The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30

cnnrwe Thne M CnygeaM14 ADMINISTRATIVE
nuanea ths anapsullosP Userue.
To Tnn RDIron OF run 8UN-Str: TIE
sale By thu ehsriR hst Woek % tho cd Roach
Safeguard az Chasaer, Pa. has again lot looes
tAs nood eldaa Of error or falnehood on whioh
the name Of Roach has ridden for nearly
. generation. One uight desk man headed
the story -BlrthpIAcS Of the New Navy
Sold for Debt I dare say he was not
born when the navy wa new. OF 10 he vas
no must have imbibsd the story from one
u those politically Interested In putting
q halo around the head Of John Roach In
order to dArhOn tho fame Of another and q
greater man.
when the bids Tor the nr-t vessels Of the
new navy we're opened and given to the
press I vas working a. . shipyard ON the
Delaware and In intimate relations with
It's head. John Roach bid for the Chicago
about 0ssa. O0o. tho next higher bid VAS
from the Cramps OF Harlan Hollingsworth
Of Wilmington. Del. and was about 81. iOO-
90. being nearly - per cent above that oI
the winner The president OF our COM
pany was amazed AZ II lie said thst u
he had bid he would have bid even higher
than the Cramps or the Wilmington com
pany. and I can hear him aay Uncle John
10 In for big loss. The Cramps or Harlan
A HoIlingswOr,hs bid was Just about cost
price.
Time passed and tho ships were all sent
overheard. in the language Of the boat
yardt The Dolphin. las Of the lot built BY
Uncle John. had been practically hpished
and was on one OF her trials She had been
paid for up TO within one-ienih Of her price.
the Government very properly. ~ think.
reserving 10 per cent. OF the sum due ;ill
she was finally accepted. TN the trip an
order TO reverse was sixnslIed 10 the engine
room and the command was TOO quickly
executed: her shaft snapped on and she lay
remsmbsp diac"s. I si,h the presidsni OF
our concern the mechanical and engineer
lng-dietails Of the reports given out 20 The
dus, 20 some extent at least. TO the too
rapid execution % the order.
Orders xsre Even 80. a. =. the navy DsPa Art
on the Dolphin's scc9nn,. and hosch.. isii-
yiIixcStios. fSis.hood and abuse thai Was
heaped upon the heads Of President CleNe-
land Aad sscTytary Whitnsy for yon.eI ias
what they we're morally and legally bound
TO do in the promises. The utter and shame
ceIvsd when we remsmSer tina, Roach had
been paid FOE the other ships and tha, the
amount due and withheld on the Dolphin's
per Ssss. d Inc sssre ga I psy%snss on
the whole Iot Of vesssls Nothing could
ssss saTS mon. M S,sr Ssn Ss
isrss . coasraSs should have been the pros,
innate cause Of his failure. or ito immediate
excuse OF preteHt Imagine any sound bust
ness man falling because per cent. of has
receipts on a gwen Sontract had been with;
held temporarily How singtIlaTly true did
the remark Of the president OF our own com
pany then appear. that Uncle John was in
since the Dolphin's days 1t hiss been dis
covered that the method used In forging her
shaft was faulty the course nov pursued
In principle L. vas found that With the
advent q sieel instead OF iron. then well
than useless The Dolphin's shaft had been
made With the new tertal but with old
methods lis failure under stress was only
particular test IL would probably have
broken before a month of Use. have ~
sS,s Sesk s,S hSs s SSs oF ms
meta Ilur gists can be had that it, failure vas
aiken The lIiRE -, loose on The head of
President cleveland Included the ANA zing
statement that the shaft had been deliber-
atety broken by the engineers In charge for
the GOvernment IN order TO disrredit Roach
or 20 delay the coming OF the new navy II
not there re- s still aoms persons Who bsiisSe
h & hey re- not in padded cells either
The fact u. al The political shipynr ds
tive insignlncance The story q naval
waste. Destruction and ownrigh, theft |
NhHl prevailed from Ntfe iutfluif ot tue ttNll I
war till las. - terrible that one
of this generation Ould believe u The !
late 4 h. Mcclure. editor OF the Philsdel- F,
ph,a Ttmss. came near gong 20 tail for !
criminal libel for irving to tell one little /
subsection of subdivision Of u az the I
navy yard In the Quaker City IN tS11. IN
those halCNon aud VOctferous days the Law }
forbade new construction except bv Law. ,
though repairs could ~. ordered by the Z
~, retsry 81 the Navy of his own motion /
\ DELL belonging To- certain ship was
taksn from the PhilNdelphil yard 10 vii
mington and q Whole ship built around n /
In another c1-s some nuts on y cylinder ,
head were similarly handled. and the shtp !
built around them Hus. a. the other. CLASH !
fled under The account OF repairs The /
milk IN the COcosnut was that che Secre- /
Sry OF the Navy had practically full swing
in the matter NJ squa ndering on repairs .
but had 20 ask Congress for money for new
Const TIctton Small wonder that in the
old ma w some ships cost more for -reDatrs-
In ten yea ~ tbs "A their entire building charge
. Ia old spain and modern Rus-iR the one
hhan never forgiven vas he Who tried TO
prove that the existing order OF things
was not the best In modern America too
the principle prevails more widely than 10
and In all branches Of the Gov
eminent service. q I. r..
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