Show REMOVE WRECK OF MAINE sunken battleship a serious menace to sh aping of havana harbor washington governor magoon 0 of the provisional government of cuba in his annual report to the secretary of war made public sunday brings to his attention the wreck of the united sta ea e battleship maine in havana harbor and recommends that the gov take immediate steps to ac com its removal without further delay he says the wreck of the maine continues to lie in the mud and waters of ha ila vana v 9 na harbor the sunken battleship Is a serious menace to the shipping of the harbor as it occupies a por ion ot of the best anchorage the obstruction has increased annually during the past ten years by causing a shoal the moderate tides prevailing in the bar har bor are hardly sufficient to prevent a gradual filling up and this shoal se piously interferes with the action of 0 the tides and therefore the entire harbor is rapidly filling it will be necessary in a short time to begin dredging in order r to provide proper anchorage for the large amount of 0 shipping now enter entering ing the harbor un less the wreck Is removed the an Is also restricted by the wreck and the shoal for ships are obliged to anchor at sufficient dis distance fance to pre vent grounding in case they strain on their cables |