Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-08
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mere defail.- The great thing liz tina,
II ia to be done, and speedily. It is bu
fitting that this work which is to Oper
the gate to new civilization should
be done under Industrial conditions &C
ideal that they themselves seem a fore
taste of that new civilization. Broth
erhoOd ia becoming ever more of a re
ality in the world and who knows but
that organized industry Is to I've one OF
the aspects Of brotherhood!
When Goethals Orders.
Colonel George Washington Goe
thals, the man in charge at Panama
is worth a story in himself Rather, be
is worth several stories. and here are
two OF them. Before Goethals' arrival
the civilian engineers had not kept the
strictest discipline Orders were civ.
en-, but some Of the subordinates had
| other ideas. There was consequent dis
cussion, and maybe the orders were
carried out aud maybe they were not
Well. Goethals gave an order. An un.
derofficial undertook to show him
how dead wrong TINT order was. Goe-
thals listened quietly, saying nothing
until the official paused out of breath.
and added. ~ hope you see the point
of my argument"
But" said the colonel, speaking for
the first time II was not arguing.
was giving orders Please see that
they are carried out"
They were
At another time house was to be
built for one OF the officials. and il
seemed that there was to be several
months delay The official complained
to Goethals.
Get into my carriage" said the
colonel "and we will go over and see
about it."
Arrived on the ground. the foreman
was called up and informed that the
house was to be ready for occupancy
on Nov. Is. He started to explain that
II would not be possible to finish II
within year. when something in Goe-
tflals' eye disconnected him. and he
wound up lamely that he would do the
best he could
You did not understand me-" quiet
~ said the colonel. What said was
that the house Is to be ready on Nov
10"
And the house was ready.
After two or three Of the early canal
engineers and oficiais threw uD their
tohs President Roosevelt said, with q
snap OF the jaws:
II am going to send man down
there who will stay on the job until
say he can quit"
Hustling at the Isthmus..
He sent Goethals. and Cocktails is
staying. In the two years since he
took charge things have, been moving
Mt Panama. President Elect Taft on
his recent visit to the isthmus saw
over a hundred steam Shcvels in oper-
alton. half a thousand drills preparing
for dynamite blasts to eat away the
sides Of mountains track filters that
moved whole sections .Rf railway to
new beds in almost tn Iinkling Of
All eye, two dredses. cutting theil. way
into the land from the Atlantic and
Pacific sides, an immense new spill
way being constructed for sthe Chagres
river. cores being made for the i'm
mense dams. and all thts work OF ex.
CO walton, construction md preparation
going forward with more pidity than
any similar work wasseyer prosecuted
in the history onAthe wysi Moreover.
he found death ratesas Niowsas that
of the average Amerlsph city, and
he also found 5000 hIhan beings in
the canal organization. snli OF them i'm
bued with one spirit analntent on one
end. that Of carryingbSthrough this
greatest engineering feat of the, cen
turtles to success. InJthes Highest sense
Of the term 1t was an army Of peace,
with perfect military disci-
pline to win battle with nature, and
behind 1t all was the quiet man who
would stay until lie was7told to quit.
George Washington Goethals was
born in Brooklyn in 1852. He gradu-
ated from West Point. where he was
all instructor in military and civil en-
cheering for many years. Afterward
he was in charge of the Mussel shoals
canal construction on the Tennessee
.iver. member of the board Of forti-
leations in the coast md harbor de
tense and chief of engineers during
lie Spanisll-American war.
This is the man III charge ut Pana-
na, and when he gives his word that
ships will be passing through the ca
lal by Jan. ]. 1915. we can rest a.
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