Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-09
JOBS WILL BE DIVIDED
AMONG EASTERN PLANTS
Newport News shipbuilders Make No
Effort TO Land More Than One of
Six Vessels TO BE Constructed.
Prospects For More important Work
Probably Responsible.

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Nov. S.--Ihe
contracts for the construction of the
six torpedo toat destroyors for tho
navy authorized by the last session
OF congress probably win be distrib'
uted aul&ls five shipyards on the At
Iantic coast. Bids were opened at
the navy department Today.
The Newport Nows shipbuilding q
Dry Dock Company submitted tho
lowest bid, Offering. 10 construct but
one of the vessels.
The highest proposals tNme from
the Union Iron Works, Of san Fran
cisco. and the Maryland Steel Com.
pany, OF Sparrows' Point, Md They
were so much higher than those OF
all the five other yards competing
that they are not likely to be COLI
sidered The Batn iron works prob
ably will be the only yard TO build
two of the destroyers.
in Three Classes.
The bids were for three elias SEES:
Class /. was for vessels of govern
ment design, hull and machinery;
class 2, the same with speed moditi-
cations. class 8. for yes.eis OF gov
eminent design OF he'll and equipment
with bidders design for machinery.
The bids we're as follows:
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Dock Company. class 1, one vessel;
speed 23t tnots, to be completed in
"a months, s6s5.o0o.
Bath Iron Works. class /. one yds-
sci: 30 knots. to be completed In "a
months. $3.50. 1850. or two vessels. 1884,
500 each Glass 3. 291 knots. one YES
sci, $685.. 500. or two. s630,s00 each
Fore River Ship & Engine Company.
class 8, one vessel, 293 knots. s6ds.75o.
to be completed in % months and
equipped with Curtiss turbine engines.
William Cramps Shipbailding Com
pany. class /. one vessel. 23A knots.
70 be completed IN "a months, $685.
coo.
: New York Sbipbuilding Company.
class /. one vessel. z9s knots, to be
completed In "a months. <645,093f
Cias- 2, one vessel. same speed. to /.
he equipped with Curtiss turbines,
$670, 900.
Maryland Steel Company. class :.
2gs knots. two vesseIs, "a months,
sss5.o9 each. Glass 3. 2 vessels,
S742 geo each
Union Iron Works. class I. 23s
knots. one vessel. "a months. s72f,oeo.
or two Mt s7of.e each. Class 2. one
vessel. at 1921 600, or two at s7ct.voo
each
The specifications provide that the
trials must be held over the Rocklsnd-
Maine. course. The Newport News
yard deducts $4.5o0 > ON its bid If tho
trisl is held over the Lewcs- Del.
course. The Cramps yard decucts
- 500 and the New York Sbipbaiidfng
Company s. 900 II trials are held ever
the Lewes course.
.. 8iddin1 Practically Unchanged.
The vessels are practically OF the
same type as those for which bids
were opened in September 1eeS ana
May 1909 Like them they viii have
-f2 tons displacement. The Newport
News ward submitted the lowest bid
and the Maryland Steel Company the
highest on those occasions the sane
as today. The Newport News BID 10
t-day was practically the same as last
f.year. when II was Se2e 003. It's bid IN
| 1905 xas slightly lower, but was Tor
Two Nc<r-ic ~ ft1's|'IF N"''ft
IN 1898 contracts for ten ecs;roycrs
uere ausrded All Of the Atlantic
coast yards except the Maryland
Steel Company getting two each last
year contracts for i've we're awarded
each Atlantic coast yard except the
MARYLAND company getting one
Surprise Crested Here
Some surprise was shown here 80
ferday when u became known .h1t
the IocaI shipyard had bid On bEt ore
~ the six deSfroycrs as q ~as gen
orally supposed that the yard bad SUB
mfited estimates On two cf toe boar
g14k General Nsnagcr Walter -
posi- and Assistant Manager A l.
Hopkins we're in Washington yef'1r-
day ard no statement - TO WHY the
yard bid on onir one vessel ca7id %
had las niEht Flp~7ve-. s sst1
fSaf ne yard - rxpectIrr 70 lasa
s~mc CONTRACTS Cor merchant spip- ~
vel a. the contract Tor thr zs.e~c-f9n
haftieshlp. rsfisnstcs on which III -
Lopeacd % December 7. and th4i pr
Tfhaf reaeon ne yard ofbciaIs DID pot
care. 10 hulld fuo destroyer rr<s''se
% lbs short fisnc given fof their con-
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