The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09

to the locks, and the wharves are 10 be Of sufficient dimensions to care for any shipping which can use the canal; in oth- CT words, the docks are to have lengths of 10o0 feet and depths of water equal to the depths provided in the channels of ap- proach.
 "On the Atlantic side 1t was decided that the docks should be within the linn its Of the canal zone. located so as moi to interfere with traffic through the ca nal and at the same time to enable ship ping to lie at them in safety during | storms. To accomplish, these objects, ne- gctiations were undertaken to secure part oS the waterway north of Cristobal Point which, under the agreement with the Re- public of Panama at present in force l is under the jurisdiction of the latterl l "On the Pacific side a tentative loca- | tion was selected for the dry dock and l for the permanent shops. and an arrange ment made for a scheme of docks.
 The construction of the new or relo- | cated line of the Panama railroad was | continued by the Panama Railroad com- l pany dsring the year. and was in charge Of Lieutenant Frederick Mears. United States army. as chief engineer of the Panama Railroad company.
 During the year 6,742 cubic yards of I excavation were eompeted 7035 cubic yards of concrete placed, Il, ,446 lineal feet Of trestle driven, 53.639 lineal feet of tenn po-ay track laid, and 257 acres of clearing done.
 ''The construction of the permanent tele- graph and telephone line was undertaken during the year. and was built of 56 pound steel rails for piles, each equipped with four cross arms, 10 pins to the arm, making 40 wire line. On June 90 the line from Gatun to Gamboa Bridge was | 50 per cent completed.
 The total appropriations made by Con gress available to June 30, 1911, amount ed to 24s,001, ,46s. 5s, or 66 per cent of the total estimate of sS75,2ol 900 for complet- ing the canal. By the act approved | March 1, 1911, additional appropriations ! were made for the fiscal year 1912 l amounting to s45.569 600, exclusive of forti- | hcations, leaving sSl, ,639, 531 42 of the to- tal estimated cost of the canal to be appropriated by June 90, 1911, while s225,- l 4io,053. .26 had been charged into the work Of this amount s33, 64s, CO., .s7 were expend- | ed during the fiscal year 1911. The differ ences between the appropriations avail able to June 30, 1911, and the classified | expenditures to June 30. 1911, amounting l to s22, ,53l, 32, represents unexpended | balances in appropriations, unexpended material and supplies in store houses, | and such items as will not be prorate to | construction work until the work is com | pleted; buildings of all descriptions, roads, sewers and water supplies
 The temperature in the zone for the calendar year 1910 was about normal for all the stations. The highest recorded | was 94 degrees Fahrenheit at Ancon on | March Is, 1910 and the lowest 6l degrees | Fahrenheit, at Culebra, on March Il, 1910. | The average rainfall over the canal zone for the calendar year 1910 was well loIN July and December, but below that of the previous year.
 | "The total amount of masonry laid dur ing the year was 1,74190S cubic yards in the locks and spillways.
 'The average number of employees of tile Panama railroad aud tte commission was at it's maximum for the year in Jan uary, 1911, when it amounted to 37,271. A | minimum was reached in June, 1911, when l it fell to g. 690
 "The past year has been the first since | the inception of the work that no contract | laborers were brought to the Isthmus. | There has been a decided falling off in | the immigration to the zone. The excess | of arrivals over departures during the year was 4910 as against 21, IA during the | previous year
 'The work performed for the sanitary | department has increased, the grass cut | to include more territory. The removal of garbage has slightly increased. A new mcnerator was installed at Gatun in No | Vember, 1910 and a road built to 1t from | New Gatun. The amount expended by the quarter masters department on ord CTS from the sanitary department for zone sanitation was $210, 29 and for Hospitals, quarantine, etc, s77,2S44S. l The subsistence department is charged | with "a of q, l commission hotels messes, and Kitchens | and is in charge of Major Eugene T. Will son, United States army, as subsistence officer.
 At the end of the fiscal year this de- l partment was operating the TiveII hotel l3 line hotels. three night restaurants. ia l European laborers messes. and 14 com mon laborers' kitchens, an increase of one hotel and a decrease of three messes and four kitchens. The total number of meals served by the hotel was 2216,74O. which is | an increase of 4O,2S9 over the preyions fiscal year. The cost of supplies ner | meal was 24.44 cents. Under The existing agreement with the republic of Panama whereby inc United States is to construct and main tain waterworks and be reimbursed for these expenditures at the expiration of the 50 year period. with interest at 21a per cent per annum, there had been expcnded on June 30, 1911, S1.461, S0s. 31 in the city of Panama and $1,225.922. 5O in the city of Colon.
 The examiner of accounts handles the claims that arise under the em
 players liability act and during tl,o year adjusted 1919 claims which de. veloped from 1873 injuries and r1c deaths. The sundry civil appropriation act of March 4, 1911, section 5, ex
 tended the provisions of the iniurv compensation law to all emploves mn der the commission who are iniurnd o- killed in the course of their emnlov
 ment without negligence or miscond,ct on their part and provided that the claims shall be settled by the chair man of the isthmial c-nal commission
 "'rhe work of the Washington off,ce of the commission was of the same scope as reported for the preceding year and continued in charge of Mai F. o. Boggs, United StateJ army. Dur. ing the year 1706 persons within the United States were rendered employ ment on the isthmus in grades aboys that of laborer. and 1885 accepted and wero appointed covering 50 direrert 'positions.'