Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-20
MILLIONS WERE SUNK.
A WILDERNESS OF. DESERTED
MACHINERY
And the DreaD Tropical Tanslc thar Remains
Work viii Probably Never be Re-
sumed on Tho Panama Ditch.

New York. Nov ~. 81 noticed In dis
patch from Panama" said uhNeier WHO
arrived in this city on iar last is' !.,l,,
ma canal company has applied Tor IN ef'
tension OF one year IN which 70 resume
awork on the big ditch aud thIt the Soi9 " \,
bltn government would hrobaply grant II II
n were puil enough.
'''rhc ilne limited for doing work expires
In about three months, ] think on Fehru.
AIRY ~. iS8 Unless work ~ under way
then the concessions made TO ne company
lapse and the property on lhs Nthlhuh
e~heats to the Colombian government.
~ have Just been over the Rrpnuu anl, IN
my opinion. work will never be resumed
II don't think canal eau be- cut through,
taking advantage or me present WORK, ~
body can do II, however. V Wonlu he an
American. liz fact the only SEXUAL cannl Is
the seven miles ON ihr Allal,lu, va. lSapie
for small boats. which wns ei'aiYated by
American contractors. rus IN last bilihg
up. 10 49,
know the INDUSTRIOUS gruwih 81 tropical YER
durc when yuu consider thnt hanAnn
plant VIII jump twcuty leei N u lev NOUNS
You can form an lhoa Ihe nailhH nave lai-
len In npd are overgrown Win trees aud nm
dcrbrish That portion " ihe 1ieh' aetu
ally or partially elcavatcd. l. rapidly filing
up while The big furrow, q, u Mei, winch
Winds Us way ucross tie isthnuswill soon be
elaborated entirely by tie rapid growth or
trees and plants and wafhon'H from the
hillsldes
COSTLY MACHINERY WRECKED.
''The sight Of The wreck of costly ma
ohlnery along the line u ths canal Is enough
Ia make one weep They told me Il WAS
worth go 900. Onn. II VIII all go 70 the Co
lOmblan government bur y " questonable
whether Il has much actual value owing 10
Us condition and remote SITUATION Huge
dredgors, some half concealed In trees,
which have sprnnR up ato9nu .heh, stand
IN the ditch and nir the hilfldes luhi AS they
were len when thcy ceased f9r the hAt Time
biting on chunks Of earth. nrte Are nun.
dreds OF them Some of the larger ones are
looked after by native wAteilhen- Just be-
fore the train rolls lni9 miny, ArninN1ils
silewheei shnal water boats OF thAt pecnl-
lar French model
''fhe entire isthmns Il almo't eoniiuD-
ons line Of little towns or settlements Of the
cnurI eonuuuv. The corrugated iron aud
wooden houses with iheir vide vefnndas,
from the barracks Of the men 20 the eiab-
orafc cottage OF the oflclAl. nll het on brick
or cement foundations. even nan and every
Inch u mnterial having feen imported At
double cost. show where the money went.
DESERTED towns.
These towns are al de.eTsed save by
few natives and 1amaia ncsioeni thp latter,
how6vor living IA their dirty little hufs..
These negroes were the ony persons who
could stand the work and they swarm ON
the lsilmua. At every tufr end scattered
along tie canal are scores ~ is,ynlouyes'
posed. Their are ihUusahds ~ NAT and
dump cars sidetracked and wing about. ln
eegrfni 81 the larger towns are iron and
innchinery yards ~ which sie LOIS, l"ns anh tons
an kinds All Rusty nnd a. good AZ worth
leas. and ~ piaced iho-e ~ iMtny tunes
their cost. This scene Of a.1hAuvil' pt ruin
and Of Wrectnfe Il one ~ me luust Impress
lvp Sights onr can wlinfFs, especially Ok
one realizes that fhls n al ihnif u % show
for The millions thrown int me Ground on
TIE isthnlus.