The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
MUCH RED TAPE
ON N THE |. [: |sTH ] /
* rs IA vi Al 4
\ How Uncle Sam Loses $4,000 a
Day While Congress Haggles
Over Price Of Waffle Irons.
TINE ]. N. ELEMENT :! |IE:1 9. OF PROBLEM EN-
Az Ii. @ = 90 " II
Story of the Twelve Whitewash
Brusllcs--Busiiless Admin
istration Needed.
TIME ELEMENT OF PROBLEM N
BY Frank g. Carpenter.


4s DispatchD A
PANAMA, April l10.--Uncle Sam Is like
toFlose millions through the Miss Nancys
or Congress before the canal is COM
pleted. They hnvo already begun their
investigations OF tho petty emergency
purchases made by tho canal commission
nntl they insist that everything shall
be done by lslow government methods
I backed by congressional action. Such
methods are all right In ordinary gov
eminent business but Just now, they
Il are like great iron balls chained to the
legs OF the engineers retarding their
work at mn enormous cost In money and
i might almost ray, In lifcaas well. Far
tllcr on IN this letter / shall show how
such delays, have affected the hospitals
and how thay are / retarding the actual
work on the canal. At this initial stage
I. the government cannot afford to DO penny
wise and pound foolish. Tho work IL
nlrcndy started, and the high-prlced men
are on tho ground There Is an i'm
q mediate need for all sorts OF supplies, and
emergencies are bound to come from time
Z 10 time which will demand tho Immediate
@ expenditure Of comparatively large sums
s,ana !, ~,
mo-, mn make more .tian m ord ina ~
profit. but the saving In money and health
VIII be enormous. 81
a Loss OF Sac, 900 a Day.
Tho parents who have boys on the
q istlmns will be Interested in the matter
& Of health The taxpayers are Interested
S# III pushing the work .on the canal rs for
~ every day OF delay Will cost them at
least $1,000 We are to spend on the
canal, including the money We have al-s
4 ready given the French. about 5000. ONO ,-a
~ oDo and III Is estimated that 1t will take
from ten to twelve years TO built It, 5 AZ
per cent. the b, amt, Interest cost
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Working daS anu y .ii l y y "a wy ue
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ns,ss ses
prices ny - sis'lu
wv EVERY @olklHs 1our "ill cost
us 81 900, and y eve working minute
81 IFS = loss 81 & more .han sSo, lhl
: loss gong NJ theS rate q . ~ cents per
q second ;lt t'cfs INC
- ~ i, -, = !, &, 4,
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cost o1 ~hI1ie5 irons nui IN tins'$ nospi,a!
Fu pnlles 5 ana piue prlht = paper 1or me
s use OF tho en- gineers
want 70 RnoW.fsi5
55 Red Tape at Panama.
indeed "a Congress Is making such a fuss
about the petty items OF expense ut
panama that both the commission and
ii hesnnrIne GERS ara afraid to buy the actual
!, acassi iiss vitbnnt 4 slot Of red 7tape&
tia Il nm kos stlctr 4 ct,,a1 cost tan times
as.s ercat Il %thourh thew were E bought
Nh 4 s double prices s we arc building and
n ,.an,f no sonnet Hing like three thousand
II ,,omscs' here :sHl,rhe other Fday an order
~, I sen T. wa shinrton forT twelve thou
n sind dnora To he forwn ID ed immediately
The panama Dana rtnent Of Material and
s,,nYl,cs advised That they Be purchase din
IA mar, ma RI Al. NJ, ( ono Of the comnIs-
Hioners tells mo that they would not
Ipr
Other, orders have been made for picks
and shovels. others for water Pipe, ma
III chinery, large and small and fora hun
drea other things which the work in,-
neratlyeIy "a needs; hut ships come ana
SHIPS 70, nlld the supplies are not here
1'',,I,derstand i'm { orders were sent in
for 1,luo prlnt paper months ago All
drawings and engineering reports are
N copicd1 On this paper and i t is almost
III d necessity to the furthcrance1 OF the
work. Il suppose it will come In time. s
,nnd q much 8of IA one congressional In
\ Vest is;nlon. they we're probably the part
! ofS,l furniture order. The United States
y gives quarters 10 its American employees.
4 ~ has already bought four hundred or
more sets Of furniture for this purpose
i will need Ill sorts of ranges and
l,ltchen supplies, and i suppose the Miss
Nancys Of Congress will demand that
4 onnh5' stove lid and stove holder be duly