New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

AUXILIARY FLEET GROWN"
DOZEN sTANCH VESSELS
prcoME GOVERNMENT PRoPHHii'

,,v, DOZEN STANCH EESoi'
,,r.co,,v GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
,,.,,rs READY FOR CHANGES AND AR"N-
MExr AND FIFTH PRACTICALLY Sci ''"O
Upon NEGOTIATIONS CLOSED FOR
FIVE TuGs-wATER AND
CARRYING CRAFT IN
DER CONsiD-
GRAFTON
Tho exnonditurc OF over 100000 FOR an aux
rect OF nearly a dozen yachts ana tusS -
su, Of tho two weeks work OF the bo''" u
Officers sent 20 this city charged win t"'' ,,
In this time several trips have been NM ..s,ns
Ton and philadelphia and scores OF s'e"' -
,.ooh,s tuqs and other craft have been "uIS 80
noc,ed Coptan Frederick Rodgers. l. .
nresident of the Bonrd has renamed III ' .h
all the time and has been AT the oi''', ,,,,
s,,re-visor of the Harbor. In the Army ""',.,
each dav Daily reports have been maui ~ w., -.
,n,to, ~ the progress OF the work and as last a.
terms could be agreed upon
owners have been CONTAMINATED " 90 Tho
Tho Yachts secured thus far ana order'" ~
Navy yard In the Borough or brooFH"'
arnorod and have gun mounts Plac't 49,, o,a
,ba Novrowcr the IIermione, the 'o"'N 49,
ho ,,ry To this list It positively asserted yes
sarl y
.,. ,or nor purchase from II. NJ FlageT WIRE
.atd % have been consummated yest'ru"S '''o'.
inc A member Of the Board "oulo "'''"e 49,.
firm nor DENY the statement, saying TIC i"
he given out al Washington ,,, .. roo
T, u,o learned that the Board Is not lK''g W ~
Wv, ho nrrchose Of Mr.. Bordens yacht the
c,,oro,cr or Of Mr. Astor's yacht, the NouFina""''
ne forms could not be agreed upon .
vbro Lieutenant Sargent and Engineer Da"ioi ="
,cre IN Roston on Friday the yachts feres' me
rtuna and Illawara were inspected. INC
a nov, boat having been built IN l''' "
screw yacht, 1856 feet long. q feet III oe''n ""- ~
1914 foo depth. registering "a tons She wa
ia,Ircho1 from the Bath Iron Works, at Bath Me-
d ,as huilt for r. H. White. She Is Of steel with
four transverse bukheads and triple-expansion en-
gincs II is altogether likely that she VIII be added
to the feet
The list OF tugs already secured includes the At
l,s ~ the STANDARD OH Company. purchased yes
,ord,v. rho WINS and Wise Of tho Moran Towing
Companv: the Edgar T Luckenbach and the Wal
tor A. Luckenhach OF tho 1.uckcnbach Towing Com
MANY and FL Toro OF the Southern Pacific Rail-
way Company.
While the two members Of the Board were In Bos
,on they inspected the tugs Winthrop and Kate
Jones OF the Boston Towing Company and II Is
probable that they will also be added to the fleet.
II was stated yesterday that the Hercules, OF tho
Standard oil Company. had not been purchased.
Another inspection made OF the tug PaOli. but
negotiations for the purchase not completed
1t has been positively stated that the steamer Chal
mette has been bought and as positively denied The
renewed assertion that she is owned by the Govern
ment was denied by member Of the Board TO n
reporter for The Tribune yesterday but It was said
that she is under consideration for use as a water
dlstilng and carrying vessel. Another vessel under
consideration for the same purpose is the City OF
Everett an American vessel which is lying at the
foot Of Twenty Seventh-st., South BROOKLYN
In ffnlra ,ho,Ir
Board yesterday the yacht Now Then. which would
make swift dispatch boat She is on the lines OF
made the record trip from Newport to New-York
IN seven hours; averaging twenty-five knots an
feet in depth, registers 40 tons and has triple
panson engines The same firm also offers the
In In. at the Ross Iron Works at the foot of East
twenty -sixh-st She Is lN feet long 70 feet beam.
Y feet In depth. registers 300 tons, and make
l6 knots an hour
1t learned yesterday that especial efforts will
be made to get the officers and crews Of the vessels
purchased by the Government to enlist and
them Sc far as possible this will be done in order
to have men familiar with the management of
them at once, and so make them more useful to
largely depended upon for the equppins OF the
auxiliary fleet ana making II as available as
Iicutenant- Command Kelley went yesterday
10 Chester Pen, for , the purpose Of nspecting
Board in town continued their work in the morn
ing Of inspecting such vessels as are deemed desir-
able, and held protracted session in their office
in the afternoon. II vas announced that an in
spection OF the Holland submarine boat, the
Pmnger will be made to-day AmbOy The
inventor. John G. Holland. and Lewis Nixon, at
whose yard she built. will be on board and
the ability Of the boat to under the water and
to rise and descend at pleasure Will be passed
upon.
'rhe report has been renewed that the American
liner ST Paul would he detained In port instead
OF sailing Wednesday In order to await the out
sGP@ Hi Was forthcomnS WIKI large num-
Der OF wooden tugs have been offered to the Aux
HAIRY Board. IL has been decided to conhne pur
chases those Of iron or steel 1t was stated yes
terday that an option on every seagong vessel In
this port or which comes here. belonging 10 Amer
lean owners had been offered TO the Government.
Some OF them simply prohlbitive and many
vessels are not such would prove available
except in remote contingencies. Enough are Sc
cured under favorable consideration to make
an auxiliary fleet of formidable proportions.
The LIST Naval Battalion will assemble on board
the United States steamship New Hampshire. on
Tho Inspec Tor General Of NewYork.