Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-01
OPEN WARSH|P BIDS
Proposals Made for Construct
ing 27,000.Ton Vessel.
coMPANY's FOUR OFFERS
Newport News Concerns Lowest
Price for Ship, $5,760,000.
FOR BUILDING OF GOLFERS
Contract for Latter May Be With
held, as One Amount Named Ex-
ceeded Sum Authorized.
FOR BUILDING OF GOLFERS

Bids involving the expenditure Of many
millions Of dollars for new naval con-
| struction were opened at the Navy De-
partment today In the presence of officials
| and many prominent shipbuilders The
| bids for battleship No. So were for a
| vessel OF $1,000 tons displacement That
will be the largest warship in the navy,
with the exception of No. "a. Of the same
tonnage. which Is to be built at the New
York navy yard.
The two vessels will be really super
dreadnoughts, for so heavy is their armor
and so lareg their main batteries Of four
| teen-inch guns that they will be vastly
more powerful than the latest preceding
additions to the navy Of the Wyoming
Arkansas type Of $4,000 tons.
The widest latitude was allowed to the
bidders in the advertisement, so that
they pight bid upon the plan for the
ments designs, or upon the hull and the
machinery separately. or upon each and
all of these, according to their own de-
signs.
The bids for battleship No. IS were for
the complete ship, but for No. "a they
cover only the machinery for the ship.
Other bids opened today covered two col
liers, the cost not exceeding 81 COX, 900
a carrying capacity Of 1850 tons Of
coal.
To Heed Eight-Hour Law.
An important feature of the specifca-
ton Is that all Of these ships and ma
chinery shall be built under the eight.
hour law.
The Newport News shipbuilding Com
pany was the only bidder for the con-
! struction Of battleship No. So. That COM
pany submitted four bids, the lowest of
which was IS. 100000.
The proposals submitted by the New
port News Company contemplated q bat
tleship Of twenty-one knots. to be COM
pleted in thirty-six months. The bids
which the company submitted are as
A vessel in accordance with tho depart
mepts design in hull and machinery.
with Parsons turbines, IS, 10000. For
2 similar boat with Curtiss type Of tur-
bine, $5.775,0OO
For g. ship constructed in accordance
with the governments plan for hull and
equipment, but with the bidders design
for machinery. $5,76o0OO If the vessel
were equipped * with ssd o the curtiss type Of
reciprocating engines.
Only Two Bids for Golfers.
Only two bids were received for the
l.. 5OO-ton fleet Golfers, but It is said that
the contract undoubtedly will not be
awarded. because in one instance the pro-
posal exceeded the amount authorized by
Congress and in the other the bid was
submitted in irregular form. j
The Union iron works Of San Francisco
offered to build one collier for 81 ,598, 500,
but the statutory limit is 81 100000
The Moran Company of Seattle WASH,
proposed to construct one collier for
$751; 900, taking exception to the depart
ment's specification. and making its own
conditions. AS this company submitted
no bond as guarantee to carry out its
contract, and as it's bid was not submit
ted on the regular departmental form, its
proposition will not be considered.
The General Electric Company Of Sche-
nectady. N. Y. was the only bidder for
the machinery Of battleship No. a. which
will be constructed at the New York navy
yard. The amount proposed was $685., 500,
the machinery to be constructed in ac-
cordance with the bidders plans and
specifications. -