New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19

leraces. the income Of $50 shares Of stock Of
the Third Avenue Railroad Company and OF
trust fund Of $4,000 a trust fund was also
created for the benefit Of the son Of the tesla
Tor William Z Webb. and includes 623 shares
q stock Of the Pennsylvania Coal Company and
9o0 shares Of stock Of the Third Avenue Rail
road COMPANY. The trust funds upon the death
Of Mrs Webb and her son are TO 20 to Webb's
Academy and Home for Shipbuilders. An oil
PAINTING Of Robert Fulton and a number of
drawings and engrayings We're also bequeathed
to the academy
At the Webb home No. 415 Fifth-ave., Mrs.
Henrietta A Webb widow Of William H. Webb
Informed q Tribune reporter yesterday that
Webs Academy and Home for Shipoullders
would always be supported. The cost Of sus-
tanning It is $4,000 a year.
on A PICTURESQUE SITE.
The building Of yellow pressed brick, with
t,ownstone trimmings. five stories in height
with two additional stories on the part occupied
By the academy. stands at an elevation Of loo
Zee, above the level Of the Harlem On the
Weather vane on one Of the towers is model OF
he ram Dunderberg. which Mr.. Webb built
snier contract for the United States. 1t was
a,sr sold 70 France and rechristened Rocham-
tau and had great speed and superior sea-
g1ing qualities. on the four sides Of the other
DyT the model appears in relief on white
background
IN the Home at present are thirty-fve in
riies, or guests. as they are called. Their ages
III from fifty 10 ninety years. Several are
eshty-fve or e!ghty-siX years old. Among the
MUNGER guests are eight women. the wives or
slows Of shpburaers. The accommodations
1.-THE Home are limited to thirty-flve and when
Heath occurs there is no difficulty in filing the
aaacy. because there IS always a vacant list.
Tie women are furnished with a sitting room.
s;se they talk and read while the old men
ave a smoking room. where some play cards
Zen from morning till night Others occupy
esnseyes about the grounds doing light work,
ssI!ng me drives in order, cutting up wood,
'sstng in the gathering Of fruits, etc. The old
lSpls occasionally get invitations from friends
visit them. and, with the permission Of the
1aaager, they stay week or two There is
i'Iital for tie SICK and in case Of death, IN
rs friends take charge Of the bodies. they are
''aed n Ut provided by the institution on
u banks u the Hudson.
There are q few chronic Rrumblers among the
&c men. hut as a rule they seem 10 be grateful
" heir beuefactor. and are willing TO help out
% Inc work Of the institution. Occasionally an
VIC man Will go in the kitchen and help the
'0aen shell peas. for instance, when there are
NY 70 BE- sneued OF lend hand in other ways.
~ ~ women keep the clothes Of the students In
zen There is an elevator 10 take the old
heals " '' ''
M IA The Academy Of Naval Architecture and
tisss .Ne Engineering are forty-two students The
80 u seventeen admitted this year is the
M 80, ever taken IN. The Academy furnishes
80 young man between fifteen and twenty
81 VI age native or citizen Of the United
80 ~ VINO may upon examination prove NM
% oSSHpelent Of good character and worthy
q rv5utecaaIon IN the art science and profession
al" u'iuihg and marine engine building, bOth
49, ~ ana practical. together with board
ISS,''s anu Necessary implements and materials
a obtaining such education.
M we accommodations are limited and the
sSa,II VI applicants IL constantly growing can
ts,i.t,s nave 70 submit 10 an eXacting com
ty sS Examination in the subjects required
A., t-4I4lshlon These include the common Eng
ranches. with algebra up 70 and including
tn1S auc equations. geometry. both plain and
~ s-u plane and analytical trigonometry
bort VI the students have come from the neigh
u,c .'op Of NeW-York or the States bordering
~. the Great Lakes and since the institution
~ opened there have been students from the
Swing states: New-York. New-Jersey. Mas
psrnasstt Maine. Rhode Island, Connecticut
NJ. Vahla, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio Michigan,
--T,nnesota and lowe
.Aere are three classes and the course Is
So 81 years The chairman Of the Board OF In
u, NSloTs is Professor J Irwin Chaffee head or
de- e department Of mathematics, and his asso-
n - rs are Professor Goold r. Bull. department
] marine engineering and Professor Alexander
h sL@oieah department Of naval architecture.
me course In marine engineering a general
80, Ssusailon Is made Of modern marine engines,
5lt;NlIs ana auxiliary machinery. and OF the con
n ~ under which they work in practice and
alive efficiency
!, ~ eheVer possible students make short pas
-, ~ on coastwise steamers for Indicator prac-
ma ana the observation Of marine machinery
~ y way. In mechanical drawing and tracr
~ me models for the latter are selected from
y large collection Of prints Of marine engines