Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-08

sheathed and coppered sse75Ooo. or
two ut S3.950000 each; without sheath
Ing, one for $SS0o.00 or two at S3,775,-
coo each. The same bid also is made
for two more ships at the same price.
and under the same conditions. under
the act of 1900.
T'he preceding bidders. Moran and
brothers. ana the Newport News COM
pany, made similar propositions.
John Dialogue & Son. Camden, n. j..
one uusheathed 81. 200; another, I'M
der the act OF 1890. az the same price.
Risdon Iron ana Locomotive Works.
San Francisco, one without sheathing,
$4,o75,ooo.
EATTLESHIPS.
Cramp 4 Sons, ono sheathed and
coppered, So G00,00
Newport News Company. one sheath
ed ana coprered. $S,59S, 600; one I'M
sheathcd. $3540 o00.
Fore River Works. one for $3.50 600.
or two Tor $500, 0O1 each. ali sheathed
and coppered: without sheathng, one
for So. 430. Geo. two for SO. 405 900 each.
y hid also is submit, ted for TWO more
al the same prices under the act of
| 1900
John H. Dialogue & Son. one sheath
| Ell ana coppcred. SO. 400 eco: one without
sheathng. S3.ge0O00. Another at the
same figure under the act OF 1900.
coppered SS.590.000.
New York Ship-buiIding Company,
one shcathed and copperod, Si,2o0,oo0,
or two ut $4.175Oo0 each; without
sheathing, one for $i.l00.000. or two for
/ Shots 600 each.
This firm offers to reduce the time
| limit of completion six months.
Moran Bros. & Co. Seattle, WASH,
one sheathed and coppered, $S.S65 600,
or two a SS.7i9,0o0 each.
Without sheothing. one for S369T 600,
or two for sS.5S6 600 each. Bids also are
| under the act OF 1900. This firm also
| offers to reduce the time limit about
| six months.
Union Iron Works, ono unsheathed,
So 400 600.
| a naval board will consider the bids
! and report upon them. The acts of
| Congress limit the cost of the cruisers
to 600 each and of the hattleships
| to 81. 1000 for sheathed and $4,000, 900
! for the unsheathed.
| Secretary Long expressed himself as
pleased with tho result of the bidding,
and that the bids were very liberal.
THE NEW BATTLESHIPS.
The bids were for five new battle
| ships and six armored cruisers aggre-
! eating n total displacement of $4,000
tons. OF the battleships. namely, the
PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey, Georgia.
Virginia and Rhode Island. three are to
be sheathcd and coppered, and will
carry superimposed turrets; the other
two are to he unsheathed vessels. hav-
ing the ''quadrilateral arrangement OF
| S-inch turrets.
| THE SIIEATHED VESSELS.
| The sheathed vessels are to be OF 15.-
600 tons displacement, with n length
| of 1875 feet, breadth of 76 feet 10 inches.
| and greatest draft of % feet. The un-
| sheathed ships are slightly smaller.
and on the same length. but are az
| inches narrower and 400 tons less dis
placement. Both classes of battleships
VIII compare with any in the world, not
| only atlont, but projected for they Will
| have speed of at least 10 knots.
! which is expected to run UP to 1919.
| Each battleship will carry four Pinch
guns. These are of the extraordinary
| length Of 40 calibrcs. or 20 feet in the
bore. In the three sheaihed vessels n
| pair of S-inCh guns will be mounted on
the top of each t2-inch turret Four
! other S-inch guns will be distributed
| in two turrcts amidShips.
UNSHEATHED.
| The unsheathed vessels will have all
| of their eight S-inch gums mounted on
| four independents turrets. one placed
| at each corner OF the oblong super
structure. Both classes of vessels.
Sleutneu ana unSneatncu, VIII nave q
| broadsidc of II 6-inch rapid fire guns
on the main deck. besides IL 14-pound-
ers and II 2pounders, and number
of automatic guns, making the battery
more formidable than any afioat for
| ability to concentrate fire and throw
weight of metal.
In the matter OF defensive power the
battleships of both classes are unsur-
passed
TIE ARMORED CRUISERS.
The six armorcd cruisers represent
the highest development of the naval
| constructors art. for Naval CONSTITUTE
| tor Hichborn has not only managed
to design in them ships as fleet as any
foreign navy can boast but has en-
| dowed them with the qualities OF bat
| tleships a many points. Three of these
| ships are TO be sheathed and three are
| to be unsheathed.