The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
a BIG BRIDGE CONTRACT.
The American Company OutdOes All
Eoreicn Councillors

EOreiA- competitors.
NEW YORK, March 25.-The American
Bridge Company in competition with the
world has won the largest railway con-
tract ever placed in this country
The contract calls for the delivery and
construction Of 10000 tons of viaduct work
on the GuayaquiI and Quito Railroad in
Ecuador The work viii cost about g, Co.,.
go which is at the rate Of 800 a ton for
manufacture, delivery, and setting up
The American Bridge people are proud of
their achievement and say il is the largest
single foreign bridge order ever placed in
America
Proposals for the work were made by
steel companies in Scotland, England, and
Germany. The American company won
on account of the superiority of its de
signs as well as on account OF the low
price. The successful design is VIVA: is
known as the Pennsylvania Railroad
standard. An officer of the. bridge com
pany was asked as 10 its chief character
istics. He said:
Simplicity and strength
This form of viaduct has been adopted.
after several years of test, by the Penn
sylyania Railroad
The American Bridge Company will send
its own foremen and skilled Iaborers 10
Ecuador to span the streams and chasms.
The new railroad Will run from Duran.
opposite GuayaqUil the chief seaport Of
Ecuador, TO Quito. the capital city To
Chimbo, sixty-five miles from Duran, the
railroad has been completed, and is in
operation. From Chimbo TO Quito, BY the
route of the new road. is go miles Trans
portation is had now. as for several cen
turtles, by pack mules
The company is comprised of American
and English capitalists and this VIII be
Ecuador's first railroad. by which the
great mineral and agricultural resources
of the country viii be developed
The American Bridge Company VIII be-
gin in June the shipment Of twenJy-eiEht
steel bridges 10 South Africa for the new
/ railroad from Port kiiIindini to Lake
Victoria. This contract includes the
! Uquanda viaduct. When the American
/ Bridge Company won this contract il
aWOke the British Sf@el masters for the
/ first time to the strength Cf American
[ competition. The first shipI0ad Of steel
/ for South Africa viii be accompanied by
/ a crew OF WOrkiHguen- y surgeon Will
90 along to provide against sickness in
! the strange climate
{ OF course" said an official of the
! company. these foreign orders aDDpal tn
I our patriotism. but we have just received
an order from the New York Central
/ Railroad which we believe is the largest
! domestic contract ever undertaken II
calls for .. 90 tons Of bridge work TO be
/ delivered within a year 1t is called for
by preparation for traffic TO the Buffalo
! Exposition, and by work on the new Falls
/ Creek branch Of the New York Central -
| News Of these great contracts sent
/ American Bridge stock up for Il fraC-
! uonai rise on Saturday. RumorS still
! float about Wall Street that this corpora
/ ton is TO become a part Of the billion
/ dollar United States Steel CORPORATION,
! but the best authorities urge that if the
! bridge company is to be merged II viii
| not be done until after the merger of
/ the present constituent COMPANIES in the
I Steel Trust is completed since the addi-
| tion of another at this time would cause
| harmful confusion.