New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
WORK AT THE NAVY YARD.
Cruisers IN THE SOUTH NOW.
PREPARATIONS FOR TIE NAVAL REyIEw-NOTEs
ANu COMMENTS.

wv INV WIT NSSSts Ie!t 1H'rp on THURSDAY ana
went out on Neptune's broad highway. bound for
hampton Roads. the Navy Yard now resembles
deserted camp or camp as IL looked In tn" Civil
war ieen minutes after the sounding OF the long roll
-hothing left but the suffers tent and condemned
camp equlpage. But no one who visits there go
away with The feeling that the effort wasn't worth
the powder. ON the ships ard In the shops
there are b!istle and activity. Which make the
chanic and his helper busy al The day long
True, there are now only two vessels In
mission at the Navy Yard, being the double-tur
ret"d monitor Mianonomoh. and the other the Naval
Academy practice ship Bancroft both OF which viii
be ready for actual service before the date OF the
naval review. But besides these there In course
of construction and reconstruction the Gi0Oon bat
tleship Maine, Ia" barbetr monitor TuIi,an, the
doublcurreed monitor Terror and the 3oJOton
cruiser Gncinnat-al hives Of human activity, and
In lime TO form part OF the effective Navy. Much
and various work is being done these vessels.
TO begin with, the Bancroft which OF the vesscA
now IN the Navy Yard the last 10 arrive. ana
will be the first TO leave there, Is being generally
made ready for sea. She Is In the dry
dock TO have her bottom cleaned and painted. KS
she being put into the dock hy the workmen
she grazed the side OF II and disturbed one Of her
propellcrs. so that men have been AT work on that
also. She will start for Hampton Roads TO join
the other vessels
The Mianonomoh is to 60 cruise! THIS fact
given out in the Navy Yard yesterday as
piece OF news. She j. TO so from one dock 10
another. About the middle of this week she Is
10 be put into the drydock receive the semarnuai
cleaning and painting OF bottom that Is regularly
given to the iron and steel vessels OF the new Navy
But she is TO have a cruise longer than this! On
April 20 she Is to go down to Sandy Hook to lire
salute at the hoistng OF the American dag al Navcsnk.
and the salute viii De the National one Of twenty
one guns. The nag which is to De hoistcl Oh this
ola I..t lanes
OF Bon IIommc Richard fame. but Of course that
will not be left there and used permanently. II viii
be- used only as IA distinction for this ceremony. The
plan is that the flag shall De- hung between the TWO
lights Navesink Highlands. high in the air. that
the first thing to be- sighted II. vessel comes III
View of the American coast will BE- The stars and
Stripes II will be hoi,ted every morning at sun
rise and lowered AT sunset every evening.
The work Oh the other four vessels III the Navy
Yard gees on steadily ana rs rapidly possible.
few of the plates OF the Ierors side armOr have been
delivered and preparation Is now being made 10
put them In place. II the Maine only hal her arhior
she would H. abont ready for her trial trip; the
contractors Of the engines have been at work Installing
them in the ship that far the machinery
that will make her 20, Is concerned. she couid soon
be- MADE ready for sea- and could demonstrate what
She n vessel built In Navy Yard, i, god for. III
the Cincinnati. also. the engines are being installed
and fitting and joiner work l. being done The worh
on the new drydock has been begun by The con
tractor and "A force OF men t. busily employed
on II In the upper end Of tn" yard. Tie new DOCK
Will not be- finished In many months. but when It IS
finished It will be- the third drydOck In the Navy
Yard and the largest of the three; IT will be- large
enough and long enough to hold th" largest vessels
now afOat whether In or out Of the Navy.
on Tuesday evening Of this week. from To ii 30
O'Clock In the evening there Will H. an Informal mop
In the Amusement room on Governor Island \
Circular pfOcalmng this fact, and signed commit
tec- WIS Oh the bulletin board AT the commandants
building In the Navy Yard yesterday.
After IL fast trip the naval vessels which lc!t New
York Oh Thursday arrived at Fortress Monroe In safety
on Friday. II IS reported from there that Admiral
Gheraidi who was afflicted with slight attack OF
the grip when he left here Is now much better
Iieutenant T.. = Prime. who has been one Of the
commandments aids ~ the Navy Yard 70: abou, two
years has received ord rs to 60 To san Francisco TO
duty a. rxocutiv. Officer Of Ia. Alliance This Is the
third different order that Lieutenant Prime has re-
ceyci during the last few months. First he received
preliminary orders 10 20 to duty on the bancroft;
next thcs. changed and hc had preliminary orders
10 the Casne and last the orders are again chil9cl
and he 4, 10 b. sent 10 san Francisco Assistant
Naval Constructor John c. Tawr,sey. who Is Oh durs
In the obstruction department In ia" yard, l. now
in England months leave Of absence. Assistant
raymastcr Eugene y. Ryai whose duty waG In the
storekccpers department the Navy Yard. has been
detuch,d and ordered TO the Fish Commission steamer
Allntross Mt Mare Island. surgeon Michael G.
brennan ordered TO relieve surgeon H. j. Babh
on the Vermont yesterday. on April ii an exam
ination, open all corners. viii BE- held In the Navy
Yard to MI the place Of electrician at salary OF
IL 100 year.
one of the vessel, intended 10 take part in the
naval review will ~, be- In IT. This Is the famous
old Kcarsage, n ship Of the Old wooden Navy,
and one Of the two wooden vessels which
through Kindness Of heart Congress has generously
consented shall not be sent TO the scrap heap. The
other Of these vcsscls-thc liaitiord-s at Mare Is
land and the Kcarsargc l. In Ilaytian waters. where
IT has been decided by the Navy Department. IL Is
necessary to Keep her long as the Insurgents ci
Iayti sano Domingo, honduras, and Other Repubht'
in the West Indies continue To disturb the peace
and quic Of the governments. But the kearsarse
will DC missed, and no doubt the Officers OF the
English and French navics VIII be- as disappointed
at not seeing her In the naval review as VIII oc"r"
of other nuvcs, Notwithstanding the circumstances
uudcr which she became famous, when she poured
sbo, and shells from her 1ilnch guns into the sides
~ the Confederate pryatccr Alabama, and sank that
off the harbOr Of CherbOurg, France on June ~
1,G1. within sight OF both French and English war
vessels.
I.fore another week rolls around the new 2.OOo-ton
cruiser Detroit VIII have come here from Bntihore
for her Official Streaming trial In the Long Island
according to the old method but II Is now The III
tention TO determine the speed by two mcthods-ohe
ty .,ondurdizns the screw by runs over a measured
mile and the other by taking the ilmc required W
RIM over "A thirty seven mile course Tie progressive
,aol. over the measured mile coarse To determine h'
co, r,s pondcnce between speed ana revolutions Is thc
same a, WAS iscd IN the trials Of tile prvaicef snip
u,ncrofi and was decidedly satisfactory. 10y 'hs
method the revolution, made by the engines are
r.cord.d by an electrical machine. aud by series
=, ,,,ns is found the exact number OF revolutions
nj, ,h. screw 10 make The mile. After tins l. ooh'
IN. vessel is run at full speed Tor fon hours dir'oy
IN sco AT the end Of which the mean hn"p'' VI rev
oIu,ons is divided by $40. thus giving the ""i'8'
49,, -, r.volutions a minute. ily applying this to
the curyc OF speed and revolutions tn" 'Aac VI inca"
mood for the four hours Is determined. one aaVa'-
,age OF this method Is that no course Is 10 " "'u
og and II obviatcs the duty OF cmpioyhpe N"s'
Wy, -, ohserv,rs oi different points. The Vessel !
also mole, the trial under the CONDITIONS '""' Shc
,vould meet with on the ocean. Iong COURSE "i''