Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-24
BlDSON NEW W ARSHlPS
The Navy Department Has Lots of
Work on Its Hands.
OPENING OF TENDERS BEGUN
One Firm Offers to Build u Destroyer
That VIII Make Forty Knots an
Hour-Two Weeks Needed to
Tabulate the Bids.

Washington, Aug. 24.-The navy de-
partment has opened bids for 16 torpe-
do boat destroyers and ~ torpedo boats
to cost in the aggregate not exceeding
5000, 000 as provided in the last naval
appropriation act. These rs destroyers
and torpedo boats constitute the largest
single addition ever made to the navy.
The destroyers are to be completed
within Is months and the torpedo boats
within IL months. According to the re-
quirements of the department, the de-
stroyers are to have a guaranteed
speed of 2S knots and the tori edo boats
rs knots.
Representatives. of all the great ship
building firms We're present when the
bids were opened. The bids, plans, ETC.,
were piled several feet high, and there
promised to be much delay and confu
sion. Some Of the department officials
thought it would take two weeks to get
the bids fully tabulated, as they took a
wide range because of the departments
call for two classes of propositions-on
based strictly on the departments plans
and specifications and others based on
the individual ideas of the builders all
essential requirements being followed.
The First Bid Opened.
The first bid was that of the Bath Iron
works. Bath, Me, for one torpedo boat,
speed 2912 knots at S16l,000, or four at
$3.50 900 EACH one destroyer of 20 knots
at S292, 900, two at $2S1 900 or three at
$3.50, 800.
Other bids were: Dialogue & Son,
Camden, N. j., one torpedo boat de-
stroyer of 90 knots at $29S,000 or two at
1886 900 each.
Columbia Iron works, Baltimore, one
to four torpedo boats of 26 knots at
$3.50, 900 each; also, under different plans,
one torpedo boat $l6S 900, two $165,O0O.
three $4,000 or four 1851 900 each; also
one destroyer of 2S knots S293,000, two
1921 900 three, four or five S2S9000 each;
also destroyers. under different plans,
one or two at %232 800; three, four or five
at S2S2, 900 each.
Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia. for de-
stroyers of 30 knots, two 1884, 900, three
$3.50. coo each
William r. Trigg, Richmond, torpedo
boats of &c knots, one at 100000, two
$3.50, 900, three S129, $50, four Sl1475 each;
also destroyers. one S27500O, two $780,
900. three $500 00 four $4,000, five
1888 900 each.
| Union Iron works, San Francisco, de-
| stroyers of % knots, one $26t. 1000, two
or three $3.50, 900 each; also destroyers
under second class, 1924 900, two $3.50 900
three $2S1 500 each.
4 Forty Knot Bid.
Richard L. peyton, Williamsport, Pa.
destroyer, 40 knots, one, $2a5o00; four
$295 900; also enc to four, 30 knots $50.
900; also one to four, 50 kn"ts, $215 00O
George Laniley. South Boston, torpedo
boats, one, 2s knots, $162 600; two, $3.50,
400; also, differ ut plans, one, sl52,aOo
two, $149, 400 each; also, different plans
one, s157 400: two, S153,9o each.
Lewis Nixon. FL bet port, N. j., tor
pedo boats, &c knots, one. $l6S, Go0; two
S165, 900.
Harlan Hollinssworth comran5-, viii
mington, Del, destroyers 20 KIN is, one
1894. OO0 two, 1921 900
Fall River Engine company. Wey
mouth, Mass, one destroyer 90 knots
$3.50. oO0 one torpedo boat, 1854 900; alsc
different plans, one destroyer, S2S','oo
three. $3.50. 600: also Gestroyers, d!fferen
| jt
$685.. 600 and 1872 eco respectively; ais
torpedo beats. one, StG3,oo0; three, $3.50,
600 each.
Gas Ere'na and Power c'nn"ny. NeN
York. destroyers, One. $685. 0Co; also on
DESTROYER and one torpedo bat $'2S w
for both: or two destroyerS ana one '"f
nedo boat. $50 GN0: or two destroyer
and two TORPEDO u nts $S'9 'oo; or wv
destroyers and three torpedo hoat'
$9S1 GOO.
MARYLAND steel cofnrany. Ealtimoi
county Md, Clestr"yers', t"" OF 80 kno''
s9qi oOo: three. 229r 100; threp differer
hid $3.50. 600: fc ur. $3.50 geo each.
The naval officials commented on tr
absence of the Cramps trm and IN
Herreshoffs among the bidders. IN
bids will he tabulated ana the aware
made at the earliest day practlcanl
Aside from the price there are many nf
fails in each bd-time OF delivery, d's
nlacement. speed, design, etc.-Whlc
, viii have to be consile in maxim
the award.
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