The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-11
NAY BE BUILT HERE.
Seattle Makes Lowest Coast Bid
for Torpedo Boat.
MORAN HAS THE PLANT READY.



yvfu be given 10 the Moran Bros. CoTnpan ~
r.f THIS city and Seattle vii t0fis make TIC
first beginning AZ the construction OF VA
vessels The ness came IN the foilo"ihs
dispatch:
washington City Sept. la-btds were
opened yesterday 81 the navy aepai ,iiit 7l
for building three Fes-E0lng torpedo boats
~ abou. 1so tons and p Knots speed fn9
bids we're as follows. Moran BROS ON
many. Seattle. sfs32s9 for one, y ore z
Zvfcker Iron Works. Portland, Or, tioa'~
zoo for one: Union Iron Works, San iran
cisco $4,000 for one.
s~rbs JFerre@hoT Manufacturing Com
panv. Of Bristol. r.. l.. bid $500 for one
or three al the same rate. on plans OF ils
own The act Of congress provides tnat
fho three boats shall be distributed among
the establishments on the Pacific coast.
the Gulf and the Mississippi river u the
cost should he fair, otherwise the seere-
tarv may give the contracts elsewhere ~
the departrncnt has reserved $4,000 from
the sf7s Go6 appropriated for each boat for
armament. leaving $500 available. and
all Of the Western bids are in excess OF
this allotment. the contracts may go 70
the Herreshoffs II their plans are prac-
ficabie''
a special to the Post-Tnteiligencer from
Washington city. h. ADDITION 10 giving
the above facts. says:
ssTsohaYf Moran an conversation with the
post-TntelIiEencer correspondent tonight
saia he was confident he would be award
ed tho contract. The award VIII TOT De
made for three or four days yet
Eauivpcd for the Purpose.
Paul Moran, Of Moran Bros. Company
Yesterday received a telegram from kob-
ert Moran. who is IL " ashington Iity.
giving the same figures az above stated
for tho Pacific Coast bids. and said Of the
Dee = sf.iff ayfF
tive: Our establishment is well equipped
for such a contract, and II the contract
should be awarded 70 the company the
work can be conducted AZ speedily as any
where on the Coast. and can begin with
as little preparation The Union iron
Works Of san Francisco has always sent
East for the steel portions. and, of course.
We will have 20 do the same Everything
else can be constructed In Seattle. from
tho rough material Not rnucn foundry
work Will be necessary, as the boat VIII
not contain iron castings. but there VIII
be sheet wrought and cast steel.
1T will require force of several hun
dred men working constantly for the full
time TO complete the vesFel. and If the
work Is done here II will mean the ex-
pcnditure of large sums of money for
both labor and material
Works Ia he Enlarged.
Although Mr.. Moran declined 10 speak
on this point it is known that his firm
contemplates the erection Of a large ship
building yard on the ground now occu-
pied by the foundry and marine ways, the
latter plant being controlled by II. As
soon as the difficulty IN regard 10 the tide
land plat Is settled and the Moran Com
pany is in a position to secure title 10
the tract required IL viii begin the re-
arrangement OF its works with a view TO
engaging in this class of business exclu-
siyely.
The Boats TO Re Built.
BY an act OF congress. approved March
?. 1895. provision was made for the con-
struction OF three sea-go.ug torpedo boats
not 10 exceed In cost 81 80 each. Gov
eminent superintendent. preparation
OF plans. and the providing and installing
or ordnance OUTFIT must be compassed by
that appropriation. ana the present cheap
ness or material makes It possible 10 get
them constructed within that margin.
They are TO have the almost incredible
speed of twenty-six nautical miles per
hour.
The boats will have twin screws, each
actuated by its own triple-expansiOn en-
CINE working IN separate water-tlght
compartment. These engines viii he Of
the vertical inverted cylinder. direct act
Ing. triple expansion type each with
high pressure cylinder lils inches in di-
ameter. an intermediate pressure cylinder
. Inches IN diameter. and two low press
ure cylinders. each 80 inches Ia dame
ter; the stroke Of all pistons being IS
inches The Indicated horse power OF the
proNeiling engines VIII be about . 600 when
the engines arc making 3a5 revolutions
per minute which AZ is estimated will
give tins vessel a speed OF about twenty
sN knots The high pressure cylinders
viii he aft I'm the sfarhoard engine and
forward in the port engine and The lo~
pressure cylinders VIII be forward in the
starhosrd engine and Aft iu the port en-
CINE The ma4n valves VII ha worked Icy
means Of cranks on shaft parallel 20
the main engine shaft and gear
81 10 that shaft. All The man
valves VIII ho piston valves. there
helng one FOR each high pressure.
7wo for each intermediate pressure. aud
Two for each low pressure cylinder Each
main piston viii have one piston rod wtth
a crosshead working In "a slipper EuiI-
The framing OF the engine Viii cons. ST
OF vertical foTkcd steel columns. VII
stayed hy diagonal braces. The engine
bed plates VIII Dc ~ plate steel support
81 On wrought steel keelsou plates hult
'n Che vessel. The crank shafts VII be
made iu orc section and VIII ~ hollow
There VIII be two condeusers. made en-
tirely 81 composition and sheet brass
Each viii have cooling service of about
12Sa square feet Each main engine VIII
have two-cyltndcr iouhle-acti0E atr
pump % the Bailey pattern driven direct
~ from Tho main shaft The cirrulatn-
pumnS VIII ha ~ thc CcufvituEai tNpo. one
Tor each condenser The prcpcilers VII Pc
right and left of Uauaaucse hrerar. Thov
viii have diameter cf about Is fees a~3 a
pitch 81 about ~ feet There VIII Pc threc
water tuhe boilers con Instructed for work
ing pressure 90 about 81 pounds per square
iuch. TWO boilers VIII De placed In q
rr IA q NJ