Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-02
SWEDISH WRECEERS NOW BID.


New YORK. NV. IA Dispatch %
thr Tribune fr0m Washington riyui
The navy department has Practically
decided o. abaDIan wreckIng op0ra-
lions under cx.stIuT contracts ou h'
cruisers Cnsiobal colon, Vizciya uni
Aimlrhntc oaulri,. near sauil1Fo,
which have bcopnc or8r'lsly sN3Dn-
s.vc o. ,hc government and 60 appr've
ne rrmmfndati. iu f1f lt least
q Naval Constructor ll1bson and
other officers Nsl have hath N-
t.nIi1r the work 90 rDrfu'nF tIHu
vtHfslf The dHqHriment has reached
thr cdrriuriun thHt The NlEchya uui
fhp Aimiraute Ouueudo viii pr1thy
rs.vor hc rescued ard tho Crluu1ll
Coon. II saved ht 80, win nor De
brought % m. United sr1tes by m'
Merrti ard Chapman Wrcchng g me
pany o. New York ~ New York, whl0n
hlr bcon w1eflrr go this vessel under
special cutrict Involving The payment
Of isegs5 a day Firut July %, Wthlnt
viribly imprlylng the chances o. that
vessels aiivafr.
The same company sluee July g.
when " executed the nrat rurfrau, Tor
the prosecution 0f wrccklng 0prratilnl
on he HhipH 80 Corvrra'n squadron has
800 q day WIN the single result that
thu trftufn Maria Teresa ~ now on her
way to norfolk. whore a olmmlnUun
WfIi decide what addltnnal cimpoura-
ti0n. MT exceeding 100000. shlll he
paid 60 the wr0rkiyg c'nplry "a her
account. Tho board ~ OHusirucispu. 20
which the matter was referred f1r oon-
shrratian hy Secretary Llav afier be
had Vrtmiiy doc.ded thlt he present
arruugom was becoming iunlcr-
able. assumed The responsibility -
Mountaineering mat thr contract o.
shr salvage ~ thH o@nH he afrullDd "a
Nov, 10 and mat now proposals &c
rirhtlrC ana rralrE that vessel be-
publicly aluEig ny tn navy depart
Involve che government ln no addition. ]
M tNp.u lf. unless the attempt was ale /
riFWhUr rH.rfHsful
Tho d.uarImHr VIII send cable .
dispatch iH 1anl Chcr,rr, senior naval
ufnpGr .H ihr nIuu coast ~ Cull, n
the rrcnum Hdntruu ~ ihe board are
approved. 40 thfy viii he without
wrrcknE work Tor o. pr,HeB alto .
gshtr du The Reinn Mfrtdrs. which ID .
submerged 90 Tiiu water and capable .
Of ready ftHirE, ana that up further
attrri,.n flr me present Doe pHd 30 fhs
oqu.r,io ard Nirrnya.
capt ChrNHT viii also, IN an prob
nulty. Doe directed nt once ro destroy
the c6iIlar M.frmlc. u.iilzlng f1r this
purpose the naval vessels under his
commfnd ana ihHir explosives. this
plan ns'uT calculated o. relieve she
10 additional expense while
at the Dme tame rlvirg naval seam
desirable practice b. v-uu'er- mirirr
and the removal " channel obs,ruo-
tiluH
Naval Officers have not expressed any
particular dissailHfacil0n with the
work on tho Merritt A. Chapman
company which has received
$500 day fnr more than three 100 lrths
70 santlugu. hn the experts are thor
unEhly ngrGcd that little more can De-
accomplished Beyond ne raising - M
Mwctd.a WIN lhn prtfeft plnW "a
sauhgl and they have decided thai
further eXpgnFc ln other directions IL
This decision has been lnnuerced 10
some extent by the arrival IN Wash.
lnFiln - the representative ~ "a great
SWEDISH wrcckifw corr iatlon which
srecefdlug Do reH ulrg the british bat-
t'Uih'p Howe rom a. rundIhQn COM
paratlve with that ~ the Crlst5bli
colon, ard which p1tlis 90 O record II
over 900 ships which 10 has cxlrlcatel
from mare or hess serious positions
nearly an = thun being suhmtrged All
considerable depth, This Company Il
seems .a tJt u1ly c1nnlert % H. NH
ny 20 bring the Crlstllal Colon ana
the other spanish vessels 90 the Unit.
RI states. out Is ready 20 guarantee the
~ them ln che big dry dlst
Al tho New York navy yard The
Swedish wrcekera propose h. take All
the risks of failure without oxpense M
the government and 90 rely. II thsv
luceecd, far compensatleU wholly oa