Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-02

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Sawyer, connected closely with canal
construction and from supplemented
information CLEANED from the canal
records printed under the authority
of the lsthmian canal commission.
There is probably nothing In the
future that will affect the worldly in.
terests of Hawaii to such an extent as
will this big ditch when It Is com.
pleted
Types Of laborers.
Mr.. Sawyer has been from one end
10 the other of the zone. and says that
according to the present rate of pro.
gross, the assurance of the chief en-.
gineer, that the canal will see It's com.
plciion In fac years time, will doubt.
less be realized. The scene OF the
greatest activity at the present time
seems to be at the Gatun locks. and
ut the double docks of Pedro Miguel
ana Miranores.
II would seem as II every nation
ON the face OF the earth were rep.
resented among the employees. most
OF whom are OF the negro type, the
American employees being compare.
lively few, except In official and tech.
nical positions. He believes that when
the canal is finished a large perccn.
tage OF the Americans will return
though It Is probable that many will
remain at Gatun and Balboa. Most
of the United States. people are from
Tennessee, Florida and the Southern
States, and these have Joined several
clubs named for the States from which
they have come.
Health at Canal.
Mr.. Sawyer, In referring to hyglenic
conditions at the isthmus. says that
the excellent example set by the Pa.
mama canal commission might be fol.
lowed with splendid results in many
cities In the United States. The city
of Panama, he says. Is one of the
cleanest and best kept cities in the
world at the present time. Its main
street, Central avenue, runs north
east and southwest, 1t Is paved with
brick. with rook.like cement beneath,
and several feet below the surface.
Here the streets are never torn up.
as is SO frequently done in american
cities; but when II is planned to lay
pipes. etc. the streets are tunneled,
the pavement foundations overhead
having been made strong and secure
enough TO bear the greatest weights
Every evening regularly, at 10 o'clock
the street is flooded throughout It's
length with water from hydrants. The
drinking water in this city is altered.
and is as clear as crystal. In al the
towns rcceptacles for rubbish are
placed at the doors OF the dwellings.
Everything Is thrown in'o one recepta.
Gle, and this Is all taken away with.
out having been picked over as i,I
United States cities, and carried away
to dumps to be burned.
Even while Col. Roosevelt was Pre-
sident Of the United States grea'
strides had been made toward render,
Ing the zone a wholesome place to live
In. In 1898. IN acknowledgment of tho
report Of the special commission. he
said: THE treatment OF hygienic con.
dltlons on the is'hmus has been such
as to make II literally the model for all
work OF the kind In tropical countries.
Five years ago the Isthnus OF Panama
was by-word Of unhealthlness of the
most deadly kind. At present the canal
zone is one Of, the healihiest places on
the globe, and the work which Is be
Ing prosecuted with ouch tremendous
energy Is being done under conditions
so favorable to the health and we'll
being of the workers that the NOR
tally among them 10 abnorm1lly
small"
Water Supply.
Reservoirs have been built when.
ever the population has been found
sufficient to maintain them. The wa
ter is drawn from territory carefully
watched by inspectors, who see that
the basins are kept clean. Bacteria.
logls's from Washington watch to dis
Ncover any evidences of infection and
to anticipate unpleasant doors or taste
given 10 the water by the growth o.
algae, Tests show tina. all the water
Is healthful
lnefe is now Cnly aDOu' One-third
the amount of malaria that was pre-,
valont at the beginning of American
work here, and the berlber disease
has considerably decreased
Housing Employees.
As to the housing OF the employees
at the canal. Mr. Sawyer says that
the houses are well adapted to china.
tic conditions. While the houses are
built generally of wood, iron Ia used
for fence posts, telegraph posts, and
In numberless other instances, this
Iron being composed of the old rail.
road rails purchased by the United
States from the French company
The shops are numerous and well
stocked through tho commission the
popular name OF the stores being com.
missarIes, Panama has large mar.
kets. which are called fairs.
All the towns, from Panama City
throughout the zone, have splendidly
equipped hospitals that AT Ancon hav.
Ing 90 wards each ward BENG sop