The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-21

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The work IL now going On with 4
ness The s thrae pteas s I 70 VII XII
canal are the III pne, an tha a. ar
dam, and the cnlehra r,it The r,,ia.
bra cut must he made anyhnw mn
Of course abanres aa Il VIZ ANS y,
at least as To- Tho 1oeps aa,aeant n
the dams NAV etit, 800 ,rha Il y
Boca DANG offer M nartin,,iar nroh.
lem. the. bottom mafarial he1np ~
good that there IL q ,,,a etIca carfainu
~. not msreiy "a ~ Wa e MI H
achieved. but AZ III fha ln,a ~ arhiavas
ment. Tho fiatun dam aSYers tha most
serious problem which We have Ia
solve; and vet the abIest Nan M tse
isthmus BELIEVE fbaf sn1s rnhIar Il
certain OF sylttian aInng abe lines
proposed; although. or cnI,rse. N ne
cessitates graat fnil enep~uN ana IN
telligence, and although Equally. Of
In connection with the work. The risk
arises from the fact that some of the
Ihalerial near the bottom IS not so
Sooa as could be desired III the huge
earth dam now contemplated ~ thrown
across from one foothill to the other
we will have what is practically a
low, broad. mountain ridge behind
winch Will rise the inland lake. This
hrl,helai mountain, will probably show
restraining capacity than the average
natural mountain range. The exact To-
cal1fy Of the locks at this dam--as at
I otner danls--is now being de-
termined. In April next Secretary,
Taft, with three OF the ablest engin-
GERS or the country-Messrs. Noble,
Stearns and Ripley-wil1 VISIT the
|istnmus and the three engineers will
make the final and conclusive exami-
nations as to the exact site for each
lock. Meanwhile the work IL going
ahead without a break.
The Culebra cut does not offer such
occur from occasional land slips Will not
represent what may be called major dis
asters. The work win merely call for in.
telligence. perseverance,, and executive
which most labor will have to be spent.
The dams will be c~on1posed of ina earth
taken out OF the cut and very possibly
the building OF the locks and dams viii
take even longer than tie cutting in
Culebra itself.
IN CuIehrs C,It
n,ha ,~..~
~ 5,,i ,i.a,m W a5 y now pelng conc m
in 1flll mac ~ sel a me hiuge ts s5aam J smogels
away the rock and earth they tisiodged.
The implements of French excayating
machinery, which often stand II liftle |
way from the line of work. though Of ex-
cellent construction, look like the veriest |
toys when compared with these new
steam shovels, just as the French dump
ing cars seem like toy cars when COM
pared with the long rains Or huge cars.
dumped TX steam pIows, which are now
advance that has been made in n1achin-
cry during the past quarter Of Il CEN
fury. M doubt 4 quarter Of d century
hence this new machinery n which I'VE
are now so proud. viii sln1ilarlv seam All
Of date. but Ii Ii certainIy sarning IL
purpose well now. rIe did French ears
had to be entirely discarded, WI still
but not most modern ears ,vh,nh, hoid
but IL Yards Of earth Thev can ha am
ployed on certain lines with sharn
curves. But the recent cars hold from
old clumsy methods 81 Inlnadjnr tben
a steam blow III drawn Fran anT ~ an
OF the whole vestibuled train fms i'm
menseiy e~conomizing labor. iii the rainy