The Washington times., 1901-11-11


pubic the annual report of Rear Admiral
Bradford, the Chief of the bureau OF
Equipment showing the work accom-
plished in that department of the navy
during the past year. together with the
annual estimates of the bureau for the
fiscal year ending June, 1898.
The appropriations under the cognizance
of the bureau and its various branches
available for use durong the fiscal year
were as follows: Equipment of vessels
S,s50,Og0; depots for coal. 500 600; increase
of the navy, equipment. 100000; ocean and
lake. surveys, $4,000; contingent equip
ment. 81, 500; civil establishment $19052. 81;
coal bargcs, $150,Oo0; water boat, 50 900;
equipment plant, Philippine Islands, $50,-
600. salaries, Bureau of Equipment So
$40; salaries, Naval Observatory. So $50;
contingent and miscellaneous expenses,
Naval Observatory, s16 750; grounds and
roads, Naval Observatory. 81. 500; salaries,
Nautical Almanac Office, s22 900; salaries,
Photographic Office $100S5S: contingent
and miscellaneous expenses, photographic
Office, SS9,1G0; pilot charts, North Pacific
Ocean, photographic Office, 5000; obser-
vaton OF eclipse of the sun, May, 1901,
sle,Gc0; survey for Improvement of har-
Dor, islaId of Guam. $4,000 Total, $685.
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The report furnishes a tabulated state
ment Of the work performed by the bu-
reau at the various navy yards and naval
statfpns during the past fiscal year, to-
gether with the cost
Discussing the work accomplished by
the local navy yard the report says:
the total expenditures at this navy
yard during the fiscal year ended June 30,
ly1i. were as follows: General mainte-
nance, office and store labor, annual
leave, shipments. handling coal, etc. $l6.-
Si2I2; repairs to miscellaneous equipagt.
on board ships, $26lSJ; manufacture of
and repairs to signal outfits, $3,227. 90; to-
tai, 50, fS2.42
hiS navy yard is visited by few ships
hence there is small call for facilities to
MAKE repairs. Some minor repairs hay ye
p'.'n mace TO the Dolphin and Syiph.
nc gafuinS Ihe work of the naval sta.
tlon at Hawaii, the report says.
NO facilities for equipment or other /
WORK exist at the present naval station
IA honolulu. As a coal depot il has beer
q the greatest value since the time az
the late war. There is storage accolnnC /
cat!On for 2OOJ0 tons of coal with nnl. 5
moderate handling facilities Two excel ,
JeEt WharVes and TWO slips, capable of 4
accommodating the heaviest draft ships. F..
nave been fully completed during The :
present year, and have, during construc- !
uoh ana since completion. been OF much q
service. both To naval vessels, army trans
ports nj merchant ships
during the present year much thought
dhc attention has been given to securing
d ECod site Tor a naval station at Pearl .
HaToOr, Just west of Honolulu on the
same island Oahu. This har5or consti-
llIes the most available. and, in fact the
oniy good harbor in the Hawaiian grouD
It's Importance was recognized by the last
congress in its appropriation of Sl500Dl
- - Iequire land Tor a naval station, and
m mhdi Dof ana channel defence. Efforts We're
inaoe to obtain prices and options on the
IandS recommended as a site for The
naval i station from the oNners, but en-
tireiy without success. Under instruc-
tons from the Department the acting
commandant Of the nava! Station
Hawaii, was directed TO institute proceed
lnBs IN july in the proper court for the
condemnation OF about 500 acres Of land
In and about Pearl HarbJr necessary
Tor the naval station. II is believed that
Lhese iand5, II acquired, VIII furnish ade-
luate iaclhties for the development of a
lrst-clasS naval station, and ulace the [
.ToNernmeIs on good footing for the
rt-@1r and maintenance Of all vessels
W. ters" I'M !
The work of the naval stations located
at 1utulla. Samoa Island OF Guam. |
Savite. Philippine Islands is also in
directly touched upon in the report.
Extracts from the yearly reports OF in .
ipectors OF equipment at shipbuiding
works wherever vessels have been under !
are then given in full. Those /
II local interest are as follows:
Columbia Iron Works Baltimore Nd : I
[tngey. torpedo boat-Launchcd March 25,
81; hull about IS per cent completed; ;
work has been begun: no !
progress has yet been made on the cleo
ric installation.
Maryland Steel Company. sparrows 5
Point, Md: TruXtun, Whipple, and Wor- {
len, torpedo boat estroyers-Launched Z
August IS, 1901; huils IS. 81, and 67 per cent !
completed, respectively. Considerable I
quipment material has been assembled l
hae ]
een done on the vessels
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry {
)ock Company. Newport News Va: Hi :
ois battleship-Hull about So per cent | |
ompleted. Ship had her official trial on l
une u, 1901. Equipment work about 81 .
er cent completed. Missouri, battleship-
Sot launched; hull about 39 per cent com
leted. Equipment work not yet begun.
arkansas, monitor-LaunChed November n
Q, 1860; huh about 60 per cent completed. | !
work about 10 per cent com :
leted. Virginia. battleship; West Nir- ,
inia and Maryland, armored cruisers, and
'harfeston protected cruiser-COntracts q
Fere made during the year for the con-
truction of these ships. Keels not yet q
aid \
William r. Trigg Company. Richmond. 7
"a: Dale and Decatur. torpedo boat de- a
troyers-Tne Dale was launched July u, /
700, and the Decatur September .. 1850. Il
he hull Of the former is about % per
ent and the latter SO per cent completed. II
he electric installation on these destroy 8
I
per cent and the Decatur about % per q
ent completed Stockton and Shubrick, 4
jrpedc boats-These boats have been
ompleted and accepted by the Govern s
tent Thornton. torpedo boat-Lauuched $
lay Is 1900. hull about 81 per cent com D
leted. Equipment work completed. Cal O
eston, protected cruiser-Not launched; II
ull about 81 per cent completed. Equip y
lent work not commenced.
The subject of the transportation Of coal Y
discussed fully in the report, which n
3ys: ];
Continuing its policy Of the past three v
ears, the bureau has transported Ameri-
an coal from the Atlantic Coast TO dis Il
ant ports Of the world for use Of United G
tates ships Of war wherever suitable | II
forage for the same can be obtained | in
In addition to the amounts transported ! {
navy Golfers, about 5000 tons have / c
cen laid down at Manila by chartered
essels mostly foreign. during the year ! c,
er ton as against $3.50 per ton for the T.
seal year 1860. and sG.92 per ton for the V
seal year 1893. Freights generally dur II
lg the year were expensive, although at 2
resent they are very cheap. | o.
about 12,O0J tens of coal have been 81
from the Atlantic Coast to |
le new coal depot at Yokohama, Japan. g,
bout 5000 tons Of American coal have ! +
cen laid down at the new coaling station 81
Pichilnquc. Mexico. @,
THE naval coal depot at Honolulu has 1 r,
cen kept well stocked. II is .Xcet diugly G
ficult at present to obtain freight for
merican coal to this port, since 1t can / II
ow only be carried in American ships ! M
onolulu. the Importation Of Cardiff coal
also expensive. The combination of The / et
70 renders coal at this naval station con Y,
derably more costly than formerly. III
" About 5000 tons OF coal from the At tr
ntic Coast have been transported to the h,
iVy yard, Mare island, Cal. duI.ng the q,