Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20
LABOR FOR THE CANAL
PROPOSALS OPENED FOR FUR
NIsHINd CHINESE.
Award Will Not Be Made Until the
Bids Have Been
Examined.

Proposals were opened at the isthmian
canal commission office today for the fur
nishing Chinese labor to be employed In the
construction Of the Panama canal. The
requirements Of the specifications were In
brief that the contractors should agree to
supply the commission with at least 800
Chinese the commission having the privi-
iege of calling upon the successful contrac-
tor for additional Chinese laborers not ex
ceeding $4,000. 1t further was specified that
the laborers should be on the isthmus ready
for work within three and half months
of the opening Of the proposals and that
the contractors should deposit with their
proposal a bond of $4,000 as a guarantee
to faithfully carry out the terms of the
contract. While the commission has been
in communication with about one hundred
and fifty individuals and corporations who
had signified a desire to submit proposals
only four propositions finally were offered
to the commission at 10 O'Clock today.
In the presence Of the contractors and
others interested in the proposals the
propositions were opened in the board room
of the commission by Mr.. Pepperman, as
sistant chief of the office of administration
of the isthmian canal commission.
After the reading Of the proposals Mr..
Pepperman announced that no award would
be made of the contract until the proposals
had been examined by the commission and
its general counsel. In accordance with
the specifications the proposals were made
for the furnishing of different classes of
labor at a price fixed by the hour in Ameri-
can gold
summary Of the four proposals submit
ted follows:
The America China Contracting Com
pany represented by James r. Morse of
Inglewood, N. j.: Common laborers, ~
cents per hour: foremen and interpreters.
20 cents per hour; physicians. 40 cents per
hour; cooks and BARRIERS. Is cents per hour.
International Contracting Company.
Washington, d. c.. represented by Carroll
Purman. president: Laborers and cooks,
IL cents per hour; doctors. 80 cents per
hour; assistant doctors, 26 cents per hour:
Interpreters. two and one-half times IL
cents per hour; foremen, one and one-half
times Is cents per hour.
Wa Me Lee Hing & Co, Baltimore. Md:
Laborers, clerks and BARRIERS, 12h cents per
hour: foremen and interpreters, l. cents
per. hour: doctors, p cents per hour.
Joel Julian Reuben. Washington, ID. c.:
For the first 900 Chinese: Laborers. IL
cents per hour: foremen. 40 cents per hour:
doctors, 60 cents per hour: interpreters, GU
cents per hour; cooks and BARRIERS, 81
cents per hour. For the first additional
1000 above 800: Laborers IL cents per
hour. For the second additional LOCO la
borers. 107s cents per hour. For the third
additional LOCO. 10A cents per hour For
the fourth additional 1000 laborers. 10ss
cents per hour. For the fifth additional
Loco laborers. 10ls cents per hour. For the
sixth additional 1000 laborers. 10% cents
per hour. For the seventh additional 1000
laborers, 10h cents per hour. For the
eighth additional 600 laborers, 10 cents
per hour. For the ninth additional LOCO
laborers. 81 cents per hour. For the tenth
additional LOCO laborers, 91 cents per hour.
For the eleventh additional LOCO laborers.
On cents per hour. And for the balance of
the 1900 laborers. 8 cents per hour.
The last proposal Is assumed to- mean
that IL the commission enters into contract
with Mr.. Reuben and wants the full quota
of 1900 Chinese he will furnish them at
the rate of g. cents per hour for common
laborers.