New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03
VESSELS AT THE NAVY YARD.
THE BALTIMORE NOT READY TO SAIL.
noATs WHICH ARE BUILDING -DIscoUEAGING


CONDITION OF THE CRUISER ATL,ST,.
Tomorrow probably will see the Navy Yaru In a
half-active and half-quiet condition. Some work.
doubtless will be done. but many OF the workmen.
1t Is expected. will make use OF the opportunity
offered by Labor Day TO take n holiday. and conse-
quently the Navy Yard will not be officially closed.
Any one who wishes to do 80 may go to work as
usua-provided enough are present 10 carry on the
work But the prevalent hard tunes may induce
many TO work who would not do so otherwise.
The Baltimore has not yet gone away, and so the
condition Of affairs Of vessels In commission In the
yard is about the same as 1t was week ago
still quiet with the summer quietness The work
Of filling the bunkers OF the Baltimore with the
necessary supply of dry, SOFT coal was hhsneu
yesterday: the Construction Department. also nm
shed is work on the vessel then. she IL NOT yet'
however ready to leave the ysrd ana 10 go
down the Bay for her ammunition and 10 have
her compasses corrected. The CIRCULATING pump VI
the ice-maknr machine does not work properly
the evaporators are being fitted up so az TO lufhish
fresh water some minor repairs are W oe ''"'e
to the steam winch the steam wha'eoo"' %,
yet in complete order and the stores are io' All w
board She may leave the yard within the "eeN'
but she also may not.
The other work in the yard Is OF various Minus
and of various degrees OF importance Every one
who Is in the habit OF visiting the yarn II i"'n''
with the sight Of the dark old huiK KNOW" II" w
Maine ship-house. which looms up near ''e va.
front This Is at last to be torn uo"h do We" ~
mate a few years ago. IL Is vast sneu "'"u -
irnmens. timbers and built over Launching ways
The last vessel to be built under the shiP-"o
the cruiser Maine and this IL the reasoh WI, - -
novv called The Maine ship-house. All machinery
and of her things which are not to be sou are " NC
removed from the structure anu inc u'p' ,,,
az Washington will try to dispose oi IT, p.oo@D'
by selling II to the highest bidder Aoo"' M
months ago the building was examiner anu WI
demned by n board of officers, and recommends
' H., :, h cold WAS sent to the department
Although the building OF no new large VESSELS
has been undertaken in the yard. some poa' ouNu
ing is being done. First there Is the SCI" or
,sed "a \ ferry between the yard and the GOD
Dock Then there is new barge Tor the u'e VI
the commardant Of the yarl TWO thfu-cia' W., WI
peoo boats are also to be built mere lor tue ~ ,'
Maine: they will be of the same style as Two " nv"
are to built at the Norfolk yard for the ieA"',
but they will be supplied with different hlhu Vi
ho,ler The boats will be sixty feet long, VIII nave
uuadr,iple expansion engines, and are eNpee'eu !"
make from seventeen to eighteen knots an hour'
Some repairs are being made to the puihhe"'s
along the water front Of Wallabout Bay III ''e
ward and the offices of the Construction Depart
mont have recently some advantageous
changes Dredging machines are doing their annual
work in Wallabout Bay. Chief Engineer Cna'ieS
IL Loring formerly chief of the Bureau OF steam"
Engineering, escorted TO tne dlu yeS'ci""' ~
visit of inspection Chief Engineer Naborre Soiiaf''
of the Italian Navy. and member or the ltahah
Commission 10 this country.
Considerable credence was given 10 the report
about the Navy Yard yesterday that the cruiser
Atlanta would be brought from the Norfolk Navy
Yard to receive the thorough overhauling ana re-
pairs which she must have before going on another
cruise The conclusions of the special court OF
inauiry which examined this vessel a few days ago
were that she was In most "dscreditabie cohu-
ton" and her repairs Will cost TO put her III Coh
dItion fully 10000 summary OF the report mas
been published In The Tribune as wen as the an
that the court found that Tor exteii-
iating reasons in it's opinion. no further proceed
ings are necessary. 1t IL reported that secretary
Herbert Is about TO appoint board OF survey 70
make a more general and specific investigation OF
the condition OF the vessel, and 10 determine
whether any of the officers are guilty OF gross
ne diligence, and whether the regulations requiring
The appointment OF d permanent Doaru on eNeiy
vessel OF the new Navy TO make specined inspec-
Atlanta was thoroughly surveyed al the New, 3rk
Navy Yard a year ago, and II was then found thai
the inner bottOm-the space between tne inner anu
outer hulls-wsfs badly corroded by bee water |
but that owing to the frequent changes In the ds-
tail az officers OF the vessel the court was unable
10 fix upon the responsibility of any oiicer oil
iaxtv or carelessness. The Atlanta was the hrst |
modern steel cruiser to he put In active srrVlGe an
sh,. was commission nearly eight years iurnS !
that time she had frequent overhaulngs ana was :
nut into drydocs often as IL was tould lrasiole
10 do her present condition especially Wnfre
the bilge water has come in contact with the IRON |
work is discouraging.