The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-17
PANAMA MESSAGE
SUBMITTED TODAY.
President Recommends Single
Head To Commission
Sees Everything About as 1t Should
BE ON Isthmus and Gets Back
at Critics.
LITTLE ESCAPES HIS EYES.

Washington, Dec. 17.-President
Roosevelt submitted his special mess
sage on the Panama canal to congress
today. The message in part is as fol-
lows:
| The Message.
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
In the month of November visit
ell the Isthmus of Panama, going
over Canal Zone with considerable
care; and also visited the cities of
Panama and Colon, which are not
| in the Zone or under the United
States flag, but as to which the Unit
ed States government, thru its
agents, exercises control for certain
sanitary purposes.
I chose the month of November
for my visit partly because 1t is the
rainiest month Of the year, the
month in which the work goes for
ward at the greatest disadvantage,
and one of the two months which
the medical department of the
French Canal company found most
unhealthy.
Immediately after anchoring on the
afternoon of Wednesday there was a
violent storm Of wind and rain. From
that time We did not again see the
sun until Saturday morning. the rain
continuing almost steadily, but vary
ing from a fine drizzle to a torren-
tial downpour. During that time in
fifteen minutes at Cristobal LOS
inches of rain fell; from to a.
m, November 16. 3.2 inches fell; for
the "a hours ending noon, November
16, 4.6s inches fell, and for the six
days ending noon, November 10,
1924 inches fell. The Chagres rose
in food to a greater height than 1t
had attained during the last fifteen
years, tearing out the track in one
place. II would have been impossible
to see the work going on under more
unfavorable weather conditions. On
saturday, November II, the sun
shone now and then for a few min.
utes, altho the day was generally
overcast and there were heavy show
ers at intervals.
On Thursday morning we landed
at about half past seven and went
slowly over the line OF the Panama
railway, ending with an expedition
in a tug at the Pacific entrance OF
the canal out to the islands where
the dredging for the canal will cease.
We took our dinner at one of the
eating houses furnished by the COM
mission for the use OF the govern
ment employees no warning of our
coming being given. l inspected the
Ancon hospital. going thru various
wards both for white patients and
for colored patients. inspected por-
tions of the constabulary (Zone po-
iice), examining the men Individual
lily. also examined certain OF the
schools and saw the school children,
both white and colored. speaking
with certain of the teachers. In the
afternoon of this day was formally
received in Panama by President
Amador, who. together with the gov
eminent and all the people of Pana-
ma, treated me with the most con-
siderate courtesy. for which here
by extend my most earnest thanks.
drove thru the streets Of Panama for
the purpose of observing what had
been done. We slept at the Hotel IT,
Iyoli, at Ancon, which is ON q hill de
rectly outside of the city of Pana-
ma, but in the Zone.
On Friday morning we left the
hotel at z O'Clock and spent the en-
tire day going thru the Culebra cut
THE spot in which most work will
have to be done In any event
/ visited many of the different viii
lagos, inspecting tnoroly many diff
ferent buildings the local receiving
hospitals. the houses In which the
unmarried white workmsn live. those
in which the unmarried colored york
men live; also the quarters Of the
white married employees and of the
married colored emRoyes; as well
as the commissary storss. the bath
houses. the water-cfosets. the cook
sheds for the colored laborers, and
the government cantsens, or hotels.
at which most of the white employees
take their meals. went thru the ma
,lchine shops. During the day talk