The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-21
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cubic yards. while the third break aB-
sregated about 10000 cubic yards,
.The hoods seriously interfered
with the progress OF the work, says
Col. Goethals. referring in particular
to that OF the central division and the
CuIebra cut. and the one of December
90 overaovyed the dixie separating the
cut from the chagres river, cutting a
channel through 1t about 200 feet long
and 81 feet deep"
The total amount of material re-
moved from slides and breafts in the
central division OF the canal during
the year was more than two and a
mali million cubic yards, or about ff-
teen per cent of the amount removed
during the year from the CuleSra cut,
the principal part of the central di-
vision.
More than 36y5OO,OOO cubic yards OF
material were removed from all parts
of the canal during the year. OF which
almost $1,000, goo were from the Guile
bra cut and almost 1O.0OO.0O0 from
the Chagres section. About $4,000.
900 cubic yards remain to be removed
from the culebra cut before this sec
ton of the canal Is completed.
Reports from various points along
the line show that the cost OF excava-
ton varied from twenty-four cents
per cubic yard at one place to as high
as 1854 at another. There Is no such
divergence OF price in the cost per
cubic yard of concrete work. the low
est average being 5000 and the high
est $3.50. More than 100000 cubic
Yards Of concrete were laid during the
year.
Economy has been sought by the
lconmlsslon in various directions. ITO
reduce to a minimum delays on ac-
count OF breakdown of machinery,
plant and equipment. which reflect
Ilangcly in the unit cost OF work" says
lC.ol. Goethals, land to provide proper
facilities for Overhauling plant ana
! eouEpn ent. as well as MANUFACTURE ug
I necessary repair parts, large shops
have been provided at certain, points
n on the Isthmus in which are employ
ed total OF 1881 men.
I'm general he adds. the repair
shops and equipment on the Isthmus
are adequate to meet all require
,rnents during the construction period.
Notl1Ing as yet has been done toward
FIpermaneut shop facilities which Will
Ibe needed after completion Of the
canal
During the year special attention
was paid to reducing the cost OF matn-
tenance and operation of eqntpmenSt
In the shops. including the standard
liza ton OF salaries and wages and OF
material and supplies necessary in
| construction repair work In this
same connection he reports cen-
,tralizatIon of repair work to rolling
equipment and other than steam
shovels at the Georgana shops.
..In the division of bookkeeping,
the report says. improvements have
been made In the classification OF ex-
,pendtures ard the. compilation OF sta
:tIstlcs. a distribution of the accum11'
lated plant charges, formerly carried
as one ITEM, was made, SO that the
!!5Dlant is now shown In tine expenditure
'taccounts by divisions and by units OF
the work"
There was steady increase from
the beginning Of the last fiscal yeal
lin the number OF employees on the
lcanal zone-untll on March 80 last
they reached a maximum Of SS.6 SIG,
the largest force on record. This In
cIudes those employed on the Panama
railroad. The total force at the end
of the year was 35,57S, as compared
,, with a3,493 a year earlier.
Investigations carried on during the
Eyear Indicate. says Col. Goethals, that
Idurlng ordinary. years there VIII be
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