Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-21

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Work Of Construction.
But thousands Of those who ar.
espsnssb so on into the jungle To live
or ioaf around solon, ar work so nAh-
as To cause a serious diminuIion Of
the amount of labor performed on fri,
day and Saturday ~ each week,
iaborsrs as to ia. conditions OF their
work and what. II any changes. they
srsm ,hs sssi'ss s., .ns n.sass s's..f ms., u
these complaints they themselves con-
traalsIsd one another, In all Eases
treatment by any Individual u proved
on examination that this indiSiduai
siss.r % % q pa,ie.msn & s'. .,a9ss..p.r' s 81 s o.
an assistant stor-ksspaI, Doubtless
,hrre must i,- mahS complaints ssalnst
did not happen 4" make any such com
piaint To me,
Tn. WORK Is now going on with a
canal ar. The - Iiesa dams, The us,nn
bra cut must he made, anyhow but
oi course changes as =. the dams. or
~ A., i.ss, as .a u. locks ahi.sTm
iioea dams offer no particular prob
lem. the bottom material b-ins SO
iy. moi merely as 10 what san be
achieved. hut as to the time OF achieve.
msn ssn,, tn. o Ms,an sir asn "r.rs g.. y. ""vs Z,
tsthmus bsii.V. that this problem Is
proposed: although, OF course. IL ne
c-ssithtss great toll. .n-rsy. hni Ia.
course there viii b. som- ii,ti. risk
In connection with tho work. This risk
arises from tho fact tha, s"m. ot III.
good as sSuld b- d.slr-i. ~ the huge
Earth dam now CONTEMPLATED y hr.Nn
which viii ris. IL. inland iah.. This
= :.r. ss.r,ss' aha. ls Miii ass" sr.sa.r
r.sirainins capacity than III. average
ally % 81 % thu ,s"ss .s AZ ,h,s ID sas'%as s al at
isrmin.a; 81 APRIL mes, sssr.,sry
si.arns aud HipI-y.wiii visit ih-
max. the mai and .ancia-ivs -xami.
nations -. 4. the exact site for zach
lock. Meanwhile III. work In sosns
The cul-bFa cut dS-s not offer such
great risks: that r.. The damage liable to
represent what may b. called major dis.
| ast-rs. The work will m-r-iy saii for IN
.s,IlssnS"' ET,~,.ians.: : .na s .s.ca,,.. s,I.,
which most labor will have To h. strn,-
The dams will h. composed Of the Earth
taken out Of the cut and y-ry. POSSIBLY
IN. building of tho locks and dams will
take even longer than III, cutting In
In cuIebra Cut.
The main work Ia now being done In
the culcbra cut II was striking AMI
impressive To the hug" steam shoy-is
N WAY a tie S"y s:ss i and as ..p,s ,n.y aisai.s
| The implements Of French -ssavatins
machinery. which often stand . iii,I.
/ Efuft ..T
ccii-nt construction. look like the ycri-si
soys when compared with these new
me- ns ears Essen seem Ike iis. to Toy &c ears when % s"in.
| CARED with the long trains OF huge ears.
,npsa Y ..'n nssw.; which the sns,n,s sgs nSm
,dvanc- that has been made In nachin.
rry durin. the past quarter OF cen.
@ acne. isin iii new new mschinsry. Of which W.
iru now 50 proud, Will similarly seem ou,
purpas. pose well i now. rhc old Frsnsh ears
mad To be entirely discarded. W. stiii
have In us- n few Of the more modern:
but u yards Of earth. They can he ems
| pioycd on certain lines with sharp
. To ), yards apiece. aud instead OF the
/ old clumsy methods OF unloading them,
af % tha wmoi. fS v.s,issin.i train, '' thas 70 Inn i'm,
m.nsciy cconomixins labor. In the rainy
reason tho steam shoscir can do but
| rock and In the harder ground. There
were some q at work during the time
was on tho isthnus. and their tremendous
| siyc.
New Records for Excavation.
As soon ms the type OF canal was de-
| The rainy season will shortly be over and
| then there will be nm Immense Increase In
as Sres sS onn s"1 the svsn rainy S"sns rea
figures: ssa :'"y ES Hasasi. 2isOc % Cubic yards: @
l,,
October. $1,000 cubic yards. In October
new records were established FOR the
| for the tonnage hnui OF individual loco
| motives. ] hope to see the growth OF "a
healthy Sprl, 3f emulation 1nIo,,s between the
Sa;,ls ,%s s'sS SHIPS Ss.wesa The al%srens e gun @
Passing through the cut the amount OF
new work can be seen at glance. In
See BEEN 'k taken @ out recently by z Tor tong a Of
blast nnS,ner .sI, Place a was given
mite. On the top notch Of the cniebra
cut the prism liz now as wide as 1t will
| has now been sunk about 30 feet below
what l. originally was; !, Will have to
Ss, the sa The ID Irns
ing and hauling are going on with con-
s,antly increasing energy. T., the huge
| mountain howitzcrs. into the most un-
likely looking places, where they eat
| their way into the hillsdes.
Railway improvements.
| The most advanced methods. not only
| in construction. but in railroad manage
ment, have been applied in the zone.
with corresponding economies In time
and cost. This has been shown In the
handling OF the tonnage from ships Into
cars, and from cars into ships on the
Panama railroad. where, thanks largely
to the efficiency Of General Manager
| been noteworthy. My examination tend
! ed to show that some OF the departments
had doubtless necessarily become over
developed. and could now be reduced
subordinnted without Impairment of efn-
cheney and with a saving OF cost. The
| chairman of the commission. Mr.. Shonts.
has all matters OF this kind constantly
| in view. and IL now reorganizing the gov
ernment OF the zone. so as to make the