Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-04

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 Built For Employees.
 Thomas Cook collector of revenues in the Panama canal zone, recently ar
 rived in the United States for visit | of eight weeks. His mission is to buy | supplies and to talk over plans with
 the Washington officials. He has un-
 der his charge the posts, lands, GUS toms, schools, internal revenues and the administration of properties left by citizens who die in the canal zone. In an interview with New York Tribune reporter he told of the health In the | canal zone and explained the work which Governor Charles E. Magoon and the Panama commission are now beginning He said:
 i Contrary to the general conviction in
 the States, there is very little yellow 1 fever in Panama. Of course there al
 ways have been some cases and other
 cases will appear from time to time for ] years. In the last year there were 1 only 162 cases of this disease and fifty
 three deaths in the cities of Panama, ] Colon and the entire canal zone among
 both natives and citizens of the United States.
 Governor Magoon has increased the
 hospital service in the canal zone so
 that accommodations can be had by
 per cent of the 12,OO0 persons who are
 expected to arrive in Panama by June
 30. 1908. This is considered by med
 ical experts to be the maximum re
 uulrement He has added about POO
 men to the 1000 who were dredging
 the swamps In the hope of exterminat-
 ing the germ carrying mosquitoes
 and 200 to those who are digging the
 sewers and building the water systems.
 As part of the Fourth of July cee-
 bration the water was turned on in the
 city of Panama. The waterworks are
 a present from the government of the United States Twelve lines of hose , were attached to six inch main and water was thrown over house of four stories. The first shipment of brick for paving the streets recently arrived. 1t is the intention of the government to clean up the cities and put them in q modern sanitary condition.
 Within a year water systems will be established. streets will be paved, swamps will be drained and modern houses built pretty generally through ' the canal zone, but especially in Pana- , !, ma and Colon. Already 125 cart loads U of lumber have been delivered along
 the route of the canal for houses, and
 1O,OOOOO0 feet of lumber is on the way . from the United States. The houses ' that are to be built for the government employees are to be provided with all
 conveniences- baths, screens
 etc. Eating houses, where properly
 cooked and prepared meals may be had, are also to be erected. There vii
 be homes for married and single men There are the greatest opportunities for men of all professions. Where mel
 know their work and are temperate
 and willing to put up with the neces :, sary hardships the pay is at least 5' ,i per cent higher than in the United . States and the opportunities for ad yancement unlimited. For doctors "a especially there are great openings h We already have eight or nine hospi ' tals completed and equipped, and oth m ,r CTS will be built as the necessity arises i, We are 10 have mail service aloni ,, the canal route l am here now [ n. purchase school supplies for forty-tw . schoolhouses. There are 1868 chi m dren of school age in the territory. an of many more are coming. The capacit n- of the schools will be forty pupils eacl tic There will be 25.000 American citizen
 in the territory eventually. and we 1T ty. tend to provide proper educational f' de cili.ies for all their children.
 ve We want teachers and men to talk mt hold Of the school system. consds nd the pay we offer good. We give clerk ce s1.5OO a year and homes to live il of Where quarters are not provided i'll per cent of their salaries extra Is m- lowed for paying their board bill to This is true of all classes of employee its Bookkeepers receive from Sl,6OO nd s2.OOO; stenographers from sl.6oO an s1. 500; chief of division. 5000 of S2. 800: engineers. 5000 to S9,O0O. al the department heads. 5000.
 it One of the great incentives to vol ,ur given the employees of the goyernme to in responsible positions is the freedo
 that they have in their spheres of
 tivity. The governor called his hea'
 of departments together after he-hi ltic appointed them and told them tn ! A they could have full sway in their ps hia ticular fields. He would give them fl ace credit for all they did and would 'en- auire them to bear the responsibill uch of the failures. As result all ha in joined hands to make the general wo ies. a success.
 ] in I hope that I am not painting the rosy a picture of life in Panama. lion do not want 10 delude any young m and who hopes for an easy berth. VII. want only men with the spirit of que. pioneer. In the canal zone there am, only work and home. There are she amusements except the music on s' bon days in the parks. The weather Is "In and humid in the day. there are [ , to tropical fruits. meals are poorly co ,son ed and poorly served: there are next New York hotels. no Riverside driv i'm no Sunday picnics. The unopen col pos trv. threaded here and there v ! or great trails. lies all about us. re sho-- We do not talk of anythi