The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-10

nances and may maintain pabllc order
in Thorn in case the Republic of pana.
ma should mot be- able to do 800.
Ot the liS square miles embraced ln
tho zone. the United states owns
pbout 322 square miles Under the
/ terms of the treaty with Panama, how.
cyor the United states has the priv
/ lcpe of acquiring by purchase. or boy
the exercise of the right of eminent
4 domain any lands building, water
rights or other properties necessary
and convenient for the construction,
maintenance. operation, sanitation and
protection of the Canal 1t can, there.
fore. acquire az any time the remain
ing l26 square miles, which is now
owned by private parties
The Panama Railroad.
The Panama railroad. which IS
operated for the purpose Of aiding I'm
the undertaking, is 4G.2 miles long, ex-
tending practically the entire length
of the Canal. For the greater part OF
the distance. the road runs parallel
with the Canal, but near Gatun it's
course DIVORCES until It reaches a
point 4 - miles from the center line
of IT, The maximum grade Of the line
isl IA per cent and the maximum cur.
Nature is G degrees. The road Is indi-
D. vidually equipped with 6S locomo.
, tiyes. Sc coaches, 495 freight cars, 4
locomotive cranes. pile drivers, 2
tugs. J crane boat and IA steel light
ers. The cost of the line is estimated
, at S7225,OOO.
Canal Equipment.
! Aside from the railroad and its own
equipment, the equipment of the 18th.
W milan Canal Commission embraces 100
steam shovels, 4,131 cars, 119 French
d and 100 American locomotives. 30 I'M
= leaders, "a spreaders, 10 track shift
i ers, }5 cranes, 16 pile drivers, IS dred-
y ges. 9 tugs, subaqueous rock breaker
e 1 towboat, tender, ~ clapets and 80
E barges.
i On March %, 1910, the employees in
+ the Canal service numbered 30,716 and
in the railroad service 1893, a total
e skilled artisans, practically all of them
e Of 38,732 OF this number, 5,429 con
L titule the officials, clerical force anC
{ Americans The remaining 33,303 are
mainly unskilled laborers, of which
e about 5000 are Europeans, principally
g Spaniards, and the remainder arc
= West indians. The standard wage rate
T. Of the Spaniards is 16 cents per LOU
r and Of the West Indians 10 cents pei
hour.
2 The Subsistence Department is di
o vided into two branches-commissar!
and hotel. 1t does a yearly business
3. amounting to about 100000, one
z third of which is through the hotel
y and two-thirds through the commits
" sary The department is self-sustain
~ ing.
% The commissary system consists 0
~ 13 general stores in as many Cana
10 Zone villages, and 3 camps along tn
line of the Panama Railroad. NJ
% goods are sold for cash, only coupon
a issued to employees being accepted il
ID payment for purchases.
~ The hotel branch maintains the He
lc tel Tiyoli at Ancon, and alsos IS hotel
fer Official. clericai and artisan en-
plOyes, at which meals are served TO
s, 80 cents each; Is messes per ratiol
,e of 3 meals, and II kitchens for Yves
a. Indian laborers, who are charged 8
70 cent per ration of 3 meals. Their
id are served monthly i'm the hotels 70
n white professionals employees, 1880
TX meals; in the messes, 269, 900 meals
a and in the kitchens, 100000 meals
r. The supplies for each month cos
rs about $4,000. The monthly receipts
at exclusive of the revenue from the He
tel Tivoli at Ancon. amount to $112
le 600.
III A cold storage ana Ice making plan
Ill bakery, coffee rooster, ice cream fax
We tory, and similar plants, as well a
at a laundry, are operated at Cristaba
60 and warehouses are maintained Their
;h near the wharves, at which goods fror
Ill the States are delivered. Every morl
&c ing a supply train takes ice and fooC
Up stuffs to the towns along the line {
to the Canal, the perishable goods bein
he conveyed in refrigerated cars.
. Canal Appropr atoms and Expend
)t- lures.
de The Canal appropriations and e,
ed pendlures made to March /, this yea
ne were as follows
SO Appropriations.
he Payment to New Panama
m Canal Co ..........$ 10000 OOO. q
no Pay't to Rep. of Panama 100000 Q
ho Appropriation for 1902. 10000 900 G