Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-15 | Page 7 | To Build Gunboat at Mare Island Yard

TO BUILD GUNBOAT AT MARE ISLAND YARD Vallejo Cal Aug 14 H.- H. Mare Maro ar Island na navy vy yard ard received orders toda today from i Washington to proceed with construction construction construe construe- tion of the gunboat Monocacy as ag previously pro pro- loush directed l Tho rho contract was awarded two months ago but the tho Seattle Construction Construe Construe- tion Uon and Drydock company which had bid 1000 higher tItan than tho government govern govern- ment mont prote protested ted on the ground that the tho work could not be done within the figures figurs fig fig- ur ures urs s named l A committee of or investigation gation laUon was named and the tho orders re received re- re today are arc the findings