Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-01
STILL lAMENTS BECAUSE
SHIP SUBSIDY FAILED


When the contracts for the con
struction of a complete steam railroad |
| system 400 miles long for the insular
government in the Philippines in the |
| islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu, and
for 50-mile electric railroad and n |
| lighting system in Manila were given
out they Went to a New York firm. J.
G. White & Co. The total value of
| the contracts was about $16,000,0OO.
1T wasn't necessary for the firm to
go hunting around for capital after il
got the contracts or even before, when
it seemed TO have a chance TO get the
work. All that had been arranged for
in the formation of the company, for
Representatives of half dozen bank
ling houses were among its directors.
Having money at its command was
as much d part Of the preparation for
work of these big contracting concerns
as having shOyels and locomotives and
ldredges with which to do construction
| work. Indeed, providing what might
be called the ways and means commit
tee is now the first essential of the or
ganization of any contracting concern.
TO illustrate the extent and variety
) of the tasks in which some of these
. great engineering companies are con
ccrned one has simply to mention
. flew of the contracts that the White
| company, for example, is now complet-
ing. 1t is building 30-mile, high-speed
railway system at Alton, H., for a
traction company.
1T has the construction of harbor
works a mile long at Cebu, Philippine
islands. It is electrifying 40 miles of
an interurban railroad between Des
Moines and Fort Dodge. Iowa.
Work in Tri-Cities.
1T is reconstructing the railway and
, lighting properties in Rock Island. Mo
line. H.. and Davenport, Iowa, all of
, which constitute what is known as the
/, Tri-City system.
~ 1T is extending and unifying the
railway. gas and electric lighting prop
, critics of eastern Pennsylvania in
, Schuylkill county. which involves the
construction of 20 miles of new rail
roads and the remodeling of the power
distribution system.
1T is building a great power house
p in Washington. 1t is building a high
lspeed. rOck-ballasted interurban line 81
miles connecting Buffalo, LOckpOrt an
= Rochester. Il has a dozen minor opera
tons in other parts Of the country be
sides its contracts in the Philippines.
The Canadian branch of the com
pany is building an office bnildinG auj
large terminal station in Hamilton
Ont. II is constructing a sewerage sys
TEN for the city of Edmonton. 1t l.
building a bank building at ST. join
= and another at Saskatoon. Alberta.
1T is building a theater in Winnipeg
In Montreal it is building a race course
n great power house. a large wa =
house. putting in the electric pow5r
> for the Soulanges canal and the Mon
. treal. Light. Heat & Power company
;, 1t is also building a large apartment
, house in the same city.
"In England the same concern
known there as the WaTing White com
- pany. limited. is engaged in fully $40
100000 worth of building operations
- Among them are the Waldorf and Rit.
hotels. each of which will cost nearl!
y S1,5O000O. I' is building a large de
: partment store there of which J. u
:! Burnham of Chicago is the architec
and which is designed to be the bes
81 and the most completely equippe,
. structure of the kind in the world.
"It is building the Cotton EXchang
W in London at a cost of something lik
T. million. 1t is building the town hal
IL of Lancaster. 1t is constructing an OF
IL flee building for the London Post.
T. is putting up other Office buildings.
$ -"Still another of these companies
r. known as the J. G. White & Co. Limit
IS ed. of London is at work in all part
ol of the globe. In Amsterdam it is cor
structing and equipping a high spec
IL electric railroad 50 Miles long. L
III Auckland. New Zealand. it is buildin
is ing a similar work.
IL In Bombay it is building Al mile
III of tTamways. In Buenos Ayres it
vi constructing many miles of steam an
II electric railroads. 1t is building a
no electric road in Caracas. 1t is buildin
's' power plant in Kalgoorlie. West Au
" tralia, and tramway system in Me
all bourne. A similar enterprise is bein
constructed in Para, Brazil. A dOZe
such tramway systems are being pI
RS, in various cities of Greet Britain.
ic, In addition to all these, the con
it pany is operating lighting works