New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT.
HARBoR DEFENcEs BEING PUSHED TOW
ARD COMPLETION.
TWO AND IN SOME INSTANCES THREE. SHIFTS
OF MEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AMMuNi-
TON AT ALL PosTs-cABLE CON
TRACT LET-MORE TROOPS
TRANSFERRED

TRANSFERRED.
=, l., M .ocre. that the work Of building en-
,iacouen.s and mounting cannon at the forts
which defend New-York Iiarbor Is being pusheo
forward as rapidly possible Inc men arc
working day and night In two shifts, ana III so'nc
instances three shifts are at work ColoneI Luo-
low who Ia I'm charge OF the work down me Bay
sotd n \ reporter for The Tribune yesterday yes
we are pushing the work as fast as posspie' anu
ara prepared for peace or war. Lnder the e'"e'
,e,cv orders we are working faster man we were
under previous conditions. Although we wouin
like 10 have n little more time. for WORK done III
hurry Is not as good lasting az that done with
ont haste vet we can work TWO shifts OF men more
economically than one |; Is cheaper to keep the
,o,res Going for second eight hours than to
draw the fires and start them up again inc heh'
dav ard the pay Of the men Is the same aIthous"
we nay. out twice az much in DAY we arc
or ,.,ne the Government both time and money and
meanwhilo providing for tho greatest emergency
1-o,,oI activity prevails in the work on the de-
fences nj both ends Of Long Island Sound. under
Major H. NJ Adams. while the construction OF
rev buildings al Fort Hancock. under the direction
of CAPTAIN e. A. Devoi. is being pushed with the
utmost rapidly.
i transfer of some Of the trained artiierymeh
, r,or,s Wadsworth and Hamilton. on the
Narroys 10 Fort Slocum, on Davids Island WIZ
no Effected to-day. The m'n are 10 AID In breaking IN
tho raw recruits who are daily enlistng Tor service
m the 7th Regiment / ne boNet nm. ~,
Ganeral Neies Will be at the wharf at Fort Wads-
,rortb A. = a M and after taking on board me
Ts,achn1ent Of the "a Artillery ordered to me
sound ail cross 70 Fort Hamilton ana take d hhe
detachment from that point. The Molgs VIII also
carry 70 Fort Slocum the new men enliSted yes.
t@rdSv Fifteen veteran artillerymen from Fort
Sbcriior chicago. arrived at Fort Socum yester-
dav and were Immediately detailed for duty as
the nucleus Of one Of the batteries OF the ne"
'e iiemfnnant- Colonel Amos ". Kimball quarter
mo general of the Department OF the East.
said Yesterday that every fort IN ana ABOUT 49,.
work 'UarbOr was supplied with sutlcient arnHluhl-
ton Ia make its entire command effective and use
ful at an hours notice. ., . 49,.
II may say" said Colonel kimball, that the'e
are enough supplies at each post 10 meet any
emergency The boats belonging TO the Govern
mont have been as busy possible ever since any
nca sInn for extra work arose. They kept run
ming Sundays well as other GAYS ana .netr 20
elf much to move All the fortihcauons nave
been amply supplied with provisions as wei as
munitions Of war 49,, ..,,r s,,,,,,os
for a. the posts In the Department OF me LAS.
There were sixty or seventy bidders. and 1t TOOK an
hour and A half to open the bids The CONTRACT
will he awarded TO the lowest responsive pla
opened sixty bids Governors Island f9r lueli IN
Guiding coal and wood for all forts Ihese oids
were called for thirty days ago. . ..
Colonel Kimhal. denied a publshed report ma
were sent 10 Fort Slocum yesterday ny IN" 49, ,
Haven Railroad He said that railroad would not
carry n pound Of powder. and that an me eNpIU
sves shipped to Boston or Maine ioIts rom oI,ber
railroad nor steamboat lines would carry poW1ei,,
The contract for the submarine caDe 70 cotneo'
Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton WIN foIt ina, ~
cock al Sandy Hook. was awarded yesterday ~
the afetv Insulating Wire Company the cost 10
he 80 mo The work will begin on MONDAY. anu ~
10 be completed in twenty days.