New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
WORK AT TIE NAVY YARD
MINOR REPAIRS GOING ON.

poncrft at the works OF Samuel l.. Moore d sons o.
Chief Naval Constructor Fernald. Assistant N"'ni
Constructors Caps and Street ana Lieutenant 80 -
wilson, aide to the captain Of the yard besides soe
Of the engineer officers, were among the party ~
description and picture Of the ship were puohsheu Ill
The Tribune yesterday morning
The condition OF the vessels In the Navy fard re-
mains about the same. The monitor Mlantonomoh
left the yard on Wednesday and went up the NORM
River 10 fire n salute of twenty guns at the laying
Of the cornerstone OF the Grant Monument she fe-
turned to the yard on the next day. For ming '"'
salute the 6pounder guns on the superStructue "e'e
used. .
The auxiliary valves for the guns OF the NesuViuS
ara expected this week The range-hnders are SOON
IN no mt in No orders have been received lot thiS
vessel but she probably will go out for some tr"is
NJ her guns in II few weeks. The tests OF the gun
on the boat Destroyer have not been oeeuii
az vet because the timber drydock, Mt which they are
to be made Is occupied by the monitor IerrOr' i"e
bottom Of the + to be painted with the hahei
paint After the Tel the Puritan Is to be put n"
the drydock Then the tests with the Destroyer a''
to be made.
The new armored cruiser Maine will also soon have
n be docked and painted as this has not been done
s,nce last yeor Two Of the boilers OF the sets winch
are being built for the Raleigh and the 'ihcmha'
have been successfully tested. several ohe's VI
these boilers are In course OF constructor " 'ie
boiler shop In two weeks 1t Is expected ,n''' ','e
work OF taking apart the engines for the haieign IN
order to send them to Noriolh, "here '"i> ''''0'
being built will be begun.
- O., aid ,bot on next saturday the Naval Reserve
will 20 to the Navy Yard to be drilled IN the use oil
the modern guns lately mounted on inc 'e'mon''
The work on the monitor Nantucket, WHICH u =" v.
sent 10 Boston for the Use OF the Naval RESERVE WI"
be completed in few days
Men were still busy yesterday worklng 10 eA-
rod
coal heap at the Navy Yard The fire had u" "u-
vanced far enough TO do much damage IL was
case OF spontaneous combustion, as the coal was VI
The bltumlnous kind. ,.
The wives and sweethearts assisted BY the Sisters
cousins, aunts etc, OF the oihoeFS ana crew ~ 20
two ships Of the South Atlantic squadron ara U" u'
OF the North Atlantic squadron which are honne"'"
hound arc pulling hard on the lines 10 get tie 'e''oi
home rs quickly rs possible The Chicago anu Al
lonta OF the south Atlantic. left Montevideo OH i""
day and they may be- expected to make 'he p'''"s
Ia N.u York in forty i've days. AT one time IL "ouu
scarcely have been possible TO estnats the time VI
A voyage I'm this way. For In the DAYS Vi u'e ~
Navy when the vessels were fully equipped with SAL
power they were not allowed to use steam power VII
cruises except to get and out Of harbor ana hence
the trips 10 and from South America could not wen w
calculated especially II frequently took three UT
four weeks TO work through the doldrnms OH 'he
equator The vessels OF the North Atiniuc 0q""uo"
are working their way to New lork by degrees ~"
PHILADELPHIA IS AT Key West, and VIII s'n' i'r
savannah in n few DAYS. Thence she VIII WIN.
North to participate in the graduating exercises OF
h cadets n, tho Naval Academy. The Concord has
,bo same programme rs the Philadelphia. The
Kcarsace IS AT Key Nest, and Is soon 10 star. tut
savannah The Vcsuvius and the Mahtohohoh aiso
belong to this squadron soon II Is sa'u the al'e'
Is to &, 10 Gardeners Fay for target p'ncuce. Inc
Newark +, on her way back TO Lagnyra IL protect the
American interests there from being harmed oy uc
contcndIng force, Of President Palacio and General
cresno I'm the revolution. 1t is said TO be- probable
that the Newark will DO placed as flagship OF the
south Atlantic station.
The work OF fitting up the little triangular park
near the Lyceum building. In the Yard. sun con
TIMES Here Is where monument stands 10 the
memory Of those who fell AT the capture oil the
Barrier Forts on the Canton River. China In Noven-
lcr 1886. \ few weeks ago several guns when
were captured on the British ship Macedonian I'm the
War Of lsl2 were brought ont and later mounted
around the edge OF this little park Gun
other guns have been taken to the place ana
haunted one OF these Is Corcan gun.
a small brass gun brought 10 this country IN the
Colorado being taken at the time Of the trouble with
Corca Another OF these guns is l2-pounder rlheu
bra,s howltzcr cast at the Washington Navy Yard In
1861 II Is u Dahgrcn gun, and is notable because IL
+ the first gun OF this pattern Two other guns
which have been mounted are merely specimen guns
Eut n larger weapon Is the Peacemaker which Is 70
be mounted in the middle Of the plot. This gun Is
tho mate 70 the which, early In lo44 while eS-
pcrimcnts were being made with it on the steamer
Princeton, burst. and killed Secretary Of the Navy
A. y. Upshur and several Others President Tyler
WIS present mt the time.
The changes made In some OF the ships now being
built In the matter Of sal power by reducing the
number Of ma>ts made necessary changes OF o'her
parts Of the ship above the watcrlin rs to pre-
I'D 1f
war in all nave> mastcd that the sail power
receives little consideration. and the mass put
in are utilized almost wholly for military
top, In which to mount rapid firing guns Tor
picket duty. The recent alteration IN the
battlcshp Maine. In the reduction Of the masts from
three and making these military ma'ts instead
Of for spending sails, has made necessary change In
her smokcppcS. to give them perfectly vertical
position This change will cost between $1,000 and
$1,000, although the necessity for Is questioned by
some OF the officers In the Navy. Another change 10
be made in the new ships Is In the shape OF the Spoh-
sons the semi cIrcular platform which stands out from
the sides OF the ship like bay window 10 house. ana
upon which the sixnch and eigt!nch guns are usu'
ally mounted. The shape will be more lihe
barrel and more graceful In outline than tho old shape
The launching Of the Naval Academy practice ship
Bancroft at Elizabeth yesterday moro important
incident TO the Naval service than most people VINO
will read Of It will appreciate at first The sending OF
steel vessel into her saline element Is no longer
"A novelty. Tho Bancroft authorized to be built
vessel for the practical instruction OF the cadets
at Naval Academyboth those Of the line and thoSc
OF the engineers divislon-and she marks q new de-
parture In the administration Of the Navnl Academy.
she will take the place OF the historical old sailing ship
Constellation which Is to start on her last practice
cruise with the Naval cadets.
steam engineering and machinery have grown to
such proportions and become so important and in
dispensabe part Of the Navy that II has been found
absolutely necessary that the embryo admlrals should
have practical instruction In the management Of steam
vessels well the engineer cadets Tho Bancroft
will combine all the modern Improvements OF
sells Her rig being that of barkentne the cadets Of
the line will be enabled TO have practice In handling
and torpedo outfit with the electrical and steam
mechanism, will give these cadets the necessary prac
ticc with the modern war weapons ana her compound
Cines twin screws and mastering gear viii give
them that practice which they must needs have 10 make
perfect In the successful direction Of the move