The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-14
SEATTLE wins On MERIT.
Tacoma Unable to Compete IN
Fitting Out Transports.
CASE OF THE PORT STEPHEN.
neeest Meraa, sueeesa3ul DsAAer on
That Contract, says u Gives Fhas
Cnty m Opportunity - Onee ana
les All settle WaflsaSs Kron the
CITY Of Destfny-RtgUFes ~ the
DtAs Speak foR Thensolves.

D1os SPEAK toR IAe0oolves.
uTONCERMzNG tie lids opened
- On Thursday for tie osf7H-
~ of tie transport Por Stephens.
] Aaak It offers N opportunity for
Seattle to once and foreper settle tie
@vesfion IS to tie respective ability
q SEATTLE and Tacoma to handle gop-
essmenf busiaess. Is far IS Ships are
0scened. on Puget SosnS," SAID
Rsbef Koran yesterday. The hds
~ eqaippdng tie transport Uere
spon an open competitive basis and
Tsconsa lad as good = chance IS Sc
Aale, p0vidias she had tie facilities
for doing tie 1ooek. HON. far sic
feQ short tie Bids show; but not an
jess they are analysed. IN othe;
Serds tie BIDS tell tier own stories.
one hsows hon to snatyse them.
SSTAJHEN the BIDS were opened It was
W found leaving price OF work to
be done entirely out Of the Ques-
ton. that Seattle wanted ten days 70
eonpIste the work, while Tacoma
asksd for thirty days to DO the same
- Az the government pays all told
shout 1900 = day for Its transports,
Ne delay OF twenty days between
oeattlc's bid and Tacoma's bid. had the
vseeel gone to Tacoma, would have meant
. jeee 70 tbs government OF $4,000. to say
nethjne Of landing the stock in the Philip
plnes . month later from Tacoma than
fssm Seattle.
s1n addition 70 this $4,000 We were. IN
oAtfle. over 3s.0d0 lower In actual cost Of
nttine up the transport than was Tacoma.
- tha; the real difference In the bids be-
tMeen th+ two cities to the government
~ q the least calculation $4,000.
Now. ar. don't care how much Ia
esma protests" continued Mr.. Moran. NOR
~ much her influences argue. figures are
1Gure1 and {! Seattle on Z little contract
tks the fitting UP OF the Port Stephen can
ave to the government t3o.p0o on the Job.
Il b patent. even 10 man UP tree. thai
best and cheapest
'M!nd you. We who got the contract arc
un-.sr bonds and cannot slight anything
Y We would. We must fulfill every re-
autrement Of the governments specisfca-
/ lions before we get dollar: keep every
promise made. and II we fall In % doing
". or our bendsmen. must make good to
IL government the loss for our failure and
- consequent delay.
A ~ h. shflffv ~ gAatftA 70 f,.roIsh
al the needed equipments. there Is no
Onger ANY question. The truth In that all
tAs transports leaving Puget sound, except
the Pax Ling, which is a frsighter. have
BEEN practically fitted out in Seattle,
whether assigned to Tacoma or not.
Here than this. Transports fitted up In
Seattle and sent to the Philippines loaded
with stock have lost none OF the animals
aboard TO speak Of while the only stock
transport sent from San Francisco lost al
most all the stock shipped on board II.
''Peopis who imagine the general gov
eminent Is not aware or this fact are mis-
taken. The transports sent from Puget
sound. whether from Seattle or Tacoma,
have been TO all practical intenfs fitted up
n Seattle ana have met every require
meni; and the government knows II.
ussans' MA Means What Il Says.
when We said we would furnish the
cur bid Mr.. Moran resumed. I'VE meant
u Over 500 men will he put 10 work
she vessel Our plant today IL unexceiied
On the Pacihc coast. San Franciscos Union
Iron Works not excepted, We do not
claim to have as large u ship yard as the
Unloa Iron Works I'm San Francisco. but
re do claim TO have rs much and a. good.
n not better. machinery and facilities than
the Union Iron Works has. ard we are
meeting that company day after day on
contracts outside OF government work
entirely. We are able today TO repair re-
build or build new any Iron vessel that
ever entered the Straits Of San de Fuca.
! know that this sounds grandiloaaent.
but mean a.
This Is part OF Ssetties resources In
fa'penildns VIVA, has Tacoma got to
counserhaianees
10 far a. the contract for ventiiatars
% the Pert stephen going TO the Union
Electric Company of Seattle Is concern
"a. want 10 ssy." said Mr.. Moran. that
Asi company is more than able TO handle
Ans contract IL may receive from the gov
eminent ia that line. When the Port Al
cert Was sent so Tacoma Tor renting she
lad 10 be sent back here for her condens-
mx aud veottaatfng plants and Tacoma
eAs To-Day no better facilities for such
york than she had then. while we have
eence Tire work that Tacoma could not and
eAnncs d. Within reasonable time can
ee done by SEATTLE. and perfectly done. In
2 better manner ana In less ;ias than ever
hesere"
How about taN new cruisers 10 he
pnsssF Is Seattle going TO bid next month";.
tant say now" said Mr. Moran -Tnh.
We have the facilities 20 build them. bur
rs VI in the air. as the hays say. waeth-
We Wit h;d fer the cruisers or not
know !, sounds like Blowing oar Own
Sesn f"st after winning contract" said
Ms' Aafsn, "ou: WHEN bids such as were
es~nst Isursisy last. hsas IN cs>en eosnns-
ussen, the competitors huuns for faithful
psfsngfnasice - al they promise show So
s'ae9ssiNssY ,he superiority OF Seattle ever
.seofns as Port ~ ship repair sair out
nsuaw ans Shiphai&ing. I; does seem 20
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