Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-09-26

Washington, speciai.-T5uf pro-
posals were submitted to The 18TH
miar 5canal commission for the fur
nishing Of Chinese labor 10 be EN-
ployed Iii ibc construction Of the
Panama canal: The requirements bf
the specifications were; i'll brief, that
the contractor silodid agfas to sup
plyzthe commission with at least q
800 Chinese, the commission having
the.privilege Of calling upon the sue
cessful contractor for additional la
bof not exaeGihg 10000: II further
was specified that the laborers slloiild
gYo5.o1 Y The istbnhs reaa5 rei5; for For work
within three li,:t aud a iiilf fl5Eths II the
opening of the proposals and that
the contractors should deposit with
tleir proposals bond of $4,000 as
a. sguar:lntea fiithffully TO carry out
the terms If the contract:
The propositions were opened in
The board room of the commission
by w. Leo Pepperman, assistant
chief OF thc Office of administration
Of tie commission: Mr. pepperman
annohiiced that no award. Ifould be
made of the contract Until The pro
posals had been examined BY the
commission ard its general counsel.
51li accordance with inc specifications
fthe proposals were made for the fur
nishing Of different classes Of labor
at price fixed by the hour in Ameri-
caH g2lt,
A summary of the four proposals
submitted follows:
The American-China Contracting
Company, represented by James R.
Morse; Of Eligiewood; n. J:i Common
labbisrs; 10 tciits pct 1out:. former
and Interpreters, " cents pplE l!ut:s.
physicians, 40 cents per hour; cooks
and laborers Is. cents per hour.
International Contracting Company
Washington D. c., represented by
Carroll Pjiftaaa; pfesiashti. Labor
gerssandl cooks, 13 cents pcr.hour; doe
80 cents per hour; assistant doc.
TORS, 26 cents per hour; Interpreters:
two and one-half times l3 cents per
hour; foremen, one aud one-half
times ds cents pei hour.
Wa Me Lee Hing s C0ifpaiyj Bal
limore, Nd; Laborers, clerks and
BARRIERS, II l-2 cents per hour; fore
men and interpreters, ID cents per
hour; doctors, 25 cents per hour.
Joel Julian Reuben. Washington,
D. C.i l'ot tile first $500 Chinese
laborers, II cents pei hour; fureincn,
40 rents per hour; doctors 60 cents
per hour: Interpreters, GO CENTS per
hour; cooks and BARRIERS. 30 cents per
hour. For the first additional 1000
above $500 laborcrs, IL cents per
hour; for the second additional 1000
laborers, 1918 cents per hour; for
the third additional 1000, 1884
cents per hour; for The four addition
al 1000 laborers, 10 6-S eeEts per
hohr; for the fifth additiopal 1000
laborers, 10 - cents pei hour; for
the sixth additional 1000 laborers
10 3-S cents per hour; for the seventh
additional 1000 laborers, 10 Id
cents per hour; for the eighth addi-
tional 1000 laborcrs, 10 cents per
hour; for the nintl, additional 1000
laborers, 8 81 celits per hour, for
the tenth additional 1000 laborers,
8 1=2 cents per hour! for Tie elev-
cnth additional 1000 laboiers, 9 IA
cents per hour; and for the balance
of the $4,000 laborers, 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.