What is "contractors"

Usage examples of "contractors".

I presume it means our rival contractors know we have a supply of your new powder on board, and they may try to get it away from us.

And it was well he did so, for one man was in need of an immediate operation, which was performed at the rude hospital the contractors maintained at the tunnel mouth.

Damon and the two contractors sat in the main office and talked things over.

It spluttered and smoked, while the contractors timed it with their watches.

The tunnel contractors and their men understood the danger, for they had handled explosives before.

Work on the tunnel was stopped for a day, and, keeping out all natives, the contractors, with Tom and such white men as they had in their employ, went over every foot of roof, sides and floor in the big shaft.

The contractors heard of a big force of Italians who had finished work on a railroad about a hundred miles away, and they were offered places in the tunnel.

Masni had told him how to get into the secret valley by a round about, but easy trail, and thither Tom, the contractors, Mr.

And then, as if Fate was not making it hard enough for the tunnel contractors, they encountered more trouble.

Already the time limit was getting perilously close, and the contractors did not doubt that their rivals were only waiting for a chance to step in and take their places.

Swift loaned the contractors enough to proceed with until they could dispose of some securities.

But instead of half a mile of the extra hard rock the contractors found it would be nearer three quarters.

In a sense he and his friends, the contractors, had staked their all on a single throw.

Following the eager young inventor came the contractors, some of the white workers, Mr.

Suffice it to say that Professor Bumper, though be found no gold, for which the contractors hoped, made many curious finds in the ancient houses.