Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-08-05
MADE PUBLIC.
Bids For Ordnance Supplies for
the War Department
Authorized by the Appropriation Bills
for the Current Fiscal Year.
The Proposals Include Disappearing Gun
Carriages. Mortar Carriages. Forg-
ings for Heavy Guns, Deck Pierc-
ing Shells Etc, Etc.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Bids were
opened at the war department Monday
for ordnance supplies authorized by
the appropriation bills for the current
fiscal year The proposals included
the following: For ten inch disppear-
ing gun carriages, American Hoist and
Derrick Co., st. Paul, Mimi, ten or
more at Sl1, 500; the Weimar Machine
Co., Lebanon, Pa, 80 or more
or less at S17,25O each; the
Bethlehem Iron Co., five at SIG, 800 each,
or ten more at SIG, 500 each; Robert
Poole's Son & Co., of Baltimore, 80 at
Sl3,7 74S each; Cramp a. Sons, Philadel-
phia, 80 at S17,5OO each; the Morgan
Engineering Co., Alliance, O., one for
Sls,50O, or six for ST., ,1sO each; the Niles
tool works, Hamilton, O., six at Sl5,97
each, and each additional carriage at
SIS, IT'S each.
Mortar carriages-The American
Hoist & Derrick Co., st. Paul, Mimi,
20 or more at S5,6ls per carriage; the
Weimer Co., Lebanon, Pa, not less
than 10, at $500 per carriage; the Nor
gan Engineering Co., Alliance, O., 1
carriage for Ss, $50 or 12 for So, $50 each;
the Walker Co., Cleveland, O., 56,
more or less. at SIS, $50 per car
riage; Niles tool works, Hamilton,
Ohio, ten for S7,575 each and additional
carriages for S7,175 each; the Kilby
Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, O., 12-
inch carriages at 81 $50 each: the South
work foundry, Philadelphia, one f5
Sc, 450, and all above ten for S., ,75O
each; the Pond Machine Tool Co., five
for S4l,2i4. or ~ for $l5l, ,7S0: the
Builders Iron foundry, Providence,
r. L., 80 or more at Sc, 1856 each, less than
20 at S6,s19 each.
Forgings for 10, IL and 16-inch guns:
The Bethlehem Co. IS sets of tens, at
236 cents per pound; for IL inches, 23. 0
cents per pound, and for 16 inch, "a
cents per pound. Midvale Steel Co., IS
sets for ten inch. 3s5 per pound Is
sets for IL inch, 1906, and one set for
l6 inch at so cents per pound
Mortar Observation-Disclosures go more
or less for IL inch, 23.s5 per pound; Is
sets for ~ inch %. 65 and one set for 16
inch at 30 cents per pound.
Finishing and assembling 12 inch
ii'ci s-ii A'u'itSio iiph ioN-
idence, K. L., 80 or more at SO, 759 each,
less than 20 at SO, S76 each.
Completing mortars = Bethlehem
Iron company, 20 complete, Sl2,25O
each over 20 at Sl2, 900 each.
Rapid fire guns-American Ordnance
company, six pounds, briggs, Shredder
type Sl,565 each; Thomas Lane, six
Founders with mounts, Maxim type,
81, 795 each.
Bids for deck piecing shells were sub
mitted by the Carpenter Steel Co. and
Sterling Steel Co. and the Midvale
Steel Co., and ranged from Sl62 and
Sal for the 800 pound shell TO S2Os, and
si75 each for the 100 pound projectile.
The same firms submitted proposals
for furnishing armor piercing shot.
For the navy two firms, the Bethle.
hem and the Midvale steel works, both
of Pennsylvania, competed for 81 600,
900 worth OF steel gun forgings for
which bids were opened in the navy
department Monday afternoon. These