History of the manufacture of armor plate for the United States navy . been prolonged,the ships could not have been available for that war, andby reason of the delay will not be finished in the con-tract time. The dilatory action of Congress may also re-sult in claims for damages from the shipbuilders in con-sequence of the Governments neglect to provide the ar-mor on schedule time. RUSSIAN CONTRACTS FOR AMERICAN ARMOR. The extremely low price, $249 per ton, at which theBethlehem Iron Company contracted in December, 1894,to furnish the Russian Government with about 1,500 tonsof nickel-steel ar
History of the manufacture of armor plate for the United States navy . been prolonged,the ships could not have been available for that war, andby reason of the delay will not be finished in the con-tract time. The dilatory action of Congress may also re-sult in claims for damages from the shipbuilders in con-sequence of the Governments neglect to provide the ar-mor on schedule time. RUSSIAN CONTRACTS FOR AMERICAN ARMOR. The extremely low price, $249 per ton, at which theBethlehem Iron Company contracted in December, 1894,to furnish the Russian Government with about 1,500 tonsof nickel-steel armor, of which only about one-third wasHarveyized, and which was mainly of very plain andeasily made shapes, was one cause of bringing the ques-tion of the price of armor to the attention of Congress,and has led many persons to feel that our own Gov-ernment should be able to purchase its material fromhome manufacturers at an equally low price. Plausibleas this contention may appear a fair consideration ofthe facts will justify the action of the Bethlehem ARMOR PLATE FOR THE NAVY. 18 The great improvement in armor made in the UnitedStates by the introduction of nickel, and continued bythe application of the Harvey process, was well knownto the Russian Government and made it desirous of put-ting American-made armor on its ships. When the in-vitation to bid on armor plates was received from Russiain December, 1894, work on pending contracts with theUnited States was rapidly drawing to an end, and therewas no prospect of receiving other orders from that sourceuntil additional ships should be authorized by the Bethlehem Iron Company was about to suffergrievously by being compelled to shut down its armorplant because of the course pursued by the Governmentin establishing a second plant and dividing its orders,whereby neither plant could be kept steadily these circumstances it was extremely desirable toobtain outside work in order to employ an
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