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Obscure and Swift Disease.


Early last spring people in La Guayra
began to die of an obscure and swift dis
ease. Most of the deaths We're i'll the
prostitutes quarter. and. partly for that
reason, were little considered and prac-
tically disregarded by the newspap ers.
There was another reason, however-an
ugly whisper about the aiIment had
reached Caracas. The victims, il was
said, developed high fever almost imme-
diately and died in three or four or five
days, in great pain. and with strange
swellings I'm the neck or groin. Also dead
rats were being found i'll the streets
Better say nothing about it, the word
went forth Let it die out of ITSELF
Which. of course, is just what it would
not do. Instead, 1t spread alarmingly
Even Ell Constitutional of Caracas Presi-
dents Castro's personal organ, which oc-
caSonally compares him to the Savior.
was compelled to take cognizance of the
danger. referring to it as ''infermdad
misterioso.' the mysterious infirmity"
All this because. had the presence OF bu-
bonic plague become known to the outer
world. quarantine would have been de-
clared and commerce would have been
stopped at once.
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ZYZH. .AFZERA NVQ

kitchens for West Indian laborers. A
ing the year and an attempt made to i'm
prove the cleanliness OF all classes ct
mesSes and to improve food supplies
14abOrerS' quarters are reported to be
ample. and there IL an increasing tend
ency among certain classes OF lAborerS
to go TO the bush, Or into tenements in
various small towns along the Zone
While relieving the commission OF the
obligation to quarter them, II Is an open
question whether the move has been bene
fetal.
During the year So5 new buildings were
constructed: 1,141 American buildings re
paired on. account of deterioration. and
additions or Improvements made TO 42i
buildings: Lib old French buildings re-
paired on account OF deterioration. and
additions and improvements made to 215.
The total cost of buildings constructed
since American occupation TO the end OF
the fiscal year has been 1884 .0S9-1 IL, OF
which amount $421. SS2.64 has been spent
for wire screening, with which all build
ings are incloSed.
Further Municipal Improvements.
Further municipal Improvements in
Panama and Colon are stated to be neces-
sary. as a sanitary measure, in certain
outlying districts Of these cities which
have sprung up since American occupa-
ton, and the improvement of which was
not contemplated in the original plans
The cost of this work, which will not
be undertaken in the absence OF any
specific appropriation by Congress. is es-
innate to be 100000.
If with the shifting character Of the
population the death and sick rate can
be taken as q criterion for general health
conditions. they have been considerable
improved. for with an average Of $685.
names on the pay rolls the death rate per
thousand was 1892, less than half that OF
the previous year. For the white force.
taken at an average OF 12,05S. given by
the pay rolls, the rate was 1884 per thou
sand. and with force OF blacks averaged
At 3d. 900 .he death rate was 194S per
thousand, less than half that OF the preN-i-
Gus year. The large decrease In the death
rate among the blacks is attributed to
better sanitation, but, primarily, accord
ing to the statements of the physicians, to
the better food. enabling them TO offer
greater resistance to disease.
The relations of the commission with
the republic OF Panama and foreign rep
resentatiVeS are declared to be salts
factory. 4 number of questions growing
out of the provisions of the treaty or
subsequent agreements, or arising from
the proximity of the Zone and Panama.
were settled satisfactorily. and the Of
ticials OF the republic have manifested
at all times a desire to aid the work OF
the commission.
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by test pits and borings that TIE locks
will rest on rock Of ample strength to
make suitable foundations. A hard lime
stone is found for the upper part OF the
site changing to argillaceous sandstone
at the lower end. Col. Goethals says the
behring's disclosed no such variations in the
formation as exist at Gatun.
4 net decrease in the skilled force was
made during the year, yet there were al
most as many new employees as in the
preceding year, the number of men en-
ployed being $500 and $500. respectively,
for the two years, indicating the shifting
character of the force and showing that
it is practically renewed every year. A
radical change. however. has taken place
in the source OF supply. There were
1,s2S men employed in the United States.
as against 3,OSS the year before, while
the number employed on the isthmus has
increased from 2,790 to 1882 AS the
total excess of immigration over emigra-
ton was nearly 1900, the labor problem
may be considered as solved.
Hotels and Mess Halls.
At the close Of the year twenty hotels
were operated for Americans, twenty-five
mess halls for Europeans and thirty-one
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circumstances Of English town life quite
remote from the experience of the singer.
Prof. Shaler of Harvard once found a
man in Wise county. Va, hunting with
an English crOSSbow. OF course he
owned a rife as WELL but powder was
hard to get, and he had not lost the ira
dition of the art by which the famous
crossbow had been made among his Brit
ish forebears. We say British because
the Scotch and English strains are every
where mingled in the mountains. The
traveller stopping at a lonely cottage may
hear the mother quiet an unruly child
by saying, Behave. now, son. or Clavers
will get you!' It is doubtful whether the
woman knows anything of the DOGGY she
thus conjures up to "haud the wretch in
Claverhouse the Scotch rough rider who
harried the Covenanters in ancient days
Social Distinctions.
One of the most import ant things to
learn about life in the mountains is that
Appalachian America contains all grades
of society. They are clad much alike.
and all are sufficiently primitive to the
gaze of an outsider, but the distinctions
are real and keenly felt. Every county
has its aristocracy-its select families that
hold themselves quite apart from the COM
mon when 1t comes to marriages and
higher social functions. Far below the
landowners are the renters. The noun
tains have their share OF idleness and Of
crime. but the vices of the mountains are
largely the Homeric type. which are
really less corupting than the sins of
more artificial condition.
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LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS
THE PIONEER CONDITIONS IN
THE APPALACHIANS.
People Of the Blue Ridge and Great
Smoky Hills Survival
of Colonials.
From the Berea Quarterly.

From the Berea Quarterly.
Take the conditions Of country life any
where and intensity them many degrees
and you will have mountain life as II
passes on today in the pine scented at
mosphere of the Blue Ridge and the
great Smoky mountains. The mountain
eer is a colonial survival. with all the
pride and self-respect which belongs to a
Iandholder. and his lack of worldly super
! fluities, rather than otherwise. contributes
to his noble independence of spirit. But
all this must be found out by sympa-
thetic approaches, for our mountain friend
is reserved, shy, not to say suspicious,
and often appears at great disadvantage
In his first contact with ''furriners.'
To begin. then, with the pioneer condi-
tions we have remoteness from markets
and corresponding Shift in farm actlNi-
ties. many of the old-fashioned household
manufactures = soap, sorghum molasses
products of the fireside misunderstanding
ing. Ready money is scare and to be got
mainly from forest products where there
are streams to float the logs. and from
cattle-a crop that can walk to market.
Family Feeling.
Such community In the Appalachian
mountains as on the old New York Or
Ohio frontier, naturally rears large fam
lilies and has a much intensified family life
and family feeling Parents and children.
'h,others and sisters, are much shut into
their own society and the feeling or the
,,, GROWS. Many OF the artificlaiities
and conventions of life are quite power
,,s.r+ themselves in these isolated
valleys. ,;,,,-
ot,,rn
two order. A tree Is an enemy we hho
..,.,. ..daad-niugs',-felds where the trees
have been girdled and left standing IN
ghastlv rakedness SO that the little bull
tonp,;e pillow may scratch the soil ne
tween them and the sun shine in to ma
trre the crop. Much skill is shown In
Moving in such fashion as not TO ieaFe
the soil unduly exposed 10 the " Isl 81 ~
the heavy southern torrents. The nght
with briars and bushes is a hard one and
YOU cay see the whole family afeld-
father. mother, boys and girls-not to be
n,tied. but rather congratulated on toll
at once so sociable and so health1ui.
Origin of the Feud.
Out OF this intense family feeling grows
the fsud. In a sparse population the gov
eminent fails to inspire either confidence
or dread, and when man is killed by
some drunken bully the impulse is strong
for the next of kim to take justice into
his own hands.
The antiquarian finds endless interest
in the British surviva!s. which are read
lily traced when one begins an intelligent
search. Here is the pattern In a bed
kiyer' which you have seen, perhaps. in
English tapestry, and which must have
been transmitted from mother to daugh-
ter for two or more centuries. Here Is a
snatch of song that YOU will not easily
lind in q book. but which marks back to
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The Old SONGS.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
They had a concert the other night at
Pittsburg. at which only the old songs
were sung. 1t was a popular entertain
ment The great majority OF people like
the old songs-ltke them the best. And
they are very happy when the old songs
are sung by people who know how to
sing They even like an old song badly
sung but when it is finely sung they are
in raptures.
II may be successfully commended that
a majority of the people would rather
have Ben Bolt annie Laurie. My
Old kentucky. Home" '.How Can Leave
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Took Adopted Fathers Name.

Miss Seward was born in Dunkirk. n. Y.
Her father was Hanson A Risley, So
Iicitor of the Treasury under President
Grant. He was a great friend of Secre-
tary Seward. who adopted his daughter.
she taking her adopted fathers name.
She accompanied the ex-Secreta.y
around the world thirty-flve years ago and
after their return published book de-
scribing their tour and experiences. OF
late wears she has maintained a residence
in this city. Her sister, Mrs. Alfred Rod
man Of Dedham. Mass. survives her.
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Thee Il Dreamt That Dwelt in Marble
Halls and such a lovely string OF songs
than the most voluptuous arias from the
finest Italian. French or other operas that
ever were rendered on the stage This Is
not defending the taste. It is only describ-
ing 1t.
1t Is often that one sees an adept in
music enjoying these artistic strains. and
he envies him truly. He cannot under
stand 1t. but he sees the JOY and he
| wishes he could appreciate 1t, too. Thus
there are some worlds that all canno,
enter but that does not prevent one get
ting close up to the walls of Zion and en-
| joying the good old songs when he has q
I chance-yes. chance.
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Stage Manager wish we could work
in q few more realistic touches in this
woodland scene. Now, how would it be
to have some one growl like bear? Au-
thor-The very thing, Well call in the
ics!-Harper's Weekly.
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Philadelphia Lumber Yard Burned.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, November 30
Fire of incendiafy origin destroyed the
lumber yard OF J. G. Brill & Co, in West
Philadelphia. and two other buildings.
The loss will reach more than S1OO,UUU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30

He-They say that people who marry
soon grow to look alike.
She-Then you must consider my refusal
as finaL-Iliustrated Bits.
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Interment in New York.

He took as his text the entire fiftietf
Psalm; and in a short talk said that in
his opinion there should be prayers for
the dead, but no praise, as the good
works had all been done and gone be-
fore. He reminded the sorrowing friends
that there was a bright side to death.
He ended his sermon by saying that
there are two duties, one to pray for the
dead and the other to live as if the coffin
were ready at any moment.
II has been stated the body was to be
cremated. This is erroneous. Interment
will be in Fredonia. \. Y.
The honorary pallbearers were Gen.
Eugene Carr. Admiral ]. 3. Pillsbury.
Clarence Wilson. Marcellus Bailey,
Charles Ramey. Talcott Williams of
PHILADELPHIA. Leigh Robinson. William c.
HAYES. Charles p. Neill Arthur Mayo.
John Loomis, George Boiling and Preston
Sands
Among those who were present from a
distance were Gen. William II. Seward
Of Auburn N Y, eldest son of the late
Secretary Seward. who came as a repre-
sentative of the family; Mrs. II. A. Rfsley
of weston, Mass. Mrs. Alfred Rodman
| and Mrs Alfred Rodman, jr.. of Dedham
Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30

The best time for exercise is about
two hours after q meal
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FUNERAL OF OLIVE R. SEWARD
PoNTIFICAL MASS CELEBRATED
BY BISHOP o'CoNNELL.
Adopted Daughter Of Former Secre-
tary in Lincoln's Cabinet-Travel-
ed Around World With Him.

The celebration of a solemn pontitical
mass for the dead marked the funeral
service at ST. Paul's Catholic Church, 10Th
and V streets, this morning, over the re-
mains of Mrs. Olive Risley Seward. who
died Friday at her residence, 1925 10Th
street northwest.
The celebrant was Bishop D. j. O'Con-
nell Of the Catholic University. He was
assisted by Father P. ]. O'Connell of the
Church Of st. Vincent de Paul, as deacon.
and Rev. James f. Krug, as subdeacon.
Father Mackin, pastor of the church,
delivered an address.
The music of the mass was used
throughout the service with one excep-
ton. when Lead, Kindly Light was
sung.
The casket was covered with flowers.
At each end were seven candles. 1t was
placed in the main aisle Of the church,
near the altar. Mgr. Mackin stepped to
the head Of it while delivering his ser
mon
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
REGISTRO CIvIL--Naesmixnsos.

REGISTRO CIVIL--N1ctmiTnfos.
Han sido inscritos Juan Pascua1
Vera Ulanga, Pedro Hermogenes
Lebron y Montafiez, Inocencia Rian
cho y Escobales, Tomasa Raiancho y
Escobales, Beatriz Acosta y Esccolit,
Jose Morales, Conception Pardo Bar :
bosa, Edmond Chapman, Tula TANGO
Y TANGO y Mercedes Santana Garcia.
DEFUNCIONES:
Herminia Gomez Gordils, Sinforoso
Suarez, Trinidad Quifiones y Pacheco.
Julian Bonilla William Villavaso y
Contreras, Maria Milagros Figueroa
y Alberto Villamil y Rosa.
MATRIMONIOS- Sc han efec-
tuado los de Nicolas Garcia de Que
vedo y Goenaga con Carmen Coma
lez Pla, Carlos Martinez Contreras
con Ricardo Garcia Urbina Enrique
Rosello Arias con Providencia Cor
TITO Y Cruz
Miguel Maria Soler Bessosa y Clo-
tide Melquion Tuck contrajeron ma
trimonio en- la noche del 80 del pa
sado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
N0tas mnua1ici1p0les


en- asisiencia en- este establecimiento
oenefco; 20 mujeres y AZ varones.
Total 20.
Salieron dados de alta por curados
Candido Ortiz v Modesto Rodriguez.
In el hospital cuarentenario han
inRresado Pedro Aarcsno Gonzalez
Carmen Carballo Lopez. Antonia Ri
vera, Jose Pacheco Torres y Juan Ro
Sado Lopez.
Han en- el dia de hov IS enfermos
HOSPITAL ESPECIAL DE MU-
IERES.-Hay EN- ell dia de hoy 33
enfermas en asistencia, y IS en- ell
dispersario.
Observation-Disclosures de dete.
nidos en- el dia de aver: d varones
y mujer sufricndo condena, Y D
varones v ! mujeres pendientes de
causas.
Salieron por cumplimiento de con =
dena Juan Rodriguez, Rogue Qua.
dalupe Manuel Rivera Braulio San
tan1.
JCZGADO MCNICIPAL-Han Si-
10 sentenciadaS en- Ia mafiana de hoy
las personals Siguentes:
M0nserr3te NelazQuez por hurto de
un reloj en- Ia cast del Lcdo. Coy Coll
yCuchi. 80 diss de arresto.
lascasio Paris, por Acometimiento
y Aggression { Rufno Culievere, ;
meses de arresto.
Juan Evangelista Sierra por expo
ner sus parties en- la noche de aver,
eu cl Gallon del Tamarindo, Is dias
dc arrestO.
Francisco Barreras acusado de agre-
s. ion 4 Gala Torres, Absuelto.
Jose Tirado por turbar la paz en-
Santurce. portando un cuchillo, $50
lie multa so dias dc arresto.
Mario Ramos por dejar un caro-
abandonado tn ia carretera de San
turce, So de multa
Francisco Arce por agredir aAg1i-
pima de Jesus, daudole una bOfetada
So dc multa & 20 diaSd arresto.
jose Fernandez por agredir con un
puhal Enrique Maritime, 4 meses
de aTresto.
Felipa Marine por haberse aprO
pisdo frauduientamente de dos traies
de Es,ebania Maldonado. 3 meses de
4rresto
Ramon MARITIME Rafael Rivera
pOr insuljar y provocar al policfa
lnsular Pedro Agosto, 80 dias de
arres,o cada uno.
Agustin Rojas y Tomas Rosario
por rifa y escandalo, $ de multa
cada uno.
CUARTO DE SOCORRO.-Hasta
ia man4na &c hoy han sido asistidaS
por el prac.icsnte de servicio don
Ramon Llauger, las siguientes per.
sOnas.
Carmen Santiago luxaci6n 4 Il ar.
ticulacion dc ia muneca derecha; Raj
mundo Soto. confusion en- Ia eSpalda
y brazo y p5mulo izquierdo; nifio Fe.
lX Roirigue... cCutusIoncs en Ia re-
g.Cn frontal Y lab.o superior; Agri
pima DE Je,d>. hcrida cJntuSa de tres
ccuiimetrOs en Ia region supercillar
lz4ulerda, Mateo Alvarez. her.da por
de gerro con p rlida de Ia pulpa del
dedo mcdi, dc ia mano izquierca;
Juan Aiccl. hrrid4 en- Ia forma ire
sulaI 90 ia region meta carpiana IL
4uierda
LIcENCIAS.-Las ban solicitado
Miguel L'ympart, paga c.nstru:r una
cCchera en uu patio. en- una casa de
ia carretera esquina al Condado; Isa
bel J.. LCpez Ccpcro, para conStIuir
una casa dc madera en Ia calle de
kgozue de S,nturee Marta Rivera
una casa dc MADEIRA cn MinlllaS, del
mismJ bAluO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
BUOUES ANUNCIAn)S

BUQUES ANUNCIADOS
Goleta amer. Augusta w. Snow
|Salio de New York para esta el Il
del pasado.
Consignatarios. Sobrinos de Ez-
quiaga.
Vapor espafiol Martin Saenz. S.
lilo de Canarias. ell 25 dltimo con
destino San Juan, Mayaguez, Pom
ce, Santiago de Cuba, Habana, Cen
fuegos y New Orleans.
Consignatarios, Sobrinos de L.
quierdo & Co.
Vapor ingles Casi1da. Sali6 d..
Moutevideo el 26 del pasado con
destino este puerto.
Consignatarios, Villar & Co.
Goleta amer. James F. Marwefl
Debe haber salido de New York para
esta Ell 23 del pasado.
Consignatarios. Sobrinos de Ez
quiaga-
Vapor espafol Catalina. Saldrs
de Barcelona para esta, hacienda las
escalas intermedias, el d del co
rriente.
Consignatarios, Sobrinos de IL
quierdo & Co.
Vapor americana Carolina. Cor
destino New York zerpara de este
puerto Ell ; del corriente.
Consignatarios, The New York &
Porto Rico SIS. Co.
Vapor americana Coamo. Del puer-
TO de New York para el nuestro sa
lie el 80 del pasado.
Consignatarios, The New York g.
Porto Rico SIS. Co.
Goleta amer. Republic. Saldra Dc
New York para San Juan y Guayani-
LA el IS del corriente.
Consiguatarios, Sobrinos de Ez-
quiaga.
Vapor frances Quebec. Recalari
de maf1ana pasado procedente d,
Saint Thomas y seguira viaje paI,
Puerto Plata.
Consignatarios, J. T. Silva Ban
king & Co.
Vapor aleman President Fstara
aquf procedente de Saint Tn mas
4 del corriente y seguira viaje pa11
Santo Domingo.
Consignatarios. Mullenhof y Kol-
ber-
Vspor cubauo Julia. Con procc
dencia de Ia Habane p"ertos inte
medios recalara en este ii l3 u~i
corriente.
Consignatarios, Villar & Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Ha empezado publicarse en- esta
ciudsd un nuevo semanario indepen
diente con el titulo de "El Nuevo
San Juan.
lie deseamos larga vida.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Sc ha concedido un mes de licencia
al Sr. Enrique Rosy Marshal de la
Corte de Distrito de Mayaguez 4 par
tir del del dia de hoy.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Esta mafiana permanecio reunida
en- la ohcina del Attorney General la
Comision de Hacienda del Consejo
Executive.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Hemos recibido en esta redaccion
algunos maniiestos de los partidos
politicoS de la isla preparando las
huestes para las pr6ximas elecciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Sc encuentra meior de la herida
que Sufrio consecuencia de una
pedrada, un nino de nuestro amigo
don Jose de Diego
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01
Varias notiCias

Actualmente tiene practicaudose en-
Santurce una limpieza general de
GALES. patios v casas, bajo la direc-
ci6u del inspector sefIor Amanda y los
celadores Srs. Rodriguez y Figueroa
Aver Sc recibi6 ell siguiente cable
por la casa "Sobrino de Esquiaga'
"El Vapor Montevideo lego q Ca
diz aver la una de la tarde'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Sc encuentra en- esta ciudad el
Sefior Carlos Franco Soto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Hoy 9 maiiana quedara reglamenta-
do ell nuevo arancel que han de per
.clbir los medicos peritos, por cuyo
motive han celebrado varias reunio-
mes los selores Brown. Ward y Stahl,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

FL sabado en- la noche tuvo lugar
en- Rio Piedras, el bale anunciado
en los sAlones de aquel ayunta-
miento.
El concurso de senoritas caba-
lleros fue numeroso y distinguido pa
sandose una velada agradable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-06-01

Commercial /
American Colonial Bank $3.50 & zoo
]. T. Silva B. c. $IIo.
CEDULAS HIPOTECARIAS
Banco Territorial y Agricola:
Emlslones Tas..s :" ys" $50.
cAMRIOS
Londres -. check S4.s7H a4.ss
Paris. ...- 3a3A p oIo d.
Hamburgo... a4poIo d.
New YORK.. Is ctvs. d.
Espaf1a. IS p oIo j..
OPERACIONES EN- Ell MUELLE
Sin opera clones.
MOYimientO maritime
ENTRADAS DEL EXTERIOR
Ninguna
DE LA COSTA
Goletas San Miguel, Petra, Encar-
nacion y Voluntsd
Vapores americanos Ponce Y Ca
rolina.
SALIDAS PARA Ell EXTERIOR
Goleta inglesa Leo, para los Esta-
dos Unidos.
PARA LA COSTA
Goletas Carmelita y Ricardo Ruiz.
Ruques EN- puerto
DEL EXTERIOR
Manpie Swan descargando
Starr Jones pendiente
oebastiana id
Hyadef id
Ponce cargando
Carolina id
COSTANEROS
Uberita Vieques
Maria Artau id
Evening journal., 1908-03-14
AGAIN WORKING
ON THE CHANNEL

In order to provide tho Deiawaro
river with thirty-foot channel from
Philadelphia out TO sea by June 80
next, Major Sanford. OF the United
States Engineering Corps. in charge
of the government work on the river,
announced yesterday that dredging
would be resumed at once
With this object in view three
dredges have started work on section
A below New Castle to increase the
width Of the channel at that point
from 475 feet 70 600 feet. the required
width. At the same time work win
be resumed on the section about the
lChrlstiana river, when six dredges Will
be placed in operation by the Ameri-
can Dredging Company IN widening
the river to the required 600 feet.
The government dredge Uncle Sam
was placed In operation yesterday and
to-day the dredge Cataract went into
Barvice. BY next week a full force
iof men win be at work on the project.
and In order 70 hasten the work Il has
been decided to work shifts night and
day