New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Only One Company Bids for
BUILDING BatfleshlD.
washington. December Z.

NEWPORT NEWS OFFER-The Ne~-
mort xsus shiobuilding and Dry Docs
Company submitted the only bids for tbs
construction OF the new 1000 Ton battle
ship authorized 10 be constructed az a.
private shipbuiIdins plant. when proposals
were opened at the Navy Department 20
day. The other battleship authorized nc
the last session OF Congress VIII - ouur
at the New York Navy Yard The newport
News company submitted four oins, tSro
for construction entirely according % soF-
ernreut plans. anC two with nui ana
sc,,inrneut OF government plan. The low
est bid for the former was S-349.Ss' WIN
Curtiss turbine engines. The lowest Did IN
der tbe other plan was s5.760.0ee. with Cur
tiss engines. The company agrees 10 con-
strurt tbe battleship in thirty-six months
and guarantees tWenty-one knots speed
II is believed at the Navy DEPARTMENT.
that lack Of competition for the battlesiifp
contracts was due 70 the provision tn1r
the work must be done unde- the eight
hour Law. The department. has received
communications from several shiDouildinS
concerns indicating that a rigid enforce
rnent OF the provision covering ONLY work
done by the contractor and sub-coHtractor5
would prevent them from undertaking ths
task within the limits OF the appropriation
AS the proposals OF the Newport News
company are under the 3 0e0.fs3 lirrit pre-
scriped IN the law. il is believed that 5he
company will receive the contract
The two battleships viii be the largest
vessels in the navy They viii really -
super -Dreadnought- for 50 heavy will %
their arrnor and so large their main bat
tery OF I4-inch guns that they viii be more
powerful than the latest preceding add
Arjga a
type, of $3.50 tons
The General Electric Company OF Schen-
ectady. y. Y. was the only bidder for tns
machinery OF the battleship which VIII
be constructed at the New York Navy
Yard The amount of its bid IS sS5-5-e-
BIDS FOR AFMOR-Bids were opened az
the Navy Department to-day for arnor ror
the two new battleships- The eiglI-nour
law does not apply to this equipment Pro-
posals were received from the Nldvale'
Bethlehem and Carnegie Steel companies.
They were almost Identical in amount, tnl
figure named for plate. with th@ EXCEPTION
of turret arTnOr. being $40 ton. while tHs
proposal for turret arnor was Stso a ton
ORDERS IssU UED-The following orders
have been issued:
ARsIY.
Caprqfn RAYMOND W BRIGGS 6th Fisi.t
ArrilIer~. assume charge construction wors-
at Fort BILE. relieving Captain ROBERT
s. POWERS 7th Cavalry
First Lieutenant ROY G. KIRKLAND. 13r1
TnTanr-v- assume charge OF constructed
work AT Tort Lincoln. relieving Flrst LIell-
tenant GEORGE a HERBST- larh n
Leaves ~ absence: Captain LINDSEY P,
rrI-.-k-r-T{ sftb Tufantrv four rncnths:
JOHN b MAyNARD. coast artilI@ry. ona
month
Captain z LLOYD, TO command The Waoas1,
navy ward, Eoston- vice Captain J. ".
HELM. 10 duty as comHancant naval
Pay Director N. . A'DoNALp. 70 naval
Re5 R nzPaetog GoWAS w 9aS etas S7sn o.S.s @
duties.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS-The fels
lowing movements of vessels have been re-
ported to the Navy Department.
ARRIVED
Nv. @9-Ths Truxtun ar san Diego tha
Craving, tine Bonita The NaTwhai ta@s
salmon the snapper. the Stingray- thu
Tarpnn. the Castine and the severn -
Hampton Roads. ne HanHiba. at Boston
SAILED.
c--s5obsI tbe aarer5s fro Biuefess
for Guantanamo
Nov. s0-Tbe Pa-apsco. from navy yard. Ne~-
YORK for Hampton Roads. the Wes- VIZ
giris. the Maryland the South Dakota
rbe California the Colorado and the Penn
Diego, the Dixie the smith the F1ussers
from Grenada FOR Martinique, The esTs-
ling. from Annapolis for HAMPTON Roads;
.h-5 Bonita. the Narwhsi- the "a mon th@
SuapDe-. the StriugTSv. the Tarpou- rh-
CaSJfn~ and the severn. from solomon
Island for Hampton Roads
Dec. THE Des MOines. from Cadlz for Gio-si~
The Tennessee. the Montana and the Wash
inSton will remain at Hampton Roads until
about Jlnuary l. They viii ne Joined th.s
month by the Birmingham r1e Chester -l7s
North Carolina and the salem and VIII sal
il, company about January I for Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba. boldi-g exercises On the wsC-
The Paducah. now on the way rom 1avT
yard New York 70 Guantanamo Bay. dirsS-e'l
~ wireless 70 proceed to navy yard. Norfolk
FOR necesS4rN reralrs