Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
CHINESE WOULD
DIG BIC CANAL
UNCLE SAM RECEIVES FOUR
PROPOSALS
One Contractor Offers to Furnish
$4,000 Laborers at Nine Cents
an Hour - No Awards
Made
BY Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Proposals
were submitted to the Isthmian canal
commission today for the furnishing
of 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 $500 Chinese, the commits
sion having the privilege of calling
upon the successful contra ctor for ad-
ditional labor not exceeding $4,000.
1t further was specified that the
laborers should be on the isthmus ready
for work within three and a half
months of the opening proposals, and
that the contractors should deposit
with their proposals a bond of $500O0
as a guarantee to faithfully carry out
the terms of their contract.
While the commission has been in
communication with about $50 individ-
uals and corporations who had signified
a possible desire to submit proposals,
only four proposals finally were offered
to the commission today.
In the presence of the contractors
and others interested the propositions
were opened by w. l.. Pepperman, as
sistant chief of the office of administra-
ton of the Isthmian canal commission.
the proposals Mr. Pepperman an
nounced 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 American gold.
Summary of Proposals
A summary of the four proposals sub
mitted follows:
The American Contracting company,
represented by James M. Morse of
Englewood. N. j.: Common laborers. 10
cents per hour; foremen and inter-
prefers. 20 cents per hour; physicians,
40 cents per hour; cooks and BARRIERS,
Is cents per hour.
international Contracting company,
Washington, D. c., reported by Carroll
Purman, president: Laborers and
cooks, 13 cents per hour; doctors, 80
cents per hour; assistant doctors, &c
cents per hour; Interpreters 2h times
13 cents per hour; foremen, 11s times
13 cents per hour.
Wah Me Lee Hang & Co., Baltimore:
Laborers, clerks and BARRIERS, 1914 cents
per hour; foremen and Interpreters. Is
cents per hour; doctors, 25 cents per
| hour.
Joel r. Julian, Washington, D. c.:
For the first $500 Chinese laborers, II
cents per hour; foremen, 40 cents per
hour; doctors. 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 addi-
tional 1000 laborers, 1915 cents per hour
For the third additional 1000 laborers
10A cents per hour. for the fourth adj
ditional 1000 laborers, 1919 cents pei
hour. For the fifth additional 1000 la
borers, 1912 cents per hour. For the
sixth additional 1000 laborers, 1913 cents
per hour. For the seventh additional
1000 laborers, 10A cents per hour. Fol
the eighth additional 1000 laborers. II
cents per hour. For the tenth addi-
tional 1000 laborers, 91a cents per hour
For the eleventh additional 1000 labor
ers, 9A cents per hour. And for the
remainder of the $1,000 laborers. 8 cents
per hour.
The last proposal is assumed at the
department to mean that If the commits.
! sion eaters into contract with Mr.
Julian and wants the full quota of Chi,
nese, he will furnish them at the rate
of 9 cents per hour for common laborers