The sun., 1902-07-06
Navy TO BUILD A BATTLESHlP
SECRETARY NOODi UfIi soon
SEIItI fHI tRD.
He SAYS rha' Politics or N"soiutions rS'nx
the selection Of Particular Nsrss Wih
Ne, Nave the slightest t.nrc, on u M,

W,spiSaIoN. july Secretary Moody
regards ~ more Important than any otH'r
provision of ~" Naval ApprnI ration 49,
that which d,r,s'- him - hWh ur" ~ i'"
battl-shIps authorized tu G'V"run'n.
navy yard lie hs- already taken up tH"
matter ~ PREPARATION for 'ur ~iruytirs 'H"
SHIN and intend. very s.ou in make 1T
ssl. tion ~ the var! wn'r" iN" WORK vi.
Ie don. Nj Nprdy hg- ii"a- - rl- own
about a.. ma-I.r IN whi,h a." ,hu''" 'i
the plare of con-truoti1n should ." mad"
and the wav tb" intri.'iHu ,f I"uSre-~
sbnuld IL. ,arrl,.i ut.i "" 'lt som" "i
,b..-e ld.as to-day tu rHr SIS r"pnrt-r
i am gong about hIi!ding th'- ship. 10"
said m.f ~ II the cost w"r' tp com" uu, Of
INV ov-, porkr, instead ~ "u' ( o." National
Treasury l. might a. v"Il ' uud r-t'"d
in ia. hr-t place that resolutions "i ,'m-
uercIal bodies ANA u'h", ursau'@a' iuu~
urging 'hc -s'ls-''ton oi particular navy
yard. will not hav. 'h" slightest eject
on ny a.. i-,pu Ig"r" l. n" n''"e~''v
t,,r any f..,ii',. ru ,ur,' u"-c and urg" the
,laim- Of -l"rr local'l"- They rhgh' ~
N -,yc th,lr t-,aiE AMI A. f"r p,lii'rs,
tb., plnrr yh,'i" the -hT v.lI 81" bum VIII
mo-, ., sole. t..I uu sncuuu' - any political
consideration Will ." further than '.at
and -av ,har " find % navy ward other
~. satisfactory for hip c'nstrur''"n,
hut houcycumi"d WITH r"ui''-, that WI
lie a gNud rris.,n for rs''. t.Hg -"Iu' other
place ,,..... I-,
tak,u INTO consideration ir d"',dsvg tins
,rn,ttant ,,uratior 4 N.,rr' 'hr N.~.''i
.LaU h., built tp~f Il Iu'rr I. "N" '"u.
.idrra'iuu Under tu" law ni tuugr"-.
tho wages pald ~ navy warts IE.-' i"'
hns.d an the, i..-t wal.'.- ialld iuf Id,sf IN
,h. plac..- wh,r" ih" wards ar -llgHf"i
Other cnr~,Iota''ri.- ar no" cost e.. i|H'"-
rtej m various lpraltilt-, il" - ~ 'ft.~-
tnrting u and 'E" upi"r'unuN ~ -'ouf.NE
th. i,.rt class uf Wotk'1'il. It'"' AMI
oth.r things vii IT, taken ir'" 'u'.-i.i"i1
unn m reaching q "pu''u~ .h "u W. p''''-
lion ~ .-.l,-rIug th" vHrd where 'h" ~hip
will IL. laid down.
MIR Na-iv hiss mad" som" inquiries about
the. Mare Island yard near san ttauci-Nn
and has a-a.,rtRin'Si that IL ~ tpl"ndiilN
"n,,,nts,. f,r = ~ huildiug en-" draw la"k
/. lack Il water. hut Congress has aprrD-
ptiaicd money for dredging 'h"r", and ih~
work Wnuld ,hahly H. cumilvtri hgi'r"
! I'm" lattlcshIp i ready - gp overheard
U,vrN.r fu, OPINION tn rival rlrDl"~ -
thnt IN, .s,lr,tfuu viii lie among 10" lir b
lyr th. Er,i o. tEd The .rir.> y1rd-
III. plnn fu' ~" armnr'la,l- au'h, m 81
| hv the Naval at ~" all r"1dN and ad''f-
/ tt..m.u'- i,.r bd> .ur ihrs" ip - l'N'
Gr rri,a,r cunirn,' viii D." t,-uoi hy th"
Nn,y p.Uartt,,.nt vrN -ouu. To lINl'-
.bir.. ON. 20 H. luhr 10y ia" toy'ruT.'u'
and ne D'l,r hv u~'Nat" contract, VIII
l- The mot ruw.rfh v,'--,l- uf thri ,in.>
Tl,rv will di~pE~' ir.un tur- "l water
n.or- than any u'a"f la''i"~iIl > iu 'hr w"f''
b IA /. ,u 'u..r ia,t'us- LuWsN"t. ..it they
nr, ,rn-t remarkable. zach N,.--'.l wall
hsy. for is-iIr'i rla'~ ~ tUrr"i-, "igi'
s-,urh A.. 10 trur'fs tvrlN" s-tu'h raild-
Grc rife, ~ an armor'd citad"'. Ia 'u a
It,ad,tt!. twenty s. uch Ta',d mr. rif's.
AMI > host 70 -'rall,r Euus. mo~t of 'lcin
of the marhnc tvi-' NJ uaNN las a -hp
! ~ fornrdail,' ln latter, "a ths..' y ill -.