The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-10-01
A WARSHlP TRUST.
How Uncle sam Is Swindled in Navy
Contracts. and Why he Cannot Help

How Uncle sam Is Swindled in Navy
Contracts. and Why he Cannot Help
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The bids for the construction Of FIVE
new cruisers were opened recently and
the resul; will be decided surprise to
the country. After all the prophecies Of
its representatives, the Union Iron
Works put in no bid At all. Out OF
twelve establishments that had figured
on the work only two decided 10 bid.
The Bath Iron Works OF Bath, Ne,
offered 70 build the three s.00o-Ion YES
sells 81 $4,000 apiece, or $4,000 over
the legal price, and William CrSmp &
Sons proposed to charge $4,000 eSch
Tor those ships. and Sl,ss5,0 900 esch, or
SIS, 600 over the limit. ior the cruisers
Q! 5000 tons.
The game IN this SffAir is $ little too
obvious. The signs o. colluslon stick
ont 81 over the whole proceeding. We
are plainly in the presence OF ship
building rruSt. oi which the Bath Iron
Works and William Cramp < Sons are
the representatives. The Government
j 10 be cinchei 70 the last inch. The
Cramps bid $4,000 higher than their
oS;snSlo,e competitors On eSch q the
S.OO0-,on vessels, SnG the RSth people
reclproc8isi BY reiralninc trom bidding
81 81 On the others. Then Congress Is
70 be informed that the ships cannot be
buill within the legal limit, Snd the sp-
preparation i 10 De increased, IS was
done before IN The case q the Newark.
To show how outrageous the proposed
eNiO-.lo1 q the cruS; would be, Z. Us
make : few comparisons. The York
town : rominallv LOO ions. In. On her
resent triSl TIP she displaced 1000.
Her contract SpSsi wzS sixteen knots,
bJi she hiss exceeded seventeen. Her
p-ics Is S455.O00. Congress hiss allowed
$4,000 apiece io- the new 2,ooo-iOn
cruiser Q: eighteen knots. Ihs; 5 10
SSy. to- vessels slightly larger thsn the
Yorktown. Sn6 one kno. o. possibly two
knots greater speed, !: SLOWED SIS. 900
II excess q the No-ktovn'S pCics. MOI
satisfied with this the Bath people want
$4,000 mare yei. ani the Cramps pro
pose SlnoS; exactly 70 double the Gus; q
The Yorktown.
The Boston diSp.soes S,1S9 ions. and
she hiss reached speed q sixteen
s1i o1e-hsli knots. She cos: $o17 600
Eo- the new S,Aal:ol cruisers q nine
teen knots Congress SLOWED sl.lol, 600
eSch. In oihsE words !. vzs willing 70
uSy nearly h&li million dollars fo- TWO
knosS sci hall more speed thSn the
Boston develops. But thsl Is 10: enough
= Ss.s the modes. sppetlts q the
Cramps They want s. -. QUO each, o.
more than tw5os the oos1 q The BoS;o1
s. ship tlSs hzS us. proved her QCSllty
Cy escaping destruction sfier heE cheers
h11 hanged hs- o. rlcz-
Secretary Tracy Is beginning his term
ros. 4Ei Il lie wishes - succeed IN the
wc-k q rebuilding the navy he vii PHI
his Eco5 down 81 o1os- The county
wants lsE cruisers, b-,1 Il : u01 II the
h~o- % be bed BY : saip1-,i.dlcs t-y-S;-
L there 4-e 10 private firms II the co-1-
III .hSl Wish - nzve : hzni n rsoo1-
S.---c.-l- the feel we S11l have ; tsw
-Svv vz-yis- Mare IS-&-l = S1xll-S fo-
; c111cS - d rs SAzre, z1i with : few
improvements II equipments could DO L
vel. i c5scsss1rv ever nSyy y4r1 II
i1s coC-.-y could he fitted up IL the
construction q S1sss1 ships, % render The
eovs-Ceo: independent q exto-tio1.
b: !; q 5 ply thzi San Francisco
should loss hs- ps2-. n the Eo-k- Noz
.E-S- ne 1sol lru1 Works mas decided
- l51ve .hs le~ nSvy - The Cramps
sid TIE CTe-1lla tribes q BS-h. there SIRE
ID c.hs- l1cS- sAE-s-.s thai coCld
d. = I'D