New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-18

THE AUXILIARY BOARD on CRUISERS
CONTINUES IT'S WORK.
A TUG CHARTERED TO CARRY CANNON TO THE
DRY ToRTUGAs-aAHY YACHTS OFFERED
TO THE GOvERNMENT-THE FAST
EST CRAFT UNDER CON


TO THE GovERHMENT-THE FAST
EST CRAFT UNDER con
SHERATON
The full board Of Naval officers inspecting YES
sells which may be used auxiliary cruisers was
in session Yesterday in the Army Building. Lieu
tenant Sargent and Engineer Dixon returned from
Boston after inspecting several ocean-going tugs
and other vessels there which have been offered
to the Government Naval Constructor Tawresey
also returned from a similar trip to Philadelphia
and Baltimore. After tho Board assembled. with
Captain Rogers presiding the members reported
what had been done. and the details were consid-
cred The results Of the visits TO other ports were
forwarded 10 Washington directly.
Several conferences held yesterday with
owners and agents in regard to yachts and tugs
The Board has completed ira work so far as first
class vessels are concerned. and is considering
those I'm the second class. Yesterday afternoon
Messrs Sargent Dixon and Tawrosey went on tho
Government tug Daniel s Lamont to inspect some
OF the vessels which had been brought TO the aten-
ton II the Boo I'd
II was learDed later that upon the report made
Il was decided charter the steam barge NJ
Moran belonging to the Moran Towing Company
Of No p south-st. The vessel was inspected at
Pier 4 East River and she started last evening up
the Hudson for Troy She Is under orders from
the War Department 70 take some new rined cam
non from the Watervliet Arsenal to the Dry Tor
tugas which the Government proposes 10 put IN q
condition of deferce Naval station. Fort
jefferson there. which has been quarantine sta
ton for a number Of years is to be again forthed
and mounted with modern machine guns Tho
Moran is ninety-eight feet in length eighteen feet
beam and nine feet depth of hold. With two hum
dred tons aboard she draws only six feet OF water
The Dewitt c. WINS of the same company. was
also Inspected She is ocean-soing steel
hull tug and has been in only a few months A
trip to Staten Island taken in her and she VIII
probably be purchased by the Government
Further consideration Of the fast yachts va
moose and Satanea was given yesterday by the
Board and a list Of some thirty yachts belonging
70 members Of the New-York and Atlantic yacht
clubs was submitted with the figures at which
each can be secured II was said yesterday tnat
the price paid for the twin-screw steel yacht May
flower was nearer S2O00O than 10000. Among the
other vessels offered ard considered faYorably 10
the tug Ocean King. which was built a dozen years
ago but has recently been overhauled
The Board had in preparation yesterday pre-
minary report OF its work. which will be for
warded to Washington shortly. 4 member said
through with our work as vet We will make our
report first to the Navy Department and Il VIII
us. OF course. the grea, mass OF information
secured by Commander kediey in ne months ne
stack Of plans so nigh" land the speaker indicated
under Consideration he can turn 70 the plans and
we can see at once whether she Is in the avaiaple
whether any changes have been made since the
plans were filed. our work is going forward salts
from the owners with whom we nave been brought
into business relations in the prosecution OF our
task"
The members OF the Board refused to confirm tho
Twelve vessels and expend about s. 100000 1t was
learned yesterday that the purchase OF the May
learned that she had not been sold to King Leo
pold who was negot ating for her She was then
inspected and offer made to the agents for her;
The price TO be paid will not be made public until
that the Navy Department will give the first posi-;
or purchased and the terms upon which they have
TO be purchased by the Government will be sup
PIED by Flint a. Co. Of this city some time ago ago
be of exceptional swftness and could readily be
ultimate ''' owner en- it is said. being probably some
South American Goyern men Since the present
negotiation with the Washington Government for
RE n has to visited 1T and ss
matter with Secretary Long twice within the last
the National capital in company with Leutenant
w ws s, ID 9e ,he ss of Fn
9fernoon that 10 price had yet been agreed upon
for her purchase the present owners would build
her MAKING Of c9ur,e such mSdiISaTons IN tho
month or sz weeks. Her keel has not yet been
less time II the vessel were to be used as torpedo
boat than II il to be fitted up pleasure
yacht The models and castings. which II takes
months make. all completed. and the two
quadruple engines, each Of 1900 horse power are
nearly ready. having been IN OF construc-
ton for the last six months. one IS building at
Bethlehem Penn, and the other at Newark y. J.
IT the original intention TO build the boat
itself at Mr.. Mosher's yard AZ Nyack on-the:
Hudson, and that plan will probably be followed
II the Government buys her. The vessel will have
twin screws, The diameters of the cylinders are
II, L. "a and 80 by Is inches stroke. The boats
dimensions will be Length on the load line 100
feet. BEAM 1876 feet; draught. feet speed 81
knots or more Her coal bunkers will be Of SUM-
cent capacity to allow her TO cross the Atlantic
at a reasonable speed. She will have steel
bukheads dividing her into eight watertight COM
partments She will have TWO boilers OF the Mosher
water tube type. having 50 square feet OF crate
surface and 500 square feet OF heating surface.
There will be accommodations for twenty-four
men. including officers. on the port and starboard
sides just forward OF the smokeStack. ard on tho
upper deck, will be two lS-inch torpedo tubes.
while there will be of the same dimensions at
the stern. She will also have two 3-pounders.
one near the bow and the other aft Of amidships.
Four l-pounders will complete the vessels bat
terry Two of these will be each other amid
ships. while another Will be aft near the torpedo
tube and the fourth near the 2-pounder forward