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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

The people are promised by those in
authority. and engineer officers who
are in control and employed on the
stupendous work OF the canal at the
Isthmus OF Panama, that by January,
1915, this greatest of all canal digging
will be officially opened. Think for
minute that this is only three years
off.
The Suez canal was commenced in
1860 and officially opened Nov. II.
1859. It is about 100 miles in length,
about 20 miles being actual canal. The
work at Port Said consists of basin
S75 yards square, and storm jetties
on the east and west sides extending
into the sea. The eastern jetty is. $500
yards long and the western 2515 yards.
The jetties are constructed of blocks
made of hydraulic lime and beach sand.
The channel is dredged to the depth
of 20 feet in the inclosed place. The
work on these jettieS was commenced
26 miles from the actual excavated
entrance to the canal and foundations
were constructed for the future town
Of Port Said. Near the commencement
Of the western jetty is the light house,
$50 feet high, composed of solid con-
crete. lighted by an electric fash light.
Port Said is regularly laid out In
streets and squares, with docks, quays,
churches, hospitals, mosques and hotels
and all modern requisites for a sea
port. Fresh water is supplied to the
town from Isnallia, the famous half
way house of the canal voyage. Port
Said is the Mediterranean entrance to
the canal.
The general width of the canal, ex-
cept where it runs through high
ground, is 325 feet at the surface and
70 feet at the bottom and is &c feet
deep. When it passes through high
ground the width is only 1876 feet at
the surface. At Suez the harbor is
also dredged to depth of 26 feet. This
a. the Red sea side about 100 miles
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10


about $500. The Panama canal VIII
start this old town and the monied
interests have already seen the golden
prospects. ahead.
The canal proper from the Carrib-
bean sea to deep water IN the racine
ocean is fifty miles. From deep water
to the shore line Of Lfmon bay is iour
and a half miles, and from the ia
cific shore line to deep water is ABOUT
5 miles.
The channel from entrance in the
Caribbean for 6 miles is 500 feet wide
and from the Gatun locks to 70 miles
not less than 1000 feet wide, Tor next
miles 500 feet wide, then one mile
700 feet wide, then for miles 500
thence to the bay Of Panama 500 feet
wide. The average bottom Of the
channel is $40 feet and the minimum
width is 800 feet, with minimum
depth Of Al feet it's entire length.
The Gatun dam at the crest will
be 9040 feet long. about / ra!:e and
quarters and 1900 feet wide. The crest
of the dam will be lis feet above sea
level or 80 feet above the Gatun lake
and 100 feet wide. The width of the
dam IS feet above sea level will be
375 feet.
As Ship VIII Go.
In entering the canal from the At
d
deep water in Limon bay to Gatun
locks, seven miles through a 500 foot
channel. Passing into the locks, the
ship will be carried up to ar elevation
of 50 feet in three lifts to the level OF
the water in Gatun lake. Then for
about 16 miles the channel will be
1000 feet in width to San Pablo. thence
to Juan Grande and IL miles. thence
to Obispo 8 and IL miles, thence to
Pedro Miguel locks through the Gu
Zebra cut, the channel will be 500 feet
wide.
Going through the Miguel lock, the
ship will be carried to the level of
Lake Mirafiores. 55 feet above mean
tide, through which there will be a
channel 500 feet wide, and one mile
and a quarter long, to the Maraflores
locks. Thence through the two locks.
the ship will be lowered to tide level
and proceed through a channel. 500
feet wide and miles long to deep
water in the Pacific.
The time required for the passage of
a medium sized ship through the entire
length of the channel, will be about
ten hours.
The French dug out (the two COM
panies) about rs million cubic yards.
The cost estimated to complete the
canal is about 325 million dollars. This
does not include so million paid to
the French Company. The total
amount of excavation required to
complete the canal as estimated, in
Guiding what had been excavated by
the French, nearly 213 million cubic
yards.
There are now at work at the canal,
100 steam shovels. About $4,000 men
are at work at the canal and 5000 for
the Panama Railroad.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
By LEW ROSE

visitors and excursionists that it will
help materially in bringing to this
city.
Of course a line of passenger boats
will have to be established to carry
the people over and back, enabling
them to enjoy trip on our beautiful
bay. Launches and sail boats will
also be in demand, giving a great i'm
petus to boat building, and bringing II
vast amount of outside money to our
city that is now carried to other
places.
A Fine. Example.
Cedar Point, opposite Sandusky
Ohio, now the most popular summer
resort on the Great Lakes, was started
ten years. ago on a sandy point with
far less natural advantages than has
Santa Rosa Island and today it is
doing a business that nets something
like a quarter of a million a year to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

THAT hen has laid an egg every day
for the past six months" said the
farmer.
DO you suppose she is trying to
break record" his city cousin asked,
'or has it merely become habit with
her?'-Judge.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

She-what fine large eyes Edith's
husband has.
He-I never noticed it. You must
have been present when he received
her dressmakers bill.-Boston Tran
script.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

She-Anyhow, you must admit he is
a well-read man. Did you notice his
knowledge of Aristotle?
HeI did, and if you want my can
did opinion, I don't believe he's ever
been there.-Sketch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

from Port Said and emptying into the
gulf of SueZ.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24
START BOOSTING
FOR ~CLARKSBURG
As CITY TO HOLD x. OF p. EN-.
CAMPmENT IN 1919.
Captain Albert S%nedeker. Formerly Of
Welisburs. IS Heading the
Movement.

Captain Albert Sucdckcr. OF the
iiuu.csIuiek company. NO. 3. Iui
formed Rank of knights OF P,thi,s.
oi tlarh-hurg Who has just returned
.o i.d' 'lfy after spending % short
Visit with friends 900 W,Isburr. where
Boo" formerly resided Before CAPTAIN
~h'd'Lrr departed Dee gave. out the
.~.''rr-th- Information that he ia.
tended fo immediately institute %
campaign hat. rr ipr ifs aim the hold.
in- oi flc 1913 'ucampmcnt Of the
Grand lodge kmrIfs OF Tythias ODD
tIirh. burg Mr. Su.dekcr has NOT
completed h.s plans for tine campaign.
hH' expects io -farf work immcd.at,I,
t0 accomplish that end.
bu account of ifs location. CInrkq.
burg would make an ideal place t1
bold The ourampmerf. aud 10 I. a safe
Def fhIt tlis busy little burg ALL rI,.
towns Iu West virginia 81 close
lur th' selection Another folt.
Ire That doubles interest fo holding
the ohtampmcut 900 Clarkshure is tho
Tact That SIS Frank Stout of That ca,
500 retire as grand chancellor com
iHarior. FOB h. succeeded Ly Samuel
" NHluu of taIrmDut. who is hold
.ur 'hc office of rrand proIatc 60 tho
Time
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24

tity Council hesitate 20 take action
relative 20 OBJ" PROPOSITION contained
90 ih" Consumer Electric leht fran.
cAi-' I5 tho terms of fb. franchise.
DO pat mor' for same. th. consumer.
Electric L-hf ,ompary agreed 90 xiv.
'p far CI'y OBJ. Wheeling free current
i' 'h" amount OF about 5000 pp %
year % too per cent OF JOS gross
profits from fl" lighting business or.
'- 900 alternate proposition. DO the
''f desired fho company ~ts f0 fur
i.h electric street lighting af tho
f.i" D' 10000 lor lamp p,r year Tor 70
period of f'u gears DR. T. " Has
sins ha- been earnestly urg.ng tho
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24

acceptance OF the first proposition by
the city The exact position ON the
matter taken by Dr Haskins' col.
leagues has not been made public.
bur 20 far no dcnnit. action has been
taken. Speaking on the subject yes.
tcrday 20 300 lntrlIigencer reporter.
ur Haskins said:
Tho proposition 20 contract with
th" Consumers Electric Light com
pauy for thc street lighting of the cit,
a. tho rate ~ $4,000 per lighf Der
year means simply the abandonment
~ our electric Light plant and the
turning % our lighting business to n
foreign monopoly. SO long as { ann
ou rh" BOARD of Control ] intend 20
resist this fo the uttcrmosf. and 7
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24
CITY DAY
Board Of Trade Yesterday Appointed
a Committee to Cooperate With
the Business Men.

The board Of trade has co-Operated
with The business Mems association In
an effort TO make city day az the fair
this year a grand uccess Yesterday
Vice President Carney of the tpard Of
trade appointed the following commit.
tee. ~. J.. Henderson OF the John =.
NaNlor company. j. \ Blum. 4. ".
S'amm. Stamm hotel. \ : Haor. Racr
Grocery company Edward Wagner.
80 hulcsalc grocer. Ben EVlcy. Ohio
Valley Drug company. l. ) Stein. :
VI Rice and company.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24
LONG TOUR
Massilon Party Arrives m Wheeling
on a Two thousand Mile
Auto Tour.

Driving 1 lr "fiN touring car. =.
krahus and party oi Nassilou arrived
.n This city ilsf evening after n long
clay run THE party viii leave this
morning Tor ri'fshrrg aud other east.
tru points ON i 10000 mile run
The part, reports tho roads boz excel.
lcut condition for touring. with the
exception Of being very dusty.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24
JeWelry With a
Five. Year Guarantee

THIS sale involves a lot of
handSOmely-boxt Beauty
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24
CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT
PLANT TO THE FORE

Or. HASKlNs USES SOWE ViCOR.
Gus LANGUAGE ~ ITS
DEFENSE.
CAN'T UNDERSTAND DELAY IN
DECIDING 70 IMPROVE THE
PLANT.
DISCUSSES CONSUMERS ALTER.
NATE PROPOSITION ~ VIC.
OROUS STYLE.
LiG1t PLANT SHOULD BE PRE-.
SERVED TO TIE CITY AND
MODERATED
For SOM" uuaccOuuftllc reason
member OF fhn BOARD of Control ami
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24

y well known Des Moines woman
after suffering m~is'rahly for two
days from bowel complaint. Was cured
los one doso OF Chamberlain Cole.
Cholera and Diarrhoca Remedy. For
sale by All Dealers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24

The BLACK Prince lodge will work
boo fhr derrcc 90 Esquire this evening
boz tuo IythIan Castle Tho Grand
lodge committee wIl hold a meeting
now Monday evening lu fhc Syra.
cuse club fur fho purpose of closing
up 40 husiuoss connected with the
r"'"nf rncampm,ut. pronounced bt
100 Hs thc most successful ever held
.n this state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-24

Invitations ara being sent OUT by
Spencer Wallace. representing th,
-~f'Ih'nFiIIo lodge. io 400 b. OF o.
lodges fhruurhouf fhr Ohio Valley.
inviting Them fo attend the unycIIinr
OF fl" taNiu w. stanton monument.
which wIl ho h'Id ou Tuesday. Sep
i'WL'r afh iu fhaf city Captain
Frank l.sbl. OF bernard STANLEY com
rHnt. So 20. received 600 Invitation
y's'rrdty. aud wII c|ud'atour to fake
up a hIr company az uniformed men
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30

The Lincoln Western League Club
has purchased First Baseman Horreu
from the Concordia Central Kansas
League Club Thomas, the Lincoln
first baseman, snapped a bone in his
throwing arm recently.
Frank Whitney OF Chicago was Civ
en- the decision over Ray Campbell.
a San Francisco lightweight, in 20
round boxing exhibition in the latter
city. Whitney won easily. knocking
Campbell down in the first, second
and ninth rounds.
1t took less than a round for KID"
Mccoy in 4 come back trial at
Browns gymnasium in New York. 70
stop Kid" Ellie Of Brooklyn, who had
been announced from the ringside as
no joke" Mccoy landed on Ellie SO
frequently and so hard that he was
soon wobbling. and after one minu.e
and four seconds Of punishment from
the Brooklyn man the referee stopped
the bout
worlds record by Matt McGragh
in throwing the 5G-pound weight Cor
distance. featured the annual cham
pionships OF the Amateur Athletic
Union Of Canada at Montreal. Nc.
Grath in three out of his six throws
beat the old worlds record made by
Flanagan at jamestown four years
ago. The new recorl stands at 40
feet 62s inches. The old record WAS
IS feet inches.
The Denver Grizzlies are champions
OF the Western League. BY their de
feat Of the Des Moines club and the
corresponding victory of Pueblo over
St. Joseph, the Bears climbed the last
rung Of the championship ladder, aud
for the first time since 1900, the pen
nant belongs TO Denver. Fifteen
games still remain on the schedule,
but the Cubs lead is now an impene-
trable one and the best that St
Joseph can hope for is second place.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
Indians Go on Warpath.

Mexico ctty-Wenceslao Franco, a
Resident OF Acala. a small town in the
state OF Chiapas, was crucified by the
rebellious ChamuIa Indians when they
sacked that place, according to tele-
gram received by FL Imparcial from
Tuxtla Gutierrez, the state capital.
Francois wife. and others, who
brought the story Of the crucifiNion
TO Tuxtla Gutierrez. also told tales Of
horrible barbariJies committed by the
half-savage horde in Chiapas
Women and children have suffered
most. the savages making grewsome
sport Of pitching the babies high in
the air, catching them on their lauces.
A leader of one Of the falatical mobs
was a priest. who himself was killed.
Frances wife was stabbed seven
times and left for dead.
Sem-otftcially it is stated a military
governor, probably General Josede ia
Luz Blauco. viii be sent to Ch.apas TO
restore order.
Another uprising reported is led by
man called "Nayarith" in the terri
tory Of Tepic.
Eniliano zapata and Anders Alma
ran. the rebels who have been terro-
hing the southern part OF Puebla.
have sent a letter to tGeneral Huerta
in Ch.etIa. Pue bla. asking terms of
surrender.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

The courts are TO d etermine wheth-
er deposits in postal savings banks
are subject to attachments or other
legal processes.
J. J. Mcnamara was reelected sec
retary Of the International Associa-
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, at their convention in Mil
waukee.
That sugar will be cheaper within a
fortnight is the prediction OF Edward
F. Atkins. Of Boston, vice president
and manager-director of the American
Sugar Refining Company.
Samuel c. Lawrence, director Of
various large corporations, lieutenant
grand commander OF the Fifth Mas
sachusetts Infantry in the Civn War,
is dead at Medford, Mass.
Canada's failure to ratify the re2i-
procity agreement was declared the
chief reason for an increase of one
half cent a pound on tho price of
butter on the Elgin board of trade.
Cooperative clubs having for their
object the buying OF vegetables and
provisions in carload lots at low
prices. arc being formed in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania. The idea is to
buy direct from the farmer.
Twelve persons were instantly
killed, one was so severely injured
that she died later, and three were
dangerously hurt when fast Chica 20
& Northwestern train struck a hay-
rack loaded with thirty persons a.
Neenah, Wis. The people were re-
turning from a wedding.
Freight traffic officials and freight
rate clerks of all the Western rail.
roads are still meeting in Chicago.
where they have been engaged for
nearly two months in checking over
the tariff rates to inland points west
OF Salt Lake City to determine what
revisions they will make in their pres.
ent tariffs under the Pacific coast
cases recently decided by the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
After spending the better part OF
TWO days in prison, Jared Flage form.
er United States Treasurer Daniol y
Morgan, the Rev. James T. Shock and
others who were arrested in New
York in the raid on Flagg's brocker.
age Office, were released from the
Iombs on bail aggregating SIS, 600.
That the matter of dissolyiug and
reorganizins the United States Steel
Corporation is receiving the earnest
attention OF the department of justice
and the legal representatives of ,bs
so-called billion dollar trust is tho
report now current.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
Minor Mention

rtfCf lVGHtlOh
A fire in Montrose caused damage
Of sG.500.
The cornerstone OF the Denver Eiks'
new club house will be laid Oct. /.
The Miniken lodge. I. o. o. F., cele-
brated its first birthday with a ban
quet.
Fire destroyed the wall paper store
Of z. W. Hoyt at Montrose. with loss
of $4,000
Twenty candidates have entered the
field in Pueblo for commissioners un-
der the new charter
Olga Martinez, 6 years old. of Eaton.
died from the effects OF falling into
tub OF boiling water.
More than $4,000 in prizes were
awarded al the second annual Trini-
dat-I.as Animas county fair.
John Fillius, who died in Oakland.
Cal, recently. was a resident OF
Georgetown from 1866 TO 1891.
Construction OF new house OF wor-
ship for the Evangelical Lutheran
church will begin at once in Denver
Gov Shafroth has returned from
New Jersey. where ne attended the
conference of governors of twenty-siX
states.
The contract for paving the busi-
ness section of Colorado Springs has
been let to a Chicago company for
sl4l.2Sl.
Postmaster George Hchrbaugh OF
Aspen has been notified that that city
will have a postal savings bank sta
tion Oct 10.
Mrs. d. w Garrett, OF Canon City,
recently shot and killed her two
young children and then shot herself
through the heart.
The Laramie-Poudre irrigation dis
trict win have water IN time for next
years crop and the farmers are now
blowing their land.
At The annual meeting Of the Farm
ers' Union at Grand Junction, Presi-
dent c. d. Lang resigned and Star
Nelson succeeded him.
Miss Gladys Jarvis will represent
Aryada in the contest for Apple Girl. 70
at the apple show. which opens at
Denver in November
The sweepstakes prize in horticul-
tural exhibits at the State Fair II
Pueblo, WAS awarded BaCa county
Mesa county won second place and
Fremont third.
ma Freeze, one OF the Freeze
sisters. whose aerial act was feature
al the State Fair at Pueblo, fell dur
. ing her performance and suffered a
broken collarbone, fractured arm
and other injuries.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
" E ST e Rk.

Fire destroyed the Eisen winery. slh
miles east of Fresno, Calf. causing a
loss OF s150000.
The business section of Kamish.
Idaho, suffered a $4,000 fire. which
practically destroyed the town.
The w. c. 7. [. OF Humboldt, Kan.
indorses the working OF women Oh
chain-gangs, whenever they d.
serve it.
Mayor ]. H. Graham, who was
elected mayor of Wichita. kans-. last
April for a second term, was recalled
at "a special election.
Warning Republican factions Of
Kansas buried the hatchet and walked
side by side to honor President Taft
on his visit TO that state
Fire destroyed more than half Of The
business section OF Midvale, Idaho,
causing loss estimated in excess Of
$4,000, about half covered by insuT-
ance.
Testifying that her husband and
John W. Butler, Fourth cavalry mH-
sician, were in plot to get her 10
blow up the Homestake mine, near
Deadwood, S. D, and that they had
been so employed by the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners, Mrs. Robert Emmet
O'Grady. wife of one of the defend
ants, sprung a sensation in the Butler
trial in the Circuit Court.
The general impression OF a land
of icebergs and bleak headlauds IS
given a much softer tone by the an
nual report of Alaskan agricultural
experiment stations, just issued. The
report is by c. c. Georgson, special
agent. Potatoes, for example, are
proving a most successful crop in that
far northern region, and are men
toned in the report as one of the
big agricultural possibilities of the
territory most valuable contribu-
ton to the food supply Of the country.
Representatives of the railroads
were the chief witnesses before Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Prouty
at the wool-rate hearing in Salt Lake,
testifying on long haul shipments,
competition, and the desirability of
wool as freight J. A. Reeves. general
freight agent OF the Oregon Short
Line, asserted that the present rates
on wool and pelts were not unreason-
able and could not well stand reduc
ton. The wool men had an inning
after which the hearing was conclud-
ed. They offered corrOborative testi-
mony 10 show the condition OF the
wocl-growing industry and how it
would be helped by reduction of rail
road rates.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
COLORADO STATE NEWS

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
IS preparing TO test the constitution
ality OF the national sixteen hour law.
In the opening football game OF ii e
season at Fort Collin. the Asricil-
turaI College defeated the high scnooi
team by a score OF % 10 0,
Frank Gorse. 10. was shot through
he left hand by Tony Bussale, II, DUR
ing a pitched battle IN which mum
ber OF boys Of the Austrian settlement
IN Pueblo participated.
sheriff Galloway OF MonTose
stopped the proposed boxing bout BE-
tween Dan Reed and Mickey Haney'
ughtweights from Nontrose and Den
yer
When Mrs Hoffman. who had spent
several days III Denver, returned 70
her home near Morrison recently, she
found the body OF her husband hang
ing 10 a rafter in the barn.
Rufus Berry. Jr.. aged l3, son OF hu-
fus Berry Of Cimarron. Colo, was aeei-
dentany killed when he fell from
wagon. rolling under the wheels
which passed over his abdomen.
Members of the Colorado Electric
Club announce that everything is IN
readiness for the opening of their sec
ond annual Electrical Exposition. TO be
held in Denver October lith.
The theory has been advanced tina,
the suicide under a bridge at La Junta
may have been party tc the whole
sale murders recently committed At
Colorado Springs. He was apparently
a laborer.
Otero county won the Colorado
championship at the State Fair at PiI-
eblo when awarded the sweepstakes
for the best general exhibit. Mesa
county was second and Sedgwick
county third.
Suit will probably be begun soon
against state Auditor Leddy and State
Treasurer Keunehan to compel the
payment OF money appropriated in the
highway commission bill. a commit
tee has been selected 10 bring the
suit.
Fire supposed TO be OF incendiarv
origin destroyed the candy store Of {.
Z. Dcntry and the shoeshop of Jake
kjlson at Eaton. Loss $1,000.
Denver will probably be chosen as
he vantage point for organizing ma
'ional body of the chambers of com
merce Of all the large cities Of the
country.
The Wyoming State Dry Farming
Association has reserved 1000 square
feet space for exhibits al the Dry
Farming Congress, to be held at Colo
rado Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
Strike is Authorized.

Davenp port, Ia.-Resolutions declar-
Ing for strike Of Machinists on the
Hartman railroads. unless demands OF
the federated employees are granted
were adopted by the International AS
sociation OF Machinists in convention
here. The action was taken over the
protest OF President James Mcconnell
of the International Association. who
presented minority report to the
convention. The majority report IA
voring a strike was signed by Presi-
dents Franklin of the Boilermakers,
Ryan Of the Carmen. Kline OF the
Blacksmiths and Sullivan OF the
Sheet Metal Workers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
COLORADO GOOD Roads conventLon.

Puchlo.-The second annual con
venrlou OF the Colorado Good Roafs
in pueblo the second week OF January
1912. This meeting called by the vice
presidents OF the conference a. a re-
cent gathering in Denver VIII be the
mos, important Good Roads ever held
in the state. The vice presidents also
made plans for a state wide eampsl IN
OF publicity in behalf Of good roads
which promises TO BE- the most eXtcn-
siye ever undertaken In this state. At
the Pueblo convention speakers Of
note will be heard, and special atteu-
ton will b. paid 10 the construction
of state highways