East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-27

The following interesting excerpt
from the report Of the Panama Cana
commission, which was filed with tn,
secretary of war today, shows some
thing OF the detailed work in the diff
ferent departments Of the canal:
The maximum monthly amount Of
material excavated in the Culebra
division during the fiscal year wal
S7S,527 cubic yards. which was re.
moved In April, 1907 This amount
exceeds by rs per cent the maximum
monthly excavation, hs given in
available records, made by the
French in the Culebra division, their
highest monthly total In the Culebra
division being 5O2,25O cubic yards in
February, 1885.
With rhe exception Of very small
proportion Of material removed by
hand from tho quarry in the canal
prism at Pas obspo, all material s
handled by steem shovcls and dirt
trains, ard is carried to dumps stu
ated at distances varying from one
mile to 10 miles, the average haul
at present being about 10 miles.
This haul will Increase In length,
owing to the necessity of using ma
terial from the cut In construction of
the dams.
Blasting.
The total amount of material ac-
tually mined during the fiscal year
QEc rs,hgo x,arda
The compressed air plant was put
In operation during the month of
January, and all drills are now be-
ing run by compressed air. During
the fiscal year S9 well, or mechani-
cal churn drills, were in operation,
and 139 air drills.
The number OF linear feet Of holes
drilled during the fiscal year, were
as follows:
Lin. IT. Miles
Steam and air drilling 442S39 or SO.
Well, or mechanical
churn drilling 80. ..167052 31.6
Hand drilling ...1OO,1O1 1870
Total .7O9.992 134.5
The quantities of explosives used
during the year amounted to:
Pounds |
dynamite ..'.'s........,.l ,SyS, 900 |
Black poWder ......,..... 4OS,365 |
A total OF 1,2O3.5 tons.
Steam Shovels.
At the beginning of the fiscal year
OH oh
but large number of them had not
been put to work. Up to the end OF
the fiscal year, 60 steam shoVels had |
been delivered, erected. and accept
ed At present these shows are dis
tributed as follows:
Assigned to the Culebra division SO
In Empire shops for repairs. .....1
Assigned to Gatun. ....l......... 6
Assigned to Panama railroad. .... 4
Total .............u.63
These shovels are OF three sizes.
Aston, 70-ton. and 95-ton, with dip
per capacity OF "a. 1-2 and 5
cubic yards, respectively.
The daily average number OF show
els at work during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1906, was 9.17, and
for the fiscal year ending Juen 80,
1907, 1908.
The number of cubic yards exca-
waited per hour while under steam.
by shovels not engaged in preparatory
work. averaged 6S for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1906. and Sc for the
year ending June 80, 1907.
The largest output during the fis-
cal year was made by steam shovel
No 21S, a 95-ton shovel, which in '
$50 excavator days took out 211,055
cubic yards of rock and 42,967 cubic
yards OF earth, n total of 254,022
cubic yards for the year.
Transportation.
The plant in operation under the
department on June {
80, 1907, was as follows:
Locomotives ........ ....t..,.. lo2 {
Ldgerwood plows ........,. 2S c
unloaders ....., IS S
opIedueTS '''''''''.'.' ''.''.s' IL I
I,ldgerWood flat cars oAb +,