Show lm O U S Nary ay n fur for Worth New ew Tork Feb AdmIral chief ot of the ordnance bureau has haa placed a contract with E W Dill Bliss Co or of Brooklyn for tor thirty d torpedoes for tor which the government will pI pay These torpedoes are nee needed oo for tor the battle of the Maine class which have been equipped with underwater discharge torpedo tubes The torpedoes which Co fill vill supply to the thc government wilt viii embody the most nd ad advanced features and It Is expected will have n a range much greater than nun that of the torpedoes now In service Each Elich battleship of th Mine dais bait two torpedo tubes so ao that the contract just placed will enable the issue Isue of five fC torpedoes to each vessel It Ills la proposed by the department to equip the battle battleships ships of the New Jersey Jerny du class and nd the armored crul cruisers rs of the Georgia class clus underwater discharge torpedo tubes Sixty torp torpedoes DH will be required for those thole vessels and will be contracted II for after the construction of the ships Is begun beun |