Coalville Times | 1906-12-14 | Page 2 | People Must Pay for It

PEOPLE MUST PAY FOR IT. Costs Government Twenty Million Dol-lara Dol-lara to Maintain tho Navy. Washington. It cost 10.COI,749 to keep tho ships of Unclu flam' naty In commission during the past lltc.il year, according to tho nnnunl report of I'aymnttrr General II. T. II. Harris. Tho battleship --io was thu most ex pensive craft, for It cost, to put her In commliilon nnd keep her In lerrlcu for twelve months, I7K.2IS. -- armored ar-mored cruiser Colorado, wa alto a cottly ship, o24,OS7 having been expended ex-pended on her during thu lltcal year. Admiral Schley's old flagship, tho Ilrooklyn, cost tJtf'J.tU to keep In com mission for onu yeur. Tho cruiser llaltlmorc, ot Manila bay nunc, required re-quired tho oipendlluro ot (320,091 to keep her In active service, and tho cruiser' Chicago, ono of tho first shlpt oi mo new imv). cost ja.,rji to Keep afloat nnd on nctlte duty