. The railroad and engineering journal . ds werereceived, the Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Me., offering tobuild them for $780,000 each, but requiring two years andsix months time instead of two years. The WilliamCramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company, Phila-delphia, offered to build the same vessels for $875,000each. For the 3,000-ton ships only one bid was received,the Cramp Company offering to take them at $1,225,000each. As the limits set by law were $700,000 and $1, respectively, none of the bids could be accepted. New bids have been called for, and will be received untilOctober
. The railroad and engineering journal . ds werereceived, the Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Me., offering tobuild them for $780,000 each, but requiring two years andsix months time instead of two years. The WilliamCramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company, Phila-delphia, offered to build the same vessels for $875,000each. For the 3,000-ton ships only one bid was received,the Cramp Company offering to take them at $1,225,000each. As the limits set by law were $700,000 and $1, respectively, none of the bids could be accepted. New bids have been called for, and will be received untilOctober 26. In these the conditions are somewhat modi-fied. In the first place, the time is made two years sixmonths instead of two years ; the minimum speed hasbeen reduced from 18 to 17 knots an hour, and the shipswill not be rejected unless they fall short of 16 will be a premium of $25,000 for each quarter-knotover the prescribed speed, and a penalty of $10,000 foreach quarter-knot below it. It is hoped that, with these. tMim:Ⓜ️AMmm^ PNEUMATIC CARRIAGE FOR 8-IN. GUN, U. S. NAVY. 335 ft. long, 38^ ft. in width, and i6| ft. mean without side armor, she has a protective deck,varying in thickness from 4 in. over the engines to 2 in. atthe extreme ends, and the coal bunkers are so arranged asto protect the machinery. The ship is divided into numer-ous water-tight compartments, and has the latest approvedarrangements for ventilation, electric light, etc. She has three masts, provided with fighting tops, carry-ing mounts for machine guns. The masts will be riggedfor fore-and-aft sails, but the sails will not be relied onfor motive power, being only sufficient to steady the shipin heavy weather. The Philadelphia has twin screws, each driven by aseparate triple-expansion engine, with cylinders 38 in., 56in. and 86 in in diameter and 40 in. stroke. The enginesare supplied with steam by four boilers, each 14 ft. indiameter and 20 ft. long. With forced draft the b
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