The sun., 1890-01-23
THR MER NAHH
BIDS Opened for Three Moro Vessels aad
for Material for Two CruIserS.

BIdS Opened for Three More Vessels and
for Material for Two Cruisers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Blds were opened
at the Navy Department ct noon to-day for the
construction OF three new vessels for the navy
two 1000 ton Runboats and one 800-ton prao-
tico vessel for the Naval Academy. The appro-
priations for these threo vessels aggregate
t96O.000, OF which not more than 100000 can
be expended for the Runboats and $260,000 for
the practice vessels This provision will ena-
BILE the department to accept any two bids OF
whatever sums each for the Runboats, SO that
the aggregate amount does not exceed $780,
900. In the advertisements for the vessels It
was announced. as usual. that bidders might
take their choice Of four classes of proposals:
Glass is for tho vessel according to the plans
OF the department, including both hull and
machinery; class is for plans Of the con-
tractor entire: class is for the vessel accord
ing to the plans OF the department for the hull
and those Of the contractor for the machinery;
class is the reverse OF class g..
The RunboatB arc to bo each 100 feet long
and 50 feet beam. to be constructed Of domes-
tic steel. They must be completed within two
penalties for overtime being as follows: For
the frat three n9PthS, e6 $40 & day; for the next
period. 5000 day; The vessels must make an
for four consecutive hours, while for every
quarter knot attained oyer that figure the con-
tractors shall receive a bonus OF s.. 900, with an
equal penalty for failure OF every quarter knot
below. II the vessels fail to develop q speed of
IL knots an hour for four hours they snail bo
rejected.
In the case Of the practice vessel, which is to
be 1870 feet long by 32 feet beam. the penalties
for time failure are the same. and her average
speed is to be IL knots. and her minimum IL
knots. The payments on all the vessels are to
be made in twenty equal installments as the
Il ha Ap fnlI
The Bath Iron Works, Bath. Me..Ciass l.
One gunboat s327, 900; two 9unb0ats. 5697 200.
Sons Company OF EliZabethport, N. J.-Class
Ono gunboRt $2S5,OO0; one practice vessel
s245.325 two gunboats. 1861. 1915, being $751;
sci, the former for 1886 600 and the latter for
s245,325; or both gunboats and the practice
vessel. the former for 1852. .875 and the latter
for S245.325. The Atlantic Iron Works Of Bos-
ton. Mass-ClRss lone Runboat, 1914, 900; or
Class 2,One Eunboat $4,000. No awards
Bids we're opened at the Navy Department
to-day for material for use In the construction
OF machinery at the New York Navy Yard for
two cruisers Of 5000 tons displacement each.
The Richmond Locomotive and Machin me Works
made the lowest bid for steel and fanged
Pittsburgh. Pa. the lowest bid for rectangular
steel sheets at $50 9l2, and also for other styles
OF steel sheets at 500. $500 Other bids were ro-
ceived from David Duncan d Son OF New York
D. g. Cook OF Wrightsville. Pa. ]. B. Morrell d
CO. Of New York. Carnegie. PhiDps Co, Of
York, and the Mdyale Steel Com pany Of Phila-
dephia. The material required includes bolts
nuts. pig iron. steel plates. rods, shapes. forG-
inRs. steel plates for boilers, &c.