Show I SEATTLE TO BUILD BIG BATTLESHIP Washington Jan 7 The navy de department department department has been informed that the citizens of Seattle have pledged them themselves themselves themselves selves to raise a a fund of to be paid to Moran Brothers the local ship building concern to enable them to ac accept accept accept the proposal of the navy depart department department department ment to build a battleship at the figure named In the act of congress To com corn comply comply ply with the departments require requirements requirements ments meats the Morans were wt re obliged to re reduce reduce reduce I duce their bid so 1 0 that even een with this bonus of the net re cc reduction reduction must m st be They accept accepted I ed these terms Nothing has been heard beard positively from the other bidders to whom simi similar similar similar lar proposals were addressed by the department but it Is very much doubt doubted ed that they will be able to accept In that case a n change In plans and re advertisement will follow to reduce the cost of the ships involving the sac sacrifice sacrifice of about 1500 tons displacement 1 Moran oran Brothers undertake to con construct construct construct a battleship for with 4 per cent added under the law allow allowing allowing ing that bonus Pacific coast con construction construction construction |