Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 3 | Many Airship Inventors

MANY AIRSHIP I IOnly Only Three Out of Bids for Flying Machines Approved by Board of Ordnance Washington Feb 8 The secretary of was has lias approved the of the board of ordnance and fortifications fortifications that bids for furnishing heavier than air flying machines to the United States government be awarded as fol follows follows follows lows J F Scott of Chicago for 1000 to tobe tobe tobe be delivered in days das dasA A M lI Herring of New York for 20 to be delivered red in days da s Wright Bros of Dayton 0 O for Cor 25 26 r to be delivered In OO days da s These three were the only bids out of the received that complied compiled with the requirements of ot the advertise advertisement ment They have been examined by a aboard aboard aboard board of experts and are believed to embody the time principles of practical fly flying flyIng flying ing machines It was part of the agree agreement agreement agreement ment in issuing the call for bids that n ne of the particulars of the bids were to be given out for publication but were to be retained as confidential