The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

1920, during the bishopric of Don Francisco de la Camara. that the work of construction was commenced. The interior of the struc- ture is not particularly pleasing to the eye. No effort has ever been made to conceal the ouEh-hewn timbers that support the roof. which imparts a sense of incompleteness The nave is spacious and has four laterals. The church is equipped with a splendid or gan and contains many fine oil paintings and images.
 One of the peculiar features in connec- ton with Sunday morning mass in this place of worship is the introduction of the full Republican band of about twenty-five pieces into the musical part of the service This in itself would not be so remarkable, but the band does not always dscrimin- ate in. the matter of their selections and one Sunday morning recently the familiar air of ''Hiawatha," familiar even In this part Of the world. came floating through the vast doorways.
 In connection with the ruins of the Santo Domingo church. an odd feature in the or isinal construction deserves mention An
 arch about twenty-five feet high and t.r- ty six feet wide. but few inches removed from the horizontal. supports heavy wall of the building. without the aid of a single pillar and is only held up by the two ends. which are firmly embedded in the rock wall on either side. While other parts of the structure have crumbled and fallen away. this piece of work remains intact. without keystone support. monument to the
 skill of the seventeenth century mason.
 There are only two Protestant churches on the Isthmus. an Episcopal church at Colon founded and maintained by the Pa mama Railroad Company for their white em-
 ployes, and a colored Episcopal church in Panama built year ago. Since the com
 ing of the Americans to the Isthmus. re- Iigious services have been conducted by lay
 ol chapel With the continued influx of Ameri- cans, the need of regular divine services in the English tongue will be felt.
 If the pipe material for the new Panama water works is received on the Isthmus by December 1st water will be running into the city from the Rio Grande reservoir by the last of January" was the statement made your correspondent by member of the water works corps of engineers the other day. UnQuestionably this undertaking will prove the greatest blessing the city or Panama ever received. The great reservoir at Rio Grande Is practically completed When full it will hold sO,ooo.ooo gallons. and 1t is calculated that if not a drop of water flowed into the reservoir for three months 1t could supply every man. woman and child in Panama for the entire period with fifty gallons per day. From the reser- voir at Rio Grande. which is ten miles from Panama and located 225 feet above sea lev ell. the water will be conducted by sixteen inch pipe to a secondary or distributing reservoir, which is now being constructe1 on top of hill on the Ancon Hospital res- ervRtion. This reservoir is no feet above level, thus permitting a fall of fl5 feet from the Rio Grande basin. and Is suffi- 1 cientIy elevated to furnish adequate pressure to all parts of Panama City.
 A surveying party has just been out Nts. oF xrRE EIat for the city of Colon the Atlantic side This will be a much more difficult under taking than the Panama water works, as for fifteen miles inland from Colon the country Is flat and marshy. The plan or this work will appear in The Advertiser as soon as it Is determined upon.
 The mortality record for Panama City for the month of September shows 1ob deaths Of this number thirteen fell victim to tuberculosis fourteen to pneumonia. nine to fevers of all kinds. and one to yellow fever. In July. ninety-seven deaths occurred and in August one hundred and one. It is interesting to note that from the 2Oth to 2sth of September scarcely a drop of rain fell. an unusual circumstance for the season of the year and during these eight days, forty of the l05 deaths occurred. During this period many of the tanks in the city went dry and people were forced to econ 9mize in the use of water which no doubt accounts in q large measure for the heavy mortality This Is not a good country for c consunptive or a person afflicted with puInonary complaint Tuberculosis is the principal cause of death nearly every month
 With some 75O to 800 Americans now on the Isthmus, 1t is a pleasure to report that not a single death has occurred out of the number iu four months. with the single ex- ception of the Scoteh-Ameriesa previously nnentionedAi in The Advertiser as having sucs ennbed tol yellow fever a eouple of months