The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-08
CANAL ZONE
interestingly written About by
Cecil Bradford, Who is There
From This City.


listing letter of recent date from his
81 on, G. Cecil Bradford, who is in the
Government service at the Panama
danal and stationed at Empire.
q anal Zone. which the young mans
nhany friends here will read with in
tfrest in part below:
II was sent over here on the first
ct September as the Acting District
T AK Collector, in the place of a. Mr..
j phnson, who is in the hospital. 1
h ave to look after the licenses of all
merchants, saloon men, billiard
nd lls, bowling alleys, ETC., between
Lbs Cascades Paradise, a distance of
about Is miles and 10 miles broad;
of course have plenty of assistance.
lam what is known as revenue
INSPECTOR (not inspector of customs)
am make it my business to visit all
these places and see that they have
license, and in case they have non"
th4ey are required to come to my Of
ficte, and when they fail to do so,
w@ swear out a warrant for, and
la We them arrested. 1t is pleasant
work but causes a man to get into
all sorts of trouble. The RESPONSE
bfffty is large also, and of course I
will be satisfied in that line, If plac-
ing me here proves the fact that
tho head of my department can place
his confidence in me; and l intend
to make a good record and show
my appreciation of his considera-
tiop. 1t is rumored that Mr.. John
soE intends 10 resign. which. l be-
Iie|e, would place me No, on the
list for the office The salary in
conl nection Is very good, being $50
per- month, or $1,SO0 per annum.
with free government quarters. 1t
cos is us on an average $50 per
mo- nth though for our board and
ma Il can not save anything in that
lind unless he happens to be mar
ried and keeping house.
Prices here continue to rise in
stead of decreasing. And it is all
the American fault. They will tell
native he is selling a thing too
chehp. that he should charge more
because the Americans will pay it.
So there you are. What can you
dog, And who can we blame? No
one but our foolish selves. But
am not so foolish in that respect
have been here before and know
exactly how to deal with them.
THE Canal Zone is improving
wonderfully, especially around EN-
piret l never saw such a change in
place in my life. When the
mar Ines left here over two years ago
we left nothing but little shacks,
hut now it is built into city. The
Y NJ. G. A. has the finest building
in the town, where match games Of
ten pins and billiards are often play
ed, Hances held. concerts given, etc.
We have a baseball league and two
or three games of ball every Sunday.
Havd church in the morning and go
to the ball game in the afternoon.
or course, this seems queer, but it
is THE only time our boys have to
play ball, so every one seems quite
SulH IlsldSllC ana wen pledSeu. ben
Horr Dor is down here as an engineer
at 81 ohio on one of the big dams"
Accompanying Mr.. Bradford's let
ter il copy of circular letter is
sued by President Roosevelt Sept.
and addressed to the chief revenue
inspe5 tor where Mr.. Bradford is:
Il hereby congratulate you and
all III men on the Canal for the ex-
traor binary showing you have made
durinl g the month of August. AS
this is the height of the rainy sea-
son, had not for a moment suppos-
ed yPu would be able to keep up
your Ialready big record of work
done land l am as surprised as / am
please I'd that you should have sur
passed. It"