The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-06
TIE PANAMA CiNM.

N ties and the republic OF Panama
A Y which the construction Of rhf
mama canal was MAJ possible
NEt mo effect with IT'S ratification By
fl United States enate on Feb %
4aet. The canal properties on the
fanah csn"l company We're trans
red 70 ihe United States on April
i904 on payment Of 100000. 000 Ia
y9a eenpang On April / 1895, the
az .issloR was reorglni1ed and i,
i.a consists nf Taeodorc r Sion
5a' man: Charles II Magoon Benja
l' NJ Harrod. Rear Admiral Morde.
hi i Endicott. Brigadier General
setef G Hams and Colonel Oswald
VI Ernst. John r Stevens was ap-
pointed CHEF engineer on July last.
I've work lii canal construction
iainig preparatory, has been in pro
Tess for less han a year and half.
turing that period two points about
~ canal have ceased 20 be open to
fep te. First he question of route,
canal will he built on the isthmuR
Panama, Second the question Of
easibiiilyi there are no physical OBJ
iacles on this route that American
engineering Skill will not be able 10
overcome without serious difficulty or
hat viii prevent the completion Of
lte canal within 4 reasonable time
n9 at a reasonable cost This Is
virtually the unanimous testimony Of
he engineers who have investigated
ne matter for the government
lhe point which remains unsettled
M The question Of type-whether the
canal shall be one of several locks
JoYe sea level or at sea level with r
ngle tide lock On this poini | nope
io Ian before the congress at an early
~ The findings Of the advisory boar3
American and European engineers
at al my Invitation have been con
eTine the subject, gether with the |
VA lort Of the commits sion thereon ana |
@iiah comments thereon or recommen,
atoms in reference there to as may
scsm necessary.
the American people are pledged
X The spaediest possible construction q
& canal adequate 10 meet the demands
watch the commerce of the world win |
make upon II, and appeal most earn
esiy 10 the congress to aid In the full.
Hlnent Of the pledge, Gratifying pro
gr@ss has been made during the past
car AMI especially during the past
tour months The greater part of the
necessary preliminary work has been
dcne. Actual work Of excavation coulG
fc begun only on a limited scale till
The canal zone was made healthful
place to live in and to work in The
lSlhmns had 10 be sanitated first This
task has been so thoroughly accom-.
plshed that yellow fever has beer
extirpated from the isthmus
#n1 general health conditions vastly
Improved The same methods which
'alYerfet the island Of Cuba from
lcst hole, which menaced the healtl
q The world, into a healthiul place o.
'bode have been applied on the 18th I
nes with satisfactory results. Their, .
no reason to doubt that when the {
lails for water supply paving ani +
2WeIage of Panama and Colon and I
ne large labor camps have been fulb L
r sfied ont the isthmus viii he. for th, {
opcs. an unusually healthy place of a
hcde. The work Is 50 far advanced Z
ow that the health of all those en- 4
lloyed in canal work is as well guard Il
= as il Is on similar work in this q
yuntry and elsewhere h
Quarters For Employees.
~ addition 10 sanitating the isthmus
auifaciory quarters are being pro ii
lied for employees aud an adequate NJ
tenn OF supplying them with whole III
ac food at rcasonaoie prices ha pi
zen created. Hospitals has been es o,
''lishcd and equipped that are with. II
superiors Of their kind anywhere. m
country has thus been made NJ 81
J work IN. and provision has been IL
7de for the welfare and comfort OF de
use VIC are TO do the work During "
e past year large portion of tho u
nt witt which the work is to D., III
ne has been ordered. il Is conn al
atty believed that by he middle o. W
approaching year a sufficient pro u
ton Of this plant viii have been re
tailed to enable us 20 resume tho az
3rk Of excavation on a large scale. At
Nhat il needful now aud without
'ay Is an appropriation by the con y.
ass 10 meet The current and accru ~
3 expenses OF the commission. The >.
~ Appropriation Ct Sl0000.O Goa out a.
the sls5.eoo.00 authorized hy the -
'ooner act was made three years az 10
g nearly exhausted. There is barely I'm
Tough Of it remaining 10 carry the 70
'nmissien 70 the end Of The year. IN no
g the coHgress shall appropriate b. raj
Te That time all work must cease Ar
? arrest progress for any length Of the
Hc now, When matters are ADVANCING fer
satisfactorily. would be deplorable a I
ere VIII b. no money. with which 10 car
payroll obligations and none with an
ich 10 meet bills coming due 70, uni
liefials and supplies end there win me
decentralization % The force her. a
4 on The lsihmua now working 50 Tar
imsaicasiy and effectively. ii there thl
rtlay in granting IN emergency an It's
apf'a'i9n Estimates ct The aHouni del