The Lamar register., 1906-11-21
LEAVES PANAMA
PRESIDENT FINISHES HIS TOUR
OF INSPECTION
TALKS WITH TIE EMPLOYEES
Says He IS Pleased wf-n me coneItion
Ct Affairs - Personally Examines
rcuses q Lz5o--rs-S>>s Pn--
nonnenzi Rzinzsil-is Returning
Via Porto Rico.

Colon--Presidsrt Roosevelt reached
cristo5zl at Bis sstr-dzy afternoon
and personally inspected the houses
Of canal employees. the camps Of labor
ers, the docks and C.ser points Of IL
terest- The presidential party took
breakfast al Mount Hop. where theFe
IS 3 large reservoir supplying water 70
CEistobzi and Colon.
When he reached the station At
Colcn the Presiaen- went up stairs in
the Panama railroad uelces whence he
revieEed the Cristo5zl fire brigade.
which turned On simultaneously TWEEN
ty-o1s streams o. water from hy-
crsnts-
After the exhibition. President
RoOseFel- MOUNTED . horse and &c
compznied BY Chisf Engineer Steysns
and other canal Officials and secret ser
vice nnen, gzlIo2sd over the entire
town
Most Of the Presidents time At Girls
toosl vas devoted 10 an inspection
Of the quarters Of tie IzbOrers- He
talked with some Of them and made
note Of their Complaints. which were
Chiefly on the scarcely Of Wesz Indian
food The Preslteut promised thai
improvements. szch as the erection Of
baths and kitchens and the paving Of
strssts. would b made when at the
commisssry President Roosevelt said
he saw no reason Why the canal
should not be able 10 sell West Indian
provisions al the sane price as was
being charged by outsiders
In the eTening q reception and ball
ryTgeTrT Wa7elr - At ffrfe=r I-F-r
IN honor Of President Roosevelt and
his party By the enployes Of the com
mission
President Roosevelt had conference
with the heads Of he various canal de-
partments and went aboard his train
al TiToli to begin the holneEsrd jour
ney. As the train passed Camp e.
lott the marines were lined up for re-
view and the band played The Star
Spangled Banner A. GatOa President
and Mrs Roosevelt diseurbarked and
climbed the hill where the big dam
and locks will be located. The men Of
the camp cheered the President, who
made q short speech.
President Roosevelt said ne was glad
70 have seen the canal under such IN
favorable conditions. as he no~ could
appreciate the magnitude Of the OBJ
E%SN-ES " - OF-4s-y-4E- " TN C-l% *
cepiion. ne said. he found ali com
plants made to HIN 10 BE unjustifed-
He was pleased with the condition Of
affairs and the system Is nov estab-
iishet in the zone
Asked IL he would return to the
isthmus. he said he surely would.
whenever IT was Necessary. and be
was delighted with the hearty vel
come the people Of Panama had given
him
During the pssss days the rainfall
has been eEceptionzuy heavy. Friday
the rain gzuges at Cristo5al regis
tered four and one-haif inches for
twenty -four hO1rs and at one time one
inch fell in ffteen minutes. The
Chagres and RI Grande rivers flooded
many portions u The zone. causing ssy-
eral lzndslides The landslide at Pa
raisO took with il over fifty yards Of
the main trace Of the railroad and
wrecked iocCrn0fiye and freight train
The President Saturday night en-
bsTked on the flagship for the north
He expects n arrive al Ponce. Porto
Rico. "Wednesday. After landing there
he will cross the island in an sutorno-
bile and will embark IT San Juan
Thursday for Hampton Roads.