The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-30

tropIcal native to do. and that Is to pro-
vide for proper sewers In the towns
and cities; second. they have got pure
fresh water from the mountains; third.
they have provided proper rules ana
regulations for protecting the physician
veilbeing of employees: fourth. they
have provided suitable hospitals and
medical attendance. The result Is that
tbe death rate Is only an infhltesimal
mart of what II was under the French
regime.
Immense Progress Made.
Another great work done by the
American commissions has been IN
looking after the proper housing and
feeding of the men. This has been a
gigantic task in itself. but Is now well
under way. Then there IL a railroad
TO run. which belongs to Uncle lam.
as well as a steamship line from Colon
TO New York. The railway proper is
only about forty five miles long, but II
has numerous spurs and sidetracks
amounting to about 20O miles In all.
Then there has been all the French
machinery. much Of which had been al
lowed to rust and go to ruin, to e
vate or throw into the scrap heap. as
the case seemed to warrant In add
ton to all Of this, there has been an
immense amount of surveying to do.
All these different departments Of the
work are organized, and immense prog
ress has peel made under each head
Taken all In all, there Is nothing dis
%couraging In the situation up to date.
The only things that can defeat the
work or very materially retard it are
red tape and grating. and the presi'
dent has shown a very vigorous tend.
ency to discourage both. He seems to
think hat the only way to dig a canal
is to dig 1t, and as he is the boss OF
the whole job 1t may reasonably be ex.
pected that the dirt will fly.
About Fifty Miles Long.
The canal winds somewhat and is
forty-fve miles In length. With the
dredging in the sea II will be about
fifty miles all told. So far as the
plans have been perfected, II will prob.
ably be $50 feet wide at the bottom
and az least forty feet deep. II built
at the sixty foot level several locks
will be necessary. II at sea level one
lock only will be required. This one
lock. which will be near the Pacific
entrance, will be for the purpose OF
shutting out the high tides on the Pa
cifc side, the variation there being
twenty feet as against only about four
feet on the Atlantic side. The two
entrances to the big ditch will be near
the cities of Panama and Colon, the
termini of the present Panama railway.
As to the time required to complete
the undertaking, who can tell? The
engineers say eight years for the sixty
foot level and ten years for the sea
level canal. To do the thing actually
may tax longer. The American peo'
pie must make up their minds to see
the thing through whatever time ia
needed. The same holds true as to ex.
pense. The engineers have figured on
$230,O00, 900 for a sea level ditch and
considerably less for a lock canal. II
may be more than that. 1t is m thing
to build on paper and another to build
on earth. But the American people
have made up their minds to stay by
the task regardless Of expense-provid
ed always that the money does not &c
into the capacious pocket of the CRATER
At present we can rest In the assur
ance that the canal will be construct
ed. Come what may, Yankee plucl
and grit will see the thing through
Faith will remove mountains, and I'm
Gle Sam has faith. Besides, he has
dynamite. steam shovels and vim. Nc
dinky little mountain range 800 feet
high can stand before q combination
like that.
Triplets, whose combined weight II