The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-21
Gives Results of His 0bser-
yatiOns While on Tour of
Inspection to Congress,
THE WORK is BEING PUSHED
Perfection Of Sanitary Conditions
in Canal Zone Has Taken
Much lime.

plants and Refutss Statements Of
crities-calls Some Writers "slan.
dersrs and Liars" - Approves Of
Type and Route Of Canal.
The following is the test " President
luuaeNoltH special message 60 congress
On the subject OF the Panama canal
tlvpH.
In the month ~ November visited the
lalhmus ot Panama, going over the
also visited tho cities OF Panama and
Colon, which are not in the zone ur
under the United States mas but ns tp
which the United States. government
through rs agents, exercises control fur
certain sanitary purposes. chose the
month o. November Tor my visit partly
because u w tue ruinegt month OF the
yrhr the month in which the work puoa
forward az the greatest disadvantage.
and one N tho two months ch the
medical department uf the . u Canal
company found most uuh,
Following the Introduction U o. mos.
sage the president gives q resume or bis
nrogrumme during the days be- was ON
the lHthmuH. ana then says.
~ the outset wish to pay tribute
60 the amount N work done by the
rult circumstance Many of tho buiii.
inEH they put up were excellent and
are SUI iu use. though. naturally. tho
houses are now getting out of repair ana
other houses can be- built. aud much OF
the work they ala iu the Culobrn cut.
and some ui the work they did lu dig.
Eing has been ~ direct aud real benefit
This country has never made u better
Investment than the fiU.WoUp which it
paid Co. tho French rumunny for work
ana bcttermcnts, Including especially the
Panama railroad
~ Inspection on tho ground at the
vince me NJ the Wisdom Of congress In
refusing 60 adopt either high-lcVoi or
= ses.-laycisGAuhl, There Heeiua 20 be e
competent To Judge that the Panama
route. the one actually chosen IL much
superior 90 both the Nicaragua and
Daricn routes.
Preliminary Work Being Done.
The wisdom ~ the canal management
has been shown In nothing more clearly
thnn ~ the way In which tho foundn-
tiona ~ the work have been laid To
have yielded 90 tho natural impatienre
81 uniformed outsiders and begun AN
/ Kinds ot experiments IN work prior To
thorough sanitation NJ the iathmuH and
20 u fairly satisfactory working OFT VI
the problem OF Eptting and Keeping IL
auiilclcnt labor supply would have been
disastrous The various preliminary
measures had 10 be taken nrst ana
these could not be- taken so as to allow
~ TO begin tho real work Of cOuHtruc-
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year. u then became necessary 20 have
tho type of the canal decided. aud tho
only delay has been the necessary DELAY
until the @th day or June. tho date
settled that We should have nm N5-font
level canal, Immediately after that the
Work I began ~ 9ar ,al earnest and has
ever since. ana Il win continue an to
/ progress IN the future. Whom the con.
tracts are let tho conditions win be such
hH 10 insure Il constantly increasing
amount Of performance.
Successful Sanitation.
The first great problem TO be solved.
upon the solution uf which tho success uf
| tho rest ot the work depended was tho
l problem uf sanitation. This was from
| The outset under the direction of Tn
| w. g. Horgna, who iH e. be- made run
| member OF the commission 10 must be-
| remembered that hlH work was not mere
] Hhultntlou uH the term h understood Boz
| our ordinary municipal work Through.
| 1ul lhc Annv ana M tho two elites OF
/ Panama ANA Colon. iu addition Co the
] SANITATION Work prupvr hU has had tu
] do AN the work that the Marine hospital
] service does as regards the nation. that
| the health department officers dn loo the
l various states ana cities uud that col
| warning did in New York when ur
] cleaned its streets The results have
I been astounding. The lHthmuH had hrpn
I q hNWurd Tor deadly uuhralthfulu,Ha
] Now utlrr two years uf our occupation
.
/ the death rate compare fuVorhuly with
I reasonably healthy localities iu the
/ United states Especial care has been
/ devoted 60 WinIWiEing The risk duo tu thp
] presence ot those Species of musuultnrs
| which have been found To propagate
| mhlnfhl ana yellow towers in am thu
I settlements, the little temporary towns
] or cities composed ui the white and nlu,h
/ employees, which grow up hero and
I there leo the uopic Jungle as the urrdH
] uf the work dictate. tho utmost care b.
. fN
I Everywhere are tu bee seen tho draiuur,
dlirhca which iu removing the water
] nave removed the breeding places of tl,
| mosquitoes, while tho whole Jungle ia
/ cut away for "a considerable space around
] tho NhltuNuuHt thus destroying the
I places iu which the mosquitoes take shoI.
I ter These drainage bitches and clearing
are No. evidence In every settlement and
together with the lnvarlnblr prvsruyp of
/ mosquito screens around the piuzEts. und
/ OF MOSQUITO doors 90 the houses. NOT q,
/ speak uf the careful fumlguuuu thut hut
/ gone ON in an Infected houses, duubtlrss
| explain the extraordinary uhsvuyr ul
| single mosquito, and this not nf MI
] dangerous species, was seen hN amy
/ mrmbrr ui our party during nN thrDt
| taken by tho inspectors of tho health de-.
/ partment GO secure cleanliness boo th,
| houses ana proper hygivnlc conditions of
] every kind. ! Inspected between Go auU
] go wutcr-Clnsrts. both those uspd hy UIi
! white employees ana those used by tu,
] Colurrd lApurrrs. lu almost every case
found the conditions perfect lu but on,
] case did ! nnd them realty bad. ln thn
] case, Affecting "a settlement Ot uumlr.
/ ricd white employees. found them Npr,
/ bad indeed, but tho buildings were nI
| inherited from the French company uuO
/ were being used temporarily while utupi
] hulldluEH were 100 the course ut uuustruy
| tlon. aud right near the defective water
/ closet new and excellent closet with o
I good sewer Pipe was iu process of CON
/ HtruCtluu uuu nearly finished NtNgrthy
| less this dld not excuse the fact that tu,
bad condition had been allowed 10 mo
] vail Temporary accommodations ever
/ NJ only such uH soldiers Use when canine.
l IN the field, should have been provided
[ orders 60 this eject wore issued / an
/ pend the report of Or Gurgus ON the Ia
/ Cldrnt, ! was struck, however by th,
| fact that in this instance. us in almus
| every other where 10 complaint was mad,
| which proved Co have any Justification
eghatcNer, 10 appeared that slepg had AL
ready been taken Goo remedy the oyi