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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-04

A. N. HUMPHREYS.
rs West End South ST.
~ A3S. Ind. 1874.
1928
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-04

Another one of s rooms In same To-
cality with hardwood floors and ho
water heat for s7750.
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.,,or sToREROOM, VERY SUIT
~ FOR Ice cream. candy. soda wa
! I'd fruit psrlors; rent very reason
4. iprIy Brice Drug Co. cl442
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GIVE YOUR MONEY A CHANCE. IT
TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY.
ARE THE DOLLARS YOU PAY OUT
EACH MONTH FOR RENT MAKING
ANYTHING FOR Y0u2 No, OF
PAYING RENT AND LET US SHOW
you THE BARGAINS WE HAVE ON
15o-5-RooM MODERN BUNGALOW
ON CAR LINE. LOT 50X141.
500 ,,e CASH BALANCE EASY
s2ooo-LARGE 4-RooM HOUSE. PART
LY MODERN, CLOSE TO CAR
LINE AND LARGE LOT. $3.50
DOWN, BALANCE SAME AS
s12oo-i-RooM BRICK. GOOD BARN.
LARGE LOT. FINE PLACE FOR
CHICKENS.
s33oo-FINE DOUBLE BROOM BRICK.
LARGE ALCOVE CAN MAKE
TERMS. LET US SHOW YOU
THIS PLACE
HERE IS 4 HOUSE AND LOT
FOR $500. 500 CASH. BALANCE
YOUR OWN TERMS, HOUSE
WORTH 5000 LOCATED NEAR
SCHOOL AND WITHIN ONE
BLOCK OF CAR LINE. LET US
SHOW YOU THIS PLACE.
s oOo-TWO CHOICE BUILDING LOTS
ON FIFTH EAST. OPPOSITE
LIBERTY PARK, SIDEWALKS.
HUBBARD INVESTMENT CO..
66 WEST 3RD SOUTH
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villa Park. a close-i subdi-
vision; lots 25x153 feet to an alley.
varying in price from $3.50 TO $500.
why pay more2 Why go any
further? Terms.
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HOUSE NEAR CORNER 2ND SOUTH
AND 11TH EAST.
FRITSCH 201-2 FELT BLDG.
Phones: Ind TAI. Bell 1857 1894
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FOR SALE
FARMS AND ACREAGE

A GOOD FARM is BETTER
THAN GOLD,
IRRIGATED
FARMS
IN
UTAH AND IDAHO
SPECIAL
$50 ACRES AND e-ROOM
DWELLING. GOOD WATER
RIGHT, SITUATED WITH
IN HALE MILE OF HIGH
SCHOOL, ST, ANTHONY.
IDAHO. EASY TERMS. AT
Z PER CENT INTEREST.
FRUIT LANDS
NEAR SALT LAKE CITY.
L. R, MARTINEAU.
REAL ESTATE AND
INVESTMENTS.
3o3 M'INTYRE BUILDING,
SALT LAKE CITY.
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y''Is AND ROoMING HOUSES,

rsm,su ls headquarters for hotels
sp houses. have every place
=, vvae is for sale that is worth
"a IN save time and monev by
pIara, 'r Today, have one hun
snaHva can recommend to YOU.
Il A. nuyers. ! guarantee what I
ees hovs exclusively In hotels and
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SOUTHEAST OF MURRAY WE
HAVE SOME CHOICE PIECES OF
ACREAGE FROM 3 TO so ACRES.
WHICH WE CAN SELL FROM
5000 AN ACRE AND UP.
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HOMESTEAD LANDS

s2o-ACRE HOMEsTEADS. 500: CARE
full selections by surveyor who made
original government survey. A. d. Pack
ard 1l22 Boston block. c3b"4
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TEN ACRES ON 14TH SOUTH,
3s6NBANcH asnEB GHstTIvAI!pM; or MhTHR;, THS HAS
FINEST PIECE OF LAND IN
THAT ENTIRE SECTION. WORTH
DOUBLE THE MONEY WE ARE
ASKING FOR 1T. TO SEE THIS
CHOICE lsAND MEANS TO BUY
1T, AND ONLY $3.50 PER ACRE.
ON VERY EASY TERMS.
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MLE-ROOMING HOUSE. IA
-. sll full; good business: fine To-
: s-,hN gsNe reasonable. 2l5 East Sec
d6an
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AVIS, HOTEL BROKER,
4O3 Judge Building,
daSI
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saSor ,V.ei in business center of
-hs Try TrIy furnished, beautiful dec
lurn,shn,s Is absolutely one OF the
II citv and hest paving hotels
fltfmGs Long lease: sd50O: reason
e isGGo this place Is conServativeIy
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sl300.00 FOR SALE BY OWNER. SIT
East Sth South, Broom frame. mod
ern, sidewalk and sewer connected and
paid. 33 feet frontage; very cheap
owner going away. d160
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A. N, HUMPHREYS,
rs West End South st.
M a,3. Ind. 4134.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-04

LYNDS CHAPTER NC.
l, Order Eastern Star.
Masonic temple.-Statcd
meetings first Friday
eacn month. Visiting
members will receive q
cordial welcome. Ada
x. Hartenstein. w. M. :
Nellie T. Spencer. Secrc-
tary.
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DO NOT FAIL
TO INVESTIGATE THESE BARGAINS.

DO NOT FAIL
TO INVESTIGATE THESE BARGAINS.
sl6OO-4-r -rm. house on west. side; pantry.
clothes closets. room for bath. wa :
ter and electric lights in house, ce
ment walks. Lot 2S3N1i0 feet.
Terms
S25OO-5-rm modern brick cottage south
east part of city, Lot 37sNl40 feet.
Terms $500 cash and balance
monthly payments.
S2650-4-rm. modern brick cottage, south
east part of city. Cement walks.
cellar and house all newly papered.
Lot 34xl239 feet. Terms. $500 cash
and balance S2o per month.
S3200-New S-rm. modern brick cottage
east of Liberty park. Lot i0XlSl
feet, Terms, $4O0 cash and balance
monthly payments.
S3500-New 5-room modern brick cottage,
southeast part OF city. Large base
ment, cement walks, lot 4SXl0l feet
to right of way. Terms $500 cash
and balance $50 per month.
We write Fire Insurance.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS,
LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.
90 East First South Street.
Both phones 24i.
di9i
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Ssy,r,, Is.AcRIFICE SALE.
*'Sy oN OF 14-ROOM BOARDING
'dsy M M NORTH MAIN STREET.
Flsy N; NJ house FILLED: GOOD
|rniryr' LIST SELL AT ONCE ON
IA prn,tF tF Ill HEALTH.
-'f'oNE IND. 747; BELL 1857.
. 1895
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Another one OF rooms on 3rd ave
near o St, south front for $500.
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nsther doing SIS a day. for $3.50.
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$1,000.
b0-foot building lot on 18th
East. near the new high school
sitei east front. alley In the rear.
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',s,Nrss OPPORTUNITIES
M1sCELLANEOUS

/ of7El N libJR
MISCELLANEOUS
4 ,u,r IT TO YOURSELF TO
/ yDlj OWE INVESTIGATE BE-
.tGa0lu luon1 INVEST YOUR MONEY.
RESTAURANT SNAP.
,..d.tc and thoropghly , modern sni,IIaS cafe
. II pasineeba chairs. Ia tables. all fully
rIx so,Sh 80 dishes. linens silver. etc.
i,1sd Siots W.T. kitchen equipment. p
CompilLo,y lo,y rent. Price includes all
q kase. sb register. stock on hand,
5sss 5ssSssyestigate this now
.oouING HOUSE THAT PAYS.
,rsre Il has a large permn-
taa'ec we We" and has more transient
q palro.n1r han it can possibly handle,
Gatlon'a always full. Look over the
roa; .aas " at SIS per month, This
"a lod leaod for a NET MONTHLY
a 3 eovS ~ sl20. Price s140o. Small
|IEaAuE, and balance monthly.
aERE's PROFIT IN CIGARS
a dandy little cigar store in
| se haye Adistrict Lease for 3 years.
bcsihefEE fixtures. stock on hand. cash
|1El Nv. - machines, lease, everything
esS Do you want IL
4 ur YOUR OWN STORE.
....s a crack Main street location.
~ nom with basement ssa d II; tronto u
III n depth, u,,h we can Sn.foaf naho5e dentb ~
ms "a month. What will you give
II ~ psast9 Unexcelled location for
ID W. eiore. etc. Good show win
% ss sasysrything in Al shape.
|rGLL
6rsr Stands.
is,rbef shops,
sscsfy stores
hnoas,
0ia ALL ARE BARGAINS.
3 C. SCHMIDT & CO..
Il I25 Main Street.
"a oas-PHONES-Bell 1882.
d4s4
ss,TEFTNEsT RooMING HOUSE
mrn of 5000. 81 rooms. half block
\. Ipot New Arnold, Nampa. Ida
ssp"@ c2S40
|,,,or sToREROOM, VERY SUIT
~. for ice cream. candy. soda wa
"a ffuit perlors; rent very reason
u Apply Brice Drug Co. I442
"a BOOMING HOUSE FOR SALE:
~. N. housekeeping and bedrooms:
.cup. Address s-45. Tribune. cs6Se
IA A. N, HUMPHREYS,
75 West End South st.
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TYPEWRITERS

,>-~-~--~-~~~~~>--~~~-N>
TYPEWRITERS OF ALL MAKES FOR
rent sale or exchange cash or pay
noerts. Monarch light touch. best on
earth Standard folding weight pounds
FOR portability, Both p.ones 43O. Utah
Typewritcr Exchange CO.. &C West md
South. ciVia
BARGAINS. ALL MAKES, SOLD OR
rented; supplies. Stewart C1eeson
Co. 36 w, 2nd South. Bell 600. Ind 702.
~ dis
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$1,000.
Lot 50x100 feet on 9th East.
between 9th and 10th South; ali
improvements are paid. We can
make very reasonable terms.
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S2500.
Sixth East. between 3rd and
4th South, lot 41lx165 feet.

$4,000.
A corner on 18th East. west
front. overlooking the valley. 2S7
feet frontage and l51 feet deep.
IL lots; only s400 per lot.
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$500.
A DOUBLE PR BRK. MODERN
HOUSE. 6 ROOMS EACH SIDE. NEVER
BEEN OCCUPIED; MUST BE SEEN TO
BE APPRECIATED, OWNER LEAVING
CITY AND MUST SACRIFICE. CALI.
EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND LET
US SHOW YOU. THE LOCATION is
SOUTHEAST
HUBBARD INyT. CO.,
&c w, BIRD SOUTH.
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A dandy Groom modern bungalow with
hot water heat and hardwood floors. OF
end ave. for s65o0,
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IN COTTONWOOD WE HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL 20-ACRE TRACT.
NICE BRICK HOUSE OUT
HOUSES, GOOD SMALL FRUIT
ORCHARD. HORSE. HARNESS,
IMPLEMENTS, WAGON. BUGGY,
AND WITH ALL IMPROVE
MENTS WE WILL SELL THIS
FINE. IDEAL COUNTRY HOME.
INCLUDING ALL THE ABOVE,
FOR ONLY $3.50 PER ACRE. THIS
is AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN
AND CAN BE MADE INTO ONE
OF THE BEST COUNTRY FARMS
FINE FOR FISH AND POULTRY
RANCH. LET US SHOW YOU
THIS REAL BARGAIN.
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MIZPAH CHAPTER NO
5, Order Eastern Star.
Stated meetings 8
p. m. first Monday OF
each month. Masonic
temple, corner Second
East and First South.
Visiting members cor
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ONE-THIRD CA SH.

CASH PAID FOR WELL IMPROVED |
farms. Walker Thompson, 40 South
Main ao771 |
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A REAL CITY BARGAIN,

WE HAVE A 2-sToRY. NINE
ROOM BRICK HOUSE. ON
LARGE LOT, 113Xl56 FEET: HAS
BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS
FINE SHADE TREES, LAWN,
SHRUBBERY. SMALL FRUIT,
GARDEN. AND OWNER is ALSO
BUILDING MODERN GARAGE:
HOUSE is WORTH $1,000, LOT
ALONE IS WORTH $500; WE
WILL SACRIFICE THIS BEAU
TIFUL PLACE FOR ONLY $4,000.
JUST THINK OF 1T! AND ON
EASY TERMS, LET US SHOW
YOU THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME.
WHICH is THE BEST BARGAIN
IN THE CITY,
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C. SCHMIDT & CO.,
l25 Main Street.
la qs6-PHONES-Bell 1882.
d464
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: irsai lould you make money In
taly sss sssouse Of 20 rooms. with your
ms % =, per month? If YOU think
within u, once You ought to clear
ohe next ten days,
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WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER
OF CHOICE BUILDING LOTS IN
FOREST DALE. HANSEN'S AD-
DITION. PROGRESS ADDITION,
AT VERY REASONABLE TERMS.
WE WILL BUILD YOU A HOME
ON YOUR LOT OR OURS, AC-
CORDING TO YOUR PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS AND LOAN
YOU THE MONEY TO BUILD
ON. If YOU ARE IN TIE MAR
KET FOR HOUSES. HOMES,
LOTS. FARMS OR ACREAGE.
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ttroom a~i'i give you the furniture
'onltn. ha! In the heart of tho CITY.
tso. e is elaborate; rent practl-
FROM n nn oncr for the furniture OF
70 "'uefn house, Brigham ST. ;
h,h. light housekeeping. $3.50;
viii 10 modern. elegantly fur
sNs cI re sold at a great sacrifice
a rssldouose n,ose in on Main.
- eS to trade for rooming
iil6. AVls, HOTEL BROKER,
I01 T,,i..
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: SIILFINEsT RooMING HOUSE
I man r,s of 5000. 81 rooms. half block
ssnot. New Arnold, Nampa. Ida.
s'pN c2S40
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s2500,
Very neat little four-room mod
erD home, one that you Will be
proud IF. sewer connected, gas.
9ourheast. Terms OF 5000 cash.
balance $50 per month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Senses of the Blind.

Some interesting remarks about the
abilities and correction OF an erron-
eous idea concerning blind people were
made by Prof McKendrick, late Of
Glasgow University. in recent speech
at Aberdeen. Many blind people, he
said, developed q marvellous faculty for
music, which became not only solace
TO themselves, but a source of enjoy
ment to others, and not few devel-
oped a keen business faculty. and they
were able to conduct complicated bust
ness affairs. He knew blind man who
was manufacturing chemist, was at
the head Of a large chemical industry.
which he not only -ried on success
fully but into which had introduced
many new methods and appliances.
When they saw what the blind could
do they were prone to drop the popu-
lar opinion that in the blind there is
compensation by the other senses becoming
more developed. That was an erroneous
opinion. Prof. Kuntz, who was the d.
rector of the great institution for the
blind at Illzach- Mulhausen. investigat
ed this question with the aid of physio-
logical methods by which the delicacy Of
the senses of the blind could be accu-
rately tested. He had examined in this
way a large number of cases. and he
found that most of the blind had
senses just like those OF other people.
and that in not few. as in those blind
from infancy. the senses OF the blind
were, in fact, less acute than those of
seeing people. The average blind per-
son did not hear better than the men
who saw: his sense of touch was not
more acute: nor were the senses OF
taste or smell. the sense of muscular
movement or the obscure sense of To-
cality more delicate. How, then, were
they to explain the wonderful capa-
bilities Of the blind? Simply that they
paid more attention to other impress
sions of the senses than the average
person did. They paid attention to deli
cate variation in the pitch and quality
Of sounds, to muscular movements. and
especially to the sense Of touch. Thus
they educated their senses. not by i'm
proving the sense organs, but by in
sisting that the registering clerk in the
head office in the brain paid the most
careful attention to all the little mes
sages that came from the sense organs.
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with the man. Mohammedan priest.
who appears at the door of the harem
of the brides mother. The girl IS be-
hind the door, and she is asked il she
Viii consent to the match She has to
answer II will three separate times,
after which the amount OF the ooWry
may be paid over in the presence Of wit
nesseS
In all oriental countries the wedding
ceremonies are very important. The
marriage is always an occasion of pro-
tracted festivities, and not to be invited
is a grave offense. One of the proverbs
here is, He who does not invite me to
his marriage will not have me at his
funeral. Among the Mohammecans the
wedding ceremonies often last week,
during which there is feastins on the
part of both families The dinners are
Given before the wedding, and at the time
of the ceremony large amounts of money
are thrown to the beggars The we'd
ding feasts usually begin Monday. Tues
day the bride is taken to the bath and
there is a feast there, the BRIDEGROOM
paying the expenses of the bathing and
eating.
Wednesday the bridegroom's lady friends
so to the house of the bride, where they
have a concert and dinner At this time
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GKrN UPPER LOCKS Snov1r1q FULL LENGTH
X OFLOCK3 DEC 10 1910 x

gates to be set on these locks will be-
finished by July 1, 1912.
On the Pedro Miguel locks the work o.
the foundations for the twelve gates will
be completed some time next month, while
the work on the foundations of the four
teen gates at the Mirafiores locks will
be finished by November l, 1912. Ths
will mark the completion of all the foun-
dation work for the gates The work o
setting the gates will go on as fast .
the foundations are completed, and cana
officials say the gates will be complete
and the locks ready for business the earl
part of 1918
1t Is intended to build twelve locks IL
the canal. all in pairs, one alongside tie
other, to provide for accidents. Three
pairs in flight at Gatun will>lift the yes
sci total height Of eighty-five feet. tn
highest lift on the canal; one pair liz
Pedro Miguel, with a lift Of thirty feet
and two pairs at Miraf1ores, with a Gem
bined lift of fifty-four feet. The dimen-
sions of all the locks are the same
usual length of 1000 feet. and a uSua
width of 40 feet. II thare were such
thing afioat, the canal could accommodate
a vessel 1000 feet long by 10 feet wide
Each lock will be a chamber, with walls
and floors Of concrete, and water-tight
gates at each end.
The side walls of the locks will be
from forty-five to fifty feet wide at the
bottom-twice the width of the ordinary
city Street-and will narrow to eight feet
at the top. The middle wall. the one
between the pair of locks, will be sixty
feet wide at the bottom and about eighty
one feet high. The lock chambers will
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gines located in the lock walls. At the
Gatun locks the gates will run from
forty-sevs to seventy-seven feet high,
at the Pedro Miguel locks they will range
from forty-Seyen to seventy mine feet
while those at the Miraf1ores locks will be
the highest gates on the canal, from
forty-seven to eighty-two feet. The gates
al the Gatun locks will require more than
5o.O00.SJO pounds of steel to complete,
while these at Pedro Miguel and Mira
flores will use up more than $1,000, 600
pounds.
One Of the first things sent to the 18TH
mus by the firm that is handling this
immense contract was a shipment the
other day, by the freight steamer st.
Andrew, which left Baltimore with 400
tons OF equipment for handling the steel
that viii form the gates. This shipment
includes two immense truss bridges, 1874
feet long and eleven feet wide, which
will be built over the lock chambers. On
these bridges will be a railroad track on
which the most powerful locomotive crane
in the world will operate in handling the
steel for the gates from the material
yard alongside the docks. These bridges
will be moved from one gate to another as
fast as the gate is completed. There has
also been erected at Gatun one Of the
powerful fifty-ton locomotive cranes.
The work on the foundations of four Of
the gates at the Gatun locks is now about
completed and ready for the gates, and it
is expected that all the foundation work
and the greater number of the twenty
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fore the wedding, and the groom never
meets her before that time. The in
vestigations of both families are car
ried on by the fathers ana mothers in
dependent OF the real parties to the
marriage.
l asked a Mohammedan friend of mine
last night to tell me how marriages
were arranged here. Said he:
when a boy is old enough to have
a wife, let us say at seventeen, his
parents begin to look about for suit
able girl. The mother goes to the
harems of her acquaintan es, and asks
as to the daughters. She also visits
the girls schools, and when she has
found a maiden whom she thinks may
suit she invites the mother of the girl
to meet her at the bath. This is one
of the chief places Of gossip and pleas
ure, and it is not uncommon for ladies
to meet there. To the bath the girl comes
with her mother, and she there has her
first interview with her prospective
mother-in-law. The two talk and gossip
together, and very likely go into the hot
room and plunses. After the bath is over
they have something to eat
There Is more talking and the girl Is
sized up mentally and physically. Upon
the return home the mother Of the
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fidently expected that the work will actu-
ally be finished at least six months ahead
Of that time But when work OF such
mammoth proportions as that on the
canal is being done many unforeseen con
tingencies may arise to delay the COM
p,etion, SO the officials have set the date
many months ahead to take care OF such
emergencies.
There are now at work on the canal
about 5000 employees. divided into nu-
merous classes Of skilled and unskilled
laborers. In use IN the Culebra cut. at
the Gatun dam. and scattered along the
line there are 100 steam shoveis. each
steam shovel the largest of Its kind III
the world; 279 immense locomotives, 413l
cars of all kinds, Is mammoth steam
dredges. 80 barges, and hundreds OF other
pieces OF excavating machinery.
~
The Culebra cut, which has required an
enormous amount of excavation. IS being
lowered constantly. This cut Is nine
miles long and the greatest depth or tho
cut will he, when completed. so feet.
Already 400 feet OF this has been e&cs
waited, leaving layer or 10 leet Sun
to be removed.
AS the work progresses the canal at
tracts more attention. and by the ume
it is completed it will no doubt be the
center OF interest for the whole world
The attention of the people OF the United
States is today concentrated on the ceie-
bration
The celebration OF the opening OF the
Suez canal in 1SS9-at that time ranked
as the greatest undertaking OF the age
was considered of international impor-
lance. and elaborate preparations We're
made. All the crowned heads of every
great nation In the world either attended
in person or sent their representatives 10
assist in giving proper recognition 10 tns
unusual event; so il Is expected TO Dc
with the Panama canal
Work was commenced on the Suez
canal in 1859, and 1t was practically COM
pleted ten years later when the Inaugural
tion ceremonies took place November IL 10
20. 1869 The cost of the Suez canal was
sst; 331 $50 On the Panama canal work
really commenced in 1903. and there IS
little doubt 1t will be completed IN 1912
inst ten wears after the work started
The cost is estimated at S375.N1oo. .
differences in cost between the two canals
of so7s 500 6t;S.