The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-21
Annual Report of lsthmian
Canal Commission Made
Public Today Shows Great
Work on Big Ditch.
HEALTH OF WORKERS
VERY SATISFACTORY
Work of Excavation in Many
Places Seriously Hamp-
cred by Floods -Culebra
Cut q Big Task.

Washington. Nov. 21.-Signs that
the Panama canal Is moving rapidly
along TO completion are contained in
the annual report Of the lsthmian Ca
nal Commission for the year ending
June 30. 1910. which has just been
made public.
The construction OF the lock gates
has been contracted for and will be
completed by June 1. 1913. These con-
tracts have been awarded to the Nc
Clintic- Marshall Construction COM
pany, OF Pittsburg. Pa. their bid for
the entire work being $5.374,474.S2.
There will be 46 gates In all and &C
cording to the contract the work OF
erection at 0atun IL to begin on Janu-
ary /. 1911, and be completed on
February I, 1918: at Pedro Miguel.
the work Of erection Is to begin March
I. 1911, and to be completed May 1.
1913; and at Miraflores work ID to be-
GIN January 1. 1912 and to be CON-
pleted June I, 1913.
OF the e375. .201 900. which II is esti.
mated Il will cost to build the canal
there remains only 9127.100, ,531.42 to
be appropriated. The total classified
expenditures for canal work to June
80. 1910. amounted to $191,25S.113.s3.
Of which 1885, .456.37 were the net
expenditures during the fiscal year
covered by this report OF the total
classified expenditures to June 80.
1910, 925. .69s. .l5O.81 were for plant and
equipment for construction work. OF
which e4.3s8.511.55 were expended
during the fiscal year.
In Three Divisions.
That part Of the report pertaining
o the progress being made In the con.
Struction work IL divided into Atlantic.
Central and Pacific divisions.
Among the important pieces Of work
ON the Atlantic division are the Ga.
tun locks and dam. During the year
3.ee6.s9S cubic yards In the dry and
>36,17s yards In the wet were removed
from the lock chambers. In addition
20 this work there were removed 646.-
$50 cubic yards Of material In auxili-
ary including dredging In the French
canal.
The excavation in the upper locks
Was completed. including the trench
Ing for the curtain walls and for the
lateral culverts In that portion where
these culverts arc below the excavat-
ed area. With the exception Of the
tronching required for the lateral cul-
verts, the excavation for the inter-
mediate locks was completed. The
excavation for the lower locks. exclu-
Give Of other approach walls was also
undertaken, and $4,000 cubic yards
remain to be removed. The average
cost OF the excavation for the next six
moaths. including plant charges and
division expenses was $0.6751 per Gu
bic yard.
In speaking Of the dam the report
says:
The total amount OF the material
placed In the dam during the fiscal
year vas. dry fill. 2.577,234 cubic
yards. estimated on car. or place
measurement plus IS per cent. swell.
and hydraulic I'M 3.o33.l75 cubic yards.
estimated ON borrow pit measure
ments. less losses ascertained by
GROSS section when practicable. Tho
Average cost OF the last six months
Of ~ year for the dry fiil. includ-
ing plant charges and division ex.
penoes, was 3S.1S cents per cubic
yard: for the wet I'LL on the same
basis. 33.S4 cents per cubic yard.
Work at culsbra Cut.
The work OF excavation was seri-
ously hampered in many places ow.
lny 10 the floods.
The most important work In the
Central division was that done In
Culebra cut. the digging OF which IL
one Of the most stupendous undertAk-
ingD In connection with the building Of
the canal
In this connection tho report says:
During the fiscal year 14.s21.75 Gu
bic yards Of material were excavated
iron the CulebrA cut. leaving S4.S93.-
III cubic yards to be removed In or.
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