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Show HUGE FLOATING DOCK. Nnvy Department Will Call for Bids for Construction. Washington, Aug. 4 Tho Navy department de-partment will soon cull for bids for n huge floating dock to nccommiilnto a IfiOOO-ton bnttleshlp, to be built In the United St ites nnd floated over to the Philippines. This will ho one of tho largest floating dry docks ever constructed. con-structed. The amount nvnllablo Is Jl.SlO.OOO. and Admiral Endlcott of the bureau of yards and elncles hns nliendy completed tho specifications under which the huge structure will be built. Whether It will bo towed ncross the Puclfio or ncross the Atlantic through tho Suez canal will depend upon Hie place of Its construction, but In nny event the towing of this gigantic steel structure such n distance will be u formidable for-midable undertaking. |