New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
AFFAIRS ATTHE NAVY IARD
ur~pss OF FUNDS CAUSES A GEN
rRA1. CESSATION OF WORK.

v,.y>1Es TO TIE SHIPS AT THE YARp-THE
.-vv,s GOES TO 3OsCoN-HrRRItNG TIM
rre FOR THE GOLFER DAM
CHANGES OF ASSIGNMENTS
u,,h The departure Of the hattleship Texas
.,ob left the Navy Yard early yesterday after
,oo, hound for Boston. the outward movement
=. .ha ressels which have ornamehted me Sea""i
so,,s weeks began. The Texas goes to the
tern CITY to take part in the odd lronsides
aa,ohratIon. which takes place on OCTOBER L. ana
,ho festivities are ended she will sail for
49,. south and Join the fleet The Detroit IL was
NV. .,,.oa Yesterday. would sail tonight or to-
COW morning for the same destlnat'oh ana
hoats are ready for sea with the exception
VIe r,,ara on which the engineers have
work still unfinished. The only job of i'm
sum" an tho Narblehead is the installation
eyaporator OF the monitors at the yard
:" a." 4, undertaking an exhaustive series Of
' .~,ols with the result 50 far OF satisfaction
'"9 .,o working Of the machinery. and the
has been placed in the timber drydock
H. crYnise at sea with the fleet resulted
" -, ,ooso,inr Of the bolts which fasten the
80 , - tho frames which part or the
go. - The shin and there Is considerable WORK
- dome in the way Of securing the engines
.uoi,s- any further movement when the snip
~ - seawav. The seatings Of the engines are
...,a,,,a5 from, the frames of the ship by space
~. Cow, inches. which is filed in with wood In
-. ,-,,-s which have elapsed since the engines
,,or. first nut in place this wood has deterorated,
,d The recent strain the vessel has resulted
IN some ~ It giving way to the pressure. ABOUT
,bi~,v heavy bolts will be required 10 take the
r,ace # those which became Weakened ana the
work will not REQUIRE much time. The three
furnace crowns which collapsed while the 'eSS'i
nos AZ the ward before the cruise was started
will he replaced before the monitor leaves the
dock and new ash hoisting engines VIII De m
stalled the old ones having weakened. with the
.as,,l, that the sailors have had to hoist the
ashes from the furnace Up from the hrerooms
by hand
~, the Chicago the seats for the port en-
rines have been received and II - expected 'hat
The work % taking the engine apart Tor trans
portation 10 the ship will begin in the machine
shops within short time.
CESSATION OF ACTIVITY IN THE SHOPS.
There is A general cessation Of activity in the
sbons owing 10 shortncss OF funds. and no
more work is being done than Is absolutely
needed This however does not apply TO the
work on the cOferdam Of the big drydock.
Owing 10 the delay in the arrival Of steamer
with timber, there was short period or mac
tivity on that important work last week. but
when the steamer did come in her cargo was
disposed Of at such rate that when work was
ended last night there was not enough left on
hand to keep the force going more than day
longer. prompt investigation by Naval Con
,tyuctor Bowles revealed the fact that ship
nents Of material would be delayed still further
unless energetic measures were at once taken.
and forthwith the yard tug Nina was started for
Brunswick, Ga. towing the brig Robert Dillon,
Captain Olsen, to get moro timber and hurry
home with It. Only three days Will be allowed
FOR the loading Of the brig at Brunswick. and
Captain Bell. Of the Nina will hustle her back
to New-York as quickly as possible. The tim