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Show the new turbine motors, the latter to be supplied by an American company. Another feature was the submission of a statement from one of the largest bidders to the effect that they had satisfied sat-isfied themselves that no less than 25,-000 25,-000 horse-power would be required to drive j the big ships at the calculated speed thus verifying the estimates of Engineer-in-Chlef Melville. . $25,000,000 WORTH OF WARSHIPS ARE ASKED FOR. Bids Opened in Presence of Host of Shipbuilding People. ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Bids for building J2o,000,000 worth of warships were opened at the Navy, department yesterday In the presence of representatives representa-tives of nearly every shipbuilding concern con-cern of note in America. There were a host of sub-contractors who supply structural material for the big ships. The bidding was close and exciting. A feature of the event was thesub-mlssion thesub-mlssion of a proposition to supply the enormous horse-power required to drive the Tennessee and Washington, the speediest ships of war the United States navy will have on Its lists, with |