The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-19
What Robert Moran SAYS OF the Chances
or some OF These Boats Being
Built IN seattle.

cszSe1 OF department nssrS. some O. lCf.-
vlG1al p.sEsSa11 one waSc1 failed = con-
s~1e-a-4o1 nec@GSe OF "a .aek q bond was
Tor a electrically propelled Graf. Eor
these reasons u VII reou-re nsu-a con-
s.s-eratloE- oy Ira @epart z1eE-. experts o
pick out me lowest and mos; desirable
1-3ders.
Meanwhile = IS no possible % irs3Ica =
accurately u al cases tie .o%eS- -. z
Eor t1e chlTly-kzot boats Lae b-Gs wsre
as follows: Union Iron Works. san Fran
CISCO. &Zs.5L1 for c-re Z-s-son 5oat- IN lais
case, owing 20 ire requirement o. me at
o. congress. i : certain they ~ receive
he Contract Ban Iron WORKS. Name.
two a. slsi. 20 each. tas boats beng Of Ia
toy1S Displacement. or So 5Qu.Q1U each to-
three. For acton boats e % knots they
OFFER % take two So. 30 each. They
XII guarantee 3l5z knots Z ssch case. an
1er : Le1a.;y % $1,000 per knot deficiency.
Tne HerresnoT Aanutacrur-nE Com
pany. B-.sto.. r l.. offers % build zs-toR
6oats 4; 80 knots. one toT S-Is.09, three for
s-ls go each.
John Il. Dialogue & Soa. OF Camden-
One 2a-kn0t boat FOR S2o0.0o9 or se76 GO. ac-
cor4lns 70 des.ga. CT cwo for $500 20
<--9.1J1 each
For me smaller boats The bids raage as
follows:
colombian Iron Works. Ba,,lmore--gD-
knot 65-ton boats, depar tment plans, So
90 each, FOR ei.her one OF three, their
plans. $500 each. 2zlz-Eaot boats, s. 5e
eacA. and various combinations en- tAese
AguTes-
Moran Bros Co, seattIe-2o-knoc s5-:on
ooa,s, sss.549 for ore Or 81, - eaca for
three. according % department plans,
taeir plans. S5s@4o for one or Sa5,5-s "a d
for three; --i--kno- boats. $a1,2ls for one
and Ei,255 eaca for three. and various
combination ID :.
pa.b Tor, yyvo~.-s sa-.- 1--o. heats thsg-
own plans. one Tor $500. three for So oeo
each. for Z5-kcot boats. tae.r OWN plans,
0ne tor Sfsl .0Eo. thgee tov $Z-3.56o eacn- Taey
oTer 70 build TIE huh OF Hyde bronze tor
al advance Of $4,000 10 $3.50 for each
boat.
Herresh0ft Manufacturing Company,
Bristol z. I.-2e-knot boats, 5000 for one
or So 30 each FOR three. -'2-kHot boats.
one for 81 go ard three for ss8'-J each.
They offer an exact duplicate q tire Cu>l-
ing 227z- kro; boat for S'-.ss.l. or a general
duplicate modified n details. $3.50 Ior
orr or $3.50 Cor two.
Wolf & Zwlcker. Portland. Or.-I-knot
65-toa boats. one for $3.50 or three 90.
s.5v. ea-l. -s-k-ot beats. their own
pans, 81. No for one or S.5.lo each Tor
1hree.
Providence Steam Eng.ae Company-2)-
knot boats. two FOR S5i,ss5 each or tarec
fer SIS. s59 each.
I.ew.s Nlxon. Elizabeth. \. J.-9o-kno:
boats, one for SO 30 or TWO for $500
earn.
Charles N.ilmaa ship ana Engine Buzz
tng Counsny. Philadelphia boa-s.
ore for sfs o. or two for si55" each
Dialogue < Sons. Camden, y. J.--3-<
boa.s. their own design. Ssle."o Cor one %.
SIS 80 each for two -e-kn2. boats. depart
rsent plans, $3.50 for ono or $50 eaea
Tor tUa.
George I.avIey * sor. South Boston
zalm-kn3t boats of = tous, one for $50.
,wo Tor Sse.ee each. three FOR $3.50 "a p.
department pans. for thsir owa plans. D
knot boat. of r. -ens. $3.50 for one. $57.f13
eash for -wo. a. " caeh Cor three. ON
! different plans ta-s ern offers ~ build one
! sg-ku9t boat for ST. 500. ore --'a-knot boat
FIR siet -. ana also makes sefera. conf
blnaaua= az these BIDS
Tha department. wgN proceed AZ once 20
consider the bids, FOR under the ne OF con-
Eress the awards must be made NOT later
III lis October next
when the foregoing dispatch WAS read
last u.zht TO Robert Moran, of Moran
Bros in the Pas- -lntel-tEeuccr office. *
vas evident shat BE- heard every line - &
with the closest attention. lie did rot
regard II IS Indicating conciuS-vciy IN
what direction rhc awards II c9ntTt -
arui8 fat. hu, il WIS the first opp0rtu-
mtty be Aat h1l - comparing his own
bids VITA chose Ok ais rivals from various
parts of the eoGutrE. = 81 as WIN unuli@-
taxable qualification mat ~ observed fle
close coincidence ~ rs OWL AeHres win
tha farer,8s. and rrost experiences Amer
iean buI5ars wh.se n every Instance t1e
figures II az fe-i materially below mis- own
were from men who have had no opDO--
tHniry - exptr irnenriDg in the actual cost
~ government construction and who were
naarisessiy Influenced by the figures % she
80 - r To-