| Show IllOSIECTIVE VAIl SHUS I flrmi that Sucttitfull Bid on Monitor AlVrd for New Estimates f lr > Utxl In I ari Iho Ue erel llhtlf < vlilllllr at the roar fro yoviell 1eareinker Nw Ycrtt Nor ISA ipedal to the Tribune Mass Wejhlnfton eaxn I Secrrtary I < ona Wmwrrow will end as lllr W each of Ih four firms Ihrt Also cunl contrarli tail month to bullJ the I single turret mrMllor asking them hi I ntlmvil Ih tncrea e < l come lmprove1 I vrieli on imdinrl line Just Coined by the board of Construction wt lie we 1 mean In the meantime undr ditto Ilion I-lion from thst department work will nvt be begun on the Arkauaa the Onnevtlcut the Vlorida nod th wy omln utcll the MW estimates crop To rrivrd land conalltrr1 by the eitxhorl site Itffor the oMracta for 111 < 0 vnret were reJ DO early 1 go October 4 the Tribune cvillrd oUeil lu Ih fie hit the segregate sit thbMii fji I he Iur nlo101II was only I eXlUW 1Vln a urviu of more than IIMO r 000 oust nt the Il000nu0 appropriated W bond 1 nret elate I vc l Figure pre i pared by naval experts wre prntned I at that time heMraic H Was entirely feaiitile by show application WIII our plate before the nxrlricli were roadi to add aixhr turret nl double the coal 1 I of thealle mult yam mtkltg them larger and better than she Monterey and I Momilnork whb ti had loot been Pop Dlr IM Iho Ilrinr In hold Moilla l andre to and-re ur vessels ft three tlnva the elite Capacity of the Amphltrlle the f > noniah bond ilia Terror Arms fir fa t perkir to them In forml lability and value as warphlim Th legal airtho1 tie or the navy department however dI Ited It later ppeared on Inurtl tlnl conrtlfraOon that rho nimravta must too l awarded for the vessels no originally deetgniJ although M month I scatter through the rfor a of lh Ttlb i in I lwv > knit had Ixm added to We I peed or Ih hirtlehlpi by n RUUHH I lnlllII with that promised by th I misMore I bLoon offer the wmracia stfl > fierul eJ the naval auiAorlllm become mrs I vin1 that it wvmld be unwise ro buM the veMli nccordlnc t 4110 original plan U one of the omtrarior come I 1 < 4hKiiliD and Showed that he Could easily tncretiM ilia veMl ats the mrrnloni aunTlrl In thr Tribune without irredlnx rho original appro rrMtkin bar Conferees He imi i dImply d-Imply I to lernthen base vexel I And I u11 iMher turrit reJurlnc she cxallber ot Ills Kima from swerve lirhti to Ira Inrlien lie Allowed lint Ih new n Inch nilem with Xtrxer chirirea of inokcleai imwder wuuld he much more Powerful han the IMniJi rum of t leiriiin wtilrh II fine twain prseed la put Into the orlclnal venel and till piulect met with mrh favor thai th i upi iad Irinl I tJolotlon Iu bulll < i < better vhlpa with Cho noonY In han1 I quickly 1 dlaippiarrd I 8e < retary lon I lherui I m dlrricnl the bullden 10 delay de-lay I beilnnlnir the hli and referred Ih 0 whol 10 uuertlon Otwo nwre to the board I at conlruKlon at lh jnu I lint arjwunclnit We ddrrrnkmlKon Iu build tile beat 1 hills that could W M cum alll veM < rho Tnximed pun dor < ed rb the boosted of comtrurtun cull for vewli of 490 tar iMIad of > 7M lona wXh a total capacity ad 0 lorn I Iwtiad of roo ton lIvIng a rank ot Ac 0xi ei I rexlln 0 ki > < i at 10 knot iptol which equals that ot the MAirolna P tlehlp Iowa Two turrvti mh two i 10 Inch gum rep acv the single ijnch turret The ortallal l opald 1 of twilv kraolm l ti retained vnvtwlllrg eniktr > and Contra I of 1300 hon lower lnrteil o JIOO The hull has Irn l nutrlally I lNinhn M send bruuden1 said th drub he Clean Increaud front 1 feettalroarliestalAftfAillresh lathe i rrow dtalign she Pilotft4yf dttk li 214 111 il j thick lMleii1 of IU Inchei and I the Interior bracing of th vessel li I mid slightly heavier and stronger The estimated coot 01 Ih Is armor Ir the original design was 1110 o I Is I cakului ihal this will h I Increaitd tu 1117000 for the larger vtwli and lilts rail together with the other added ad-ded wlghla which were deemed men tint to the Improved nimllon may comiul the department la aik Congress 10 nmuv ilia unprecodenteil nilrlc lon which were madr In the appro prlatlon for this vessels Up tu this little the niprvprUllon bllli for all narthlp hiv provided a limit for the hull engine and bollr exclusive of armor und umiimtnt but Ih act of jilts > 4 IU prutldlng fir tour harbor defena vessels illpulalrd that they ihouhl coil 1 rchiilv of Armament not ioKllng II UOOOO each although In the earn art uruvlalon w made for billleihlpa to coil eiclttilve of armor ar-mor and armament no exceeding n oooooo U is I believed that the eseeptain In I the case of the monitor uaa du lat la-t clerioal error 101 In any eycnt u occur oc-cur In tile law and cannot too traded tur The ontraotofi for the four nwnllori with that amount of their bid an aa tollityll jho Arkansas Newport Niw Ci ticoooo ih ronniiiaui liaih Iron GOO 0 IMOOOO the Florida L Ion Nli I r 123000 the Wyoming Union Iron worka 1171009 |
