The evening times., 1898-03-18

New York March 1S.-Members of the
Naval Board on Auxiliary Cruisers, who
have been to Boston. Philadelphia, and
Baltimore looking over available ships.
returned to New York yesterday.
Chief Engineer Dixon and Lieut. Sar-
gent made a report TO the Navy Depart
ment from Boston sending Ii by tele-
graph, and Assistant Naval Constructor
TaWresy did the same, sending in reports
from Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Capt Rodgers and Commander Kelly
were early at the Army Building yester-
day having arranged for a fun meeting
of the board and the seeing of several
shipowners who have been asked to come
before il.
For four hours they received tugboat
owners and men who either own or con-
troll yachts that can be used for torpedo
or dispatch boats.
A member of the board said at the close
OF the day:
1--WE are preparing a preliminary report
OF our work. We are about one-quarter
through with the work in sight. We are
now through with what can be termed
ond-class ships. We expect TO so through
list that has been offered to us and
make our selections, also keeping a re-
serve list TO be called for later in case OF
necessity
So far Il is said, the board has not de-
cided TO purchase more than twelve Ves-
sells OF these, Engineer Dixon and Lieut..
Sargent have. it is said, selected five from
those which they examined in Boston
The yacht Mayiiower. purchased from the
ogden Goelet estate, is the best of those
so far arranged for.
MIR. Manning a yacht broker. was be-
fore the board yesterday morning with a
list Of thirty yachts more than thirty
feet long. The majority Of them are said
10 belong to members OF the New York
Yacht Club.
Mr. Manning refused to make public
the list that he had offered to the board.
He said that many Of them were not
known to be i'm the market. He thought
the board would buy three Of them that
make from eighteen to nineteen knots
an hour.
The tug Dan Lamont was inspected by
the board yesterday. She is owned by
J the Government and is considered a
/ good boat The board also examined the
| Ocean King. a tug twelve years old, that
! has been overhauled lately.
D columbus - DDnNeii lSclln. OF Ne" hb-
I chelle has offered his fast yacht the
! Helvetia to the Government. She was
/ looked over on Wednesday by a member
Of the board. and will be examined again
/ before the board returns to Washington.
! The yacht is at present at New Rochelle
I The Hviyetia is ninety-two feet long and
! makes eighteen knots. If purchased she
! viii be used for a dispatch boat.
! The Aileen. belonging to Richard Ste
! Yeus Of HOboken. viii probably be added
! tc the list Of the commissions purchas
! es. Mr. Stevens was one Of the first mer
! to offer his Yacht to the Government
! The Aileen is 13j feet long and makes
4 between fourteen and fifteen knots. She
/ is practically new. She has been exam
! ined by the board, which was much
| pleased with her. She can be used for
| a dispatch boat and could be fitted as q
| torpedo boat.
A member Of the board said yesterday
| that he felt certain that the Government
would purchase the Aileen. Asked as 10
/ the price to be paid for her he said:
I'VE cannot say anything about that
/ at present. II will become known at the
proper time. but the price will be salts
| factorily arranged and will be reasona-
| Bile
The board. Il is said, will spend 81 00O,.
! 600 in the purchase OF ships.