New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
rORPEDO-BOAT BIDS OPENED
GREAT INTEREST IN THE COMPETITION
FOR THE LITTLE VESSELS.
,-Srs,.A,. CROWD or BUILDERS PRESENT AT
THE NAVY DErARTMENf-lh~ r'0
Pos\LS RECEIVED.

49, ,-SrsrA1. CROWD OF BUILDERS PRESENT Al
TUE NAVY DErARTMENr-THE FRO
ros>Is RECEIVED.
.,..,.,or sert ,s-1Me reception OF proposals
~. ,ho ,orpcdo-boats authorized at the 'aS' S'S
'o' NV - ,t,r,ctcd an unusual crowd 81
- ,-uAa,s from both coasts of the 'h'''u "'''
.c,vdine ,uany who had not hitherto taken an =,
,orest in Government work Inc '"V' ,"',
,hree %-knot boats were 10 o' "p" j.,
ovo plans and that the smaller "o"'S VIZ r,f
" 800 classes one of Twenty-Five an" o"c,"
OF '"o .ho other Of twenty knots. FOR boih
-, or,oipal designs were permitted aou'u ~
- ,,rcerta,n,ics Of the bidding. Among 'no'.
,-csent in addition to the naval on'c''S
"a the Department bureaus were "'o'7 r.a,rs'
=, rsoston builder of the Queens Cup "'i'
w.o,r e. zvicker Of Portland. ore; He'iesho"'
pr,s,ol r. l.; Lewis Nixon. OF Ehza"1'', - -
-, y, ~ HYDE Of Bath Me; w J. Mais'.''
- r,,,inore. Waterman o. PROVIDENCE ~ 80
-, u dialogue Of Camden y j., anu ''e".F .
Got, NJ san Francisco. NO relresen'"' go. -,
,t,ss,ssin,,i and Missouri r!vcrs ana 'he "u "
Mexico which Congress PROVIDED "'e"
hcat each were in attendalce' - Al,
r,, h,ds we're opened 10y Assistant Judge Au''-
o.,.-f;en,rai Iauchhemer in the presence o, ,o"'
sscrs,orv McAdoo Enginee'-in-Ch'e' M''.,
Ct,o, constructo. Hichborn and Judge N"'oO
General I.cmly. and were as ionoWS' ,,rL
~ tho sn-knot boats the Union iron WIN
r'i w MA for one at s22,.5o The batA
San
-, works Bath Me bid for two az >i'''"' ''
IA for three ~ $3.50" each and subm,''eu an
other proposition for TWO al s-S'0' -, co..
,t.rreshoN company bid for one ~ s-.'' g. -.
,hree nj 500 oco. eAch John II pi"'"S' y - .
Can,dcr X j. bid FOR at s26oes' OF '"o o.
$500 each. u,,,,,r., oncrel
49,, ,u,, or three 2o-knot boats Tor s'''' ',
ON the Department. plans. ana on 'he'' om , cao,
FOR the same speed at s9~o e"'"'
company asked $500 for 22i@-kno' VeSs 60, hid
Wn-on brothers q CO.. of seattle wash D''
s.osIo tor one o0-knot boat and Soo.'z' e"0" Iva
49, Of them. They offered 10 take 'h'ee - wv
s2is-raters at S9i.255 each .,,rs. q,
THE Bath Company bid $4,000 eacn lo' VIZ s,s
,ba o,iL-kno boats and slS5p each iof 'iie1 'p
c,al 2s-knot vessels. All Inc b'i" :, ,ho
sornar,ed by a proposition 10 use prom ~ '
'a,,o,, of the vessels COR Il slight increase
- r,a,r.shor comnanv offered three OF Tue ~
-, .oo,s for s27 200 EACH or one Tor $'oOV', an"
,boy also made bids for the --'a-A"o' ,,o
Ion, ms $4,000 each. Their ZZ's-h"o' 80 Gov
exact duplicate of the cushing W." a'o.o,tons for
eco "a, oacb and with certain modihca"o"' '''
s7sSc each n u,anted TO
-. o. kro, heats at $500 each for 'hree' anu
,oi.-knot boats for s751oO each. , -,
The Providence Steam Engine 49, To.
Rhode Island. bid Si6oo each ,or '"o Gov three
rartments 2o-knot plans. and SSo'o ea'" ''
lewis Nixon. Of Ehzsbeth' nd nj asked $4,000 for
one or So 900 each for two. $500, 1,rc,re company
The Charles Hillman smp ana c e'' Tor Two on the
1T Q, plans and for the same JON" Ina
io,.,e seked SIS go each. 60. pos,on sub
r.red their own designs for the 20 SwardeG to
ssNs ~ s., 10 for one They offered 90 90 TO-
,s.s low AZ SIS $50 each for three or So'" 0
There was an irregular bid from A a,s Enots for
Cor on electric boat TO run thrN-"N' N'
Many OF the companies made nn nS mother
ni' co. Two Of one class ana one % ,,'i,icb
posals Ioi ,tSSsrs furnished various designs WHEN
shn Snt 70 ne carefully examined by NE @ re
WI any il maze ~ -,
sr,table that no bids were received oa aiaps COM
ild't i',,,Sors and that few compares a.
coas. D ~, satd however. that the pdS are ~
he main reasonable and Will h hUi "mder the
aw oorovnrrsation. me result gives conside'aoe '
faction