Payments for "civilian expert". Payments for draughtsmen, writer, &c.... Amount accepted by assignees of John Roach in full settlement and satisfaction of all claim (machinery)...... Total Total expended on cruisers and dispatch boat.. Payment for stationery for office, Chester, Pa Total expended from this appropriation.... Balance on hand................... The principal part, if not all, of this balance ($12,623.66) will be required in the completion of the machinery of the cruiser Chicago. APPROPRIATION, MACHINERY, DOUBLE-TURRETED MONITORS. Amount appropriated for engines and machinery for the double-turreted iron-clads, act approved March 3, 1883.. Expended to November 10, 1886, under contracts dated June 15,1883: For the Puritan. For the Terror For the Amphitrite.. Total... The unexpended balance of this appropriation reappropriated and made available during the last half of the year ending June 30, 1885, under the appropriation Steam Machinery, 1885, act approved January 30, 1885..... Balance on hand.... $431, 479 17 156,534 30 156,534 21 744,547 68 $1,000,000 00 140, 000 00 884,547 68 115, 452 32 The balances yet due under the contracts for the completion of the engines, &c., for these iron-clads are On the Terror.... On the Amphitrito... $52,178 02 104, 356 13 11,096 19 Balance standing to the credit of this appropriation................ This balance of $11,096.19, however, will be required to pay for cost of steam trials and extras to contracts of the monitors Terror and Amphitrite. GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU. The following table will exhibit the character and cost, in labor and materials, of the work done under the cognizance of this Bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, upon the machinery, boilers, &c., with outfits, stores, &c., of naval vessels, and the expenditures for maintenance, &c., at the several navy-yards and stations: Expenditures at navy-yards and stations not included in the amount expended on naval PRESENT CONDITION OF MACHINERY OF NAVAL VESSELS, WITH THE WORK REQUIRED ON EACH. The following will show the present condition and the work required to be done to the machinery of naval vessels to fit them for efficient sea service, or to keep them on such duty during the next fiscal year ac cording to latest reports, with an approximate estimate of the cost of the same: Adams (3d rate).-In service. In good condition. Ajax (iron-clad).-In good state of preservation. Would have to be repaired with new boilers for sea service. ($40,000.) Alarm (torpedo-ram).-Out of commission, New York navy-yard. Alert (3d rate).-Out of commission, Mare Island navy-yard, undergoing repairs. Well preserved. Could be made Would have to be repaired with Repairs incident to service, Well preserved. Could be made Catskill (iron-clad).—At City Point, James River. Despatch (4th rate).-In service. In fair condition. Repairs incident to service, $5,000. Enterprise (3d rate).-Out of commission, New York navy-yard, undergoing repairs. Essex (3d rate).-In service. In good condition. Fortune (tug).-In service at Norfolk navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $1,500. Franklin (1st rate).-In service as receiving-ship, Norfolk navy-yard. If fitted for sea service would require new boilers (on hand) to be put in and machinery thoroughly overhauled and repaired. ($30,000.) Galena (3d rate).-Undergoing repairs at Portsmouth, N. H., navy-yard, $9,000. Will probably require during the next fiscal year new boilers. ($65,000.) Hartford (2d rate).-In service, but requires thorough overhauling and repair, with new boilers. ($75,000.) Intrepid (torpedo-ram).-At New York navy-yard. Designated alterations would cost $15,000. Iroquois (3d rate).-In service. In fair condition. Will require repairs incident to continuous sea service. ($10,000.) Jason (iron-clad).-At League Island navy-yard. Well preserved. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($2,000.) Juniata (3d rate).-In service. In good condition. Kearsarge (3d rate).-Has been ordered to return to the United States. Will require general overhauling and repair, with new boilers. ($65,000.) Lancaster (20 rate).-In service, but will shortly require general overhauling and repair, with new boilers. ($75,000.) Lehigh (iron-clad).-At City Point, James River. In fair state of preservation. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($3,000.) Leyden (tug). In service at Portsmouth, N. II., navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $1,500. Mahopac (iron-clad).-At City Point, James River. In good state of preservation. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($3,000.) Manhattan (iron-clad).-At City Point, James River. In good state of preservation. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($4,000.) Marion (3d rate).-In service. In good condition.__ Repairs incident to service, $2,000. Mayflower (tug).—Laid up at Norfolk navy-yard. Requires general repairs. ($10,000.) Michigan (4th rate).-In service. In good condition. Repairs incident to service, $3,000. Minnesota (1st rate).-In service as gunnery training-ship. If ordered for regular sea service would require extensive repairs and new boilers. (875,000.) Mohican (3d rate).-In service. In good condition. Monocacy (3d rate).-In service. In fair condition. Repairs incident to service, $5,000. Monongahela (2d rate).-Used as store-ship at Coquimbo, Chili. Montauk (iron-clad).—At League Island navy-yard. In good condition. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($2,000.) Monterey (tug). In service at Mare Island navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $1,500. Nahant (iron-clad).-At League Island navy-yard. Well preserved. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($2,000.) Nantucket (iron-clad).—At New York navy-yard. In good condition. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($2,000.) Nellie (tug). In service at Mare Island navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $500. New York (1st rate).-Requires new machinery, and new boilers (on hand) to be erected on board the vessel. ($60,000.) Nipsic (3d rate).-Out of commission, New York navy-yard, undergoing general overhauling and repairs. ($20,000.) Nina (tug). In service at New York navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $1,500. Omaha (2d rate).-In service. In good condition. Repairs incident to service, $5,000. Ossipee (3d rate).-In service, but will shortly require general overhauling and repairs. ($25,000.) Palos (4th rate).-In service. Requires general overhauling and repairs, with new boilers. ($28,000.) Pinta (4th rate).-In service. In good condition. Repairs incident to service, 85,000. Passaic (iron-clad).-In service at the U. S. Naval Academy. Repairs incident to service, $2,000. Pensacola (2d rate).-In service. In good condition. Repairs incident to service, $5,000. Quinnebaug (3d rate).-In service. Requires thorough overhauling and repair, with new boilers. ($75,000.) Ranger (3d rate).-In service. In fair condition. Repairs incident to service, $5,000. Rescue (tug). In service as fire-tug at Washington navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $500. Richmond (2d rate).-Out of commission, New York navy-yard. General overhauling and repairs, with new boilers put in, nearly completed. Rocket (tug).-In service at Boston navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $500. Shenandoah (2d rate).- Out of commission, Mare Island navy-yard. Requires thorough overhauling and repair, and new boilers. ($75,000.) Speedwell (tug).-In service at Norfolk navy-yard. Repairs incident to service, $1,500. Standish (tug).-In service at United States Naval Academy. Repairs incident to service, $500. Swatara (3d rate).-Out of commission, Portsmouth, N. H., navy-yard. Requires to be thoroughly overhauled and repaired and new boilers (on hand) put in. ($20,000.) Tallapoosa (4th rate).-In service; in good condition. Tennessee (1st rate).-In service, but requires extensive repairs, with new boilers. ($85,000.) Thetis (4th rate).-In service; in good condition. Trenton (2d rate).-Out of commission, Norfolk navy-yard, undergoing general overhauling and repairs to machinery and extensive repairs to boilers. ($20,000.) Triana (tug). In service at New York navy-yard. Requires thorough overhauling and new boilers. ($15,000.) Vandalia (2d rate).-In service. In good condition. Wabash (1st rate).-In service as receiving-ship at Boston navy-yard. If ordered for sea service would have to be thoroughly overhauled and repaired, with new boilers. ($50,000.) Wyandotte (iron-clad).-At City Point, James River. In good condition. Could be made ready for sea service at small cost. ($1,000.) Fantic (3il rate).-Undergoing repairs at Portsmouth, N. II., navy-yard. ($8,000.) DOUBLE-TURRETED MONITORS. Amphitrite (3d rate).—Under contract with the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Del. Will require about two months to complete, with full force. Miantonomoh (3d rate).-In good condition. At New York, receiving turret machinery. Monadnock (3d rate).-Boilers completed and stored at the Mare Island navy-yard. An appropriation was passed by the last Congress (act approved August 3, 1886) for building the machinery for this iron-clad by contract. P'eritan (34 rate).-The machinery built under contract with Mr. John Roach, Delaware River Iron Works, Chester, Pa., completed and accepted. Vessel is at the League Island navy-yard. Terror (3d rate).—Under contract with William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, Pa. Will require about three months to complete, working full force. NEW STEEL CRUISERS. Chicago (1st rate).—Is being finished under Government possession at the Delaware River Iron Works, Chester, Pa. Will require about four months to complete, working full force. OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU. In the year that has passed since the date of my last annual report, the Bureau has prepared, by your direction and in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Board on Additional Vessels, three designs and specifications for the machinery of the ships appropriated for by the act approved March 3, 1885, and elaborated to the necessary detail the specifications of the designs brought from abroad. This, with the ordinary professional work of the Bureau, has entailed arduous and constant labor on the civil and naval attachés of the Bureau. I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to them for earnest and faithful exertions, which have not been limited to the ordinary working hours or days of the year. These designs are now before the builders of the country, by whom they have been well received. I believe them to be fully abreast of the development the art of marine engineering has attained, and to contain possibilities of performance equal to that of any marine machinery that has yet been constructed. To obtain the anticipated results from the machinery to be built from them, however, there is another important factor required, which will have to be supplied, and that is a fire-room force, drilled and educated in new methods, differing largely from those which have heretofore sufficed in our Navy practice. The machinery with which we have been dealing hitherto, designed fourteen years or more ago, under the prevailing practice of the times, for the moderate combustion of slow-burning anthracite coal, satisfied the conditions when producing from 4 to 6 indicated horse-powers from cach square foot of grate. That with which we have to deal in the future demands, for the record trials at least, a duty three or four times greater than this, and from fuel burned under the different conditions of forced draft. It is needless to say that for this the systems and methods now in vogue will not avail. I am of the opinion that, in order to obtain maximum results with this machinery, it will be necessary to organize a special fire-room force, drilled and disciplined for the purpose, to be employed on the trials of the several ships for record of speed and horse-power. |