New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-06

TRICAL CONNECTlONs-THE TENAs TO
co INTO DRYDOCK.
When the Buffalo started her voyage 20
Manila she was scarcely missed at the Navy
Yard and there is a large quantity OF work
ahead on the various ships there. The New
Orleans Is to go into the timber drydock this
week and Is to receive n complete heating out
fit which means lot of changing and rehtting.
in addition to a regular overhauling. All the
departments have their hands and shops full OF
business and on some Of the vessels there Is de-
lay. caused by the rush Of business In the cleo
trical line The Chicago which is In good shape
in other respects. is lacking many OF the con
nections necessary. and the same complaint Is
made on other vessels. This will not last long.
hwever every effort is being made to hurry
things up and get the work out Of the way.
A successful test Of the long arm doors which
shut the engine and fire rooms OF the Chicago
away from the rest Of the vessel was made late
yesterday afternoon. These doors are eleven in
number and be worked simultaneously by
the movement Of a lever on the bridge In the
coming tower. They are lifted and lowered by
hydraulic pressure and the test yesterday was
made under an emergency pressure of water,
the doors closing in twenty-sx seconds after the
mechanism was stcrted. In addition TO being
under the control OF the officer on deck, each OF
the doors can be operated by man standing be
side It, The time Of closing considered
good. but there is still little difficulty in oper-
| ating the doors they exhibit a tendency 10
| Green down after they have been lifted, owing
to a slight leakage at some of the valves This
has been noticed by landsmen who have had
casion to use hydraulic elevators but the Navy
officials hope to overcome 1t entirely on board
! the Chicago The cruiser Is not expected TO go
into commission before the first Of next month
on account OF the delay in completion OF some
| OF the Jobs Captain Philip II. Cooper will
| command her.
Visitors at the yard In the last week have
been favored with remarkable sight. but 1t is
| doubtful II IN IRE than small percentage OF
| those who saw II realized the funny SIDE or the
| spectacle In the big drydock No. ) staging
| had been built to a height of about ten feet,
| and a few days ago the dock was filled with
| water and another drydock was noated into the
| big hole In the ground. a drydock inside Of a
! drydock is not often seen anywhere, and it Is
not on record that IL vas ever seen before In the
! BROOKLYN yard The floating dock is being
| ca1lked end coppered, and the engineering force
| has some work to do on the visitor from Perth
| Amboy The floating dock is intended for
| at Key West, and is large enough TO take out
! the smaller gunboats.
| The Resolute hoated out Of dock No. .
| Yesterday afternoon. and the New-Orleans Will
| take her place early this week. The Navy
| Yard tug Nina is occupying the stone dock and
| will be like new vessel when she comes out
| Workmen busy erecting the superstructure
! on the Penacook, the new tug built at the yard
for Port Royal but she Will not be finished for
| a month TO come
| The New York, which Is off Tompkinsville is
| expected to sail on Wednesday. and the boys at
the yard have not yet finished talking about the
ball on Wednesday night given by the hagship's
| crew. Men from all the ships at the yard went
over TO Webster's Hall 70 that the affair
came off all right and they were not disap-
| pointed as they had such good time that a
few cases OF overstayng leave are charged up
10 the evenings enjoyment
1t is expected that the Texas will go into
| drydock time this week, and the extent
/ OF the damage caused by her coming into CON
| tact with floating wreckage will be learned. The
| covering OF her starboard propeller shaft has
| been knocked OF. but IL is not known what
| other damage sustained