New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-18
WORK AT THE NAVY YARE
THE PHILADELPHIA AND HE CfiOA"'
coxn,r1oy OF OTHER cRU1-EES-SoTES AM
COMMENTS.

COMMENTS.
with MI thoir Ingenuity I'm getting mp nc" anu
.,,rtlin, contc,t, OF various hnis. ranging Ho"' WI
,.sts of beau.y TO pic-cating matches ana S'"se
lady boxers the proprietors q dlm' "'u-'" I,
..,r,.Iy hccn abb. To find anything more o'iS,"''
and spicy than the junior officers u '"c
Ih,,,de,nhio in the Navy Yard-that 49, n S''p'nn
', +, c.r,o obout in this way Tie junior
cr NJ the Philadelphia had the habit OF GolhS p'o"
to their uunrers and " taking n snooz,' whenever Wv
wore not on duty. This practlce o'o""', ~ ~
and noticeable that they began TO guy ' ,,,,.
obout if 80 that finally Of them said we'll w
Love n sl.cp,ng contest. and whenever hlo" t''N
nan ve'n mark down the time against MN, ~
ioonino contest IS now going on. 1t has D'eh gums
-, for about "A week. and is to continue mon'" a." I'm
,tr Wbrneyer one Of the young oihc'rs i'''
,, tbc others don't tease him and try 10 a""No"
him oh n0l They let him sleep anu "" ,t
,i,nc tloi he IL lost In oblivion against hl'"' W"
if he night or day. The officer WHO ms S'''
greatest number 81 hours Of the "hu oil the no"
=, receive as prize for hi, noble a>li'Vr'en,,
,r,,f,,Iv bouud copy OF some work on llao'"'.''
,orh,l.,, by "A popular author. 1t can w. ''i''
~ ,h., under these circumstances the OBJECT Is W
Lean - ranch rs possible. The scor" al present "
.,id to be- about fifty hours n week bu' NV
rccr. complain that the contest Is S'uN
NTH hv thc fact that Whenever any % 'l'" ~ ="
tor. IN spend the evening and 90 not f''"'" ~ Wv
sh,n until the small hours Of the mornlng' IL ch'"'
,,. ob.thcr the visitors been asleep In inc "'"
time or not. 49,, 49,,
Th. contest on the Philadelphia. however. do's no.
, ..r,,,. difference with the work that Is p''hR
an, IN IN. ward. or tho work that Is Doing uo, WI
,b. shin for that matter The fhmn"lPh' W."
rendy for sea In few days, ana may Nv rHP ~
,..v. IN. ward soon after 'hriNtHas' "''ro7"
orders for her have NJ Yet been re''i''u' Nv
,o, work which IS icing done her at present Is III,
the vessel probably will be cent 10 inc '''" -
hans 70 Port ROYAL for target prac'''c'
Tho vessel In the navy lard which is r'c"lFlh4
49,, ,,o., lmport.nt repairs IS tho flagship 'h'"H''
II has been decided not To put tbs v'SS" on, :" ',
mis- .ion m present. but 90 CIV" her ~" r'p'''
viI keep her in active service lor H''
,.,r.r Hv this means she viii roman ''''' ~
,o,, mart I'm the naval rendezvous ana r'N'"" "'\'
'n4,r and n, She prc.ents perhaps inner appear
nr,e ,bnn any other Vessel Of the new navy u,
nr...u, I'm commission this Is extremely u''"""
d., ,r f. ~ ont Of conmlS, ion now II Is pra'u'hHN
-oin that she would rot Re available ir me I"" "''
f., ,b. .,rug TIT. most cytT,lyc job when j /" ~
don. f., the chicago T. ID" repairing "i "'' "
,,, :, hn, Icon decided not {" PM now u'''''
n tho boiler IL the ship. but to give inc U'''''
" 49,, 49, c,c..d 5000 Nv these r9isirs to IN"
H. ,tc vessel onn be- kept IN commi''i pF"N',',
,. ,,,. nj "A moderate rat" Of speed pr'p"'N "'"'
. calf ,bcn i, f. likely that She Will b" nut out "l
I'm. .,,,u T., receive Now boiler, Her P''''".
,our. v.r. injured IT the time Of th" "i'ihl '"' -
tho vessel n the trial under forced dr"l'' AM ''"'
,. thing thai has hlI-i MAX" m" o'''' WI" w.
FL, ,his ,ine Forced drift Is hard on pol''' ~ "
s,r,. lime that the Chicag" receives he" u"''i' "
Thought that a now set II engines My w
- -, , LIGHTER and more Modern type. Hy TINS h"u'
49, -, ,,.,,ld not ONLY become one u the most com
- aud ,,rvic,ahlc vessels Of the now Na'N' "'''
-, 49,. ,,uol IN the other, I'm speed. 81 course ul'
Id loo, her ON, 90 commission Tor '"h''''''o''
,r,, and MS could nj lc don" nv Slu'pN l'''''T
,o,chm,u ON bonrd rs I'm tie cas-" III inc ''' ~
,.s.,ls II would be- necessary to Keep Il I"''' W
men on beard and probably also Two or '"r''
k~.p tie ship from dct"ri"ia'ns' ..
4, officer aid Yesterday that It would become n''
a. ,b. new vessel, after an''h'r WIRE
, ,,,,f.a md uut into commission. To put -""' ."
3D.. .ld.r ono ont ~ commi- ana EN '''' w
nth ~. pr,-.nt rules and limitations the h"N" i',
f., not large enough 10 man all "i Inc IT," ,,l
.,,hcr with new officer, or new ul'h' INV ''r
TINT arr now being made 10 the 'hi'"So WI" ''
about a month. ,i.o cruisor
.r,o contr,c,ors' trial Of the new pfh'"'c
,oucr,ft in course ~ construction al t"H"",''F
:. h,,h WAS held on Monday. showed 'h"' INV
- ,r,s God for something. Although INC '''
,c,r. did NOT try 10 develop great sp'"'' U'o
,e,ucd over twelve knot, an hour Inc 'p''"
he contract; and th- was done III Sl'' VI -,
,l,,, m, vessels bottom WAS i'ui' '''' d" .
-, mo, was ENGAGED in running her. ana 'h''' }"
hot the careful conditions which VIII De ~"
49,, o., In tho official trial were not followed III '"'
,,c,ors, tri,i II IS thought that In the om'Hl
,,soI the vessel Will develop spc'd "i l"'''o'"
am, half knots, This would mean premium" va ''
ono "a the contractors, a' they are !" '''''
for every quarter knot In excess oi th' 'ora'o ~"
dcvclopcd nj the official tiiaI' i"' ""'' "
,,,,v v.iu not be- held for mich rs six week.
/.
-, ,, ,r,l,uly will not lcav" there 10 start l"f
hcr vlner cruise In the West Indies until ao""' 'H'"
,rv / The work the various V''9'N WIN" Nv
uudcr con ;ructon I'm the yard advance stfdiY' NV
,,,rr.t armor for the Terror ana the s"h-llPc ARM"
,,r that vessel aud the Puritan have ic"h'n u"
ward Tho armor p.airs for the cruiser h1'"' nv
I'm awaited and II i, not known When thrS VIII
GONNA The crrlcr Cincinnati is ready to receive her
a., holcrs and they will be- ready Tor the
cool some of them have been removed from the
boiler shop and the others are almost '"mPo'c"'
ou set Of engines for the Cincinnati Is now hlh"''
completely taken down. and the other j. l" BE- taken
,o,,r ~ soon as the first Is finished TINS Is done
T., lrcn them from the weather. A. the new iron cree
flo, shop Ia, not been built. The making Of ne"
cond.u.cr, to take the place Of those which were
d..,r,v.d in tie lire few month, ago IS now well
under way.
The latest report from Washington concerning the
socalcd dynamite cruiser Ncsnvius is that the trial
soon to ako place, with "A view Oi sho".HS 'c
efficiency of the nNed pneumatic weapons, VIII be-
made at Port Royal :. e. some repairs have been
made 10 tho vessel and dock trial of the engines
was held yesterday she Is to be put Into the dry
dock tomorrow. The vessel probably will leave the
navy Yard about January | and 20 to Port Royal
II Is rumorcd that she will first 10 Newport 10 take
on bonrd II supply Of proIcctilcS Ia be used Ia the
tIials. At Port Royal the dynamite guns will be
ranged and after this trials Of the guns VAL be- made
with both dummy and loaded proicctilcS. The tests
will decide the value Of the ship and probably deter
mine hcr place In the Navy. II has been matter Of
.lrcnl comment TINT Commander Fogcr. in his annual
report Chief Of the bureau OF Ordnance. made
reference to the vessel, although In his previous re-
ports he recommended that the Ncsnvius be converted