The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-12-20

employees who have been inspecting
houses where the stegomyia mosquito
is to be found, and destroying its
larvae and breeding places, and do
ing similar work IN exterminating
the malarial mosquitoes.
improvements in Panama and Colon.
The sanitation work In the cities
of Panama and Colon has been just
as important as in the Zone itself.
and in many respects much more diff
ficult; because il was necessary to
deal with the already existing popn-
lation which naturally had scant
sympathy with revolutionary changes
the value of which they were for a
long time not able TO perceive.
No Cause for Complaint About Food.
| | came TO the conclusion that,
speaking generally, there was no war
rant for complaint about the food.
Doubtless ii grows monotonous after
awhile Any man accustomed to
handling large masses OF men knows
that some of them, even though 9th
erwise very good mei:, are sure Il
| grumble about something, and usual
ly about their food.
Quarters Good and Satisfactory.
The white Americans are employed
some of them in Office work, but the
majority in handling the great steam
shovels, as engineers and conductors
on the dirt trains, as mechanics in the
oh zfay-S Il
time-keepers, superintendents, and
foremen of divisions and of gangs,
and so ON and so on. Many Of them
have brought down their wives and
families; and the children when not
in school are running about and be-
having precisely as the American
small boy and small girl behave at
=, home
Food Supplies-A 30-Cent Meal.
The housewives purchase their sup
( plies directly, or through their hus-
bands, from the commissary stores OF
l agreed that the supplies were excel
lent, and all but two stated that there
was no complaint to be made; these
two complained that the prices were
excessive as compared to the prices il
the States. On investigation | die
S not feel that this complaint was wei
e founded. The married men ate a
{ home. The unmarried men some
3 times ate at private boarding houses
: or private messes, but more Often
e judging by the answers of thos'
whom | questioned, lat the government
: canteens or hotels where the mea
costs 80 cents to each employe. Thi
30-cent meal struck me as being a
0 g09d q dPAtaills Ordinary noueff III wliicI
E 5O-cent meal is provided. -
: Here Mr.. Roosevelt speaks OF tn
O Chinese and negro laborers, shown
i how each class lives and that they ar
IS properly housed and cared for an
T. further that both classes are satls
II fed.
,e Recreation and Amusement.
= One of the greatest needs at pre-
s. ent is to provide amusements bot
re for the white and the black. IL
re Young Mems Christian Associate
a. is trying to do good work and shou
rk be in every way encouraged. But Il
ed government should do the main wor
of I have specifically called the atte
n ton Of the commission to this ma
ng ter, and something has been aceol
mt plished already. Anything done t
lat the welfare of the men adds to thu
to efficiency and money devoted to tn
,ly purpose is therefore properly to
nd considered as spent in building t
an canal. 1t is imperatively necessa
M to provide ample recreation
amusement if the men are to be ke
yes we'll and healthy. / call the spec
Ies. attention Of Congress to this need
or Work of Construction.
eir The work is now going on with
em yigor and efficiency pleasant to v
the ness. The three big problems OF
canal are the La Boca dams, the
ID. tun dam and the Culebra cut.
ing Culebra cut must be made, aSSht
d. but of course changes as TO the da
ons or at least as to the locks adJac
not to the dams, may still occur. The
nu. Boca dams offer no particular pl
nus, lem, the bottom material being
of good that there is practical
we're tainty, not merely as to what can
,ers, achieved, but as to the time
nave achievement. The Gatun dam OF
yet the most serious problem which
last have to solve: and yet the ablest
thus on the isthmus believe that this p
anal lem is certain of solution along
ty- lines proposed; although, of eours
kill necessitates great toll, energy and
and telligenee, and although equally
here course. there will be some little
hs a in connection with the work.
Ieath The Culebra Cut.
zone' The Culebra cut does not offer
rease great risks; tina. is, the damage |
/ has to occur from occasional land $
| the will not represent what may De G
e w major disasters. The work will I
en- lv call for intelligence. persever
were and executive capacity. 1t is,
even. ever. the work upon which mos
. VI Dor will have to be spent The
sease. will be composed of the earth
was ont of the cut and very possIbl
l,Zoo building of the locks and dams
single take even longer than the cuttl
three Culebra itself.
city The main work is now being
'ar OF in the Culebra cut. Ii was ST
peo, and impressive to see the huge