The times., 1899-11-29

The annual report of Rear Admiral Nor
decai T. Endicott, Chief Of the Bureau OF
Yards and Docks Of the Navy Depart
meut has been submitted 10 the Secretary
a. The Navy. 1t shows that the expcndi-
lures for the fiscal year ending June 50.
1853 were S2.Sl4626.gc. and thar there were.
contracts let involving an expenditure Of
S8.447.2l2.34
Estimates for The year I900-l201 are
placed at Sl5.756, 1880 as compared with
S6.eo0 600 Appropriated for the past fiscal
year
The increase in estimates is rendered
necessary by the large increase in The
Navy and the imperative demand for bet
Ter yards and docks where the large num-
Der Of vessels belonging to the Navy can
be handled. The establishment Of yards
and docks in Porto Rico, Cuba, and the
Philippines also increases the expense OF
the bureau greatly.
Regarding the work on The Washington
navy yard the past year, the report says:
The expenditures during the fiscal year
have been as follows: Yard Improvements.
S70.093.44: repairs and preservation.
Sd. S37. OF; maintenance S2l. .432.05; civil
establishment. S4,47S; national defence,
S3.Q6I.35; emergency fund, $5,g6460. Total,
$l56 966.50
The expenditures for Improvements at
the Washington yard during the fiscal year
were S70.093.44 The principal outlays
under thi shead were for a new stOrehouse
for guns authorized by act of May A. 1898,
and fer the Improvement and increase Of
the electric light plant appropriated for by
aCts Of May 4 1888. and July I, 1898. The
works mentioned were very nearly COM
pleted during the fiscal year, and some
progress was made upon the new roofs
FOR south gun shop and the quadrangle
building.
The chief expenditures for repairs were
upon the yard buildings. roads and walks.
tracks, and heating apparatus. The largest
item was for bringing to grade the western
portion OF the yard, where several i'm
provemeuts have been carried on during the
last TWO years, and il became necessary 10
raise the grade Of the streets in this por-
tion 70 conform as nearly as possible 10
The grades Of the city OF Washington in the
vicinity Of The yard. The expenditures for
his item were about $4,000, and so much
more work of this character is necessary
that the bureau has elsewhere recommended
an appropriation for grading and paving.
Many Improvements are 10 be made al
The Washington navy yard and estimates
amounting to SS75, ,0l1.32 are recommended
il the report. Several new shops are 10 be
erected and all OF the old ones 10 be re-
paired and made as near areproof as pos
sible; provisions for eXJinguishing fires are
10 be made by laying a new system Of wa
ter mains, placing sprinkIers inside the
buildings and buying a hose reel and car
riage and establishing q fire alarm system
The grounds are 10 be thoroughly drained
and paved i is also proposed 10 buy
334 80 square feet Of ground lying TO the
west Of the yard.
Following is an itemized list Of proposed
improvements:
Yards and docks building. $4,000; eX-
tension Of store No. J, $4,000; paving
$50 GOO; underground conduit system, $50
SIS; purchase OF land. S13S, zee; freproof
floors for pattern shop. SIS 600; boiler house
Tor heating plant, S14,500; skylight for
north gunshop s., ,2O2. 30; storehouse for in
nammable material, $4,000; coal shed and
coal-handling appliances, $40. .000; fire pro-
lection system. $40. 600; miscellaneous shop
FOR ordnance, sS6, 800; tool shop for ord
nance. S86, 300; gunners' workshop, $50, 500,
sesmen gunners' machine shop, $40 000; ex-
tension Of forge shop and new roof, $4,000;
enlarging boiler house and new roof,
So 400; new quarters for superintendent,
SIS 600