The Oregon daily journal., March 13, 1908, Page 20, Image 20

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THE- OREGON -A DAILY - JOURNAL PORTLAKD, ; FRIDAY EVENING, . MARCH ,13, 1003,
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GUILD AT
Government Urged by Teeh-
nicaL Publication to Have
. Work Done Under Naval
: Supervision Better lie
t suits Are Obtained.
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From the Scientific American.
Popular fallacies die hard, especially
. -when th.y are kept alive by persistant
," and 'Interested ml.repre.eniauon. . a
" notable Instanc. of this la the stste-
jnaot . often made J00 ."Wei br
"""lleVed. that It costs' a greet deal mora
' Md UkM considerably longer to build
a battleship at a. government navy jmra
than It does' at prlvaU shipyard. There
wa time, It la true, when navy 1 ffra-
built ahlpa were very costly," and took
. u unconscionable lima w orapim,
but that waa over JO years ago, wn.n
. political control of navy yarda was ram-
nant and before a certain oourageoua
lnm mvaJ oonatructor. who later be-
' chief constructor of the navy,
", undertook the taak of rescuing our navy
. -rda from political control, reforming
their many abunea and putting th.m in
. flrat class worsmg "! . .
It we the regeneration of these yards
which rendered It possible for them to
take hold or tne nigneai
rk &nd comDlete It in tne .am.
- and for only slightly mmtMi, than
w. our otivata yarda. This
waa clearly proved, some yeara later,
In the construction of the law modern
battleship, the 0",nctLouSvt,ihi
Now York navy yard, when the work
: waa carnea mroun -w .Vv.n
that tha rivate yard which had tajk.n
tha contract for the aleter ship had to
Stood Itself to the utmost to keep pace
with tha governmeoi-Duuv .my.
Cna.Ua Competltloa-
One of tha main objects rf giving
Xrd. was" To SoTtS? prlvat. builder'.
ISmS activity! for Sp to that Umo
it waa a notorious fact that tha govern
11 wrV ... V wnrk waa treated aa a
kind of atandhy n the-private yarda
the first attention being given to order.
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Madam LIJMan Blaurelt, Charming American.
Hellig. Tonight.
Lyric. Soprano, at the
whether ha good a ahlp can bo built at
our navy yarda ns at the private yards.
ferhapa the moat conclumve teat of
this point la to compare the actual coat
of repalra on theae two ahlDs since their
'Completion. Fortunately the figures
are available; for tha same report give,
the coat of such repairs-for the Con
necticut aa 194.114. 5 and -for the
Lioulaiana aa $1 10.C00.lt. a difference
of about. IT ner cent In -favor of the
Connecticut Aa a matter of fact, the
comparison Is mora favorable than
appeara on the face, and this for the
reaaon tnat tne totaia for the Connec
ticut Include reDalra mad neccaaarv
by her having been run aground dur
ing tna
Iaat aummer. an accident
for private Ilrmt m fTf0 ruction wh,ch ot courae. 1. In no aense charare-
tha r-CnneUctttlr .out "S ab, tf th Wilir of the work of the
has acted aa a most uI- ship itself,
tha prlvate.yards and our tUtest war-
f . St bulirin from 60 to 0 per cent creased coat of the Connecticut it la
toSln.f- im- takiS to T build tha earlier bt fair to draw attention tothe fact
of the time taken to ouua u i thB k-..i.i.i
:hW.rrgmnoVtVfti iJLrW..K?ka
the "vc?n"''u,wr JJno aubaequently the aam. waya. These are expenses due
Francis T. Bowlea, wno t0 ork f Drorrletarv klhd: to the
?Yh rr.t ahlnvard. upon Proviaion or special tool. In th
fu.?5.?f ' .SVai raS h1"'' "d apeclal applla,
. which tha government depends mainly j
for tha construction oi ,"7
Tha most complete and convincing pre
enttlon of the argument. In favor
It ntvy"bullt ahlp. U that mad. by Mr.
Bowlea in tna year 100 before ,oon-
, "rewlSnal committee on
' ? . -T.-.-j ,n .nmMfr thla aueatton.
appuinicu iC ii.tinii im In
the yard which, once built.
ma-
noea in
will be
available for subsequent ships. .
Thus, tha preparation of slip, crfb
bing and scaffolding cost over IS9.000
for the Connecticut a. asalnst J12.000
ior tna Louisiana, ao also the cost of
preparinriamcning ways and launch
iliit now when the oueatlon la again ag tha ahlp coat over 100 per cent more
befnV s!a1tated."lt woSld be Impossible for the navy yard ahlp. There would
to find a petter uranw
'thla testimony Oi tn riu-.
In his evldene. befor. tha omnlttoe,
Mr Bowles stated that th. firat ad
Wan'taga of building ahlp. In
' i. ,h. It maintains the efficiency Of
tha mechanical force and of the plant
and ahopa "The reaaon we ""vy
Yards 1. to provide our.elvea with the
mea "a of aqulpplng and keeping our
hin. In mnA order for curpoiei CI
war: and with that end In view, and
In tha light of our recent exjperlencaa.
It 1. essenUal that, the organisation of
a mechanical force and the equipment
should, be kept In an efficient condition.
BoU4 All, tits Tims. '
V ' "Now If. In the., yard which art
eaaential to the object of tne navy, we
ahould xi
be bo such difference in the caae of
the next battleship to be built on these
aame launchlna wava. A an In In the
nrenaratlon Of heda anil ,rmtlnr th
list showa a cost of $11,000. or about
100 per cent mora, for the Connecticut.
This item probably 'refers to the beds
on which the engines wer built; yet
tnene beds are now a cart or tne per
manent plant of the erecting .hop. and
lnle'd are now being uaed for building
the engines for the collier Vestal. It
would be possible to follow this com
pnrlson further If we had time, and
show that If the cost of these prelim
inary preparations and ot special toola
and. appliances were charged to the
plant o the yard, to which they .proper
ly belong, the difference of five per
cent oiween tne Connecticut ana tne
Louisiana would not be a little reduced.
Bnlldlng Other Ships.
The official record of the building of
the other twenty-one beat known ships
in tne navy snows tnai not
V If' it ; does, you should
try Dr. . Miles' !Anti-Pain
Pillat J iWhy ot Tdo; stf
0hey Vwill ' relieve '-.'the'
pain in just a few min-
' ,utcs. - Ask your druggist
.THero are 45,000 druggists
in the XIV S. !A.sk any ; of
them. , !A! package of 25
doses costs 25 cents. One
tablet usually stops a
headache. They relieve
pain without leaving any'
disagreeable after-effects .
isnt that what r you
want!
"My son Frank Snyder has used
Tr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills for a' long
time. Ha never had a-.nhlng to
belp him so much for headache. A,
rear ago ha cams home, and I was
down sick with such a dreadful nerv
ous headache. Ha gave ma ona of
the Antl-Pa(n Pills, and after while
Z took another and was entirely re
lieved. I always keep them In th.
house now, and gave many away to
Others suffering with headache."
MBS. LOUISE) LETWXLLTN,
Powell, South Dakota,
Your druoalat aalla Dp. MlUa luM.
Pain Pllla, and wa authorize him to
return tha price of flrat package (only)
If It falls to benefit you. .
Miles Medica; Co., Elkhart, Ind
costs the two corporations about that
much money each year for . rentlnv
buildings, it la probable that tha booth
win De purchased, .
The city executive board's committee
on city hall, and County Clerk Fields
met yesterday and received bids for
the booths. The Willamette Tent and
Awnlna comoanv waa tha lowest bidder
on the 100 tents, booths and tables with
a bid of $2,012. Jennlng A Sons and
Meier & Frank bid on chairs, stoves,
lamps and other articles needed for the
booths.
one of
KISES AT THE DALLES
.rlM TorarBVo! NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Heattln, and the Georgia built by the
Bath Iron works of Bath. Maine, were
over throe years longer building than
tne contract.
The New Jersey built by the Fore
River Shipbuilding company at Fore
UIA Un.a..hiia.ll. ana. ka. -l J-l
Jiv;i, uiannnv uo'Ji 10, aim lilt? Vir.lIlIB
built by the Newport News company at
Newport News, Pennsylvania, were over
two yeara longer building than the
Connecticut, although the Connecticut
is larger tnan any of these ahips by
fifteen feet in length, by seven and
one half inches In beam, by nine Inches
in draft, the displacement being 1,000
tons greater, the coal carrying capacity
unrig larger uy ouu tons.
BUY BOOTHS ALL
THE SAME PAY RENT
aaaaaaiaamMa-aa-BBBBW
The city and county will be able in
purchase 100 votlna- booths and em. In.
ment for $2,875 and. Inasmuch as It
(Special Dltnatch to Tbs Journal.)
The Dalles, Or., March 1$. Work has
commenced on the new school building
on west lentn street, in mis city. This
will be a wooden bulldlna. costing IK-
000, exclusive of furnace, lighting, sew
erage or furniture. There are 1,44
school children in this district, and the
other school buildings -were overcrowd
ed. There are now three brick school
buildings here and one frame buildin
mere is not a nner High 8c
lng in the state outside of Portland
than the one here, which cost tio.ooo
It is well eaulPDCd with all modern an.
pliances.
The school building in course bf con
struction will be completed by August 1
Painful, rrarklnr. rhunnln. t.nrf.. aki.
healed health br Sttln akin cream. 25c.
Spectacles $1.00 at Metiger's.
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We are showing MORE styles
and BETTER styles1 than ever
at this low price. Don't let
the modest price deter you as
you will find the IDENTICAL
fabrics and patterns in up-town
stores at $15 and $20
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD ITS SO
3d and Gal.
Island Yamhill
keep a vessel
all tha time,
or two vesaeis
building all tha time, we wouia nav.
a nucleus or a corapioi .urw, im i.
would be necessary In order to do that
with a reasonable degree of economy
that our yards should ba kept In good
'. order. .'.' .
'The fact that a vessel. Is building
In a navy , yard makes It oosslble to
conduct thai repair work of the fleet
' economically and rapidly: because, If a
' vessel comes' In for repairs, as soon as
It Is determined what Is necessary to do
tha force Is available and every shop
Is In working order, and the chances
ara that there Is a stock of material
on hand of every kind that would be
needed to make those repairs. The
matter of having the material on hand
Is ona of tha most essential Items In
. carrying on work rapiaiy.
"The third advantage Is that the
amount, expended for repairs will be
. reduced by tha fact of having ships
building In tha yard. That may seem a
curious thing, but It Is perfectly true
' that if you have got enough to do to
keep an , af flclent f orpe at work there
Will ba no tendency wnaiever to mag'
nlfy repair work or even to devote at
tentlon to considering what Improve'
: innt pun ba made in existing ehlna.
"Tha fourth advantage In carrying on
new work in the navy yards is that It
. enables the government to maintain a
high standard of workmanship and de-
iiirn hv which the contractors can
' made to conform to what Is necessary
""under -their contracts and -1 consider
' this a great advantage.
MAtifyj. ; yrorldag .Training.
' "I Vlll' combine that with tha fifth
Item on my list; tnat ouuaing ani
in n.w vards provides a training for
those who must inspect .tha contract
work. -1 maintain that a man Is unfit
n ka Hivtrtiment insDector. to tell
tha contractor how his work shall be
dona and what is accepiaoie ana wnai
v . not acceptaoia unless no ua imu
that kind, of work himself.
- "Tha next advantage to the govern'
' ment In dolna the work Is that no
profit has to ba made. The cost of In'
MrMnn can also be- saved. When
S ship Is built by, contract, the govern.
' ment maintains a lorco or jnpeciora
and draftsmen who Inspect, tna work
Sn progress and make projected plans.
- jThe cost of trial trip Is another Item
' saved, for It is the ustom to remuner
ate the contractor, either by Including
. It in his contract or rainy om an "ir
bill, for ail tna expenses or. me trial
trio."
- Now since the above telling argu
; 'menta were presented and they are
just as valid as when they were made,
, the question as wa have noted above,
hrfs been put to the test by- tha con
, i attraction at Brooklyn or one or a pair
of tha largest battleships so far built
' .'for our navy; and the question natur--ally
arises. How far have the predic
. .tlons of the former chief constructor
. ' been verified? In answer it can be said
that tha Connecticut In spite of the
.- strenuous efforts of the private firm
which was building tha sister ship
-.; Louisiana waa completed within the
, same time aa that ship, and within two
- or three montha less time than called
for by the contract. Because, of the
- fac that hours are .shorter and the pay
somowhat higher In tha government
yarda, no claim waa ever made that tha
Connecticut could be built as cheanlv
as the Louisiana It was "atlmated
that aha would cost about Un per cent
- mora than the other ahlp. Aa a mat
ter or xaci. in tna nnai summing of
tha costs, it was found that she eo-i
only live per cent mora .-Tha latest nr.
flclal. report; of the navy department
rives tha total cost of the two shins
' to September 10, 1807, , the figures la
chialn the expense of alterations
chargeable to original construction and
no of armor and permanent ordnanca
fittings a follows: For the Connsc-
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