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Show PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT MAY FIGURE IN CASE WASHINGTON, July 29 The Atlas Portland Cement company has a contract with the government to furnish 4.500,000 harrels of cement for use in construction work along the Panama canal. The contract con-tract covers a period of three years, the first delivery under it having been made about a year ago. Deliveries arc now mndc at the rate of about 5S00 barrels a day. At the time of the acceptance of the contract a protest was lodged with the secretary o war by Congressman Bennett Ben-nett cf New York on behalf of a lower conditional bidder. The bid of the Atlas Portland Cement company at about $1.19 a barrel, th exact cost depending on whether the cement was delivered In barrels bar-rels or In bags, finally was accepted. No attempt has been made, it was said today at the office of the Isthmian canal commission, on the part of the cement company to abrogate or modify Its contract. |