The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20

certain houses OF Tie colorcd employ.
ee. We went over the site Of the pro
po..l Gatln dam having on the first
+ day inspected the sites OF the proposed
F Ia B,ca AMI S,Sa dams We went out
VA a .llle toy railway 10 the reservoir.
which had been built 10 supply the
/ people OF Colon with water for their
/ houses There We took lunch nj the en-.
g.nec,s mess We then went through
| The stores and shops OF CriStOhal. in
f speeding carefully the houses of both
+ Tie white and cOlored employees. mar
I red and unmarried together with the
other buildings We then went 10 Co
+ lon aud saw the fire department at
work In four minutes from the signal
/ the engines had come down 10 Front
street and twenty one two ana a half
inch hose pipes were raising streams
+ Of water seventy five feet high We
I role about Colon. through the various
streets paved unpaved and IN process
Of paving looking az the bitches. sew
crs curhug ana the lights ! then
wcut over the Colon hospital 10 order
10 compare it with the temporary town
or field receiving hospitals which bad
already seen aud inspected also in
spccicI some of the dwellings OF TIE
employees IN the evening ! attended
Il reception gwen by The American cm
poyces on the i,thmu~. which tool.
place CD one ~ tie docks IN Colon. and
from there went aboard the Louisiana
Each day from twelve 10 eighteen
hour. were spent ga going over aud In
spc,iIug all there was 10 bee seen and
in examining various employees
Health Showin-, Remarkably Good.
IN October there were uiuciyuiue
deaths among Tie employee, of tl'
istmus There were then ou the rolls
5jU3 whites s.ycn.cich.hs OF them
Americans or these whites bGt two
dol Of disease. and neither was an
American or The COCO white Amer.
cans. including -rur LOO women and
q llrcn. loot single death has o.
CURED iu the past three months. whore
as in an average cify in The United
States the number ~ deaths for sim
lar number OF people .n that time
would have ac'u about thirty from
disease This very remarkable show
ing cannot. of course. permanently oh
tain but It certainly goes 90 prove
HAT if good care :, taken the .~thmus
Us not particularly unhealthy place.
Coruzol SOME four miles from Ia
Rocl Wa, formerly one ot the most
Usmty places on The .~thmus
probably the most asauiiary There
Yls a Usrsh with pond Zoo tire mid
dlr Dr Gorgis hld 10th the marsh
and pond drained and the brush clear
cI off. -, that now. when went over
the ground il appeared Ike a smooth
meadow iu,cr>ert'l NY drainage
ditchcS Tie breeliu- places and shell
ter.ug spots of the dangerous mo~qui-
toes had hccn completely destroyed
The result IS that CorozH for the last
six months lik. l.l Hpcl. which for
uerly also had q very inslulary rec
ord had less than per cent week
admitted 10 tie hospital At lDrOZal
there Is nc hotc. Sized with en-
ploye,s of the ..thm,ln canal commits
Sion sure of them with their wives
pnd families VT I'll, healthy and at
,ract.ve ,l'3t was s:.-'aarzed rs hog
wal.ow' 10y one OF tie least scrupulous
and most foolish of TIE professional
sclndalmongcrs who from time TO time
Lave written about the commissions
worn
Too Many saloons.
There seemed ID me- 10 be- too many
saloons iu the zone. but the new high
license law which goes into effect
on Jan next VIII probably close four.
ffihS of them Eesolute and success
IN, efforts are being made 10 minimize
AMI control the sale Of liquo:.
Gaze 90 Employees.
Next iu importance - tie problem
+ Of sauitatlon-aul indeed now OF equal
Importance is The problem OF securing
and caring Cor tho men Who actually
DO Tire work This great task has been
under the control of Mr. Jackson
smith and has been well done. 1T
present there are some GOO white en-
ployces AMI SOME 1900 colored en-
ployco. OH tie isthmus went over
+ ,hp different places whore the differ
eut kinds OF employees were working.
/ | think saw representatives Of every
/ $50, both at their work and in their
homes. and convcrsct with probably
couple Of hundred OF them all told.
choosing them a, random.
Nearly 1000 Of the white employees
aal come ..om ;hr United states. No
nan can So, those young vigorous men
theoretically doing their duty without
thrill of pride In them as Americans.
/ they represent Oh The average high
rlass Doubtless 20 congress the wages
paid them VII seem high. but as a
matter If fac; the only general com
plaint which found had any real basis
among the complaints made 10 me up
on the isihmus was that owing TO the
peculiar surroundings. the cost OF liv'
ING and the distance from home the
wages were really not as high as they
should be In fact. almost every man
SPOKE to felt that he ought TO be re-
ceiriug more money. a view, however.
VII Cd the average man who stays at
home in the United States probably
likewise holds as regards himself |
append figures OF the wages paid. so
that the congress can judge the matter
for itself Later shall confer Oh the
subject with certain representative la
Dor men here IN the United States. AS
well as going over with Mr.. Stevens,
TIE comparative wages paid on the
zone and at home. and may then com
municate my fading, 10 the canal com
mittees OF The two houses
20 Causc Tor Complaint About Food.
came to The conclusion that. speak
lns generally. there was no warrant
for complaint about the food. though
doubtless il ~.5v's mpuOtonOus after
awhile G7laiDHHy about 1904 IS
common trait everywhere On this
very trip on one of the warships sea
man came 10 complain to the second