New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
RECORD ORDER f0R
 WRsHIPs PLACED
|Gontl1ctoFs to Build Folr Battle
 m SiI Scout CruisdIs


 tarday by the navy department. out four great battle cruisers and six acouk eYutsers cq9SinG nearly $113,- 0oo.b bQo4... 1oe hSii1e and machinery alons and pledgsA thsmselves to keep 10 DOT cent. Of their working forces on navy c0nstructton. In response to m appeal to thslr pa4r1otiatn by Secretary Ddniels. the mator shipbuilders have agreed to ac- copt 10 per cont net proflt on tho but tl0 sGrnis0rA Whoae co4t will Tepreseht EA0Out $7e. .0oo, ,000 of the total sum |involvAd n tho contyaots. A. nth bat11e cruaser will hes buiit It the Philadelphia Navy Yard. 70 as not to straln tho fac4lities oe prtvats es- |tabllshIneut1. sasss sassa Thes buiId1rs are baeieged with oness II nAEnhant wofk md axe got- (ting - 1hfgh aS 50 per cont pr0nt on thee 3obs with moro work in si4ht than they can do. They have placed tllaGg 1aciltt3es ats tho disposal 0f the IxOvern1ner,t, making it unneeeasaxy for the preaadent to considsr employ ing authority D cosnmandser p3aats
 36 Kno< OEuissEs. Ss Both classes of crnisers 6rdered yss- |terday are Of new types and arc d. Esiened for . speed Of 5S knots n hour. Tho scouts were awarded on bids. pricea ranging from 36. 950. 900 Ito $5.9st,000 and stipulated tims of delivery from thirty to thirty-two |months. These figures can be no |guide to the actual cost or time. how lover, n under the emergency clause Tor tho naval appropriation bill con- struction win De hastened to the limit the government footinG the hiil for additional cost.
 1usn Away Fxiva4e Work. The shipbuildsrs havins made fln- enciaI 1acrifices to meet the govern na1ut's HesAn. Gecsetary paniela is seeking similar agreements with tho O0sltrActorss who supply mat essinl md cQ1ipment to 70 in2 the ship4 @ The orde9s w1lt be diats1hutsd among the |contxactoru no that no ono company win bs unduly hurdSned In addition tilroueh conferences now in prograe1. its is hopod to secure an agroameut unaoe wlseA ' NAt ra1e ,of pro6t VIII ba axad on 4heoe mAteriAlas and goy-s ernn1 Tt oeAers be aaaurod of fif1t Econalderation.
 The piaas for tAo three 43.eeo-ton dreadnouehts arc not completed. At EloAst two. poe1lhly all three will haxe. sto 10 to eoysfntneut yassdA although that peint hay not bsen aAaily de- cided. Tho depaI tment has available . 313.ooo. 900 additional apprcpria- ton for fitting yards for this work. In addition . considerable number of destroyers and submarines must be laid down at the yards. as the pri- vate plants are overtaxed with the work before them.
 Tha hattlo cruisers, the lixed limit Of oost of which ia e.0oe.e00 per slip. exclusivo of apoedinoeup ex- penue. wore placeA n follows: New-s inort NsWx ohipbuilding and Dry Dock ccmpany. two shlps: Fora River Ghip- buiidink CorpoFa4aon one ship; New York ahapbuildang company. ono ship.
 Wlfh tho 0xception Of tho New yorsk company. eanh pTtsate builder will have to install hewsways end ma chtuefy for tho huso craft. Tho oov- ernmAut Nill bear ita fur shars of this expGuse. AIrAAdy m aDproprta. ton of 3e.0ee.0 900 haa bean ordsred exDanaed to sQuip the Philadelphia yayd for capital Shjpb building.
 FouP ol tho scout cruisers VIII ne8 Lg1Jt Dn tAe PnciAe Coast oy tho eoa1fao Conotructacn company and tvo by tho Union Iron Works It San Droncdsco. The other two VIII pc butt by yV1lliam Cramp | 6ops' Fhil.
 Cramps and the Union Iron worhs may be called upon also to build q. number jof deStroyers. Tn Addiuoni to the fifteen destroyers authorised by the last navel appropriation bill, the. dennrfnont iA planning 70 con- struct nany craft of this type, unAer the eu1slI boat appropriations Tn the bulfdiue program there remAin to bo coutxacted for three dreadnoug ghta. thiftv.eisht submarines. the nfteen 6esfroyors and several eauxihAFy sves- seis. Bids win be opened eerly In April on thsse craft and at the same tune orders will be placed Tor more than 100 coast patrol boats. \ com- mittes of small buat buildsrs atfoady has approved the plans for these craft, which will bo of high speed and no feet in length. ansurtng g0od sea- going qualities. Tue ultimate cost to the severn ment of the ships ordered today VIII exceed by many millions the ngures efven for hull and machinery. It will cost s4eS. .eea per ship to arm and eauip the scouts, and $b,337.61O ad- Iiffonai for each battle craiser. = .- :
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