New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
BROOKLYN'S FINE SHIPYARD.
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waning known afterward as the Florida. frst-class
steam frgates but ships were built neIc h
the own War The old shipnonsr from rS granite WAYS
sIDnr whith they gded stn intact; This oid mouse
is perhaps the most desolatel9oNng sPo bor IN and
Nistss Of metal and iron. ali rusty, and heaped up
prosnscuousy. II has had us Gas Won viii IN ali
SSpohollv feel inclined to shun rather than approach
his old derelic which frcn disre Sd %s an
ehVrmnus os, ,o,che" from York-st where the en-
trance Is. down TO the ".nrebonscs foundres and
Other placc where YOU see hundreds oil men hard
OF work, and
As the workman, shil i!llr hand Gen,nor
pn,retb ND the vessel grand.
~. ,,oco where the new commandant, Admiral
Ghsrardi, dweils is the most picturesque and com.
manding spot be seen 1t Is on rising ground TO
sn around the sides is catching admixture Of
Sowcrbeds and unbroksn sward. You cannot get ai
ccr. are Quarered. the paymasier's Office, and the
general storckeepers onlding line the right sac OF
terng ground for the etnployc, who We're obliged to
answer their names before proceeding to their daily
labor The general s,orekecpcr's building covers 4
block The postofiire is here, and so are all the
necessary supplies with the exception Of articles OF
diet. which are required In the various departments
Of the yard and also aboard ships OF war;
OFFICES AND HEADQUARTERS.
Directly opposite this building The other side Of
the street Is Ne Lyceum Building. where Offices are
provided for the cOmTandant, his aides and CLERKS.
and the captain of the yard. those occupied by the
latter being on the ground floor. West OF trophy
Park. where the captured cannon and the monument
10 which reference has been made are placed YOU can
SCI a large building where provisions and clothing
kept Win the * %oS OF the co" o hTe By
machinery. The coffee, too. Is roasted ground ana
put up In tins in this bung and al Ssn ndg ,n
same roof. Chauncey-ave. IS alive with hustle ana
noise in the many different shops which here
fpfind oh for
cooper shop, place for anchor challls ana re'Tns,
the boiler and ccpper,miths shops the plnmmn nS
shop, the ordnance building and the tank shed, uSeo
now for sand. coal and lumber Inc ARG slruc a
is partitioned of into various divisions in
each Of which work of different kind Is carried on
The civil engineer room the mark m rTS ihc
National ensign. we'll as the hags OF other a,lons.
raIDt shops The steam engineering department and
the construction department.
HOW THE WORK is DIRECTED
To look at The Maine as she now lies Is like look
Ing at a big hotel building which gradually takes
shape and outline as 1t rises higher and higher into
the sky. What bothers you, though, Is that all this
look around but there Is no guiding spirit IN sigh
The carpenters and moulders, and rveers. and Iron
eK GT h TO De u %Sen yo %" s into BUILDING
No: 10. where Naval Constructor Fcrnal Is you think
aGy furnished aSoun dao Who o that man leaning
the table and tracing out those figures and par
allel lines ana angles amid silence tndt Is
only by the rustic OF some paper which he lays aside
carefully to take up and Ontlne some other portion
Of the plan Well. he IS draughtsman. and there
many Of them there. II Is 10 him and to what
he does that rve and bolt that through the
ships must respond with as uDerring an accu
racy the needle responds 10 the pole. There Is
entrance to the yard in Flushing ave, and You
20 In this To the marine barracks and drill
yards, and also To the officers quarters The Off
have attractive quarters. The houses are well
built and fashionable looking. and have neatly Kept
patches of ground with howerbeds in rows along the
front The marine barracks and the drill ward are in
Ilu,hing-ave.. and the Marine Hospital is separated
from the boundary proper OF the yard by the Walla-
bout Market. The Naval Cemetery Is within the In
closure where the hospital stands. The water front
the var1 extends for 5000 feet from Lhtle-st on
the west to Divisionavc. the east, and opposite
The centre il the Cob Dock having extent OF
nineteen and around which concrete and gran
wall Is IN of construction to resist the tide
The CO Dock has a water front Of 5000 feet. Whit
ney Basin and the ordnance dock also this
Til, great National reservation which II Is not posi-
bic tO present within the limits of brief sketch. but
enough has been said TO arouse curiosity and Quicken
The pItriOc impulse Of those who want to where
o''r ships are sometimes built. those great floating
fortrcsses by Of which we insure to every
.iuIrfican CitiZen quoting the words Of James q.
Eline. protection at home, and protection Which
shall follow him abroad, into whatever land he may
90 upon lawful Grand