The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-09
ITALY MAKES MON + Y,
SHE FINEs IT PROFITABLE TO RE-
TAIL HER WARSHIpS.
fso"in Had to Pay nm Exorbitnnt
Price to secure the Giuseppe
GuriI,aidi.

New York, April : "A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington saya: Tho navy
department has learned officially that Spain
had bought another Giuseppe Garibaldi
from Italy for future delivery, after the
United States had refused to take the
vessel The Nnrez No. 5. which had also
been Offered to III, tlaitei States. has been
solo BY Italy to the Argentine republic.
Neither OF the vessels will be complete Cor
.our or five months and by that time the
United States does not expect to need sec
end hand ships OF that character IT was
for this reason that Commander brown
SON. after Inspecting the two vessels in
the Italian dock yard was recalled TO this
country, it being evident that in case o.
war neither vessel could be brought to the
United States II It were possible. indeed,
10 complete them in italy OF get them out
of neutral waters after declaration of hos
tilit!es. Commander Brownson also had the
satisfaction of knowing before he left italy
that Spain was made 10 pay dearly for the
ships, for his visit advanced her price 10
$4,000, 900, although the vessel had at ons
time been offered for two-thirds that
amount Italy has found it exceedingly
profitable to build Carloads and Varezes In
lots and parcel them of at strictly re-
tail prices, The first was launched at
sestu ponetute dock yard May ~ 1895,
and named Giuseppe Gail5ald. a sister
shin called the Narez was launched ap1ut
the same time at the zane place. Both
these We're sold 10 the Argentine republic
in 1896 and are nam al respectively Cart
baldi and san Martin the former bringing
the enormous price of 1S,SOh boo irailcs |
italy Immediately lald down two more
Identical ships with The same names ana
launched them with the latter OF 1880. |
they we're taken mn by Spain and named
RESPECTIVELY Cristobol Colon and Pedro q |
Argona. the former being now considered
the finest cruiser belonging 10 Spain, While
the latter is still uucompiete1 al Cadiz,
Ii, was Crsioboi Colon that was Sc
lected TO convoy the torpedo fiotlla TO this
country. but at the last moment 1t was
found that the Scotch engineers wouia
not Gene and the Spanish enaineevs We're
NOT sufficiently familiar With lbe machinery
TO undertake long voyage. In fact the
Spanish engineers could not get the snip
under full steam power at all
AS soon as Italy disposed OF tne 3sc-
ond set cf duplicates ahoiher Giuseppe was
laid down and .hird also 10 be complet-
ed in the latter part OF 1888. Inc iormsi
was launched on September % last. Ins
,rn;,oJ states concluded II would not need
such a ship by the last CT August or even
a month earlier. LA M.
At The navy department !, Is SAID Una,
the statement that the United states slsnsn
contracts for three Italian torpeao poahs y
not true, for much as the United s'alss
would like to have the vessels; tne ~,
possibility OF getting them 70 'he op'''A
states is fully recognized. ,.
Tha nomes Yankee, Dixie. Prairie ana
vosa,n,te were today selected as the naval
! dss,vnations of the four Morgan line auk,
;,iary cruisers FL Sol, Fl Norte, I'll sua
and FL Rio