Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-18
ONLY AMERICANS
CAN BID ON JOB
Proposals to Complete Panama
Canal Are Issued by
Commission.
AL TO ONE BIDDER
Contract Specifies Commission win
Retain Control of All Engineering
WORK, Police, Sanitary. Hospital
ana Conraissary.

w orN, i'oNce, Sanitary. Hospital
7,I Co,p,ieesrv
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81 lsrstsn. II. G.. oct. flmInNita-
va. 49, .-,r,r41s 20 enmnlete the
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"r'N '"" .'""'
~ lne Nalai commission 'ehd 'he lorin
ar contract under which the work IS to
So fone was nt4.ie public nv Chairman
.ont4. vnn also cave ont letter. writ
.taf IA. fra 4-r.-fI3rv nt war lgNinr inc
COMMISSIONS reasons Tor ,%ontractins
In. warh
The contract provides that each bid
der ni,,st n,4.ri ka no entire work of
sn-nstractf,n \, mr. vim he offered
., ,,,o,.tf.r ,.-,+i..t ~, II, a., ,D,
dertabina Inn NAV mitsi T., ineaIv ar.
eauizod into a single body with Which
the government can deal. bidders viii
not he cons iiorcd who do NOT have
available the capital of s.. 600. 900. \
certified check for scro 600 is required
with each proposal and a bond OF
$1,000. oO0 win be required from the sue.
ctssful bidder.
in,i+ed 70 A,,cr;c,,
~, ,l1,.- H.,
o",.''h i, ,l''''rN 90 h''e.',."'
,"l''i''N'o'T 'NH piNs are 10 Ne III pr,
,"rc llo"n ~''ecnfnper - when 'hey VIII
w ol,''u. 'oP"S"lS 'Ie 10 Ne eA-
it'SNcu ~ Terms Oh Per'e ''aSc upon ''ie
f" W '"'lr'iuct.on W"'oh -
~ wv ~" pS " poar" ~ 'Ne e"si
n''ls' .n,eo representing 'he govern
'acha nm TWO rcPre,ehtihS ,he con,
- e'nci ,he',eci OF II w. .n
~euginner;nr honra TO e-n,,innarinr
board wiz also cstim,tn - rensonah ln
time for ,ne con,nletion nr ma canal
and Will agree uJ.,n n system of prem.
iurns and nenaltins 10 he mia to tho
cnntr,n,nr nnna. " ~,
,rn "H W -
'"i.Plet'u Wl'hli or beyond the eSti-
''i'uc" COSY ana tiMc. All the soNern-
lheht pants Tor actual construction
work, including the railway. are to he
at the dieposrl nI Tho contractor
ana is TO he mnintained hw tbe "ave,n.
ment
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commission 10 Cohero' tare.
lhe contract specifies that ihc COM
mission is to retain control of all en-
ginccring work in connection with the
noI nnninaarin ~ - ~
bns,itai ~. ~, ~ ~ ..ii'''.N
w 'oi''HasSars ueP','ih'Its
~ ''"9'S' pu''t'rS' CONSTRUCTION
and maintenance of buildings. opera
ton of the Panama railway, an audit
ing department To which contractors
a%crounts arn 10 he ,,1n nnd :, 5on.r,
mont of n,at.,j,ls ana sun,tias Ni
cixt, ~ ",,a. ~ 7"ilir,9.
: nv 9ishiii9 ~ ,hc
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inc lSlhlhus ana the contractor is lc
take over al "mDloNes on the isthmu
which the commission does not wish ia
No American pmpl,v. is H.,
work more than eight hours.
Shonts Defends Percentage System.
Chairman Shonts defends the Nor.
system OF puy,napt Ia bis ln,.
Ter to Secretary Taft rs follows.
This nl,n Is b.inr onnlo,ol ,,cr.,.,.t.
by the oldest. largest and most s,,rcossf,iI
corporations in the country.
IN" government win get the benefit OF
toe V9inplh,i oit"fis OF tn best and most
'ohi'a'lois IN me w"iid. ,'act
- e,i'.i, is - a "a i.attin' ~ IN Nnl,h ne Is
f-paGaIJsis Wv 'N''i
The government win secure Tho co-one,,
ton Of thesr powerful interests in koepiny
mn ,hanics of AL classes.
Ihe plan offers ,Ycry incentive fol
speedy and economical construction by
u tll|tns 'Xtffl I'm. ana cost and reward
,Jfhnr d
IN retaining Central al mo w.r,, .aa 80
rrcising strict sarnr. ision thro,rh ~ On.
Einecrins force the government VIII pro.
t.ci iiself against cheap or faulty con.
sti,.ct'"n.
.,,n' "''.i',' W'al y" more hcNih'e inc
oIt'ma,nd .9n ~ 'o m r,is ,mu sailai as
aiIcod by Inc ~nrnLcaiion nr nnu nj nn,,.
xhich WIN ic hscov.re1 os III" w mri' rr
crosses Finally a termination OF tho con