New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD.
EXPECTATIONS OF BUSY TIME IN fh-
PAIR AND CONSTRUCTION
MANY VESSELS COMING TO THE YARD
poRE ERBENs PRoMoTIoN-NEw BUILD

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luck circumstances sometimes cannot be cnan ,
~ a.aa ,hr,aon Is the number OF ships which,
I, ,s oxrec,ed will soon be in the Navy farh unnei
ao,,o rs,,lrs Of some sort Before the vesses sun
"a come arrive however. It may be INA. on u
~ those now there will go away Su' "''e "
thirteen vessels which are to be worNeu ." WIZ"
shor, time and It Is said that the same nu'iper
- 49, ,,rd ,as. summer Those already In the
,ord are the Cincinnati Maine puritan iel'ol'
N,chias Castlne. Lancaster and Fern thoSe VIM"
are expected to arrive soon are Inc san
Xor.. Work. Atlanta, Vesuvus and Nian'onomon'
All OF these vessels at the Navy fnrd VIII '''"'
ctr there and keep things lively for tune
r,o Can Francisco Will doubtless be the hrst al |
d,.,o,a, vessel 10 arrive. After leaving Inc navy
Yard lust a week before. with part OF '"e -'"
York Naval Reserve on board she was 10 nave re-
turned Yesterday and discharge her crew OF paper
sailors" as one enlisted man called th"tn Inc
,,orn, Of work 20 BE- done TO the san Francisco
e considerable and will probably take at least TWO
months for completion. But this can be AFFORDED
IN the case Of the san Francisco for that vesse!
has been kept singu,arly free OF navy yarus' sue
hos heen 70 them seldom. and has had only ntte
work done In them. But now, after her four years
cruising she needs repairs OF a more extensive kn1
The Ordnance Department aone has enough ~
keen the vessel here for some time. In the hrS'
Mace her entire battery Is to be overhaued' All 'he
guns are 10 dismountei, and the circles are 10
be pu; In proper shape. This Is an extensive J'o'
In the second place. she IS TO receive her 'orPeio
apparatus which Will be matter OF much I'M
nortance The new vessels OF the Navy nave peen
prepared for torpedo apparatus but until rec'n'S
none OF them have received H. According to one ihea
which was expressed yesterday. The new sh'ps sn'u
be dealt with as the old ships were Ai'er my
finished long cruise Of three or four years "'-
old ships were put out o, commission ana 'ho'-
oughly overhauled the new ships however, "''
Won, n commission. and while the o'icers are
IN NOR n
or d,scharred some repairs made. ana then Inc
sh!p goes away again. But the objections 10 pn'''e
n ship out OF commission are serious as was SNOW"
IN the case OF the Machias. several months ago
II was said yesterday TO be unlikely that inc Ne"-
York would 90 10 the Navy Yard at once ana inns
o,,,,o, was strengthened by the fact that supply
., coal had been ordered FOR her at her anchorage
on Staten Island The officers di1 not seem 10
know tust what she would do before gong ~ '"'
Yard but Il was reported that she was going Z"
No surveyed bv the Board OF Inspection IL was
also suggested that she might be going to take "u'
! .or,e other body OF Naval Reserve men. When she
does &c, 20 the yard. however. she VIII De- over
J hauled and prepared FOR another cruise. Inc o''-
nance Department has some work - 90 on "''
/ aso The Atlanta OF course. IL 10 receive hc' NJ"
/ crank shaft. She IS not expected un'l the m'n''e
y, August and IT Will take several weeks 20 inSt'''
~. .r,,k shaft Tho Hes'ivius is - come again
before long and also that familiar sight the Wan
/ toromoh She IS receive - repairs " j. *
/ nc.ted bu, she spends a good deal % h"r Tine ~
I the Navy Yard anyway.
The work on the Cincinnati. sin~" rhH - COM
" -, o., ,,. ~. m. most important Jobs.
This work goes on stcr'.y. AMI she j. giahhAl.y
being made rea Is for actr" service some 'i'''
anuara,us e abou: - be installed. ana 'n'' ".' ="
the first Howell torpedo - be vii on "''y "' "''
naval vessels An important i"st is - infr place
,h,s r.sL aud that IS -. dock t..ai 't her en-
g,,.. which begins tomorrow AMI la.i- al'nt
week Each engine g. - De run separately lot
three or four DAYS. day AMI night TINS VIII '"'o''
the officers TO drili the crew" - n"' J"'' va .o'
,n.n,s tina; NAV he necessary. etc Later on It Il
and # Is hoped 20 have 8; made w.'h picked coal. a
carefully trained crew. ana other conditions a"'~'
to those given 10 We COM 3D.. ~, goes
Work on inc o'"'' -. iast
500 ~ -. ,t. ,,,n,, VIII enable the
70 - .,.. ,,..... ,a ,ri yet her ready
officers TO hurry '''' f' 100 W -,
,rri,r before lo.e Ih. t.. ,.. Ir- ..r no" h".n +;
pnt down on IT, Maine. suprr~trn' tnf" ".t no
guns Themselves h"t~ not SET ''h I'D ~ a.
Ana taking about tLe guns. "n "i.' o. '~''", Vs.
called attention 20 inc -.cin.ns} str.sr 10. :
Of having the n"" F.."is '.Ir..' 80. ...i ,.
chine guns while -" small arm 90, ia" say
c,Ic, aiienion TO ,hc ne 9r ha-enire ne o.
, velopmcnt and manniatt"fe ana '''''''' 90 '"'
new rnrs 70. tns say ,c,.,.r ,- now ~ ,ho dry
dock where shr IS nsins iri"',' -vrtai v'crks.
but It Is Thought that -hc wa h' III ''' ~, ,I d."
g o,i,. about ten her bottom ""'H H't '''''
n 10 ,erornrrcl but only 10 be- Iatrh"i ia PA''a l'
4, ',..,rt.ure with the order ~Llch Mas i'' N''
q 80, - enc N,rllas ls hDlrg pushed ahead las
10 1er ina" Inc Cnri.nr. aud vii b" finished s"'i"I'
r Not alone on noarh 'h' - 80 n,,sh.i ahead
J. wbu. that OF the Ca-tiuc - permitted - y, 81,
NOR slowly. Th's - b"ca9sr ,ic ~ go 'G',n h"r
wishes 10 commission he Va, me- ,"o,,n U ZONE
sister ship and It inay.D" hA ne Ins' ne ~ fU m
n TO be kept purlo',' ~ our 81 ,' sloning the Yes
:. .eis several months ago. there Wa ai,' 'iN ~
70 dt,,culfv Of doing thu becAus" of the i"'N u
y suricl.nt number OF enlisted men. ,..,
" II has not set been decided now me inVn'y .r
~ IL a. no use OF the Yards ana Docks p'phl.
!, NJ, en- the Navy Yard by this years appop' la'Io.
70 shaU no spent There are, however s'F'i"I p,' -,
4, ~" ,',tch carried through. Wouid bl'h'I)