New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BID.

BID No. g. Macarthur Gillespie Company-Presi-
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Gillespie Company. Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Com
paDes will Pl-oe at the disposal of the bidder
struotlon Of the canal their Organization and fac-
ties. The Macarthur Brothers Company is carrying
Arthur in 1896. During the last year the company
has employed approximately an ayerage OF twelve
operation It has full contracting organization
tendents and foreman. This company has successful
ly carried through large number OF important
DAM In Massachusetts,, the largest artificial
@ In 's ut End s s ths s tTsHy TsteE
locks and large dams fGE the t United stsfes
sections Of the Chicago Drainage Canal the entire
work of preparing the Worlds Fair Grounds at
heavy railroad construction, including portions OF
trunk Lines IN hs S States
age between four and five thousand men year;
foremen. Among other important consuuctions. it
has executed several reservoir dams for the East
the St Lawrence Power Company. at Massena, N.
u five dams and locks for the United States gov
reservoirs for the cities OF Pittsburg. Allegheny.
Minneapolis Erie Troy, Atlanta and New YORK;
Pttsburs filtration plant. now In progress. and a
large amount OF railroad pipe and tunnel work.
The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company has been
In existence for about thirty years Its speciality
be the largest operator in the United States II
has seventeen complete dredging plants. having an
rial: It has stan of nifty skilled and experienced
dredging supertntendents and engineers 1t has
successfully carried out, among other work. the
following: Harbor improvements in Manila for the
insular government, more than fifty dredging
tracts for the War Department Of the United
States, several canals. including one seven miles
ing the Yazoo with the Mississippi, between
Oakland and the Leandro River, In California;
the waterway In the Lake Washington Canal at
Seattle. and section twenty miles long connected
with the building of the barge canal between Lake
Champatn and the Hudson River.
j. C. White Coz which company is also asso-
ness established number of years ago. and has
in hand about $26,0O0,000 of engineering and
struction work. 1t has full staff of engineers
superintendents and foremen. Among other work
accomplished by this company harbor improve
ments at Cebu and Iloilo Philippine Islands, United
States coallng station Mt OlonGapo; a number of
and lighting installations and hydraulic plants
The other bidders were George Perce & Co.
of Frankfort. Me-. and New York City, who Of
fered TO do the work for 719 per cent upon tho
estimated cost and the North American Dredg-
ing Company, of Los Angeles. who offered to do
the work for % per cent of the estimated cost
The proposals show that George Peirce & Co.
is partnership consisting of George Peirce, c.
A. Peirce and Earl s. Peirce. The North Ameri-
Dredging Company is a corporation whose
president is William II. Allen, jr of Los An
geles, and whose vice president is T. A. Perry
of San Francisco.