The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-05
DIVERS WORK.

Ol4lN Ell > WORhs. -
It was wisdom on the part Of the
Isthmian canal commission to decide
to let by contract the work of con-
Istructing the Panama canal, and that
wisdom has been emphasized in the
demonstration of the commissions
ability 70 secure the lowest bid for
the work from an association headed
by William ]. oliver of Knoxville,
Tenn. Says the Manufacturers Rec
ord. Mr.. Oliver, who is just about
40 years Of age, has had 20 years ex-
perience in large construction work,
in which he has gained repute as
never attempting anything which
he does not thoroughly comprehend
in every detail, and has had to deal
with conditions Of climate and labor,
|eminently qualifying him to cope sue
cessfully with conditions at Panama.
While his associate, Mr.. Arson NJ.
Bangs, is widely known as being es-
pecially familiar with lock and dam
construction, having completed dur
ing the past 10 years for the United
States Government the ship lock at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, costing ST.
500, 900; Delaware breal1water, L.
100000 tons of deposit. $4,000, 900,
and Buffalo breakwater. 1,250,000
tons of deposit. $4,000, 900, Mr.. OIL
yer during the past A or 10 years OF
his operations in the South has been
occupied with engineering undertake
ings of various kinds, involving the
employment OF 10000 men at time
and the extent and character of which
are well illustrated in the contracts
aggregating $50, 200, 1000 upon which
he is now engaged One of them is
the building on the Tennessee river
at a point IL miles IRON Chattanooga
of an immense dam OF concrete 1900
feet wide intended TO develop $4,000
horsepower for Industrial purposes
at Chattanooga. The dam, lock and
power-house will cost about $4,000
1000. In addition, Mr.. Oliver is 5ulid-
ing for the Southern Railway Az
mile line from Chattanooga to Steven
Ison, including the big tunnel under
Lookout Mountain and Raccoon Gap,
to cost about $5,O00.O0O; the line
from Lookout Mountain to the new
Chattanooga Union Station, TO cost
81, 000.O00; an SO-mile branch from
Knoxville south. s3,000.O00; extern
sion to the marble quarries near Knox
Vile, $250,000; yards at Charlotte
and Spencer, N. c.. $300,000;
|double-tracking 16 miles between Dol
Itewah Junction and Chattanooga,
81 500 900: AZ miles from Knoxville
to Morristown, s2,O00.O00; II miles
from Atlanta to Austell, $4,000, 900,
and through Lynchburg. Va. includ-
ing two tunnels and a bridge over the
James river, $4,00O.O00. Other pres
ent work of Mr.. Oliver includes 20
miles of double-tracking of the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad 90 miles
south of Birmingham, $500, 900; Of
100 miles of the New Orleans Great
Northern road between Shdell and
Jackson. $2,OOO.OOO; of 20 miles of
Central of Georgia line between Green
vile and Newman, $4,000, and of
100 miles of the Big Four Railroad
in Indiana and Illinois. costing about
$1,000, 900, besides As miles at diff
ferent points of double-tracling on
the Cincinnati Southern, $2,500.OOO,
and number of smaller Jobs.
These indicate the scope of Mr..
divers energies directed successful
ly upon different kinds Of enterprises
at widely-separated points, and may
be taken as guarantee of all possible
speed and efficiency in the great task
on the Isthmian should the Oliver