The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
n.b and Whitney on the
hO''H Navy Question.
,xcgsrlGATING CHINATOWN.
oolumn-A surprise-The Re-
A''0 vision John RuSkin-
Pc i.nationS'
BY TELEGRAPH.
...s.rfeATING CHINATOWN.
Roach and whitney

w,.vxeroS, August Secretary
W. Yesterday sent the follow
"ni, ,.ttor to Mr.. Roach and his
ing ,.ns. By the seventh clause OF your
a'sisH With the United States, dated
2 2Ir "a 1883, for the construction nad OF
Jui! stsel cruiser Of about 4o,0OO tons
9 1hle.,acement. it was agreed that
dhPlI SnH machinery and fittings OF
ne - Vessel should be completed and
nc4 foT inspection for the purpose OF
is5uy . ~ on or before the expiration OF
lel toa1 months from the date OF the
agI.e nt II was further provided IN
e Ia oI az, clause that IN the case OF
Ag eio or The omission of the contract,
AM an! CIV stage prior to the final COM
i az ca frGn any cause other than,
riders of the Secretary OF the navy, 10
" forward with the WORK ana MAKE
satisfactory progress toward the COM
aIstion il should be optional with the
Soc-etary to declare the contract for
foited More than six menths have
"oT elansed since the expiration OF the
i TU% rims fixed and the work upon the
r ,,a.s has been stopped, while much re-
.'o;ne IN he done before she can be
srailv completed. At the same time
evident public interest requires the
yessel in question. the Chicago,
70 s9'' he completed with all pos
sible speed, and it has there
fore become necessary for the de-
Dartment to take immediate action
looking to that end. Under these cir
c1mstsnces the failure of the contrac-
tor- 10 proceed with the work, have to
MORN YOU that the contract above re-
ierred to is hereby declared o be for
feited on the part of the contractor, and
that the rights of the United States
under the contract, and especially under
the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth |
clauses thereof, are now operative. !
You are further informed that
iii the intention of the department,
after an inventory and appraisement |
shall have been had, to take. steps for
the prosecution of the work and COM
pletiOn of the said vessel, in accordance |
with the conditions expressed in the |
contract, and that in the meantime the |
chief of the bureau of steam engineer
ing and construction and repair, of this
department. will take charge of the yes
sci, machinery, materials and fittings. |
Similar letters also were sent in re- |
gard to the atlanta and Boston, and an |
other was sent to the chiefs of certain |
bureaus to take charge of the work. In
issuing the order, Secretary Whitney |
says THE order issued to-day, with |
reference to the Boston and atlanta and |
Chicago, is made in pursuance of my
duties under the eleventh clause of the
contract under that section. There
S to follow an inventory show
ny to what point of compltt on
.he vessels have clme, and what mate
nal is on hand in the contractors yard, |
which has been provided for the ships, !
and bow far the work has progressed,
to be followed by valuation of these
ihings. There is proposition that IL e
department. shall decide whether TO
'omplste the ship as the mat
Ter now stands. There is no
luesnon of my duty to go on
aa1 do this, and it works an
Incidental benefit OF course, to the CON
.raetor and his employees. Govern
9eht steps INTO the yard, takes posses
sl OF the ships, plant, etc, pays for
'ne completion, and then has an ac
counting with the contractor AT the
END and il there is any profit. the con-
tractor has it, and if there is any loss
ne pays it. Under these cjrcnm.
stances it is entirely fit for the
n ~ OF bureaus having supervision
81 the work to use the contractor,s
'oT rn and his plant for the purpose
following is the reason appointed IN
me book containing the ist Of the most.
masters appointed at the Presidential
S Slce since the adjournment of the
cases s.a1'T 80. ou, p4nSlors in the foregoing
far 'S NO HGle, WIN two exceptions, made
The F rar cSdnSnip. Two were made upon
had 5 pOls OF inspectors, showing the
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