Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-12-22

10 dig the canal as efficiently and as /
quickly as possible; provided always /
that nothing is done that Is lnhumane /
TO any laborers and nothing that in /
terferes with the wages OF or lowers |
the standard Of living of our own
workmen. Having in view this prln- I
clple, l have arranged to try several |
thousand Chinese laborers. This is de- /
slFdbIe both because we must try to (
ind out what laborers are most eff |
Client and, furthermore because we /
should not leave ourselves at the /
mercy OF any one type OF foreign
labor. At present the great bulk of
the unskllled labor on the isthmus is
done by West India negroes, chiefly
from Jamaica, Barbados. and the other
English possessions, one Of the gov
ernors of the lands in question has
shown an unfriedly disposition to our
work and has thrown obstacles in the
way OF our getting the labor needed
and y is highly undesirable 60 give
any outsiders the impression however
Ill founded, that they are iudispeusa-
BILE and can dictate terms to us.
The West India lab0rers are falrly
but only fairly, satisfactory. Some of
the men do very well indeed; the bet
ter class, who are to be found as fore
men, as skilled mechanics as police
men, are good men; and many Of the
ordinary dav labnrers are also good
But thousands Of those who are
evbe1se, on off t,to tlo {vngIa 20 H.
ar loaf arnurd Colon or yUnrir en- t,5
w after the first three or four days
the amount NJ Labor nerfGrnoed on MI
dav ana Saturdav # aarb u,eak
1uss+ioned rnany ~ tbesa Tarn,fc5
Iaborars es 10 Ike corditions ~ tbeir
work and what, II any changes they
wished, I received many complaints
thee cG,rriairts ~, tTar1s,lt,ag eo,,
tradicteJ 0rs arotbsr In ali cssas
y,bere tho cornnIaint Vas as n tLnir
treatment nv a6v indfvidDaI n nroved
an e,-er,i ,iration +bat tb{g ir5i,;draI
v,as bjrasaIg a Vost 1n5i5 ma ~ roi"r
aitber a nolicayoan etnrekapner ar
an aeeiet5nt etarcLeener DoIbtlace
thor r1nst no noeri,, eorplniainte ae,ainst
Nr1erjnans. mn those 70 whom smoke
ala not Lannan ta nalse anv such com
nlaint 70 me
Work Of Construction.
rba ,,,ort, &C. ,,or, ,,oi,a a., ,,,ith a
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naee Tha tLrae bjo Inrobiens NJ HE
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,,Sd1t ~ Est,,n 5arn affars 10 ,,os+
s.riar,s nrotie,n yrbirb U-a Lsva fe
serious PIoDle" "'asH I'aNo ~
aotE = aHH ev ''!f aDtJSl iIrii T,, r,, ''jS IT,
n5rta ~ eoI,,tian ,Ione, F,o iiras
CeILaIh oL sGlullQh SloILs tHe "ne9
PIopQatu, dlluVus n, ol CuuI sc, ~ te
S31i3tle",,oS o}tbo,,rtS eS,,aii,, nF
ltlllBtlGt anu dllIuuEl tAuNll4 " VI
couIse, ttele VIZ pe sum Z III NJ iish rSt
III SCtlIgl lloA W. nc =" % n, "o ~, -
ARISES rum lHe az ma SUM- VI 'ltg
llalSraaI .g IA MI mgaI tHJ goe,oH' & noS 49,
$50 a. COulu We 80. gY - a.. ~ trr,,,,
ear IN udh no" CoIteiuPt1'c 'cu ~ t"tu" II
across from one IoothlA 10 Ine Qlhet
wv "stt bro,d n" I,onnf5in ,,t rIJge b@6ind
which win rise the inland lake. This
artificial mountain will probably show
less seepage, that is will have greater
restraining capacity than the average
natural mountain range The exact To-
caltty OF the locks at TINS dam-as at
the other dams-is now being de-
termined. In April next Secretary
Taft. with three of the ablest engin-
eers of the country-Messrs, Noble,
Stearns and Ripley-will visit the
isthmus, and the three engineers Will
make the final and conclusive eXami-
nations as to the exact site for each
lock. Meanwhile the work is going
ahead without a break
The CulcbTa cut does not offer such
great risks. that is, the damage liable to
occur from occasional land slips will not
represent what may be called major dis
asters. The work will merely call for in
telligence perseverance, and executive
capacity 1t is however, the work upon
which most labor will have to be spent
The dams will be composed OF the earth
taken out of the cut and very possibly
the building Of the locks and dams will
take even longer than the cutting in
! Culebra itself.
o..,-, o...
IN GuIeDra NuI'
The main work Is now being done in
the Culebra cut. Ii was striking and
Impressive to see the huge steam shoyels
/ In fun play, the dumping trains carrying
away the rock and earth they dislodged,
| The implements OF French eXcavaung
machinery. which often stand a little
way from the line of work. though OF ex-
| cellent construction, look like the verest
toys when compared WI %lt4 4-e5 tneSe ar,nr new
steam sHoyeS, @ yuse se 40 ~. ''I uba, com
Ils Ilas5oJ Nth The long trains Of huge cars.
RR,,,,,,Ie5 by steam 6lows which are now
,tsa T,bjs rsrrasants the enormous
al,.grra mar has been made in machin-
srv during the past quarter of CEN
80 NNS n tl's saoI,6t "a Suarter ~ a century
SIly,, ,,4s ro,,J rnaobiTary, of which we
hcll.e tl'.S 10, ,d tc similarly, seem oilt
are nov So S,5 n Gtu Ia "l cerfainiv SERVING its
,,,-u@se VI nSSe' ,rsii now Tbe oii French cars
Pu5pVse bs Me't s1tjrsiv tGi dscoriad We stili
tau sIyia 10 u, nee a few of the more modern,
Hase II! r79st r7o5er1 avs which hold
put not ,.g MS ~ esrtb They can he EN-
1 DLL ~ 1@,SS az, co-taip unas with sharp
ptogeG T Pr, tbe recant ears hold from
curves 5a ,oS buS 's'v a,iooo ana instead of the
/ - 70 oy a. u,,etbo5e of Iirioadinr them.
o4u Caa.'5i , is 9r5,yn froro end m end
/ d st5aH' 10 ,tio XXI" ~estibGlal train thus I'M