The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-11

San Oblspa, Panama, Dec. ist.: Fan-
anna is stsil TO those Of us not ing
here land OF surprises. comfort and
sducatl0n. Each day we lind some
rev thing; Not seen BEL. re nor
dreamed OF back IN the states
But do not gather there Is much play
afa.ng those who are here In the
stTlce OF the government. because
the work is mapped by men who do
thsnss and get neither time or INVITA-.
lien 10 play. All work under depart
mental heads, and already hare the
9eser- Wish to see my department with
Inc best record for the week, and
Colonel Goethals appreciates the ef-
R.4e made to preserve the name and
tame OF the army in this hot, III
equipped country
What the Work canslsts.
The real executive work consists OF
fouf diplslons, divided as follows. Di
sis!on Of motive pSwer and machinery.
which has charge OF all tractive power
and rolling stock; Atlantic division,
which includes all construction work
as far south as Boaio. This includes
The Catun dam and the lock site at
Gatun, aud P-rto Bello rock quarries.
Central division, which includes the
cutting work from Gatun lake to and
including Paradise. This work incluoea
tho famous Culebra cut on the bank
of which this IL written. Pacific di-
Vision. which includes al the lock and
dam aouth OF paraiso and down the
sf5pe to the Pacific ocean. The diyls-
ION OF motive power and machinery
hae IN charge Mr.. Il. n. Rpssean, civil
engineer, H. 3. navy. with Mr.. George
d. Brooke, as his assistant; the At'
,anfle division, which has the famous
1atua lock and dam proposition 10
,. I've and handle, has In charge Major
william 4. Sibert, engineer corps Uni
esd states army, with Majors Harding
and Jadwin, 0i the same branch OF the
service, ae lie able assistants, and 10
8 conservative laymen the problem
seems 60 be wels solved; the central
division has ln charge Major y. d.
8aNlarc, engineer corps United States
army. and he is sowing the problem OF
handling the M 81 dirt az the least ex'
a,ense, and bringing his working ioroe
10 & higher plane OF efficiency every
month. Ae has only e few problems
"a solve, such as moving a mountain
81 gwo and holding q mud bank perpen-
siouiaf to a helgat { q hundred and
slfty leet BE has problem Hike
1noYiag tWo hundred gnd flity dirt
trains ever the same track each day
and never mixing them up. They do
saks time with those 0irt trains, aud
t,go OF them neyer Try to pass on The
came track or climb across country
When This work IS nsidered, people
should take into consideration the tact
that shipments Of freight across the
ssthlnus Tor the west coast Of South
America was never heavier ana thal
IA addition TO dozens OF w-rk trains
each DAY that twelve passenger trains
are required 70 care for the passenger
trafIir
DreS0eo and Rock CrusheFs.
Since the Sosa dam project was giH
II aD lust previous 70 Colonel Soeth
ala assuming charge, the PScilae di
ylsi has presented very iev . p"p
tems that require amy particular aii'n
Aoe. This division extends tforl Ped
Is MIguel TO tAe Pacific oeeah and =
Cor the mosf part sea level work. ih'
hrser portion OF this work win b
6oae with suction dredges and Hnb
aQpe-s roch crushers.
Yhis work seems 20 be vast proh
lem and when considered as whole
tt Ia something stupend0us. However
thr pPoblem has been solved BY sys
fsm. and chat Is now the whale kel
note of Che work. Every man Ku "
sle vorA And attends to x, nsver ef
rroaehin6 on the york Of another.
10 a casual observer 4 would seer
hes the torres 80 describ9s Woui3 b