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Show Government Can Find Nobody Wants to Pay Much for Hog Island Washington, oci 10. onij two 'bids, hotli of which w r. j, e , d v. o received todav l fhi shipping h lard ifor the great Hog Island shipbuilding (plant neai Philadelphia. I The Barde Brothets Bteel corporation, corpora-tion, of New York, bid n flat ?i 000 000 and the .W-w Jeie M:n-ilnery Bxohange ot Newark, bid 14,200,760 As the plant cost the government $7.-000. $7.-000. 000 when It was built during tlu-war. tlu-war. the bids were regarded by Chairman Chair-man Denson as cntireiv Inadequate. The Barde company's offer was the onlj bid which had r.een submitted when the hoard met to receive the tender-, after thi bid had been opened, open-ed, the Newark company siibmlttod Its loffer 1 Failure of the hoard to receive hi I advantageous offer for the ard probably prob-ably will result iii the property being lensr.j i the sinii.in' board Chairman Chair-man Lienson has st-'it. 1 thai such a proposition was under consideration ' Before the hid wai ope M d notice .was given by attorneys ot Prank Zei-ler. Zei-ler. of Philadelphia, that litigation nf-fectlng nf-fectlng the title to the propeitj waa ipenoing in the courts of Pennsylvania. |