Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13
FOR DIGGING CANAL
Bids Opened by the Commits
sion Yesterday.
ONLY FOUR WERE RECEIVED
William ]. Oliver and Arson NJ.
Bangs Lowest Bidders
AT CTS PER CENT OF COST
Their Tremendous Assets Above LA
bilities and Their Available Equip
ment-Work Done in the Past.
ONLY FOUR WERE RECEIVED
AT CTS PER CENT OF COST


| A statement prepared by the canal en-
mission to show the character of bids re-
| ceived yesterday by Chairman Shonts for
! the completion of the isthmian canal was
given out yesterday. The bids were fol-
| lows:
! Bid No l. of George PIERCE & Co. of
Frankfort. Me- and New York city,
partnership composed Of George PIERCE, G.
A. Peirce and Earl S. PIERCE. Bid amounted
| to 10 per centum upon the estimated cost
of the construction, to be fixed as provided
| in contract :
| Bid No 2, of William ]. Oliver of Knox
| vile. Tenn, and Arson NJ. Bangs of ) Mas
sau street, New York city. Bid amounted
to 6.75 per centum upon the estimate cost
of the construction, to be fixed provided
in contract.
] The statement furnished by these bidders
| shows that the assets of William ]. Oliver
exceed his liabilities by over $3,0O0,0OO, and
| the assets of Arson M Bangs exceed his
liabilities by over s2OOoO0o. The bidders
further state that William J. Oliver and An
son NJ. Bangs have credits and means of
| credits more than ample to finance all the
contractors expenses and OUTLAWS, details
of which will be furnished the Commission
| If desired. This bid was accompanied by
certified check on the Commercial National
| Bank of Washington. d. c., in the sum of
s2oOGOO
William j. Oliver has been in the con-
tracing business for twenty-four years,
and during tie past ten years has complet-
| ed, among other substantial contracts. the
following: Construction of Ensley South
ern railroad in Alabama. 81 miles heavy
| rock work. 81 100000: reconstruction of 10
Of Tho North linn rol
| way. s., 800. 600: double ira ckng Virginia
| and Midland railway. ID miles. S2OoO,000;
| constructing so miles of Tdewater railroad,
$1;0oO 600: constructing 100 miles Tennessee
| ton of sixty miles Louisville and Nashville
| railroad, 81. 100000 The total work COM
| pleted by this contractor in the past ten
| years has amounted to SIS, 100000. This
bidder has in progress the following:
Double tracking Knoxville and Morristown
| railroad AZ miles, S3.COO,GO; construction
| of Little Tennessee railroad. rs miles, 3d.
| 100000; construction of Memphis and Chat
! tanooga railroad. $3,5OO,OOO; double-trac OK
| ing Cincinnati Southern railroad 90 miles.
81. OOOOoO; mountaineering "A miles for
| 100000; constructing 1O2 miles New Orleans
| Great Northern railway, S3.0GO.0OO. Total
| work in progress approXimating the sum of
| $31 500, 600.
Extensive Equipment.
Upon the work now in progress William
| ]. Oliver has the following equipment:
Forty-eight steam shovels 12O locomotives,
| about us dump cars. 1.9OO-foot cable
/ ways, 10 air compressors. suction dredges.
~ orangepeel dredges, about 80 drays,
about . 100 mules, also derrcks, locomotive
| cranes, carts and wagons, and other tools
sufficient to carry on expeditiously all the
| work in progress mentioned above.
! schedule of past experience is also sub
! mitted by Arson NJ Bangs, who has com,
| substantial
| contracts for the United States government
/ as follows: Ship lock at Sault Ste. Marie.
| Mich, known as Poe Lock, amounting to
81, 100000; Delaware Breakwater. 1,5O0,OOO
/, tons of deposit, within contract time,
| amounting to 81, 100000; Buffalo Breakwa-
| ter, 100000 tons deposit within contract
time $2,5O0,00O.
MacArthur-Gilles Co. Bid.
Bid No. 3, Macarthur Gillespie COM
| pany-President A. F. Macarthur, Fisher
| building, Chicago Ill. Amount of bid 121s
| per centum upon the estimated cost of
| construction as provided in contract. The
MacArthur-G Gillespie Company is corpor-
! alton incorporated under the laws of the
| state of New Jersey, having capital stock
| of $500OO0O all subscribed for. Officers
| are: President. A F. Macarthur: vice,
| president T. A. Gillespie. Westinghouse
| building, Pittsburg, Pa. secretary and
| treasurer. Frederick H. Reed, Al Exchange
place. New York city. The MacArthur-Gil-
| lespie Company has entered into contracts
| with Macarthur Brothers, T. N. Gillespie
| Company, Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Com
| pany and j. G. White Company, which
| companies will place at the disposal Of
| the bidder, if awarded the contract for
| completing the construction of the canal,
! their organization and facilities. The Mac
! Arthur Brothers Company is carrying on
| contracting business founded by i'm R.
| Macarthur in 1926.
| During the past year the company has
| employed approximately average of
| II, 900 men. have over forty ovels
| in opera ton. 1t has fun cont: acting or
| ganZation. including full organic <; IN Of
| engineers, superintendent and foremen
| This company has successfully carried
| through a large number of important con-
J tracts, among others the following: The
| Wachusatt dam in Massachusetts, the Iarg-
est artificial reservoir in the United States
| the first water power canaan a Sault Ste
| Marie, Mich. twenty masonry locks and
| large dams for the United States govern
| ment and the states of New York and
| Illinois, four sections of the Chicago drain
| age canal the entire work of prepar ring the
| worlds fair grounds at Chicago in 1892
| several thousand miles of heavy railroad
| construction. including portions of many
| principal trunk lines in the United States
Employs Many Thousand Men.
| The T. A. Gillespie Company employs on
| an average between 1000 and 5000 men a
| year has full force of engineers, superin-
| tendents and foremen. Among other i'm
| portant constructions 1t has executed sew
| eral reservoir dams for the East New Jer-
sey Water Company, the power house for
| the st. Lawrence Power Company at Mas
| soma. N. Y; five dams and locks for the
| United States government on the Mononga-
! hela and Ohio rivers. reservoirs for the
| cities of Pittsburg. Allegheny. Minneapolis,
| Erie Troy, Atlanta and New York city;
| Pittsburg filtration plant, now In progress:
| large amount of railroad, pipe and tunnel
| work.
| The Atlantic. Gulf and Pacific Company
| This company has been in existence for
| about thirty years. Its speciality is dredg-
| ing and in hydraulic dredging 1t claims to
| be the largest operator in the United States
1t has seventeen complete dredging plants
| having an average capacity of 30OOO0O0
| cubic yards of material 1t has a stan of
| fifty skilled and experienced dredging
! perintendents and engineers. 1t has
| cessfuly carried out. among other work.
| the following: Harbor improvements in
| Manila for the !nsular government. over
| fifty dredging contracts for the War De-
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