Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-24

| passed by none III the world, ant
the privileges of 1t are not only
like the blessings of salvation, free
10 all, but they are compulsory
Whenever an employee is discovered
with high temperature he is compelled
to so to hospital whether he
wishes to or not.
How the Employees Live.
shall not weary you with de
tails about what we have done in
building quarters, for our employees
and providing them with wholesome
food and pre- water. If you will
| visit the Isthmus. as hope ,many
| of you will in the near future, you
will find scattered along the line
| of the canal Il succession OF trim
villages, containing populations rang,
Ing from Il few hundred up to 5000
| each AT Gatun, the sit of the
great inland lake of ITO uare
miles, there is n village which has
sprung into existence within four
months. situated up on the hill top,
supplied with pure water and with
modern sewerage system. 1t over
looks the quaint native village be.
low on the banks OF the Chagres,
which, when the dam shall have beel
constructed and lie lake filled, Will
be SO leet under water. New homes
for the inhabitants of this village
are to be provided upon tho
by hillsides. You will see at Guile
bra builded upon bluffs overlooking
the great cut and surrounded like
an amphiteatre by rising slopes OF
beautiful hills, n town OF 5000 liz
habitants with modern sewerage
system and an abundant supply OF
pure water, A year and q half
ago the site Of this town was Gov
cred with an impenetrable jungle,
with scarcely q sign OF human hab
itatlon. Nearby is another town,
called Empire. and few miles this
side of it is the new village of Las
Cascades, which six months ago
existed only as piles of lumber
Gorgona is another village OF sim
liar size and character, In each OF
these five towns or villages, III
addition to the quarters for the
employees, there are mess halls,
ana nearly completed, a clubhouse
or recreation building. These struct
ures, in the larger places, are alike
in design. They provide a front
building of two stories connected
with a rear building of one story
The front building, which is 49,
feet by As feet. contains social
parlor. q card room, billiard and
a writing room on the first floor
and an assembly hall ca feet by
q feet, free from any columns to
break the dancing space, on the
second floor. The rear building,
which is 100 feet by 2S feet, con
tains double bowling alleys 100 feet
long, gymnasium SO feet long
shower baths. and over hundred
single lockers.
Y. M. T. A. Aiding in the Work.
A comprehensive plan has been
devised whereby the Commission,
working in conjunction with the
Young Mems Christian Association,
will manage these and other similar
buildings in the chief labor centers
Each club will have its board OF
directors selected from its own mem
bership, but all clubs will be under
the control, so far as broad princi
pies are concerned, OF general
board to be selected by the Com.
mission. Authority has been given
by the Commission for the construc-
ton OF suitable number of ap
propriate buildings to accommodate
properly those who wish to attend
religious services. such buildings
to be available for all denominations
and creeds. 1t is contemplated TO
erect at such points as necessities
seem to require. plain, two-storied
buildings, the upper floors to pc
fitted up as lodge rooms for the
various orders and societies formed
or to be formed among the en-
ployees, and the first floor to be
used for religious services The
use of the buildings for lodge and
religious purposes is to be regulates
by means of allotment or mutual
agreement as to time. The prob.
lem of entertainment and recreation
however, has been solved in a
measure by employees themselves,
who have established clubs OF var
ious kinds, fraternal orders, anu
athletic associations in verious