coal shed.
The entire amount asked for by the bureau
is S2.36l .S03.l4. recaptulated as follows;
bureau. Sl2. 0SO: ma ntenance and contin gent,
$52O.DOO: repairs and preservation. S5OO.OUO;
Naval Home. S77.1b: improvements and In.
crease Of navy: $1.lS727O: civil establish
mCnt, S7O.G5Sl4.