The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-21
CANAL BUILDING
IS PROGRESSING
IN RAPID STYLE
Annual Report of Isthmian
Canal Commission Made
Public Today Shows Great
Work on Big Ditch.


canal. The remaining amount includes
an Increase of 6.4Os,56o cable yards
over the estimate made In September.
1908. This Increase Is due to widen
ing the canal north Of Pedro Miguel
lock 10 an to form basin. adding
thereby 932.572 cubic yards, and to
allowing 5.475,9sS cubic yards. and to
allowing 5.475.9sS cubic yards Of
slides ana breaks. as a number OF new
ones developed during the year and
could not be foreseen when the csti.
mate Of September. 1908, was made.
Tho total amount OF material remov-
ed from all slides and breaks In the
Central division during the fiscal year
amounted TO 2,649,563 cubic yards, or
about Is per cent. OF the amount re.
moved from the Culebra cut
In the Pacific division also. the
work OF excavating WAS seriously
hampered by land slides.
When the excavation was nearly
completed on the lock sites at Pedro
Miguel. two slides occurred on the last
side. delaying the work and increasing
the amount to be removed by 1929
cubic yards OF rock and earth. The
total amount Of excavation during the
year was 1885 cubic yards by steam
shovels, and G5.513 cubic yards by
hand, OF which 44.94S cubic yards were
clsssed as preparing foundations. Elk
cavation proper was done at an aver
age cost Of 91.1ss per cubic yard, in.
Guiding plant charges and division ex-
penses.
Work It Miraflores.
At Miraflores. the excavation fer
the upper locks was practically com
plcted during the year. and tho wort.
OF preparing tho foundations, erecting
concrete plant. and placing concrete
begun. Tho total amount excavss cd
was 234.73l cubic yards by steam
shovels. and $1,000 cubic yards by
hand, scrapers and cranes; the actual
excavation work being done at cost
for the last six months OF SLIGO.
Many improvements were made In
Colon aud Panama. and considerable
progress was made IN the construction
OF the new Panama -1ilrcsd.
During the ycTe special attention
was paid To reducing tko cost CT main.
tenance and operation CT Equipment
In tho chops. iaclaGlng the standardi-
sation 81 sa,er'ea and wages. and of
material and supplies rece.sary in
construction work. In lire with this
policy two travelling engineers were
appointed, who have been irs,ruc;irg
and supervising engi,aers. firemcn
gud hostlers. In all.divisions. including
the Panama railroad. in the use Of
sfuel and oil In connection Herewith.
A saving Las resulted of fully so per
cent. OF the amount Of lubricants used,
and OF approximately 10 per cent. In
coal cons: ri.s...oa per trainnlile.
Relative - tfc men now being EN-.
ployed Q, ~. c|:..sl the reports says:
Ma. = 81 Em-Ioyes.
The average rumbe- CT gold en-
ployes on tee io;,s CT tic commission
during TIC past year was 4.3e9, and oI
the Panama railroad $50. cf total oil
5l22. During the year there were ..
$50 separations from tho service oi
the commission. and there were EN-
ployed In the United States. 1000, OF
= total Of 3,l5S. indicating that more
than 60 per cent OF the force wal
changed during the year. showing the
usual unstable condition OF the golt
force.
I.aborers recruited during the yea
aggregated 2.519; all were Yves
Indians. the larger part OF them from
Barbadoh. The last recruiting wal
done In January. 1910. since which
datc immigration has exceeded emf
grafton. and, as the work has reach
its maximum. the present population
Of the Zone furnishes an ample labo
supply. There has always been al
independent immigration from tn
West Indian island. but II was not IN
I'll within tho last four months tina
there has been any such movement Of
the part OF the European saborcrs
During this period. however. 200
have come Of their own volition frou
Spain and italy. From the beginnin
Of the fiscal year there was a stead
increase IN the force until maximum
0os0tO WOS GC0CuCU Ou MutCu os
1910. including the Panama railroa
company and the relocation. and is tn
largest force on record. Since tina
time there has been a slight decrease
but tho total effective force on Jun
30. was 35.57S. ~ compared with 3s
80 on June 3, 1909.
New quarters constructed durin
the year consisted of 10 houses 70
carried employees. accommodating )
families. Eleven buildings Of accon
.raodating 30 families. were convertc
into gold" married quarters. Tn
bulk OF the now construction was a
Ancoa and Gatun. Under condition
e employment the COM ission wa
Obliged 10 furnish married quarters I
az c-'nloycd prior 10 January i. 100
and al such employees have been SUI
Piled. Health conditions are good.
Natural Protection.
lt hes been pointed out that to son,
gruund animals natures coinr sche:,'
fbe conccalment furnishes almost ccn
psete protection. TIE quail crouchlu
On the ground looks like bunch Z