Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1881 — A Costly Iren-Clad. [ARTICLE]

A Costly Iren-Clad.

Laaiaa World. The Inflexible is a costly ship. Her hull cost nearly £600,000, and her engines and machinery almost another £100,000; but even the estimates will not show what the total expenditure, direct and indirect, will haveheen upon her before she to ready for her trial commission, and “authorities” who usually swear by Admirality calculations are admitting that the outlay befor her completion may be .from 80 to 40 per oent. more than had been originally expected. The cost of her hydraulic machinery and appliances is a little eye-opener. They have been now before their lordships, it only amounts te rather more than £40,000, °,LT hi f h taT l ‘ moan ting the Beware of him who hates the laugh If . "i ’ :