Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-12-14

things Late tue other b Oh officials
OF the canal commission came along
"Ouly half an hour was waStei The
order had been given the Mpmcut tue
Louisiana arrived for the special train
TO be Ia readiness ut Cri>iJoaL ~ :
4. IN. the train started with President
Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt. Chairman
Chief Engineer Stevens. Eol0ue. tor
gas OF yellow fever fame Captain
George T. stanton OF tile canal zoue
police and others aboard.
"A straight run was made to la
Boca. where they arrived at 1885 a. III.
The intention OF the Panama railroad
had been Ia nave the whole system
double tracked by the time the prcsi-
dent arrived Unfortunately this want
Ell few miles Of completion. with The
result that during the three days IN
which the president was on the .sth
mus passenger traffic was tied up along
the line while his train passed to and
from the various points OF canal Inter
est The engineer OF the train bearing
the president during his entire stay
was J. W. Dean, and proud he was OF
his job. Not Il hitch occurred to mar
his glory.
After the tour Of Panama bay,
which has already been described in
the cable dispatches. the president re
turned To the Tiyoli hotel The same
1ay he rendered a historic service 10
bridge which had already some history
attached 10 il. The Caledonia bridge,
ut the foot OF Ancoa hill. was the point
at which president OF the United
The bridge has already been the scene
OF many bloody battles in the country's
revolutionary troubles.
The city of Panama was a sight
created for king. Its old Spanish
churches. hostelries and dwellings
were festooaed with flags. flowers and
humanity. People were black on the
roofs TO see the president pass. The
Panamans, | might say. worshiped
him and hated him in the same breath
The West Indians would have been
willing to kiss his big toe. while the
Americans from the zone were loyal TO
their chief.
Probably the Cathedral plaza never
saw such a sight before. The pageant
loving Spanlards and half Spaniards
went wild with excitement The only
reason there was no bullfght in the
Plaza Hererra was because no one
would attend one. There were process
sious galore. school children. societies.
citizens in rough rider costumes on
horseback and. of course, the teeming
mob. President Roosevelt and Presi,
dent Amador shook hands in view OF
the mass. and that was all that was
needed for q climax.
After dinner at the palace with
the president of Panama the president
of the United States withdrew to the
Tivoli. whence he started early on Fri
day. Nov 16. on a tour Of the canal
zone. All along the line he was greet
ed with the same enthusiasm as in
the city of Panama, although on a
much smaller scale. He went through
Culebra. got out of the train. talked
with the men. telling them how things
ought to be done, what he thought was
good about the way they were doing
things and what he thought was bad.
He operated steam shovels and was
voted thoroughly good fellow. He
loft rho cur amid cheers
"At his next stop Empire, the presi-
dent got out Of the train and looked
over the employees quarters. When
he had finished he expressed dissatis-
faction with the condition of the single
mems quarters, asking what had be-
come of all the fine furniture which
had been shipped to the isthmus for
these men"
It Is understood that this furniture
Is In the hands of the department Of
labor and quarters and that it is being