Show I I. I r t BIDS BID'S th fOR I NEW NE I WASHINGTON Dec 2 The Tho Tho port Newport Shipbuilding and Dock and ry corn com company pany pan submitted the only bids for foi tho the or of th the new ton ton O-ton battleship battleship battle battlo- ship authorized to lo be constructed at a a a. private shipbuilding plant The bids wen e eI opened at the navy department depa I The Tho oth other r battleship authorized at tho the last ses session lon of or congress will bo be built at th the x New York navy yard ard The Tle Newport News lews submitted four bids tw two for construction entirely according according- to government plans and anti two with hull and equipment of government plans The lowest bid for the former farmer was 5 with Curtiss turbine engines Tho The lowest bid under the other plan wa was with Curtiss engines The Tho com company pan u agreed L to construct the battle battle- in m tun Ly- Ly and twenty one knots speed It It is b believed at nt the tho navy department that lack of competition for the con con- tracts taets was due to the provision in the thena thena- na val al appropriation bill stipulating that the work must be done In fri accordance wll wIth the eight hour eight hour laxy R. R As a all tho the proposals' proposals of the tho Newport News Shipbuilding company compan arc are ln r the limit pr prescribed in the law aw the company will m receive c the contract The two battleships will be bo the largest t vessels in the the- United United- States States navy Davy and much more powerful than tho the Wyoming or the I Arkansas s t types pes of tons I |