The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-27
SPANISH DOCK
BOUGHT BY new
YORK PARTIES
MOBILE MEN WHO SECURED 1T
FROM THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
HAVE NOW DISPOSED OF THE
DOCK TO JAMES sHEEHEN &
SONS AND 1T WILL BE ToWED
FROM HERE.

According to the Mobile Register and
other Mobile papers the Spanish float
ing dock, now at the Pensacola navy
yard, has been sold to James Shewan
& Sons of New York by Williams M,
Evans and associates of Mobile, who
submitted the highest bid, $4,000.
when the navy department called for
bids for it's disposal The department
was so long in announcing its decision
that last Saturdayn light the report
was circulated in Mobile that the de-
partment had rejected all Of the bids,
but this proved to be a false report,
as a local bidder has received his GER
titled check and a letter from the de-
partment, saying the bid of the Mobile
man was accepted.
The Mobile Register OF yesterday
contained the following regarding the
dock and It's recent purchase:
According to uncon1rmed reports
current in the city yesterday, the big
Spanish floating dry dock purchased
from the United States navy depart
ment by John T. Cochrane, Charles G.
OlIinger and William M. Evans, of this
city, has been sold to James Shewan
& Sons, of New York City, for a COT
sideration far above S31, 500, the bid
accepted by the government.
Mr.. Cochrane, is in New York on
business and MessrE. Ollfnger and
Evans did not care to discuss the re-
ported sale in his absence yesterday,
1t was definitely ascertain, however
that the reports originating at Pen
sacola, to the effect that the govern
ment had rejected all bids offered. and
would not sell the dock, are entirely
groundless.
Mr.. Cochrane in New York.
The sale of the dock to Mr.. Coch-
rane and associates was official con-
frmed by the secretary of the navy al
Washington over q week ago, and Mr.
Cochrane Is in possession Of the writ
ten confirmation
James Shewan & Sons, who are re.
| ported to have acquired the big dock
conduct an extensive docking bushes!
at the port of New York and arr
owners of several large dry docks
| The Pensacola dock, however, is one
| of the largest in use at any American
port, and Shewan & Sons, ii is stated
paid a price in excess of many othel
| offers which the slocal purchasers re
ceived once they had acquired thu
| dock.
The successful local bid, $31, 800, wa
! considered remarkably small for thu
huge dock, which was built in Engian.
for the Spanish government at a cos
| of half million dollars. The dock wa
| towed to Havana in 1897 and durin!
the Spanish-American war was cap
| tured by the United States forces.
| has been in use at Pensacola for sew
eral years at the navy yards, whici
were closed down by the government
| last y ear. The dock was considere'
rather inadequate for navy yard pur
| poses and the navy department adver
| tised for bids.
Two Mobile Bids.
Two local bids, for $31, 900 and $21;-
| 500, respectively, were the highest
The Ollinger & Bruce Dry Docks Com.
pany of this city offered the s31, 00i
bid, only a few hundred dollars les:
than the successful bid of Mr.. Coch-
| rane and associates. Had the Ollinger-
| Bruce Company been successful, 1t !:
understood, the big dock would have
become a permanent fixture in Mobile
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