Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-18 | Page 7 | Will Rebuild Fleet

WILT 1111 HII Completes to In I Ships Shill St Petersburg Feb 17 The com corn commission mission of or naval defense baa bUK almost tin fin finished l Its slon of ot the plates IK for tor the tho n of the tho fleet It t Is rumored tint hat many of tho the ate are advocat advocating ing the tile construction or ot big and small battleships and a tI mosquito Hect but tits Ilia report of ot tho the commission will not net bo ho node madu public before Its submission to the duma The chief competition for tOl forthe tho the plans for rOl four battleships the con construction construction of ot which IR Is lato to bo he begun tills thin i year er has keen been closed the tho competitors of or the tho Russia RUlla being Sons Sous So ilK i and Maxim of ot England Representative of ot the tho Cramps Cramp and the t Newport News Now Shipbuilding com company compan company pany pan visited Russia to investigate the tho but buL they departed d last week finding they said that tho the condl condi condition tion were impossible from an nn Anion Ameri American cat can point of oC The Tho Americans however will bo ho SOl nor lous bus competitors for tho the construction of ot three largo submarines of tons long I or 01 more mOle Including the tho th 1908 program An American firm Arm Is it a 1 principal bid bidder bidder der In the competition for rol a 11 big blA order composed ot cartridge bolt equipment which was 45 closed today