Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-03
WAR INCREASES COST
BUILDING WARSHIPS
NOT EXPECTED BE CHEAPER
construction bureau Chief Docs Not
I.Sk for End OF Ilostiiiii,- Ia
Result In Is-srning soon.

WASHINGTON Jan . War con.
o.iiuns have brought about an enor-
NOUS Increase In tho cost OF building
V.trShipa Rear Admiral Taylor. chief
Of the bureau OF construction and re-.
nltr. told the house naval committee
Today IN discussing the 1890 naval
appropriation bill. llo estimated
that the hulls ana machinery OF the
10 hattleShlps and sir cruisers au-
~ orized IN 1915 would cos, nearly
1850. 600. 900 more than estimated. an
increase ~ almort 90 per cent
Admiral Taylor said he did not
mink II was likely that the end Of
los'ilities would result IN anv speedy
reduction In costa After the CiNll
uar. he said. there was no nppreci-
able lowering of costa of labor and
material within three years
The hattl-uhip Mississippi "a new
shin delivered last YEAR, was built
on contract for ti,lib0OO,' the nd
miral said but IN" company which
built u lost a large sum ~ money
and when bids on the hattlcshlp
california and Tennessee were asked
for. no contractor submitted n bid
under the estimated cost of $500.
OOd The government then decided
4, build them In It's own navy yards,
and the cost will amount To probably
,ll.25O. 900 each, an increas. of ~
per cent over the estimated cost
New Nc-%cls Cost More.
''rhe same ncrense win apply
probably to capital ships authorized
IN the 1916 threo.ycar program For
the 10 hattlezhips and six battle
cruisers provided In this program !
imagine the increase will amount 10
AZ. las. "A
the hulls and machinery alone
would not venture To ray how much
the Increase will be for the armor
ana armament, hut will make in
oulr,es ana let the committee know
Admiral Taylor aid the cost OF
constructing merchant ships has In
creased from STb Ia t200 a ton, while
IN. cost of battleships has Increased
less than 80 per cent This has been
accumulated, he said, by exercising
the greatest economy possible IN the
government navy wards and by close
.uperyisinn In private yards which
are building battlcships ON III" cost
plus' basis
THE original estimates for the hat
,le.hips colorado, MARYLAND. wash
inytnn and West virginia, on whirh
construction has been started Al
tnirnl Taylor said was 81 100000
II IL doubtful n they can he com
pleteh for less than slS,55o,OoO.
~ there has been an increase or
1850 00O GOO over the estimated cost
W the 1916 thrce-year program, what
will the Increase he In the three year
program iust recommended by Sec
rstary Daniels" asked Represents
tive uutlcr OF PENNSYLVANIA
Cannot W. Ruiit Cheaper.
The cost is estimated NJ $4,000
600 hut the estimates for the indl-
Nidual ships are not much hrger
than for those made In the 1915 pro
gram surely they can not he MADE
any cheaper than those being con
s,ructed now
Admiral Taylor replied that ther"
may be large reductions In the cost
o, construction before the program
IL started The 1919 program VIII
not he completed until is23, he 1ld,
and the new program can not he pui
into fun swing before the present is
out of the way. Contracts for all
ships authorized In the 1916 program
have been let except for two battle
ships. ~ torpedo boat destroyets
submarines and s auxiliary vessels.
the witness said OF all the vessels
authorized In 1918, the battle cruis
ef,owlll be completed last