New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-19
AFFAIRS ATTHENAVY YARD
MASSACHUSETTS EXPECTED OUT OF
DRYDOcK THIS WEEK.
NO WORK DONE n THE RUINS OF THE MACHINE
sHop-TEsr OF NEW sAwDrsT REMOVING
APPIIAYcEs-cAPTAIN wrLDEs TO
INVESTIGATE FIRE FIGHT
ING EQUIPMENTS

ING EQUIPMENTS.
1t Is expected that by next Saturday the oa'ue
shin Massachusetts will be afost again. ni,nousn
she will remain out OF the big drydock only o'y
or two The repairs 10 the broken keel ana aojoln-
ing plates have been about completed. but no" tho
big ship needs new coat OF paint II would seem
that this might be applied while she If stu IN the
drydock but It cannot be done. The ship IL az
present held up by temporary supports ana tnere
are no keel blocks in place under her To remove
these supports would be likely 70 allow her to settis
with a bump on any keel blocks which might De
put In place at present SO the Bis ship is 10 %
waterborne and the keel blocks arranged ior her
reception in a proper manner Then she WIZ We
hoated back into the dock and be cleaned anu
painted This will require only day or two ana
then she will be ready for coal and supplies ana
duty.
The Newark is about ready for as far a.
work on her is concerned. She has still. however.
to take on her supplies and will probably be de-
tanned at the yard for another fortnight
Orders have been received TO At the refrigeratng-
ship Glacier for duty in the Far East, and WORK on
her machinery has been begun. She VIII not De
ready until the expiration % the time limit thlrV
DAYS She is at present In Drydock NO.
An instance Of the evil effects OF too nasty pur-
chase when shipping is concerned II shown py the
trouble with the Shrapnel. tho ordnance SEQ"
whose presence in the stone drydock was noted
recently She was bough, after little or no IN
spection and when the need FOR repairs became SO
urgent that It could no longer be Ignored she vas
taken out OF water. Now Il has been .ouhd tha'
she is IN bad a condition that II viii he lmposs'-
BILE 10 repair her with economy. and ne" SEQ"
IS 10 be built or purchased 20 take her place sne
has been taken OF the stone dock and the yard
tug Narkeeta is now there for some slight repairs
WRECK OF MACHINE SHOP UNTOUCHED.
Nothing hae been done toward removing the wreck
OF the big machine shop and the towers are stlli
standing in mute protest against what TO put IL
mildly may be termed sowness. Some OF 'he
smaller pieces OF machinery and tools when had
been buried by the falling walls have been recoN-
cred in reasonably fair condition. but the larger
part OF the great store OF material and implements
in the building il beyond recovery. JUST when work
will be started cannot be foretod, hui as some Oh
the quarters in which the machine-shop force nave
been slowed away needed for other purposes
II is likely that the bureau Will be compelled TO
get a move on" before long. Money is available
for the purchase OF new machinery and az the CON-
struction properly declines to have It's ma
chinery taken OF it's present location for use
by the engineers the latter have decided 70 90
ahead and buy some IN the open market 30 that
the operations OF the bureau VIII not be entirely
stopped
Experiments with the suction arrangeinent
for disposing Of the dust and shavings % the new
joiner shop in Building No 10 have turned out salts
factorily and expected that the force OF sweep
and laborers in the new shop Will pe materlaLy
is worked nv means OF a large blower which draws
air through pipes which reach 70 e.ery wooawo or
ing machine I'm the shop and discharges me sweep
ngs and dust into pipes which carry them 10
separate building or 70 me hteroon, a. may ve
needed. Forty horsepower l. required 20 operate
the blower. but this expenditure OF engine force -
regarded economical In view o. the results al
satsfactory have also been made n, o. nc
sprinkler system which has beer put m covering
the paintshop and the vanishing and hnishins
rooms. These pipes will begin their work automau-
cay 10 degrees Of heat are attained IN
the room a small fusibe plug melting az that heat
fine shower. almost mist is scattered over a
each pipe and as the pressure OF thirty pounds to
the square inch is constantly on the pipes; there rs
little danger OF fire getting much headway. In
the test lighted match set the shower falling
CAPTAIN wILDEs AT THE YARD
Captain Frank Wildes. the captain OF the Boston
in the battle Of Manila Bay went TO the yard yes-
terday unannounced and unattended. and after re-
porting AZ the office Of Rear Admiral Philip began
an inquiry as to his duties in connection with his
assignment to the yard. He is az present a MEN,
Der Of the board which is investigating the IRE de-
station with a complete fre-hgnting apparatus. It
is possible that he will succeed Rear Admiral sum
Of more responsibie nature 1ehs lounn lot ~. h
last-named officer. captain Nildes Is staying at me
ami daughter His homecoming was Kept quiet
owing TO his known aversion to publicity, but no
in which he took so prominent part. In speaking
Of Aguinaldo and the Fnpinos. ne said that they
cess and develop higher type OF leader than they
have at present Asnna5d9 , ne says Is sha'e
Pln enerv credited with Understanding more
English than ne is willing 70 admit lie always
uses an interpreter, and speaks little English
Der everything was IN state Of suspense. the
Treaty Of Peace was hanging FIRE the United states
had entered on definite policy resarding ne T..
both the Army and the Navy.