Show NEW BATTLE SHIPS One Will Probably Be Built at San Francisco Fran-cisco WASHINGTON Jan 6A representative tive of the Union Iron works of San Francisco Fran-cisco called on Secretary Tracy today andS and-S gave areason why one of the new vessels on which bids had been offered the battleship I battle-ship Iowa and cruiser Brooklyn should be built on the Pacific coast The bids were opened on Dec 15 and some comment i com-ment was caused by the delay of Secretary Tracy in awarding the contracts It was the intention of the secretary t award the contractstoday but in view of the desire of the Union Iron works one of the bidders bid-ders to show the necessity for constructing I construct-ing one of the vessels on the Pacific coast I action was postponed The impressionS impression-S prevails that one of the vessels will be I built at San Francisco I |