The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-09-27

Washington, Special. pro-
posals were submitted 10 the 18TH
nlan canal commission for the fur
1lshing of Chinese labor to be en-
oloyed Ill the construction Of the
Panama canal. The requirements of
the specifications were, III brief. that
the contractor should agree to sup
ply the commission with at least p
800 Chinese, the commission having
the privilege of calling upon the sue
cesSful contractor for additional la
Dor not exceeding $4,000 1t further
was specified that the laborers should
go on the lsthmus ready for work
within three and half months Of the
opening of the proposals and that
the contractors should deposit with
their proposals bond of $4,000 as
guarantee faithfully to carry out
the terms Of the contract.
The propositions were opened in
the board room of the commission
by W. Leo Peppe-man, assistant
chief of the Office of administration
of the commission. Mr. Pepperman
announced that 20 award would be
| made OF the contract until the pro-
posals had been examined by the
| commission and its general counsel.
In accordance with the specifications
the proposals were made for the fur
nishlng Of different classes of labor
at price fixed by the hour in Ameri-
can gold
A summary of the four proposals
submitted follows:
The Americana China Contracting
Company, represented by James R.
Morse, of Englewood, n. j.; Common
laborers, 10 cents per hour; former
and interpreters, 20 cents per hour;
physicians, 40 cents per hour; cooks
and laborers 10 cents per hour.
international Contracting Company
Washington, ID. c., represented by
Carroll Purman, PRESIDENT; Labor
ers and cooks, Is cents per hour: doe
IS 30 cents Per hour; assistant doc
tors, 26 cents per hour; interpreters,
two and one-half times Is cents per
| hour; foremen, one and one-half
times IS cents per hour.
Wa Me Lee Hing & Company, Bal
tlmore, Md: Laborers, clerks and
BARRIERS, y - cents per hour: fore
men and Interpreters, 15 cents per
hour; doctors, % cents per hour.
Joel Julian Reuben. Washington,
ID. c.: For the first $500 Chinese
laborers, II cents per hour; foremen,
40 cents per hour; doctors 60 cents
per hour; Interpreters, 60 cents per
hour; cooks and BARRIERS, 80 cents per
hour. For the first additional 1000
above $500 laborers, II cents per
! hour; for the second additional 1000
| laborers, lO7-S cents per hour; for
the third additional 1000, 1884
cents per hour; for the four addition
al 1000 laborers, 10 5-S cents per
hour; for the fifth additional 1000
laborers, 10 1-2 cents per hour; for
the sixth additional 1000 laborers
lO SO cents per hour; for the seventh
additional 1000 laborers, 10 IA
cents per hour; for the eighth addi-
tional 1000 laborers, 10 cents per
hour; for the ninth additional 1000
laborers; 81 cents per hour; for
the tenth additional 1000 laborers,
8 l-2 cents per hour; for the elev-
enth additional 1000 laborers, 9 IA
cents per hour; and for the balance
OF the $4,000 lahorers, 9 cents per
hour.
The last proposal is assumed at the
department to mean that if the COM
mission enters into contract with Mr.,
Reuben and wants the full quota of
$4,000 Chinese he will furnish them
at the rate Of 9 cents per hour for
common laborers.