New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
AUXILIARY BOARDS WORK.
NO CESSATION IN ITS ACT1VITf-"hAi
HAS BEEN ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.

HAS BEEN ALREADY ACCoMf bio'''"'
Thcrc was no cessation in the activity OF tho
Auxiliary Cruiser Board Of Naval Officers ye''er-
dov For n week they have been earnestly en-
gagged In examining the merits OF the seas
craft at the principal Atlantic ports 10 ne'ei
what can be done in event OF an emergency nris
ing for additions to the United States Navy '"''
have recommended the purchase or the t"."-''
steel Yacht Mayfower, and the price pau " s,o
coe,et estate for her IS said to have been *WoV'
Other yachts which can readily be converted INV
dispatch or torpedo boats have oeen cohs''e'e"
Tho ouestion of arming the American liners espec'
o,,v tho 81 Louis and the ST. Paul has been set'ieu
aflrrnatlve.y. and steps have been taken u Se'
armor for them and guns to be mouh'e" io' wy
purpose OF converting these swift NesSe'' NJ
cruisers IL they are needed for use Inc coas'"'o
steamers Of several lines have been Inspected anu
a ,,,,,bor have been selected which will be called
far - ,yar g. declared Occan-golng tugs ana otheF
smaller craft have also been under consiuera''o,
and many details have been obtained "hch WIN
prove of value to the Navy Department "hene'
IT IS decided to add 10 the hoatlng deerce9 VI INV
country ,
rha ,.o, r,arobers Of the Board with Captain
Frederick Rodgers presiding held session yester-
do, morning Among those who called upon them
wae phiI,n u Low member OF Congress from the
XVIII District OF this city Congressman 10" was
once an officer in the Navy. and served III inc
North Atlantic Squadron After ne resigned 'e
terests in this city and organized and was the hrst
commander of the New-York State Naval MHud'
Mr. Low deals I'm sails and canvas, and 1t was sup
posed that he had valuable suggestions ior t'e
poard Another visitor was Thomas Manning who
has n Yachting exchange. and who submitted hst
OF thirty or forty yachts to the Board early III te
week which could be secured II desired
yes,orA,v afternoon the members Of the Board
loft their office early Captain Rodgers. Engineer
Dixon and Constructor Tawresy went on the tug
Daniel s. Lamont 70 inspect some vesyfs Of the
pn c Ere stcmhed in the rooms OF Captain Rodgers.
At the University club 1t was said that after ne
fhcir Ia bots today unless some emergency arose
The announccnent was made yesterdny YACHT 5lt
Ninsara which is nearly completed for the use e. OF
the Naval Reserves under CAPTAIN Mer a be ' can
bee speedily gS@ 'f made ready and carry
coaI for al an Extended extended trip .,o.o.
'rhe Board" said a member YESTERDAY, hopes
DO NOR and viii then be able make full and
exhaustive report for the information OF tne navy
We are negecting no poirt. and TO ala our worx we
have had a ships carpenter detailed from the IVY
Yari 70 make such measurements and calculations
as we require. We will resume our regul lar ses-
sons in the office Of the Supervisor OF the bope r.
have our work all done before the ehd Oh the
fnwis Luckenbach yesterday offered to sell TO the
Navy Department his steam yacht the Title Inc
THU is s an or James Gordon
She Is le4 feet long has a beam OF eighteen feet
Ave inches and depth Of nine feet nine inches
The TITLES speed is twelve knots an hour When
she was built for Mr. Bennett she was called the
Polvnia and she then smaller than she Is TO-
day Mr. Bennett sold her to Nice-Commodore
Douglas of the New-York Yacht Club, and he re-
built and enlarged the yacht and at the same time
changed her name Commodore w. H. Starbuck or
the New-York Yacht Club was her next purchasS11r
and upon his death his esute sold the yacht 10 Mr.
Iuckenbach. who paid about s20o0 for her; the
Tiilie is now lying at the Twenty-sixth-st pier in
South Brooklyn 49,, a.,
The inspectors yesterday contracted with the
agents Of the Benner Line for the OF the three
mastcd schooner Daisy Farlin to carry guns from
This mort to Key West The CONSIGNMENT lncluoes
four I0-inch guns weighing thirty-three tons each
and two s-inch guns. Weighing sixteen tons each
They were brought here yesterday from the SANDY
Hook Proving Grounds on barges towed by tho
Merritt 4 Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Comi-
pany's steamer William F.. Chapman. The schooner
will sail for Key West on Tuesday.