The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-06-15
PANAMA CANAL,
uo,t Progressing Rapidly. sud Big
Mich Will Be Completed on
Scheduled Time

The Big Stone Gap cores
,on4ent of the Bristol News,
,nder date June 9th ,>writes as
follows i'm regard to the visit 20
,bis place of Mr.. X. Bruce Tins
lev. who is employed on the
Panama Canal, by the United
states Government, in the
capacity of an engineer:
"R Bruce Tinsley, formerly
of Radford. who has made this
.i,re his home for several
kears has returned from a
Sear's stay on the Isthmus Of
banana. where he has employ
lnent as engineer in the con
sfrnction work on the Panama
Canal
-Nr Tinsley is very enthus-
5astic over the great ditch, and
ie saws the magnitude Of the
work is such that it is impOssi-
biz to describe il comprehen-
kvelv lie brought back a
humber of views showing the
i,rocress of the great work; one
N which shows the whole canal
From end Co end. and Is a very
Interesting work.
He states that IS 900 men are
Employed. and of this number
BIZ fofemen. superintendents
tnd machinists, in fact all
Skilled labor, is from the States,
Rhi.e the common laborers are
from Spain and Jamaica, the
latter composing two thirds of
ihe force. These. he says, hav
ing been brought up under
compulsory education laws, are
tractlcally an able 90 read and
trite. and are well-behaved and
trier.y. sober people.
"lt was somewhat of a sur.
jrise io hear Mr.. Tinsley state
shat large sections, miles TO.
fethcr in some places. was
Practically complete. lt is tC
ihIs fact that ne ascribes tn,
seduction Of tho yardaEe ol
bacterial moved daily. which IL
DOW 100000 Yards. He states
that the celebrated Culebra Gu
Il now down Co within 100 fee
b the grade. and that this Will
d. dredging of the approaches
cn the Atlantic and Pacifi,
Side together with the lock-
and dams. comprise she bulk %
tleunhnished work. The dredg
D. Of the channels is. he says
pei along toward completion
"lle expects the locks an,
dams to bee the last of the worl
y reach completion, but h.
Shnks that with the presen
Progress the work will be com
fieted almost a year before tn
schedule, Jan. !, 1873.
Mr.iinsley Is stationed at IN
lrgest dock. the one at Pedr
anguei, where. he says, the
ky 1900 yards of concrete
eay with electrically operate
hNers and cranes, and thi
handling plant will be double
q once. He states that n
amount of expense and care
emiited IN looking after th
health and comfort of the grea
eody of the employees, but tn
2 on keep down growing an
fumhing, Just as is alway
card around armies and il
iates OF even the best cOnduc
public institutions. He say
par the homes of the marie
{ pen are all furnished free ,
tht' with free coal and ice, (
nat all they have To do is
nfcnaSe groceries at the go
nment store houses and coo
no eat; but even then with IL
y igh wages and short hou
lany of them go grumblir
cause some one else has
lie different furniture, al
eretore in their judgment.
$ Tile better than theirs, al
any are the woes of the po
4lartermaster.
All American employees a
lowed six weeks vacatio
''h iull pay, and this is NJ
i.nlSley 3 time off TO visit h
lie and child here. They m,
tclde TO return with him