The morning call., 1894-09-17
MAYNARD NOTES
Busy Times at the Station.
Work on Ships.
The Adams to Be Surveyed-Patients
in the Naval Hospital-Two
Receptions.

VALLEJO, Sept. 16.-If any foreman is
busy at the Navy-yard at this time 1t is
Machinist E. II. Hussey, forem an Of the
department of steam engineering. In ad-
dltion to looking after the great amount of
work being done in the machine-Shop, he
has to superintend the work Oh the Phila-
delphia, Mon adnOck, Boston, BENIN gton
ana, until recently, Thetis. The work
under his superintendent is being done
expedi iously, and workmen are employed
day aud night.
The philadelphia came out of the great
drydock on Saturday. All the tubes con-
nected with the cOndensing ana auxiliary
pumps have been taken out and will be
thoroughly cleaned There are over 8
thousand of them. The null of this vessel
has been scraped and given fresh coat
of paint. which it is thought will last a
year.
Th 9 work by the machinists on the
Boston is well In hand, and II will not be
long before it is compile It'd. When this is
finished she will be turned over TO The
construction men, who will have great
deal to do with putting her decks 10 order.
Much of the machinery OF the Benning-
ton has been taken out and carried 10 the
repair shop for cluse oyerbaullng. A
patch that is TO be fitted to one OF the
cylinders Of the Bennington has been cast,
and will be put in place at once.
The Adams reached the yard on Thurs
day evening, and In a few days survey
will be had for the purpose OF determining
| The amount Of damage she sustained to her
keel when she struck on a northern reef
some time ago. Five years ago Foreman
Jones, then in charge of the mschlne-shop.
overloaded her boilers and machinery.
| making such repairs as were necessary,
saying at that time that they would last a
| year. but the work was so thorough that II
| lasted for five years. 1t has not yet been
determined if the Adams is to 60 out oil
| commission or not. Should she be tlaced
10 Rotten Row her crew will be sent to
some vessel that is short OF men. The YES
| sci presents fine appearance, and her Of
| hcers aud crew are well pleased with the
fast trip she made from New Wnatcom to
the navy-yard. All hands regretted that
they were forced 10 part company from
! Captain John j. Brice, the commander.
who was taken sick ut Alaska. The car
tain will reach here by the next mail
steamer from the north, and he Will be
placed in the hospital for medical treat
ment His wife Is at this time residing
| with Mrs. Tailant, her mother. In San
| Francisco.
There are more patients in the Naval
| Hospital at this time than there has been
| for many months past. Commander Nor
gan. Lieutenant Coffin and Engineer
| Strickland Of the Bennington, who are
under the care of Medical Director u. w
| Woods, are getting along nicely. The
commander aud engineer came down sick
from Boring Sea-
| The Thetis left on Saturday on tria
| trip for the purpose of testing her mach in-
cry, which has been extensively repaired
LII upon her return it appears that all Il
satisfactory sha will be coaled and sent or
| cruise down the coast.
Ii ia thought by the end of the current
month several of the vessels from the
northern fleet will reach the nayy-yard
The Mohican will be the last to leave
northern waters.
II has often been remarked by individ
ual< who are abls to Judge that ibt
mechanics at Mare Island work taste
than men do elsewhere. At this tim'
there are 97S Men at work in the yard, anG
1t can be truly said that here IS not lag
gard among them. More than S37, 600 Wa,
paid out last week to the men for tw'
weeks wages.
There were two receptions at the var