New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
AFFAIRS At THE NAVY YARD
HtRRYrNG WORK ~ THE VESSELS
BOUGHT BY THE AUXILIARY BOARD.

BOUGHT BY THE AUXILIARY BOARD.
lN,.REAsrp vrGuANrr Or THE MARINES plF
riorrry or FINDING MIS- TO wAN TUv
srurs ,,or~G rvro COMMISSION
TIVE DOLPHIN Co.'s 70 SEA
rur cu,~Grs OF
-rrr wrrK
rnat rho >a,y Yard IS making record for
activity is apparent 20 ans one who visits TN"
place and ihc swarm - visitors passing through
tho Sands e. gaf. Yesterday bore testimony :"
tho attraction tho %a,v'v homo has for citizens
who stay ashore RorthinE accommodations at
tho ard nora siiU further crowded yesterday
r, hon IN. ward liner Niagara Vas tied M just
aston, ~ IN. r.,civ.ng- ship Vermont. and tho
training snip Annapolis was moored at tho ori
nance dock Inst ahead ~ rho old "suardo" Al
~, or tho ,arl BE- heard tho sound ~ the hammer
and fh. O.rirr Of the electric drill and tn" s"ft
slap - ,he paint brush. varied Nirh rafting
Of tins who're a s'rr- ~ canned goods j. being
,iif on board ONE - tho members ~ tho auN
Niar, ncei with the iucrcas" IN th" rush ~
visitors has como an increase ~ ~" vigilance
- tho marine u 10 are doing police duty. AVID
tho taking ~ notes Is looked upon with extreme
1fsf. % ru reporters f'fN N'flf UdlNlu'i-
a,.arc ~ his latter faci Yesterday whom they
wore rushed M 20 the commandments office for
suspicious actions. and vsrc not released untt
CAPTAIN sumner the captain ~ tho yard. had
couched for thom to tho ADMIRAL IN" camera
10 also Al object looked on with dislike ~ pres
IN, aud "Nerds" r.ln 10 lust ~ we'll ~ = the,
loa,o their boxes NJ bono nHen visiting ~"
,ard
VESSELS LEAVING TUF WARD.
Earl, IN Wednesda, tho TeNas started 'or
Hanrptor Roads aud the Frying squadron. and
Yesterday tho dispatch-ooa' Doluhn gave IN"
III. IN some sensational stories which had been
printed saying that she Was completely disabled.
and started ON nor VOYAGE down the coast. an
chorlng in tho over Bav to walt FOR m" T~'uni-
och rorn.rlv the Edrar F. Iuckonhach which
had q Sigh, Advancement ~ h"r engines and
,ya4 compelled 20 stop fQr rcadiustmont Tho
rolnhin's trouble. about which 50 much russ
WAS made vas nothing nor" than the slight
loo-cnirg ~ a nut connected with on" or her
nistou- roda and in i've minutes after IT was
located Il was rcn"i'el.
Several ~ the small boats which arc being
rerttei viii get away before Easter week -
ended and the Maynower. the only one or the
auxiliary foci 10 carry torpedoes VIII starr TO-
da, FOR the torpedo station nj Newport X. l..
10 receive her outht.
Tho ward liner Niagara. which came |" the
card yesterday VIII be fitted up as distillihR
hoo, and her mission VIII be to supply fresh
water 10 the other vesscls r th' squadron Men
,,.r,. SGT 10 work on her within an hour ot her
,rri,.aI and the necessary apparatus VIII ne III
stollod 40 rapidlv ~ men can handle machiherS'
~, tho Yankee aud Yosemite. the t"" MorRd"
,,cors nrcparaiions for mounting the guns AZ
,o,,od - ,hem are we'll under way. The time
.,hed,io calls for the completion OF work on inc
49,, coturn r-ncas Oseeola. Wampatu'N
sal, and Hornet this week and the wasp
rs -, y nice and Yosemite next week 'n
- o' i'o; ,t,, boats the steam engineering peo-
- ha,a come hard work as the engines -, .,io
prhjrs arA nartlv above the water me anu 'i ~,
-, IN steampipe and its auXillafles VIII naNc
no shifted This VIII feiuii' VIZ, 49,, ,,,tii
=" a., light hour shifts day and night uh.i'
~" -, nsrt Of next week. and all prepare
-, nv bava been made for STEADY run Oh WIN
TUE cHICAGos BOILERS
-r.. ., tho boilers for the Chicago have oeeh
-, tho shops and the fourth was
49, ,.s,ardav preparatory to removal
w, no,,ors weigh about thirty tons each ana
-, -, ,,,dlnS is no slight matter. NorN on III
,.n',.,,a,s boilers is nearly competed an" ~
rai,, shaft which has been on ,ie "'s 80. IN
I'm the machine shops TOT ""e
first class connlII"',' ITCH 49,, o5lcers on the
.ni,,,nr ships are struggling with ls the snott
- az Tho supply Of men VINO come NY l" ny
~ d,rd some Of the members OF inc crews III
sha Morgan Line boats wnlch are peins ~
verted have been enlisted. ana ~sle lve' a as
Aow to lash their hammocks on tho gun oeck