Show TO OPEN BIDS FOR TORPEDO destroyers new york aug 31 bids for tho the construction of ten torpedo destroy ers every one of which must bo be at least four knots faster than tho the lusitania and equipped with apparatus for burning oil as well as coal and which are to be tho the largest ever built for the american navy will be opened tomorrow the vessels are to cost each alid for every knot that the vessels lose on any of their trial trips trip under the contract speed the builders will haw have to forfeit of I 1 the contract price to the government the plans and specifications for the vessels are being kept secret by the navy department and they were submitted in confidence to the bidders it Is known however that tile the vessels must have a trial displacement of at i least cast tons and that they must attala attain on those trials tests teats a maximum speed of 29 12 1 2 knots an hour a speed that will make them among tho the fastest war craft ever constructed in this or any other country |