The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
NEWS FROM CANAL ZONE
CONTINUED from first page)
are furnished free at points where

cost OF lfNing Tor COUPE OF CsuTo1f
varies, but | have friend whose
wife does her own work and IS a
good manager, and they have lived
comfortably Tor the past year on
: 100000, though they do not enter
nain TO aaye@ saes4E. Itslss po-~.hs 70.
live as extravagantly on the Isthrnus
as anywhere, but the family who
spends over 81 eco IS TIE ex
ton, unless they be society people
who do a considerable amount of
entertaining.
The American bachelor employees
is furnis1c a room about Hk..4xt =
fcstrteen feet in one OF the many
dormEO~ies which as usually ttF 81
story buildings of thrty-six rooms
each. with full length verandas on
both sides which are screened. On
the rear side ct each foof II an
containing wash room, shower baths
and sanitary closets In most places
these buildings are lighted by e1et.
tricity. Each on these rooms con-
tain two beds with mattresses, BIT
neau, Nashstand. one rocker and two
plain Chairs These rooms are ordi-
narily occupied by two men, in ex-
ceptlonal cases, by one high salaried
man
bDLn INC1S ana the quart
ers are especially adapted to trop-
ical climate, being furnished with nu-
merous openings for ventilation. The
single employees either board in the
canal commission hotels at $2z. 90
per month, OF shift for themselves
among the local boarding places or
canteens The board at the commits
-sion bot<ls has been improving since
the visit of the president in Novem-
Der. A greater quantity of food is
furnished and the quality is good,
but there is constant trc@lble in Sc
curing good cooks and managers at
ali the places at once which has
caused some ground OF complaint.
These troubles are remedied as fast
as those IN authority reach them, but
West Indian negro cook. causes a re-
naval IN some other locality. Alto
gcth+J tht service and the food will
.compqre iavorably with that OF the
: average boarding house at home. The
conditions IN this respect are so far
ahead OF that obtained in 1905 and
the first half OF 1000 that the new
conner who kicks now is looked on
with amusement by the veteran of
two wears service.
The climatic conditions have been
found by czperitree to b.. -. Il as ~
permit the American and European
s white men TO work daily, exposed TO
the sun and keep we'll, with the ex-
ception of, perhaps one attack of
ma laria per year. Numbers OF men
81 whom I know have dome uuti door
work for year or more aud have
not been sick at all In the zone,
arm 5ne 8he erlfitFs. the statistics
shown BY the July report Of Col.
Cs1fgas, indicate sIaf iU = r.
1907, thee were only two deaths
from disease among a fetal popela-
gion- OF about FIVE thousand people
Ihe tc.a Heath ra& oef an"u4 ~'
CARELESS Of color and nationality,
sA'as. l1 tgGa, thlfty ls9r ~ ,iteaf-st
1907 it had been reduced TO twenty
eiRht per thousand. In July, 1000,
hV-.h zRel30s cuylovecs ztp ~ rel :
.fTo7 were sick FROM various causes,
gor a5or 26g pes sIaE I'm Ii1
Iith $4,000 employees. the number
tas oulS 1907, or 362 per lay in spite
et the lEcrease OF almost IS per cent.
IN the Number affccta3fe Ire.@ has
been no yellow fever on the Isthmals
since N6vemher zoos
- SO much has BEEN said in praise OF
comment of mine iss superhous The
Hospitals are generally conceded TO
he as we'll managed as any in the
world. It makes a Southern man
smile a-iittle to go in one of the ne
gro wards and see a miserable look
,at1g jamaican tucked UP under white
sheets and being hooked after by a
NEGRO attendant who is directed and
watched carefully by a sweet faced
white woman trained nurse, who
Civ al tn ncdicIec arSt 9Th
conditions The negro men like to
go TO the hospital when sick. but the
Women and children frequently me-
plect to see the district physician.
until too late, and many of the deaths
among them occur from cases being
neglected until too late for help and
free medical attendance and hospital
service Is given all employees re-
eardless of position. The families
OF employees are treated at the lo-
ral dispensaries free. One dollar
PER visit IS charged where the dis
.e.,t hy,ician attends them at their
llpmes, and a cha sc OF SIoo per
day for each patient who is taken
isho the hospital This moniev IS
rnllectetf by the collector 81 revenues
.h1pitA inns ANti AiSfItQ bS TIC SdlllIITV
department.. none of the money be
ing handled by the physicians or
hospital authorities.
Social life on the Zone during the
past year was rather restricted
among the Americans. there being a
dearah among the gentler sex As.
eanestions changed for the better
there has been such a constant in~
tux Of the families of employees
that the commission has been
forced to- order an immense addition
to the number of married quarters.
and were utterly unable to- build
them fast enough TO quiet the clamor
eft the men for the chance to bring.
tlrir families. These needs have
Been IN s0nle measure satisfied and
with the quarters now authorized it
is hoped that the demand may be
somewhat appeased.
The number of American women
on the Canal Zone Is about FIVE fls,n-
dred, including the nurses at the va
Tious hospitals. With the exception
OF the nurses the number of urn,ar-
rneva American women is small, pro-
baby not over thirty or forty. The