Show 1 BUILD CANAL BY 1 10 PRIVATE CONTRACT j f i 1 Commission Calls for Sealed Proposal to Do the Work WILL OPEN BIDS DEC 12 BI Big c Firms Finns Will m Form Croup Group Act ct Through h Ono Olle Washington ton Oct 9 9 The United States government has called for or tho the construction of tho the Panama canal by private contract Upon the belief belle that private ate companies companies com com- ponies can do the work at nt much muc less lest cost and hi In much less time tho the Isthmian Canal commission slon this afternoon afternoon af af- under Instructions from President Roosevelt elt called for tor sealed proposals proposal for Cor the work Chah Chairman n an Shouts Shonta alo made mado public a n lengthy letter addressed to Secretary Secre Secre- tar tary Taft explaining in detail etall the reasons rca rea sons sone actuating the tha commission and ancI saying that It would tako take the com cons commission mission years to s secure cure men and build buildup buildup up departmental construction organizations organizations which would equal In ht efficiency those now controlled IJ by the leading contractors of the United States The Tho proposals call for an foot font lock level canal with a minimum depth of or 41 U feet and a minimum width at the bottom bot Dot tom tuns of OO feet Tho The proposals will be opened at mid-day mid December l 12 13 Bidders must have lave an available net capital of oC 5 A certified check for Is required the tho successful Cul bidder must furnish a bond boncI of oC Proposals must b be expressed s sled ed In iii terms of or a percentage Engineers Engineer to Make F Estimate An engineering committee of oC e members of the canal commission and ancl two to bo he selected IJ by tho the contractor will make makl the e estimate Chief Engineer EngIneer En En- Stevens Is to bo be chairman They are aro expected to complete their estimate of or the cost and probable time re requIred required re- re to complete completo the can canal l within ninety days daya but c certainly within six i S month j Th bids Will therefore ay HaY J f the will per pe itt I for foul rou alvo V p it p b Y r t tt IM uS' uS a iii con con- li lJ lp tt JJ Work J Within specified j time time his pay a will wW be r reduced a tt month Jf lC he ho can w r complete It H within Ie less s than the stipulated Sated time he will be given gl a bonus of br q that amount I Letting J tho the contracts entire rather than by section to different contract t to tore tors 18 will avoid confusion on I Is Js hoped to associate tho time most expert people In excavating transportation dredging etc and find firms with established reputations are e expected to associate themselves themselves them them- selves selves- together In a group so that tho the commission Mon In Jetting letting the bid be d dealing with only one alt party Will III Control Canal ZOI Zone Zone- C Tho The United States Slates through tho the 11 commission will retain to Itself time the 1 government of the canal zone so go as os to I preserve law last and ancl sanitation to protect health the direction lIh of or engl- engl r the supervision super of or quarters In n the time Interests o of sanitation the com com- sa ary department m tho the operation o of the he Panama railroad ad all municipal engineering and an nn auditing depart depart- department t m ment nt which Is to have full con control trot over the books books- books and and accounts of oC th the contractor The commission slon agrees to furnish r free e of oC cost to the tho contractor all orIts of or Its plants machinery and facilities now on the isthmus and such as fiS are aro t I necessary to complete the work also aso the quarters for forr housing the contractors contractors' contractors contractors' contractors contractors' tors' tors war warehouses lOuses hospitals etc and ancI all of oC the raw materials put Into the work and the machinery and ancI appliances for the operation and protection protection protection pro pro- of oC the tho locks or other parts of or orthe the canal will be furnished b by the commission The Tho transportation of or contractors contractors' their families and supplies over the Panama rall- rall r ad and find Its steamship lines JInes will bo be furnished at rates not greater geater than j one-half one the regular published tariff rate Free FIto tele telegraph mph and ancI telephone service upon tho the Isthmus I r rights and water will HI be supplied To ro Take Over EmlIo cs The contractor is to begin the actual work of oC construction within sixty days from the signing of or the contract HeIs lieis Ho lie Hois is to lake take over Into his own employment employment employ employ- ment all employed on tho the Isthmus upon the payrolls of ot the commission at the time that ho begins Ins work except ex except except ex- ex i such as tho the commission don ma may re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve to Its own use Those ThoS on tho the gold list taken over b by the contractor contractor con con- tractor are not to be discharged nor reduced In salary except for cause and then only on the approval of ot Chief Engineer Stevens The contractor contractor con con- tractor Is also to assume an am carry carryout carryout carryout out all contracts that ma may have been entered into b by the commission forthe forthe for forthe j the supply an and employment of or foreign or other labor He will be bo required r to observe the hour eight-hour law Jaw so far faras ar aras ti as It applies to American labor but i may work foreign labor ten hours n n. 1 da day The contractor will trill bo be paid either In Panama Washington or NewYork New NewYork York CH City on or OJ about the fifteenth day of oC each month the cost of actual construction work done b by him durIn durIng during dur- dur In Ing the preceding month In the cost of oC the construction construction construction tion the thu contractor will not be allowed allow- allow ed to Include the cost of oC his organization tion administration legal and general general general gen- gen eral expenses Interest taxes cable service or commissary commissar purchases purchase HeIs Ho He y Is to furnish tho the labor and do the work and It Jr Is for Cor that alone that x he is Js to be paid |