Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-17

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Al a. rassss / nsss II nav tribute I
g the 1nAsssass " safk 4anf " the :
French Canal camaAny under strT DIM =
.ass s ns.lAs MI n s msss . = In s1 mi i
sre still In De. thsagh, naturally, she q
houses arr EoN getting ous 81 repair ard y
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the work they I'D In the Euisbra cut Z
md some q The wsEk they dAd n az .
EInw hAs been mo direct ard real eentAL I
Investment than the ssa.ss@s which Y
pAid o. fhs French company for work
estssrn.snts Including especially The
An Inspection on the ground al ths
hsikht q the rainy season served TO con
Vine me ~ The wisdom ut congress In
. ssa-lssel canal. There sesgas 10 be a
universal agreement among all people
competent u judge that The Panama
.spsrio - q '' 10th as'' tie ssiss i " and
Barren routes.
Preliminary Marx nsgra nons
Inc Ns-suta ot the canal management
has been shown in apthing more clearly
tnMn m the gay TN which the faandar
tons u the work have been laid To ,
have. yleldea 10 the natural impatienes
q Mf+Infofmed outsiders and begun ali
thorough sanitation ii the tsthanas. and
Ao = fasfly satisfactory working out OF
IT, pTnnism 81 Retllng asaa keeping n
raaans,sht a@por supply. would have l~en
Pleasures had 10 be taken frst, aud
inese could not be taken 20 a. 10 aIlOs
ton pFtnT 10 January / Of The nres~n, :
year. 10 then became necessary 10 have
thn t.I.s OF the eanal deetded. and the {
only nsaay haa been tlas necessary delay I
Until ths NIB day af June. The date =
when the eongFesS definitely and wisely {
settled that va should have an NJ. foot n
level canal Immediately after that the I
bean continued with Increasing ,!Eor a
ever ksHees and IL will continue no 10 '
progress IN the future. When TIM rom ,
tfarts are let the conditions viii be such 4
a. 20 Insure a constantly Increasing r
amount ot performance. !
Successful Sanitation. "
The first great problem 10 he solved n
upon the solution oF whlrh the sustesS nj "
the rest Of the work defended, was the y
problem Of Aanitathon, This vas from n
fhs outset Under ia" direction Of Dr b
w. e. aofEas. who n 10 be made a fut, 4
member ut tie commission. IL mus, h, u
remembered thai his work was mai mer,
sanitation ~ ~" tern, II understood In
tout the Bone and In THE tnO cities Of VI
Panama and Colon. In addition 10 the Fl
sanifst.en work proper. he Tins had 10 =
service does a. regards the nation. that y
1.-The health department ofaretS do In the 10
various states and "ities. anh that t"i II
hleaneu its streets, The results have q
gbesn astounding The lstltnua had neen g
n hywoFa far deadly unhcalthfulnrxs a
gNew. after two years of our occupation ,
the conditions AZ regards sickness ami q
the death rate compare favnrably with I,
REASONABLY healthy Ioealitt~s in the 4
devoted tn InintTniztng the risk due tu tue (,
presence al those species vi mDaoutiue* ii
which have, been f"und il" Propagate q
iraaiariaf and yellow fevers. In an The +,
settlements. the little temporary towta d
or cities composed OF The waite aud llark q
employees. which grow up het~ ami q
AttEft W tlN uDpiE jungle its ttfe nptIts a.
of the work dictate, The utmost EAR" ~ NJ
exercised % keep the conditions h+alllt :,
everywhere are 10 he seen thu drainage /
bitches which Ia removing the water y
have removed the breeding Places 81 the :
suaokQHitoes. while the whole jungle 10 J.
feut awas for Il considerable space around =
the hahitattans. thus destroy ing III. :.
places In whtCh the mosquitoes take shet :,
ter. These drainage ditches md ti"arine> !,
are In evidence In every settlement, ana a.,
together with the tnvariable presence oI '.
HaR&NEF44a HRpFRHR mEgt44AI tha FX3A4HaA md | v
Of fnneuuit1 doors Ia the houses. not I" -
speak Of the careful flanlgatlon that Ia> >.
gene on IN all Infected houses, IDENTITIES -
explain the extraordinary abSptnC "I :,
mosquitoes, As a matter of fact, ht' .
. single mosquito. n this nat III the
dangerous ErecieS. was seen by an' ,
days ON the isthmus, Equal "Ar' ~ d
taken by the Inspectors OF III" ltHalth lie vi
,paftmeft Ia secure cleanliness IN th" I"
houses md proper hygsenic condition" o, "
sesery kind, Inspected between 81 aud II
10 watef~ciesets both those used nv IN" :
white employees and those iIsfai by the l.
found the conditions perfect, Ia but one .
case did ! ind them really had. In this l.
affeeting Il settlement. OF lamar L
raea white employees. ] found them very "a
had indeed, but the buildings vert al =
Inherited froai The French company and T.
were being used temporarily while "t''"' :
fion: ana right near the defective water ,
closet q, rev and excellent closet WIN IA a
good sewer pipe was I'm process "t con 50
and nearly finished, NtFsith@- +
tess snia dld not excuse the TACT thai III" t.
bad condition had been allowed I" tr" &,
vail. Temporary accommodations. even -
If only gIeh a. soldiers use when tai,tl*i
ia the field, sfonld have been provided l.,
Orders 10 this effect were issued, ar-
mend the report OF DIR, GnFgas nn the in
glaent. / was struck. however. by tire
fact that TN this instance. ~ III almost
every other whore a complaint "as iith'ie =,
which proved 10 have any tustint at1"H :,
Whatever, Ii appeared that steps had AL
ready been taken To remedy the eva -
complained Of, and that the tr"n.''F was !,
mainly due 10 the extreme dtflcttiis ahd =
offer fraposgibiiity, of providing In every -,
place for the constant Increase IN the
Numbers OF employees. Generally In" pro. a
vision lii made I'm advance, but II Is not :
possIbIe tina this should always he the =
case: when II is not there ensues a I
.ueriod of time during which the "oltdt- +
lions are unsatisfactory, until a remedy !
Irsn Do provided: but ] never found a |
case where the remedy was not being
provided an speedily as possible. J
improvements In Cities :
The sanitation work in the cities OF /
Panama and Colon has been just as {
important ~ IN the gone Itself. and In I
many respects nue. more difficult, be-
cause III was necessary to deal with
fbe already existing population. which