The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-22
BREMERTON
NAVAL YARD
ADMIRAL RAE SAYS 1T WILL BE
EQUAL TO THAT AT MARE
ISLAND.

SEATTLE, September 5.--The depart
ment in Washington considers the Pu-
get Sound navy yard one of the most
important in the United States, and the
intention is to in every way increase its
efficiency; all talk to the effect that the
department is discriminating against the
yard Is entirely erroneous; the Bremen
ton yard is considered of the first i'm
portance in naval circles. A state
ment to this effect was made yesterday
| by Rear Admiral Charles w. Rae, chief
oil the bureau of steam engineering, VINO
! is here to make a personal inspection
of the yard.
Admiral Rae reached Seattle Satur-
| day night from the national capital,
| having traversed the continent for in
vestigation purposes. He is now
registered at the Washington, and when
seen there by a reporter made this
! statement:
Personally, 1 consider the yard OF
primary Importance as 1 am assured the
| navy department does also. My errand
here is to discover if there is anything
necessary to a well-equipped yard lack
| ing, and, as far as possible, repair the
| deficiency. According to reports re-
| ceiVed from the commandment there is
a scarcity of tools al the yard. 1t only
owns one steam hammer, for instance,
| and other things of a like nature are
said to be needed at once. My mission
is to collect data relative to the needs
of the yard to submit to congress, to
the end that the Puget sound yard Will
not be behind any other in equipment.
There have been stories printed in a
local afternoon paper to the effect tha'
Bremerton has not been getting an even
break with Mare Island on repair work
said the reporter. rs it the intention
of the department to, in any degree
make the Puget sound yard Of second
airy Importance to that of San Fran
cisco?"
STORIES to that effect are certainly
not true" replied the admiral. Al
naval people recognize the importance
of your yard and take pride in making
it capable of handling any work ina
can be sent to it. | think that there
need be no worrying over any rumor'
that the department is endeavoring Il
boost Mare Island as against this yard
Puget Sound will get a fair break witt
all other yards"
Glow does the Bremerton yard com
pare with that at Mare yardF' wa
asked Admiral Rae.
81 have never as yet seen your yard
although from the reports on it that
have read, | have gathered a good idet
of what it looks like and what can b.
done there. From the point Of safety
1t Is far superior to the Mare lslanC
works. Down there the water is too
oh aIIOv tn make "A safe passage tOl
large vessels certain, while here there il
absolutely no difficulty Of that KIND
From what l know there is no reason L
suppose that the Puget sound yard II
less capable of handling all wori
brought to it than Mare Island, and /
also has the deep water advantage II
its favor"
| Admiral Rae will tomorrow visit MO
ran Bros, for the purpose Of making
an investigation of the progress on th'
battleship Nebraskan, and on the FOL
lowing day will visit Bremereton
spending the entire day there, anC
making a minute study of the needs
the yard. He will arrange Tor SOM
, important machinery and VIII max
any other recommendations as resul
of his trip that may be necessary. HI
coming here was of his own choice n
considered. he said, that, az the new
head of the bureau, it was incumben
upon him to become well acquainted
with the plant He states he WI leaV'
the city Thursdays. He came here b!
, way of the Yellowstone park, stopping
r OF there for d week, as break in TN
| long journey