The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-09

ana which shall extend throughout the
zone gave him "a letter to the com
mission and suggested that hc SEQ the
Secretary OF War. He will 5probably have
the help OF the canal commission.
Indeed have already ecommended
that buildings be erected for the Y. ~.
&c. A., and I trust we shall be able to
give them amusement grounds md 4 q
swimming pool. The Salvatio Army
arc also at work They deal with the
lowest classes OF these people, and we
want to encourage them. They have al
ready night lodgings and employment ~ pu u
reaus at Cristobal 8 55
E The Governor and the Clerks:
How are you getting along with your
America empl Dyes Fare you a PIE 70 =! ac-
comm odate them ~ Isl 4. .S
S"Yes. but not as we'll as we shall in
the near future. We have q corps OF
carpenters repairing the buildings It
9Cristobal and all along, the line. he men
IRE necessarily crowded just now, put
we shall erect homes for them as soon
as we can get the proper 10 alitles. = ~ . g g
com mission has Just authorized me to
begin ndemnation proceedings for GER
IA IN sites upon which VIC shall put 2.up
quarters so commodIous that each man
can have a room OF his own. We shall
have amusement halls for the en- ployes'
including billiard halls and reading rooms;
we shall also have croquet, tennis ana
golf grounds and we expect TO make tnelr
lives pleasant and enjoyable
t Chances for Young Men.
..yhat are the chances for young N en-
here? Would you advise young Amerl-
can to accept positions at Panama.
"The chances for advancement are e s;.
ccllent II the men are ~illlns 70 -'p ,,ast
Sitl7a little ut the start and do their Dest,
INC Young men I'VE have here are OF
NO kinds. Some are we'll disposed ana
"a doing their level best Others 90 OIL
,nto the Shoodlum class. They drill into
'rambling, drinking and other vices. ishe9
hive not the moral backbone 70 Keep =
straight. j This you must remember IN, =
in the tropics. where morals are l nauGt.
lass rigid than at home. It corresponds =,
som son, VIA t with the territory described IN
Rudyard Ikipling's poem: 5
,.rakc me somewhere east Of Suez
Where the best is like the worst; . =. !
Where there amt no Ten Com ma n 9, nomet''s
And YOU have to raise a 3thirst.
..son,c Of our men spend all they maR Is 9
and some tend to bad ways . az. a.iI
Imight shy the majority a are ao. nfyslcni
to ne ncrame nts are such as to unfit them
for itropcai life. Every man vino comes es
to Panama ought TO have m is tIal d 30
amination before he starts, and II Inc doc,
aara ADVISE against 1t he had better stay
+ !
Question Of Health.
3"r,o all the men, who come here get
the percentage Of 5 sickness xo Is n ral
larger than at hom decd 6e Change Snu Of c-
mate, food and manner OF lIvlnf ;,a ai tirst
are not sick at all anne mere -tne y, tIts > :
Of April and have been IN ner Sava not Been
SICK a day. Captain shanton. the |, chief o. o.
mnlice. has not been sick, and there are az
many, many others. Tho Az marines W ~
RESIDED 81 and Ing enly one rd Of them had
malaria. The Second battalion Is mere ane
now. and SO far they have nag - 1u - oi he
death The chief trouble IN We na % - the
MOSQUITOES. we have also had some gel
ton We are doing all we can to extefr,
inmate the mosquitoes ana 70 improve wy
sa'I As TO our Health, the total number q
United States employees on, the lstnnlHIs y, 3
$500, and the number IN tne nosp.taas y
now less than loo or apoulss PEI
putting in sewers and arranging 70 gl y g
Panama a new water supply, and we slla'4
eventually do the same for Colon, and
have have ALREADY excellent arrang ements fqr
I this Climate q deadly one; u the e en- 7 !,
ployes of the canal VIII taKe the , nIugpS -
Tie Temperature OF Panama city ranges
from US to IS, although It sometimes rises
rs high as 05, One needs q light cover g,
during the latter part of the night !
conflict between you and Chief Engineer
Wallace? r, ~.
YiAil such reports are absolutely without
roindation There Ia no friction OF any
sort Sort or kind here, and thera5is not likely
ut il has been said that the comm ssloners
are loggerheads, with one anether,' 3.
Davis ,.As for mo, ] was sent here, 10 do
wiat could. SO far 7 have done my Level
best, and will continue to do SO, Our rela.
Panama republic are entirely Harmonious
and satisfactory. We are doing all y We
can to further the object for whlchywe arc
here, and that is to construct Az ,ntt ,,l