r ~ * m . I ’• * * f ! j i — i -i_ •; • 4** f • .IthilMA Will B«IM the Cnilien.Bids for contracts for the construction of the new naval cruisers were opened at the Navy Department on the 2d. John Roach was the lowest bidder for all four vessels. He bids for the Chicago, $889,000; the Bos* ton, $619,000; the Atlanta, $617,000, and the Dolphin (the dispatch boat), $315,000. The contracts will be awarded to him. There* • i ■ . . , • . 1 •were only four bidders for each vessel.