Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-24

insure the contractofs getting started without delay. He will take charge of all the equipment now there and get busy. Whatever else he needs in this line he will call upon the commission to provide, and the latter will have to do the scurrying about to see whether everything shall be bought in the Unit ed States or not
 In the next place the contractor will be provided with "all raw materials put Into the work, the machinery and appliances necessary for the operation and protection of the locks or other parts of the canal" but will himself have to look after their transportation and preparation for their intended use in construction, with such machinery as may be. required for the shaping or joining of such materials. The com mission will furnish cement, explo sives oil. coal and other fuel and, in its own option, electricity for the op- eration of any rolling or floating stock or other machinery in use. It will turn over in at least as good condition as at present all construction tracks on the isthmus, but extensions and re- locations must be made by the con- tractor. It will provide living quarters for all necessary employees of the con tractor. adding to the accommodations as needed: hospitals and medical serv- Ice for sick employees; warehouses for the storage of tools and supplies; of flee buildings for housing the contract OTIS force, clerical and administrative; transportation of employees, their fam lilies and supplies over the Panama rail- road and steamship lines at not more than one-half the usual rates; free telephone and telegraph service neces- sary to the work: free trackage rights over the railroad for work trains and additional tracks where approved by the chief engineer; water for offices, engines, shovels, dredges, drills and other equipment requiring it from the mains and tanks of the commission.
 All such equipment provided by the commission will also be maintained, and to this end machine shops and other repairing places will be estab- lished and operated to handle every thing except what railroad men term outside, yard or running repairs." In so far as 1t can the commission will put these shops at the disposal of the contractor for the manufacture or re- pair of the minor hand tools which he must provide and will do the work for him at 15 per cent In excess of the cost. It win also furnish at cost, plus the usual handling charges, such tools and supplies as 1t may have In stock, but which 1t is notsrequired under the agreement to supply free; will open the commissary stores to the contractors employees on the same terms as en- joyed by the commissions employees and will provide mess house privileges equal to those enjoyed by workers for the commission. The contractor may operate the mess If he so desires, but it must be subject to daily Inspection by the government officials.
 So much for what the contractor gets. His obligations are these:
 He must furnish all labor, foremen, superintendents, clerks, general office stan and the minor tools mentioned previously In fact. to make the work progress through the use of the vast equipment put at his disposal by the commission. He must get busy within sixty days. take over all the employees now on the list of the commission on the lsthmus except such as the commission desires to re- tain for its own use; make no dis charges of those on the 'gold list'' ex- cept for cause. or, except on written no tice giving the cause, discharge any em- ployee. He shall execute faithfully ex- isting contracts of the commission for supplying labor, abide by the sanitary regulations promulgated from time 10 time. comply with all laws regarding hours of labor. character of employees, etc: employ night shifts, etc. as or dered by the chief engineer, assume responsibility for injuries to employees, use no materials dIsapproved of by the chief engineer and perform all the work fin the most thorough and work manllke manner" Without the con sent of the commission he shall not sublet. assign or transfer any part of the work. and he shall be responsible for damages to completed work if such damages result from his negligence or error of judgment