The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-05

fled is The qd tlon Of tlle. "-eIne
canal shiII be- one RI several
'Iod above sec level pr y SEA lefei
with nEe TIDE loek
spoinf hope u N BEFORE ~
eress at an early day The iille. g
fhe ADVISOR Board Of AI1eriean
and European e.1neeTs that q my
iinritafion have been consid erlng &.
subject, together with the feport-ot
Ire CoInrnis sion thereon and such
Comments thereon or Teconnlllen
lions IN reference thereto az may
seem necessary.
The American people IS pledged
to the speediesE possible constEr
ton Of canal adequate to meet the
demands which the commerce Of the
world VIII make upon 4, and I APP
peal most earnestly to the Congress
to aid IN the fuifiIlment of The
pledge. Gratifying progress has
been made during the past year and
during the past four
months. The greater part of the
necessary preliminary work has been
done. Actual work of excavation.
could be begun only on limited
scale till the Canal Zone was made a
heaIthfa1 place to live and to work
in. The Isthmus had to be sanitat-
ed first. This task has been so
thoroughly accomplished that yellow
fever has been virtually extirpated
from the Isthmus and general health
conditions vastly improved. Tho
same methods which converted the
island of Cuba from pest hole,
which menaced the health of the
world, into a healthful place OF
abode. have been applied on the 18th
mus with satisfactory results. There
is no reason to doubt that when the
plans for water supply, paving, and
of Panama and Colon and
the large labor camps have been full
" carried out, the Isthmus VIII be,
for the Tropics, an unusually healthy
place of abode. The work is so fer
advanced now that the health of all
those employed in canal work IS IS
we'll guarded as it is on similar work |
in this country and elsewhere. I'm
addition to sanitating the Isthmus
quarters are being pro
yided for employees and an ade-
luate system of supplying them
With wholesome food at reasonable
prices has been created. Hospitals
AVE been established and equipped
hat are without superiors of their
lind anywhere. The country has
,hus been made fit to work in, and
has been made for the
Welfare and comfort of those who
ire to do the work. During the
oast wear a large portion of the plant
With which the work is to be done
las been ordered. IT is confidently
believed that by the middle of the
year a sufficient pro-
portion of this plant viii have been
Installed to enable us to resume the
work of excavation on a large scale
What is needed now and without
lclay is nm appropriation by tie
Congress to meet the current and
.ccruinp expenses of the Commis-
ion. The first appropriation Of
900, out of the $135, DOG
100 authorized by the Spooner Act.
vas made three years ago. 1t -
nearly exhausted. There is barely
enough of it remaining to carry the
Commission to the end of the year.
Unless the Congress shall appro-
pirate before that time all work
must cease. To arrest progress for
my length of time now, when mat
.ers are advancing so satisfactorily
would be deplorable- There viii he
no money with which to meet paw
roll obligations and none with which |
10 meet bills coming due for mater
'als and supplies and there will be
of the forces. here
and on the Isthmus, now working 50
tremendously and effectively, If |
there is delay.in granting an emnr-
rency appropriation. Estimates 81
the amount necessary will be found |
in the accompanying reports of the
of War and the Commits
sion.
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