Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-21
4 SPANISH COMPANY
Given the Contract for Carrying Span
iSh Prisoners
FROM SANTIAGO TO SPATNLTHE
COMPLAINTS BID WAS THE LOW
EST AND THE CONTRACT WAS
AWARDED ON INERTIA DECID-
EDLY NOVEL PROCEEDING.

washington, July 20.-Arrangemenls
practically were concluded by the gov
eminent tonight for the transporta-
ton of the Spanish prisoners at San
tiago from Cuba to Spain.
The contract was awarded to the
Spanish Trans-Atlantique Company,
represented by j. M. Casballos & Co.,
of New York. The company agrees to
carry the prisoners from Cuban ports
to Spain at the rate of $40 for each
enlisted man, and $55 for each COM
missioned officer, subsistence to be
furnished by the company on the army
ration basis, as provided for in the
governments advertisement for bids.
The award provides also that the
company shall have five ships at San
tiago in nine days from tomorrow (the
21st inst.) two in seventeen days from
tomorrow and enough to complete the
transportation of the prisoners in
twenty-one days from tomorrow.
On the basis of $4,000 enlisted men
and 1000 officers, it will cost the gov
eminent $4,000 to transport the pris
oners.
The ships will fly the colors of Spain
and will be manned, probably entirely,
by Spanish crews. 1t was remarked
tonight as one Of the curious devel-
opments of the war that the United
States government should enter into a
friendly contract with a company,
many Of whose vessels are auxiliaries
to the Spanish navy, and some of
which have been captured or destroyed
by the navy of the United States.
New York, July 20.-Bids for the
transportation of the Spanish troops
which surrendered at Santiago were
opened in the quartermaster's depart
ment in the army building to-day. The
bids call for the transportation of LOCO
officers and $4,000 enlisted men to be
transported from Santiago de Cuba to
Cadiz, Spain, or any other port as may
hereafter be designated. Cabin accom-
modations are to be furnished for the
officers and third class passage or steer
age for the enlisted men. The men are
to be provided with suitable galley ac-
commodations and the United States
requirements as to space per man and
ventilation are to be strictly conform
ed to.
The bids are as follows:
The New England Chemical Supply,
of Boston, $4,000 for all officers and
men.
l.. A. Them & Co., of Philadelphia,
1886, 600 for all $4,000 Spaniards.
James N. Elwood & Co., offer to take
on steamer Neustria 1000 enlisted men
at $35 each, and all the officers at $75
each.
w. H. Thompson offers a steamer to
take $50 officers at $50 each, and 1,4OO
enlisted men at s45 each.
George A. Lord, $3.50 per man for
the enlisted men, and $3.50 per ofhcer
for the officers.
Joseph l.. st. John, s3797 per officer
and $24S7 per enlisted man.
Joint bid: Anchor line, Cunard line,
the Hamburg American Packet line,
Robert II. Sloman q CO., the NoICn
German Lloyd line, the Royal Mail
Steamship Packet Co., Thomas Will
sons Sons & Co., limited, Frederick
Leyland & Co., the Wilson and Fur
ness-Leyland line, officers at $11O each
and enlisted men $50 each.
G. B. Richard & Co. offered the Spar
tan Prince, capacity 40 officers and 800
men, and Tartar Prince, capacity so
officers and 1000 men, at $50 per 9TH
Ger and $25 per enlisted man.
Tweedie Trading Co. offered three
ships to take 5000 enlisted men at $29
each and the officers at $50 each.
The Spanish Transatlantic Co.,
through r. A. C. Smith, offered to take
all the officers at $50 each and all the
men at $50 EACH agreeing to carry them
under the Spanish flag, the U. S. gov
eminent to furnish safe transportation.
The bids were forwarded to Wash
in tOn