The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-21

Col Goethals. referring in particular
to that OF the central division ana
the CuIebra cut. and the one oi
nocember %. oyer6owed the dlKe
separating the cSt from the Cnneres
river. cutting a channel through IL
about 200 feet long and 81 feet deep.
The total amount OF material re-
moved from slides and breaks IN the
central division OF the canal durlnS
the wear was more than two and
half million cubic yards, or about
fifteen per cent OF the amount re-
moved during the year from the Guile
bra cut the principal part of the cen
trail division.
The Material Removed.
More than SO, 100000 cubic yards
of-~materia were removed from all
parts OF the canal during the year.
of which almost 5000 900 were from
the Cnlobra cut and almost 10,oo0.-
900 from the Chagres section. ABOUT
| 35 000, 900 cubic yards remain 10 DC
removed from the Culebra cut before
| this section OF the canal Is COM
| pleted.
Reports from various points along
| the line show that the cost OF eXcaVl
| ton varied from twenty-foUr cents
| per cubic yard at one place 10 as
high as S25l at another. Ihere Is
| no such divergence oil PRICE In the
cost per cubic yard OF concrete work,
the lowest average being $6!O9 and
the highest $3.50. More than fOO,-
600 cubic yeards Of concrete were
| laid during the wear
| Economy has been sought by the
| commission In various directions. TO
reduce TO minimum delays on ac'
count oil breakdown OF machinery.
plant and equipment which reflect
largely In the cost of work, says
Col Goethals. and TO provide proper
facilities for overhaulIng plant and
equipment. as well as manufacturing
necessary repair parts, large shops
have been provided at certain points
on the Isthmus in which are en-
F, ployed a total oil 1891 men.
Reduction In Expenses.
''In general he adds. the repair
shops and equipment on the lsthmUS
are adequate TO meet all require
ments during the construction period.
Nothing as yet has been done toward
permanent shop facilities which will
be needed after completion of the
| canal.
During the year special attention
WAS paid to reducing the cost oil
maintenance and operation OF equip
ment IN the shops. including the
Standardization of salaries and wages
and oil material and supplies ncces-
sary in construction repair work" In
this same connection he reports a
Capitalization OF repair work to roll
ing equipment other than steam
Shovels at the Gorgana shops.
In the division OF bookkeeping, >
the report says, Improvements have
been made in the classification Of
expenditures accounts by divisions
and by unlts of the work"
1856 Men Employed.
There was q steady increase from
the beginning OF the past fiscal year
in the number of employees on the
canal zone until on March 30 last.
they reached a maximum OF 3S,6I6,
the largest force on record. This
Includes those employed on the Pan
anna railroad. The total force at the
end OF the year was 25.51S, as com
pared with 33,493 a year earlier.
Investigations carried on during
the year indicate, saws Col. Goethals.
that during ordinary years there Will
be a considerable surplus OF water
from Gatum lake, even in the dry
season and that the water supply
of the worst-known dry season for
the last nineteen years namely that
Of 1908. would be sufficient TO main
tain through the canal an average
daily number of passengers three OF
four times as great as the average
number now passing the SIez canal,
this after making reasonable deduc-
tons for evaporation leakage. power
supply and lockages"
Health conditions on the Isthmus
arc reported to be an Improvement
over those OF the proceeding year
and no cases of plague or yellow
fever originated on the Isthmus dur
ing the year The daily average of
sick vas twenty-thrcc out of every
thousand employed as against % 40
during the preceding year, and the
total number of deaths among en-
ployes was 54S, equivalent to an av.
erage OF 1854 per thousand.