Show ONLY WOMAN YOMAN SHIP KEEPER Sackets Harbor Navy yard in charge of Woman Some of Present Keepers Keeper's Family Has tins Been Deen Stationed Here Since Navy Yard Was Vos Established flany nany Years Ago Women are steadily encroaching upon upon up up- on the occupations of men and now another position heretofore filled by bya a man has gone to one of the fairer sex The charge and care of a government government govern govern- ment meat naval establishment almost forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten has been turned over to her and for the first time in the history of the American navy a woman has the rank of ship keeper The Tho woman is Mrs Albert H. H Met Met- calfe She She has been placed in charge lof of tho the navy yard at Sacketts Harbor N. N Y on Lake Ontario not far from the tho St. St Lawrence and will wUl receive 0 Do salary of a year I Albert H. H Metcalfe keeper Q of f the yard since 1868 died recently and his bis position was given to his widow The Sacketts Harbor Navy Yard is not nota a big establishment It consists of an acre and a half of ground on which there are half a dozen small buildings and a few guns used in the war w of 1812 Once Prominent Place It used to be bO a a. prominent place and shortly after the close of the war wara a the ship then the biggest type of war craft built equivalent of the first-class first ships battle-ships of modern times was planned and the building begun at Sacketts Harbor The vessel was to have been the New Orleans The work progressed slowly however however how bow ever and was finally abandoned but the hull ull of the big vess vessel l remained up up- on the stocks Away back bacle probably along in the or GOs a man named Metcalfe was appointed ship keeper In 1868 he died and his son eon Albert H. H succeeded ded him In the tion Some years ago all that was left of ot what was to have been the New Orleans was torn down but the position position position tion and title of the keeper remained Keeper for Thirty-eight Thirty Years Albert H. H Metcalfe watched the government government government gov gov- belongings around Sacketts Harbor for thirty years and then died During all the years the Bureau Bureau Bureau Bu Bu- Bu- Bu reau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department has regularly submitted an estimate of to Congress for forthe forthe forthe the annual salary of the ship keeper keeper keeper keep keep- er at Sacketts Harbor and that Is probably the only place where the name ship keeper appears in an ano o cial way on the records |