Show conference HELD george and john pierce who have large quarries to have charge of mason york work 11 1 I 1 I 1 new york feb S 3 sf f W vm m J oliver of knoxville lowest bidder for the construction work on the panama canal held a conference here tonight with ten other contractors who will it is understood be ej ed with mr oliver in the event that his bid is accepted the purpose of the conference it wafe sald was to discuss the formation mf ot a corp corporation ora which would be to undertake the work donahe the isthmus those preheat pre seil seat in addition to mr air liver were john B mcdonald and john pierce of this clan george pierce ft f IN maine faine P T waldhof Wals hof the walsh contracting company davenport la ia T brennan Brenn fin of the brennan con truc tion company of washington D 0 I 1 robert russell ocote york who iab been associated 1 with lith mr biver oliver n many enterprises AV H sayre of ho lie international contracting company of if new york diaries charles ackert third ice president of the southern ral rai road company R C chester of the national bank of commerce washington D C and R A smith of 3 city mr air oliver declined to discuss the outcome of to nights meeting but I 1 said that something might be made public in a few days A representative of mr oliver olivcr announced some som 3 plans that have been agreed upon in addition to those already made mr Al mcdonald cDonald will if the corp corporation ora to be formed is awarded the canal contract have general supervision of the construction work george and john pierce who have interests in the largest quarries in this country will have charge of the mason work and mr walsh will have supervision over the work of excavation mr brennan drennan will have portions of the construction work to do robert russell will be it is said in f charge of this work vice president ackert of the southern railway will look after and have general charge of all transportation to the canal not only of men eni em aloyed but of the machinery used R A C smith and mr air chester will have charge of the financial end of the corporation it was said that the tile contractors in the company would associate with themselves such other contractors as might be necessary among others consulted tonight by the contractors named were P mccarthy cCarthy who is associated socia ted with mr walsh in the batters lat construction company geo 0 tenny an expert on con concrete conchite crite work of spar gansburg tans burg S C L C gunter who has associated with mr jr oliver in previous enterprises and george F parker representing the title guaranty and surety company of scranton pa the latter has arranged for the the final papers for incorporation is was said will be drawn ap tomorrow mr oliver had until next wednesday to comply with the flie requirements of the government that he should asao elate with him at least two other experienced contractors and incorporate a company compa nj with a capital of it Is understood that the government will be notified tomorrow of the incorporation po POT ration atlon of the company and its personnel |