The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-16
SHIP BUILDING
IN ASTORIA
Rival Works to the Union Iron Works
Of san Francisco.
BIG CONTRACT FOR UNCLE SAM
Mansnnlta 10 90 on the ways In About
Two Weeks and WORK Finished
by July ist

Astorin's Shipbulldlng facilities are
soon 10 be- tested The expensive work
~ repairing the lighthouse tender Man
snnita viii commence tomorrow morn.
ing. The Astoria WORKS have the con-
tract over twelve competitors That
Astoria II proud of this fact goes with
out saying. That Astoria should stand
by her own industries. and this partic'
ulnr contract. Is equally patent II
IN not necessary 60 t0oi all the horns
In creation. but az this particular
juncture IL may be- we'll to let the
general public know that old Astoria.
principally known in the past ~ n
fishing village. but nov. through her
now transcontinrntal railroad. destined
20 be- the port ~ the Pacific coast. and
the point Of shlpmen, Of III" wheat or
Oregon and Washington. already has
established an iron works capable Of
shipbuildlng. and which can tuin out
the highest grade of work.
The government has let 10 the As
toria Iron Works the contract for re-
pairing the lighthouse tender Mama
nita This contract carries with It the
furnishing Of all necessary material and
labor for thorough repairs 10 the hull.
boilers and machinery. said repairs 20
b. satisfactorily completed and the
tender delivered 70 the lighthouse in
spector ready for service within five
calendar months from the date on
which the vessel Is delivered 70 the
contractors. As the services OF the YES.
sci are urgently needed on her statIpr.
the time TO be consumed In making the
repairs was given due consideration
In determining the award OF the con
tract
The repairs 10 be made 20 the Man
zanlta are quite extensive, the speclh-
cations covering over eight pages of
type-writ'cn legal cap Some of the
more important items follow.
The vessel Is TO be locked cleaned
and put In suitable condition Tor
Inspection by removing the entire cop
per and such planks as may be ncces-
sary The entire main deck Is to be
removed and new deck laid. and
about one-thlrd OF the main deck
beams are Ia be renewed There Is 20
be u new forward deoknouse (pllots
and masters rooms) two feet wider
than the old. one ittcd and furnished
In "A similar manner 20 the old house
also. a new chart house htted and
furnished in the same manner New
boilers. Relson's are to be put In, and
there Is To be a new rudder. with rud-
der stock of white oak ana blade
OF yellow hr A now rail Is to he
built for about 1880 feet on each side.
"a new bath room win be constructed.
and a new patent ash ejector and a
boiler circulator will be added. which
have not yet made their appearance
on any other ship on this coast. when
the repairs TO the hull are completed.
II Is to be recoppered with twenty-five
and twenty-four ounce plates, There
ls to be a new mainmast OF the same
length and diameter as the old one.
The repairs to the machinery are ex-
tensive. but there are TO be few new
parts. Among these is new Iow-pres-
sure steam chest and new steam
pump. II is provided that all the work
manship and all the material entering
into the repairs shall be strictly first
class In all respects, and a trial trip
OF ten hours duration shall be made
before the vessel Is accepted and
turned over to the Inspector
Thirteen bids We're submitted. the
lowest being the Astoria Iron WorAs,
ana as the time In which they agreed
to do the work was also satisfactory
the contract was awarded to them
Roberts 4 Co., Portland. Ave months.
S2O9SO; Astoria Iron Works, Astoria.
three months. SlS,SOO; Glen Anderson.
Astoria, four and one-half months, 500,
700; Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works,
Portland. FIVE months. s22675. Moran
Bros. 4 Co. Seattle, four months, So,
SSe; Joseph Paquet, Portland. four and
one-half months, SlS,9S0; Robert Mcln-
lntosh, Portland, four months, SlS.SOO;
r. II. Loller. Portland. three and one
half months. $lS,9SO; willamette Iron
Works. Portland, three months, $780,
$50; Fulton shIpbulldlng Works. San
Francisco, $2b,475; Risdon iron and Lo-
comotlve Works, San Francisco, S22, AS;
f, Dundon's Iron Works, San Francis
co, seventy-five working days. $19,S47;
Smith & Watson, Portland. S2S,65O.
1t IS noticeable tha. all of the bids are
remarkably close, and 1t goes to show
that the mechanics of the Pacific coast
are good at making figures
Mr.. Fox, the president of the Astoria
Iron Works, said to an Astorian repre-
sentative yesterday that he would COM
mence tomorrow morning to build the
ways at Smiths Point for receiving
the Manzanita. This part OF the work
will occupy about two weeks time, and
the ways will be such as viii accom-
modate vessels Of thousand tons. and
will be permanent. There will also
be erected at the new Smiths Point