, 1882-06-10

beginning of this article.
The section of w warehouses, entrusted. to
M. Pidoux, is being organized, and the
work done during the last two months il a
proof of the capacity of the Chief of this
department. The landing and care of the
materials and provisions, the classification
and distribution of the same in proportion
to the necessities of the work the trans
pOrtatiOn &c. are all matters depending
on the direction of this section, which COM
mandS a personnel chOiSi and numerous.
The section of materials and workshops,
which is under the direction of NJ. Bar
bier. a young and intelligent engineer
lately arrived from France, comprises
everything connected with the mounting
of machinery for excavation, locomotives,
wagons, stationary engines, &c.
The Company has determined to adj
ply the electric light to help in the
works at Monkey Hill and Mindi, and an
Ell ctrician sent on purpose from Paris is
actively engaged in the preparatory work.
Everything will be ready in September
for the work Of pie cling the Canal that
date has also been fixed by Messrs. Huerne
and Company for the commencement of
the part Of the work they have contracted.
1t must also be mentioned that a drag
IN bCIutllO hO1hIIIS at Il dIh IlNEI WIFI puO
object Of deepening the bottom that the
floating material of the Company may find
shelter in case of bad weather. A commits.
sion has been appointed to study a project
to bring fresh water to Colon
The works Of excavation at Monkey Hill
are progressing and there are ready on the
spots rails, sleepers, timbers for several
purposes, sc. The houses of the laborers
are being rapidly completed, and the axis
of the Canal is already clear of timber up
to Colon, including the Mindi.
The buildings at Gatun are ready for
their different uses, the hospital, the cha
let's for the engineer staff, are already All
ornament to the locality. The houses for
the Ilb0rers already occupied, and the
bar-ro0mS Ove%r-hOwing with people go to
prove that time has not been lost. A
commission composed of 5 members will
shortly be appointed to receive these con
StructiOnS from the different contractors.
The line Of access of the eXcavators is
already opened and the p0nder0uS engines
Will be put in place at a moments notice.
What a splendid answer to the male.
volous articles and lies published by the
American press whose object is to show
that time and money are being wasted at
the lSthmuS without benefit to the share
holders.
The studies are being completed between
Gatun and Matachin, and the brigades
J%arozinSky at Bohio S0ldado, Zegarra at
FriiuleS, Gupirre and Locking at San
Pablo, Lecocq at GOrgona and Aramburu
at Gamboa are all actively working under
the able and constant supervision Of M.
p. SOsa.
At Matachin one notices again the same
activity. The quarrying at the lower end
ofOoispo continues, and about two hundred
labourerS are busy preparing the terre.
plain that viii allow the eXcavatOrS to come
to place and which will be used at the same
time for the tramWayS which are to carry
away the debris.
The bases of this important part of the
works to which you have made reference
before, have been finally determined
by Nr Helsent during his permanence
here. Many of the Houses at low Obispo
are finished, and the balance will soon be
ready.
From this place to Emperador the
Grand Torcha has been cleared of woods
by NJ. Murracioi, and there is in it a large
quantity OF timber ready to be used for
sIeeperS and other purposes.
At EmperadOr the new town on the side
Of the hill is finished as we'll as the ap.
preaching roads. There is here an excava-
tor brought from Colon and the place where
it is to work is marked by a trench from
which more than ten thousand cubic
metres of earth have already been excava-
ted by hand. NJ. Jacquemin, the chief
in charge Of this important section has
transformed the aspect Of this encampment,
oOd thp affnptS 1f his hln 6irootion bovo