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Show 00 NEW CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR DRY DOCK Washington. March I'l As the result re-sult of conferences between Rear Admiral Ad-miral Stanford, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, and S G Hindes. president of the San Francisco Bridge company, contractor for the const rucs-tlon rucs-tlon of the great Pearl Harbor dry dock, a complete change of the plan of work is to be made if Secretary Daniels approves. The recent accident to the great dock demonstrated the Impractlca-' Impractlca-' bllity of laying the concrete flooring j through pipes from the surface of the j water. It Is now contemplated to ; pave the bottom of the dock with , great monoliths of concrete some of I them weighing as much as 150 tons j each These blocks are to be united Into one great monolith by filling the I Interstices with liquid cement, which is expected to Insure a water tight and strong bottom The change of plan. It is believed. Will not involve additional OOSl and will not delay the completion of the I dock beyond tho time recently Set. |