Show huge dock to be balat in america and floate I 1 to he I 1 the navy department w 11 soon call for bids for a huge floating dock to ac a 16 ton battleship to be built in tl e united states and floated over to tl e phil paines chis will be one of the largest floating dry docks ever constructed the amount available is 1 and admiral endicott of the bureau ot yards and docks has already completed the specifications under which the huge structure will be bu it whether t will be towed across the pacific or across the atlantic through the buz canal will depend upon the place of its construction but in any event the towing of th s gigantic steel structure such a distance will be a form dable undertaking |