New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD.
THE RUSH OF WORK ON WARSHrPS IN
ABATED
NEW RECORD MADE IN TIE NUMBER OF
MEN EXTRAORDINARY IMPROVEMENTS
BEING MADE IL SHOPS.


Improvement. alteration and hustle. principally
hustle. make up the order Of the day al the Navy
Yard. AID there is great deal of good coming out
~ the combinati N The little relief the crowded
condition Of the yard made by the sailing Of the
Texas. the Oregon and the Iowa and the attending
ships. has been COunterbalanccd by arrivals, and
now the officials are looking forward the sail
ing Of the Buffalo. the Solace and the Annapolis
for another letup IN the crush The Buffalo will
he ready for I'm about A fortnight, the annapolis
VIII get away some time this week on training
cruise. and the Solsce will sail Tuesday or
Wednesday. The big yacht Mayfower. which is in
Drydock No , Will remain there for a few days,
and the Narkeeta in the stone dock, will not be
ready 70 come or week. The big cruiser
Brooklyn will go into Drydock No. on Monday :
high tide for an indefinite stay. Work on the
feet Of torpedo boats Is keeping crowd Of men
busy the Mckee arriving on Friday for en-
gines but the flagship New-YOrk is ready 10. go 70
sea- and win probably get away from the yard
before long
The Texas which has been at the Tompkinsv'llc
anchorage has been ordered TO 60 to Philadelphia
70 ton IN the Peace Jubilee celebration there. Com
modore Philip will attend the function, and the
Texas will he hts flagship. Other ships there Will
be the Marbehead. the Dolphin, the Topeka and
the Mayfowpr and the torpedo boat WinsloW. ne
latter AT present attracting much attention from
visitors to the Cob Dock who go around by way
OF the causeway.
The Buffa IN is fully cOaled. and the mounting Of
her battery is the only thing which s at present
delaying her. The Texas is not expected 10 return
70 this yard from her trip TO Philadelphia and It
,s believed that she will sail for Manila and relie""
the Olympl, as he flagship OF Rear-Admifal
Dewey All the short-term men in her crew have
been transferred and their places filed on Friday
by a consignment Of ong-term men. sent down Oh
the yard tug Nina
As an illustration Of the amount Of work which
has been done and is on hand AZ the yard II
may be said that one bureau alone. jhat OF Con-
structon and Repair, Is paying out bout $500"
month in wages. the others following closely he-
hind H. The number Of civilian employees on the
Navy payroll was never so large as II Is at pres
ont. and the list will not be lessened until every
thing flying the American flag is In Grst-c'dss 'on-
dtion. This means long period of activity and
tho spending Of a lot OF money at the sar1 Ore OF
the busy places Al present Is the 'oat hop far
large number Of small craft were lost or &C.
stroyed in the naval work Of the var.
one result OF the rush will he the raising or the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to place just shade aooNe
any except the best machine shops of the country.
The construction department IA busy with tho IN
stallation OF new machines and tools the shop
being entirely remodeed Travelling cranes arc
being put in place. and foundations made for steam
hammers i'm the smithery. New engines and boilers
bI, ' Rehabilitation seen in the yard in long
time will be in Building No. 10. the old stone Once
class ioner shop in which power will be furnished
by dynamos. each machine having its own electric
motor. Dust and shavngs are 10 he removed ny
iraIgh, apparatus a complete electrical outfit in
stalled and the power for it ali is TO he furnished
by the refuse OF the work aided by gas when any
thing more is needed.
1t is the comment Of those who are watching IN"
work OF Naval Constructor Bowles. mat II the
steam engineering end Of the yard would keep step
with construction tho place could rival any snip
building plant I'm The country for Government work.
4 large stnnehouse il tn be built the ground
now occupied in par hv the anchor park the big
mos OF n
the drydocks This latter work was started about
year ago but was abandoned FOR some reason
unknown
New furnaces for tho Indiana mako one of tho
big Jobs on hand i'm the engineering shops.