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Show NAVAL ESTIMATES AU.OST COMPLETED WAM..NGTON, fcPt - o. Estimates for tho-malntenan of the. navy for tlr next fiscal year have been completed with one Important exception, namely, the provision pro-vision for the ronatru.'t.on of ncsi alilpe-Thia alilpe-Thia Hew, haa tx-en permitted to remain open, awaltlnar th personal eonatderatton nt HrM ftrv Mever. and it Is said that he will take up tha subject In the course of a week or so. " It ta pretty well understood tha the aeeretarv will adhere to the rorjm which has e-merned for ths ntt few vars and sus;aet to comrreas the addition addi-tion of two Arst rlaas battleship and a correapondlna number of suhmartn-a, Jor. pAdn boat destroyers, colliers and other auxiliaries. Thse battleships will prohahly he of about the alse of the New Tork and Texas lust betnc laid down at New York and Newport New. thous-h strong pressure Is blns; brought to bear to have the else I InereseM to 3.,oo tons Id ordr to aivi I the phtps more armor protect ton than t planned for the New York type, aa well aa more and heavier guna. |