The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-21

American workingman Iu the United
states has mo- concern whatever ln the
question aH 10 whether tho rough work
on tne iHthmus. which iH performed by
aliens m any event. Is done boz aliens
from lnp country with a. black skin
Ur by, aliens from another country
with ! yellow skin our business ia
Co dif the canal as efficiently and ar
qu.hi HH possible. provided always
that fothlnE is done that BE- inhumanr
20 an laburtrH. and uuthiuE that iu-
terriers with the wages " or lowers
the fnndard 81 living ~ our own
work Having in Wow this pflu-
riplo. I have arranged 10 try several
thour nd Chinese laborers This iH de-
airaia both because We must try 10
Client ana. furthermore. because we
shoul not leave ourselves at the
mrTcg--SfW any one type Of foreign
H. o,.kIuid labor on the lsthmns ~
done by West india negroes, chiefly
from jamaica Barbados. and the other
English possessions one OF the gov
ernnra OF the lands In question has
abuvu au unfrItdly disposition t. nur
work and has thrown obstacles tn the
way NJ our setting the labor needed
any outsiders the impression. however
hi founded that they are indiHppusu-
bio and can dictate terms to MS.
Thu West India laborers are fairly.
nfnf only NN|NNN. "ANlNNNNNNNNH sumo OF
the men do very well indeed. the bet
tor GLASS. who are 10 be- found aH fore
men. IT. skilled mechanics. as police
men. are good men aud many Of the
Hut thousands ~ those who are
hrDurHt over under contract tat our
expense Hn IN into the jungle 90 live.
ur tHtf around Colon. or work Hu bad
~ sffar tEa UTst thrna nr fnUr daVH
na tn cause serious diminutiun ~
the amount nf labor performed on FRI
day Hnd saturday Of each week.
uucatIuut1 many ~ these Jamaica
iHfA,ers uH to the conditions of their
work and what N any changes they
wished received many complaints
from them but nH regards most NJ
these complaints they themselves CON
trslIftrd one another In an cases
where thU complaint was us to their
treatment boy any individual u proved
on examination that this individual
was himself H West india man NJ color.
either % policeman. Htorekrcpor. or
au assistant sturekpoppr. Doubtless
there must be- many complaints against
Americans, but thos" to whom J. spoke
did not happen Go make any such com
plant to me
Work OF Construction.
The work ~ now going on with a
visor and efficiency PHEASANT to wit
moss The three big problems ~ the
canal are thU iI NuvH dams. the Gutuu
dam sud the tulUhrn cut The Guile
Ora NNf must If INNlNf. any now NNN
% course changes ns go the dams nr
al least ua Co the locks adjacent To
Tho dams may HtlN uryur The IL
Bora dams unor uu particular prob
lem the bottom material being Hu
good thli there De- u practical certain.
tv not merely us 90 what cnn Doe
achieved but uH Co the time ~ achieve
m'nt The Gntuu dam unurH the most
SERIOUS problem which we have Co
solve. ana set che ubi,Ht mon ON tho
lHthmuH believe that tutH problem iH
rrrtH.u uf solution along the Hines
proposed. although. OF course. IL moe
triurrugr and although equally. OF
course there VIII DE some little risk
ln connection with the work The rick
arises from the fact that some ~ th,
good lH could hc desired. ~ the huge
earth dam now contemplated iH thrown
across from one fuuthill Co The other
we viii have what BE- practically DE-
low broad mountain ridge brhiud
which VIII rise the inland lake. This
ARTIFICIAL mountain VIII probably show
less sc"pnEe. that Co., VIII have greater
restraining capacity than the average
natural mountain range. The exact iu-
callty Of the locks az this dnmauH Ht
the other dumH-iH now being de-
.lgmined Ia April next Secretary
- with three of the ublcst cngin-
GERS Of the country MeHHrH. Noble.
Stearua and Ripley viii visit the
isthmus and the three cnginoors Will
nations as To the exact site for each
lock Meanwhile the work Nv going
ahead without "A break
The Culehrn cut does not orcr such
great risks. that IN, the damage liable Ia
occur from occasional land slips viii not
represent what may De called major dis,
aators. The work viii merely call for In.
tclllgencc, perseverance, aud executive
capacity. IL N, however. the work upon
which most labor viii have 90 be spent
The dams viii hc composed ~ the earth
taken out uf the cut and very possibly
the building N tho locks and dams viii
take even longer than the cutting ir
Culobra itself
In culebra Cut.
The main work ~ now being done lu
the Cuiphrn cut. 10 was striking and
impressive tu src the huge steam ahoyrls
in full play. the dumping trains carrying
The implements OF French eNCayAtiur
machinery. which often stand a littlt
way from the line OF work, though OF eN'
cellent construction, look like the vericsl
TOYS when compared with these new
steam HhOyelH. Just us the French dump
ing cars seem like toy cars when com
pared with the Ions, trains o. huge cars
dumped by steam plowH which are nov
la use THIS represents the enormous
advance that has been made In muchin
cry during the past quarter OF cen
Jury No doubt quarter OF century
hence this new machinery, N which We
are now So proud, viii similarly seem ou
nf date. but Il is certainly serving Ia
purpose well now The old French car
have In use "a few of the more modern
hut not most modern, rnrH, which hn.,
but " yards uf earth They can be EN-
ployed On certain lines with shan
curves iiut the recent ears hold from
% to 30 yards apiece, ana instead ~ The
old clumsy methods uf unloading them
N the whole Nrsuhuled train thus I'm
ueuaely prunumlEiuE labor lu the ruiu'