The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-01-08

canal proper at Bas 0bispo, and then
from there to Paraiso go through
the deepest cuts of the whole canal,
pass the Pedro Miguel locks into an
other water basin and out through
the Sosa locks into the bay of Pan
anna and the Pacific ocean.
THE dotted line above the heavy
black line is the new line OF the Pan
anna railroad. which will be built
above the canal and used for passen-
ger service across the isthmus. \
spillway. or overflow, is being built
at Gatun to carry off the surplus
water after the locks and dam Is
completed. which is in itself very
onderful piece Of work All across
the ishtmus. where the water shed
is not the required depth to make
channel deep enough for ships to
pass they have put steam shoyels and
dredges to make the channel deeper
and no one who has not been here
can realize the immensely of this
wonderful undertaking. The month
ly payroll is a million dollars gold
Labor is brought from all portions
OF Eufope--ltalians Greeks, Span.
ards. Turks ana Negroes from all
the West India islands. Barbarians,
Jamaicans Martiniques who speak
French. Trinidad, and every sort
one could imagine Il reminded mo
Of my trip to Port Said and through
the Suez canal We also have the
East Indians here, but they are most
ly peddlers OF laees and baubles for
the niggegs. The majority of the
mercantile houses in Colon and Pan
ANA are Chinese. having been estab.
lished there during the French reign
and are now reaping a golden har-
vest Colon, from a swamp ridden
town, is fast becoming very de-
cent place. 4 dozen years ago Man
lila and Panama were the unhealth-
lest places on earth, but today, with
proper sanitation and good water,
all diseases except some malarial
fever. which is always prevalent in
a tropical country, have bene stamp
cd out We have no flies or mosqui-
toes here excepting right at the
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quarters are built on the hills and
the year that I have been here I have
never slept under mosquito bar
80 need Of IT, All white married
employees are given a cottage of five
rooms With running water, bath and
stove. furnished with a range ami
all furniture except dishes and bed
linen free and unmarried men are
furnished a room, bed and mattress
and pillow free. they TO furnish their
own sheets and pillow cases a
house janitor looks after the rooms.
Bachelor quarters usually have two
to three men in room large and
.naeous with shower bath and stool
81 each aoor vide norches ali
around the house. nerfectly screened
Each emnIova wbo eats al the
commission hotels has 4 meal boob
AZ co1nons Al cents a meal issued
10 them and the amount deducted
from their pav \ clerk takes the
common as Won 90 INTO rhe dining
ran The meals are on;v fair most
rbA fault If NE cooks who are
West india Island nic1erz Commits.
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desiring them q trade al the com.
mission s,oras ybere = General line
provisions & carried and from
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