New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09

.cufAS AND OTHER FESSEiS-THE
s,pplY OF ENGINEERS LIMITED.
,,,ser Cincinnati. about which such great
In centres now. has returned to the Navy
,ni'r Tho constant change in the number and
If' vessels at the Navy Yard is one Of the
gu ,,at adds to the interes: OF the place. One
sDssoss and another one comes, and for several
W., 4, the spring and fail Of each year there
Shs,m much spare dock ROOM and ships often
,so ., three abreast. There is time in the
~" md sometimes little time in the summer
n" ,hinss are quiet. but the fine steel ships
4 ne .uch constant and careful attention that at
pe* SEASONS of the year the yard is kept in a
~., busy state.
r change that has taken place in the last
IA the departure of the cruiser Atlanta and
se.,,urn Of the Cincinnati from her short cruise
%n.,diners Bay. The temporary repairs which
~ he made TO the Atlanta finished. and
-, the middle of the week she started for
~ vorfolk Navy Yard. where her crank
-. will be put into place. The Cincinnati did
y. "a, back until late on Friday afternoon. and
~ she is lying at the yard ready for whatever
,.,s or instructions she may receive. There Is
:, great deal more to be done TO her. The last
,sr large guns has not yet been put into place.
=, n has been shipped and probably will be In
-. on the vessel in a few days. There is
s.,s other work TO be done, but in most respects
=. vessel is practically finished. And therein she
~s.rs from vessels built by contract These ships,
.,, after they have been tried and have come
. the Navy Yard are not ready for sea- but
| ,ousauds of dollars have to be spent IN COM
J.,,ng them and perhaps in changing them. Tne
sncinnati however. will be entirely finished when
s,r trial trip is held and will leave the place where
che was built completed ship.
Her officers are enthusiastic about her. although
their desire not to overstate to the slightest de-
"a they are rather apt not to tell all they might
,h,ut her In regard to speed-tbe Cincinnati prom
,..s 10 be a fast ship. At one time on her recent
,r,ise she made II knots easily. with the ordi-
ANY and in some ways Instantaneous conditions
:, that time. The way In which she obeyed her
holm was matter of praise. The officers express
themselves as not knowing a ship which behaVes
more beautifully. One of them called attention TO
IN. way in which she started from the Navy Yard.
Every line was cast off before she was moved
Then the engines were started, the helm was used'
and she swung around beautifully and started
urht off And this when she had never been under
v,y before 1t is understood that she Will be sent
m the Sound to serve a stake-boat at the trial
,ro OF the torpedo-b boat Ericsson This. of course,
would give an opportunity for more drilling OF the
men by cruising and all of such duty that the
vessel can have before her official trial Will be agree
able 10 the officers. Besides, from another stand
point the ship is ready for service now. ana Wha'
sryice is assigned TO ne. will be performed gladly.
She is not the ship to spend her time lying iui! III
Navy Yard.
The gunboat Machias was taken out or the Dry
dock AZ the Navy Yard yesterday. 1t was found
that By lengthenng the ship her stability had been
sreatly improved But besides this she is a more
Efficient and valuable vessel. An increased coal ca
pscity of from Us 10 J20 tons was gained, and at
fair rate OF steaming. this extra coal would enable
hsr to>go about 1850 miles further without coalng
water tank which can carry supply OF fresh
kofla III
Is expected that the Machias will be put into COM
mission soon, and she will then probably be sent
% China The Castine is little behind the Machias
but a report has been made that she Will be ready
for her officers on September 20. 1t is said that
crew Is being prepared for her. She probably VIII
not be tested for her stability until some time after
she has been put into commission. for, as she Is
tktwin Of ~ Machias. II Is considered thai 81:
VIM be Just as stable as that vessel, and that II
is therefore necessary to test her separately at
present
One matter Of much interest has been the dock
trial OF the engines OF the second-class battleship
Maine. This trial rs being made by the contractors
he preliminary Trial Which comes before the ON;
consisting Of William d. stivers. experimenting
Of Suntard Iron W We and eoG Gears
The last weeks trial has been successful. and the
results are ,oa Mhea Il i pess be
The Maine has length over all OF so rect oesin
OF 81 feet. a mean draught OF q ieet lncnes, any a
SS'' snSt. OF '''' tons ne' es". ,S 49,,
the final coat Of paint has not yet been put on
her bottom She is not being coated with the patent
pain: generally used and tina, which is being EN- Isso
York has been Kept in the drydock so much longer
than she probably would have been otherwise III III
taken on, OF the drydock In the latter part OF this
week but If not, she may have to wal, until
THe monitor Puritan was put into the, place made
by the Machias in the granite dryd0GK y ,n1o
place. and this Job viii take 1t is said about three
months It is probable, however ,nat uh sh sne
be Kept in it ali winter as that will be better for
her than lying in the c 1a. T Ths usual work
iInles on the San Francisco and the lesuvius,
The monitor on IN, n s 5 Ser STyaocR
The dav before Congress adjourned bill was n
Oducet by Mr.. Gatherings for increasing me KIN
framed by Mr. Herbert but with some revlsions ana
contains the line features Of the joint commission
selection from the grade of captain TO rear-adnira,
and omlis the equalization OF Pay CLAUSE Tor bs
passage of this bin the reassembng OF Congress,
hsSss the Marine Corps and td EngHesT Corps are
There is admitted TO be need OF more engineer
officers II all of the new ships go into commission,
British Navy the Inducements for those educated
for the profession not great enough 20 ehc9u AZ
Porter paid the engineers of the Navy just compli
as long ago as 1856 when bill was pending 70
make third assistant engineers same as CADET ehsi-
neers now commissioned officers. He SAID: -
1T will add TO their efficiency by adding 70 their
Standing and 1t Is their due. There Is no class OF
oheers in the Navy who are entitled TO more com
menda,ion than the engineers Ihey are inl OF IN
elgence, zeal and ability 10 perform all that is re-
CURED Of them None in the Navy has 20 pass
through SO hard ordeal. and In battle their posi-
uon Is one where the utmost cooiness is required
and where there is much danger. ! have nad nearly
Ivy engineer officers under my command during me
tkeoeilion. and have never known them TO SHRINK
"om any service"