Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-06

other buildings all along the llnc, We
are putting M n blg wharf AZ La Bocn'
and we shall add greatly 10 the notpl,
tails At Ancon, erecting Ice plants ana
cold storage plants there, We are also
making roads and are rapidly Rctting
the quarters for tho employees Into COM
Portable shape,
AMERICAN HOMES AT PANAMA
While In the architects once looked
over the plans Of the different kinds OF
buildings which are now being made Tor
the American employees the. houses
vary according 10 tho RANK ana salary
OF the man ana ns To MS lnmlly, ~
tho bachelor quarters nj Culobra, above
referred 10, tho ceilings are ~ feet high
Each bed room II lgSli, with Trenoh
windows 10 the floor Tho doors opoil
out upon pOrchcp ana the ventilation IN
perfect. IN that building there VIII be
90 rooms each OF which VIII be occupied
by n bachelor workman
The rooms WIN be furnished by me
government Every man VIII have ms
own furniture, consisting Of lwo tebies,
bed, n mattress, a hatrack, two chairs
aud toilet conveniences Whfdrobes
and book shelves VIII be hunt INTO tne
houses and II IN expected that they WIZ
BIO lighted BY electricity, Such quarters
ore Tor our mocha MICS, namely, carpon'
| ters, plumbers, painters and others.
Men OF a higher rank, such as chiefs ~
| departments, chief clerks, etcv VIII
have bo,tor accommodation ana more
| furniture.
HOW Dun MARRIED MEN WILL
LIVE,
The married mechanics and their
| families will have good accommodate
| lions, Many Of tho French cottages are
| now occupied by them, and those whlHn
| have been repaired are comfofWple,
! Each cottage has several large rooms
| with wide windows and doors The
walls, as Ia tho case with nearly all the
! buildings here, are OF wood painted I'D
| bright colors, no plaster or paper htlng
used, A common type OF building "
"A onc.story cott0gc, containing Wo
rooms and A Kitchen, with yerhn1ns ~
| the front and back and q shower balh
| In tho rear. Tho rooms are l2yl'i inc
| partitions do not extend clonr 10 me
| roof, In order To- provide plenty or olr
lattice work rea ching from tho TOP OF
the wall 20 the ceiling. An such bOlld'
ings. including tho old French cot'ases
rest high UP from the ground on con,
crete posts, giving free air circulation
| unuef the UooTs ,..a.,
The next grade OF houses Ia intended
for the married foremen and CLERKS,
These are also ~ one story ana cost
about $1,000 apiece 10 build Each N
AZ feet Iona and 10 feet wide with six.
foot verAnd0 running around throo
sides Each contains a Twins room, a
bed room, bath ROOM servants room,
pantry and Kitchen, The rooms are
large and the houses comfortable a
still better class have an extra bel
room, Such houses VIII BIO occupied
by clerks with large families,
In addition 10 these some two-Nlory
cottages are now being bullt when
have LIVING AID dining rooms ON the
FIRST Moor ana bed rooms above, Such
houses VIII have porchee, top ana bot
tom, and the upper portion VII be Al
screened that the family can elt out 81
doors during the evening,
Tho quarters for the officers are oven
better than those already mentioned,
some 81 them having ak rooms with
furniture to correspond TO the houses
All the houses VIII have shower baths
and all will be supplied with cold ve
ter.
COOKING AND BATTING,
As TO tho cooking and eating m
rangemcnts, the bachelor quarters VIII
have kitchens and dining rooms, which
viii bo run on the contract System
J each man paying hls own proportion