New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-27
BIDS FOR NEW WAR SHIPS.
MT, THE BUILDER ARRANGE A rooL'


100 The BO1hOC"
onn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~voon OPPOSES rHs CONTRACT "fs o..
~x.,srs,ueers and shpbuldcrs find IN the o'a' ,o'
A.,,ldiur three new cruisers ana Two sun' r'.. on
go vhioh wero opened by Secretary whitney y"
v1n..osv great many things which set them thinking
- .v.n oraInary mortals who cannot distinguish
,..r from gunboat discover In the hgures grO"ho io
REGULATION One Of first things that strikes inc 'e@a
the Hat of the bidders and the bids Is the sma
Of bidders there being only as many as there are
N he built exclusive Of the ono concern "n'ch naue
e,rs nm constructing the machinery Then as ne runs
IA. down the he is surprised TO ma tna' no
an. AZ the bidders sfrom New-York State Ihis Is Nc
counted for partly by the fact that John ROACH VINO
halter equipped both to plant and experience IMAM any
ohcr shpbudcr in the country for constructing such
ves,els "A are required by the Navy Department does
not feel disposed to- undertake any more work Tor the
,resant Administration in view Of the unfortunate ef-
rcrtences he has thus far had. ana party
because other builders are wary OF oelhs iee
into such difficulties Mr. Roach was involved IN ana
prefer to devote their establishments 70 the
NJ vessels for private individuals and corporations rather
s. 80 male governments at their own expense for the
benefit of Mr.. Whitney. .
Another feature OF the bids which commences i'scii
The casual observer Is the admirable srrahgenen' W
which the figures made that, assuming tna' 'n0
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest pidders INC
ork Of building the will be equally divided among
.h.o ~ ,be CONCERNS which submitted figures to the de-
n,rment Persons versed in the arts OF shipou'ia-
ing and contracting go 40 i"r "' w
say that this result was brought aoou. "
n compact between the three SUCCESSFUL o'ouei''
IN which it possible that the unsuccessful ones ~
,,tarested Cramp Sons OF Philadelphia whose pan'
. xt in size to of Mr. Roach, assuming
the pool or compact be reality, would haturany
take the lions and were, therefore. tne io~es.
bidders on two of the five vessels viz' the pro'eceu
cruiser Baltimore and the largest OF inc
two gunboats their bids for these being anu
sl55 600 respectively. The Union Iron Works Company
n, Gan Francisco will probably get the contract Tor ou
An, the cruiser Charleston on their bid Of $lOl7ooO ana
the Columbia Iron Works. of Baltimore the smallest Vi
three cruisers were without competitors Tor ouiidhs
runboat No q and will be given the CONTRACT ior y"
S247.OO0.
asserted by good authorities that none of the bid
aers FIR building the cruiser Newark DESTROYS OF con-
strucng that since all Of them made ngudes na
81 90 900 Exclusive Of the premium allowed of 800 for
every nnt OF horse power obtained a1ove be @ will
Se te bid tS Of Harlan and Hcnssworh Of Wilmington
and Camp Sons at q les 600 so 70 ars,
Still another point in the DDS wcn eeeS os0 70 me
limit the QcnsssOna1a appropriation a Of a sns mt
Of the Of the cruiser Charleston
ST 100000 but this sum must be deducted tne Pre-
%@s aTsd The gFSD l w%cS wn
limit premiums allowed would amount 70 100 d
Hs s%P sTh Hs ISG These
pointed to as evidence that the two latter did
not sr'. s; S.SS%s IS s 's sss
the premiums would amount to $1,000 NH Inc ns
Of Cramp sons the SO Sad tssy IO eon pos
bly, receive unless the Appropriation was cnanseo "
John Roach was at his house last evening NJ
but felt too i'll 70 fa nG 70 be- Quoted as
saving anything in regard the bids He did say how
ever that the public was probably Wen aware M ,hr
establishment had been authorized TO apply 10 he navy
Department plans and specifications OF the Nesss "
william Ii H. Webb, the retired ship builder, who has
Allied number OF contracts for the United states an9
naher oovernments said IN regard to the supposed
compact 1t possible there might ne some
ment between the bid iers, but he thonghJ IL Pooolo
that most of them did not TO construct more thah
OF the war ships 49,, o,oo,eootiors and
could give opinion as to whether the dds are eAN%
presume that the principal reason why there we're
no bids from New-York State he added lis that there
are very few builders here who have plants Roa aeS
has the largest plant but that his finances are IN
such M sS SoG Saying
ply Congress for permission ds 70 are psS all IN
excess of the limit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
and that has copended that ali
naval vessels should be built by the Governnen ,1 h
d M and Designed the machinery of nearly all the
steamships and of several OF the monitors oui' ~ '
tl,ot
ii Secretary Whitney recommends 10 VsSd 6e
the Newark be built in the Brooklyn navy iaru, no
said last night al" will he the best act OF MS @ NJ n
fion as MS sending England for plans Tor one VI e
vessels the worst. As was sa!ea 10y ,e ycay
the House Committee on Naval AnaiIs iist yo a.
there are present any private es'apsle,d ON
this country capable OF doing the Quality OF worh n s
the scale required by the Navy Department ior ~. @
magnitude which ! believe they snouiu III ,a p1
When contracts are given TO existing priNa.,
establishments they have to ontalh 'Ho os ot ths
plaut and appliances necessary TO execne the Woh W,
cost of ali OF which necessarily included Ill the contra
prices and has to be paid by the Government Inere =
not and has not been for long tme nor Is thee any
tine. any demand for the class OF w3 r'
reouire by the Navy outside OF the necessities OF n'
NAVY II not surprising then that there should pe n'
suppy of that which there is no demand NO aouOt az
extravagant expenditure of money and tune 10y Ds
living large contracts with excessively lhl y
profits could at last create private lNHa r sHOP
which could do the work but great deal less money u
FAR less time would enable the Government 70 execute ~
own work in q much superior manner. Inc very pes PEI.
work that can be executed is for the Government,
The cheapest I'm the long run, leU VI
expense OF the production be what II may, am
This excellence be attained by any c0nla
system The Government can obtain the same theh. .
the same price the contractor, ana pfoDapy lol es
owing TO the greater certainty OF continuous cnpVy
ment Tie raw materials can be obtained cheaper, W
cause In greater quantity, for Government thah lor
single contractor"