The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15

Colonel H. NJ Taylor of Panama is num-
bered among the guests who are register
ed at the Kenyon. The colonel gained his
title in the regular army when he was
connected with the engineering corps; of
late years, however, he has retired from
the service 10 take up mining engineering
in South America, where he has been for
the past seven years. The occasion of his
visit to the hauntS of civilization once
more is that he is now on his tri-ennial
trip to the land of his nativity.
In speaking of the conditions at Panama
last night he said that in his own private
! belief the canal would never be built,
for he said, 1T is apparent to every
on to the proposition in order to sell out
to America at the first chance. And
America will buy it, too, just you mark
my words, he said. There is no use
talking, Uncle Sam will get it sooner or
later, you see. The Panama canal is not
such a big undertaking as many imagine.
! In the first place the canal, when com
Dleted, viii only be thtrty-four miles In
length, and at the highest point in the sur
Vey the elevation only attains the height
of some thirty-Seven feet so you see it
IS not such great undertaking when
brought into comparison with the Nicara-
guam canal. which will be over 100 miles
cult country"
Coming back TO the subject of the Pana-
ma canal, Colonel Taylor said: ''It makes
an American tired to see the valuable
machinery, worth probably over S1,000,00O
which is going to waste and rusting away
in neglect. There are some fourteen miles
from the sea three powerful steam
dredgers lying high and dry on the banks
which are rOtting away. In order to hold
the franchise they are doing Just enough
work to accomplish that object and the
work consists IL simply dredgin the canal
and dumping the mud in the ocean, to be
returned by the next tide"
Colonel Taylor states that there is about
One-third of the canal which has been
excavated of which distance only prob
ably one-fifth is in any shape to be des-
ignated a canal in any sense of the word.
The Kenyon.-A. D. Porcheron, jr.,
Montreal;J. H. Turner Toledo. o.; S. NJ.
Cawgill, Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. J.
Sweet, Miss c. F. Sweet, San Francisco;
Alex c. Blair, Los Angeles, Cal; A. NJ
| Taylor wife and daughter, Panama c.
A; J. NewsOn, San Francisco; II. Tenn
pie Tucker. Little Rock, Ark; J. w. Hall
and wife, POcatello; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.
Putnam, Shanghai. China; H s. John
son, Nebraska; j. w. Mcmillan, Ogden;
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D. Kennedy, Martin Conrad, Chicago; d.
w. BruntOn, James CultOn, Denver; J. L.
| Weitzell, Omaha; F. Hine, New York; A.
Single, Chicago; T. H. Roe Denver; Mrs
T. L. Danforth, Clara Barnes Danforth,
F. L. Danforth, a. K. Barnes, Laramie;
F. l. Dunnell, Q. L Richards, New
York; X. II. Washburn, Springfield,
Mass; N Tenish, St Petersburg; a S.
Horve Boston; J. @. Guthrie, Chicago:
w. H. Webster OcantO, Wis; Mrs. +.
L. Summers. Mrs. A d. Spence, George
town. Ky; ]. S. LawtOn. Chicago; d. j.
Duncan, Colorado Springs.
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L. Rector, Denver; R. r. Beavers, Is
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children, Miss 2. L. Brown, Pittsburg,
Pa; 3. Clark Wheeler, Aspen, Colo; W.
L. H. DOtsOn and wife, Minersville Utah:
more, Montpelier, VT; John Hendrickson,
Nephi; H. p. MOrrey. Mt. Pleasant; Atha
Williams, Bingham; II. S. Colvin and son,
Ben Thomson, Mercur; II. S. Martin,
ish Fork; DIR. Robinson, Provo; ]. w.
Allen, c. w. Brown, A. P Allen, J. r.
Allen, Draper; w. 3. Terry, w. c. Cox,
Bluffdale; w. A. StrattOn, Detroit: t
! Vawdrey, Nephi Vawdrey, Wasatch; J.
/ w Berry. Ogden; Charles Jones' Lehi;
Al HOlindrake, Park City; c. Smell, st.
/ Paul; d. B. Cronin, Eureka Maurice
The Walker.-John R. Lowery, Omaha;
/ r. II. Jones, Brigham City; John Sulli-
van, Mammoth; Il. Downing, Harry
Downing, Mt. Pulaski, S. II. Reed, Lima
/ Anne Boyer, Mercur: L. ]. Buckly, Den
yer; J. Goodall. Manning; Mrs. c. A. Lu-
cas-, Marshallton, Ia; Martin Quinn.
James Flanagan, Victor, Colo; NJ. d.
Call, Cripple Creek Tim Higgins, Green
River.
/ White House-W. F. Fuller James
4 johnson, Scipio III. Bunkerhoff, Thatcher.
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] CaTnick and wife, Scofieid; w. NJ. Jacob
4 son, Miss Emma r Peay, Provo; Mrs.
/ A n Salisbury, Athens: s. j. Rogers.
/ Bingham George Brande, Alta: George
n. Hurd and wife Denver; 5. NJ. Mills.
1 p. A. McEny, Stockton: Levi Rees. Cas-
/ tlegate; John Spalling. Stockton; W. o.
/ Greer, Spanish Fork; NJ. ]. Mckenzie and
! wife, Bingham; w. S. Marks, Tooele; w.
I J. Bowden. Bluff Dale; Joseph Lorwill
and wife, William +. Hicks. Master w.
Hicks, Bingham; George Hammond,
/ Grantsville; John Bell D. Beaton, Ogden;
\ S. J. Nicholson, r. 3. Garff, Draper; John
/ A. Smith, Burt Smith, TOoele; L. F. Ross,
F. San Francisco; J. Z. Rely, Fillmore: G..
/ Mccarthy Eureka: A. r. Carver, Den
! yer; Mrs F. Blininy, We,t Jordan; Thorn