New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-26
NAVY YARD CROWDED
BERTH ROOM SHORT.
al Sorts and Conditions of Ships
Present-The Pau Middle.


sz4nr at the fore, showing that her ammunition
vas being removed A little further within the
s-e limits IS tire battleship Massachusetts,. now
-suidlv emerging from condition Of chaos into
Ne- former shipshape appearance. but different
.-,7 FL the others in thst her military mast
- skeleton construction IS nearing completion
The long. narrow Hancock on the river side OF
.hs Cob Dock. with her white sides and four
-,ss-. vies with the Alabama in attracting at
.s-tjor but after the three ships mentioned have
sAeu PASSED the rest Of the yard seems a hubble
~ vessels. from battleships 20 torpedo boats
snd sooNs- The list Of vessels now at the sta
.jor includes the battleships Alabama New
hampshire and Massachusetts,: the cruiser Bal
+i--o-e the Cunboats Mayfower. Castine. Hist
and Dolphin flagship Of Rear Admiral Conway
Z Arnold);i the receiving ship Hancock the
rcI'ier ves;al. the torpedo boat Blakely the tugs
r-ncss Pawtuczet. Pavnee. Powhatan. Narkeeta
srachs Pertucket- Pontiac and Traffic; the Tn
cine and the vidette. commandments launches;
re launch n the captain of the yard. the ord
rance As-ges Crapeshot Canister and Torpedo;
Ire supply, Defence and Transport harges; sew
era water and coal boats the big derrick Her
--les aid e swarm Of smaller unnamed craft
Of course. not all Of these vessels in COM
-rissior- but there are enough ready 70 guns
n make : respectable showing
TIE Alabama IS 20 keep some Of her officers
s-5 crev On board and remain IN reserve until
Re Massachusetts is ready for commission.
which Is now scheduled for date late in No
-erlbe- Then the latest arrival will go out Of
service fo- a long time as her boilers and ma
ehine-y need g thorough overhauling and
huilsirg The Dubuque got out Of the stone
seck early last week. with her shafts resheathed
s-5 rev qropelIers. and sailed for Guantanamo
rav 70 resume her station and relieve the Mari
era and The Hist w.Il get away within a few
ssys - do some sounding ard surveying work
= Cuban waters. She has been tender 10 the
second submarine hotilla-
DRYDoCKs STILL TROUBLESOME
Again i might almost be said usual there
;s trouble with Drydock No. .. and all sorts Of
sr-gtcal operations are being performed on this
ueak member OF the Yards dock family. Look
t7F from -he top Of the caisson down into the
sli--v bottom Of The dock one sees large square
hoe r. the flooring, where there is a continually
. brtb.-g flow q water. a constant menace.
vhich has far defed all efforts 10 stop. Two
rora-v pumps have been erected inside the dock
rs.h their discharge pipes reaching over the
caizsan 70 tide water. and an attempt VIII be
made 70 keep tie flow under control until its
source cau b found and the inflow stopped.
But rhe history Of the dock shows that this is
an almost hopeless task. for about everything
that human ingenuity can devise has been tried
q various times with uniform list Of failures
is larger neighbor. No. 3. is not in a condition
10 give TIE bureau any satisfaction, and with
these rv-o costly experiments guides the
t-ccess Of the attempt 70 construct still larger
eock where the contractors are now digging for
No seems problenatical-
Work on this big new hole in the ground Is
gong ahead slowly, the delay being due to diff
fcul-y y obtaining sheet piIing OF the requisite
s1zs and length il sufficient quantities good
supply has beer received within the last week,
however and the prospects are that the work
vii show some progress soon. One big scoop
represents the digging force now At work, and
ma Is tndustriousIy taking Up mud in one
Place and dropping II in another few feet
avav. 70 De dug out again once the work gets
around % that section OF the dock
The NEW PAYMENT PLAN.
Pa Inspector Ar-1s's forces seem 70 have the
new system Of paying the yard worknen- well IN
hand but there are new problems constantly
cropping II. One IS the increase IN tine lost
BY ne government under the new system Sat
u-tay last vas payday in the bureau Of con-
st-uctlor and repair. and about two thousand
re- = round numbers. used I'D az least half
r. -o-r each IN leaving their work. going 70 the
pzy1zzre--s ONCE. turning n their blue checks,
-ece.vt-E their money, and getting back 70 work.
= cases II men working in distant parts o. the
yard his tine limit is extended, and this means
thousand hours q week lost in this one bu-
reau This figuring will apply as a general
ting u other bureaus, and with approximately
eve thousand men on the rolls the lost tine foots
II u enough 70 cause z shake-up in & private
concern
Another protest is growing over the anot-
merits . the various bureaus for increased
sala-ses to- the classified service. clerks etc.
which n one bureau amount 70 little less
thar $ GO annually. 70 be divided among more
thar @frv -,er. or less than $40 each Even that
sisrt- Increase would be welcome. but it is
gzr1e5 as highly objectionable when, as in one
t-s-z-oe is acceptance viii reduce clerk Of
seventeen years service from yearly 70 per
den basis % pay, and in so doing cause nm 70
lose his vacation and sick leave time. during
which us salary goes On under the present
rating Thls is regarded an injustice by the
-e- Affected
NAVY YARD NOTES.
CAPTAIN II. II. Parks head OF the steam en-
cheering bureau. has been IN washington 1or
the last few days IN consultation with depart
rae-- o<Tcials over the financial SITUATION q ms
eu-ss- and other questions
The blue flag with two white stars flown ny
TIE Gun boat Dolphin is the first flag Of rear
aeEi-ai shown z war vessel al the yaIo
since the feet went away
TIE Tags al the yard we're ~ hai1naast 0atuf
Gay and r1inute guns we're fred from me saiut-
ing battery on che Cob Dock from u TO
O'clock II memory Of Rear Admiral henry
Class
Civil Engineer Gregory Of the yards and docks