The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-20
WOULDN 7 LIKE TO-
LIVE IN PANAMA
MeSSrS. Blumenthal and
Taeubner had a Fine
Trip
SAW EVERYTHING WORTH SEE
1NG,--CANAL, GOVT. FORTS,
CONSULS AND BREWERY.

hSOpolu olulueulHdl, Lne popular
manager of Katz Brothers store, and
Albert R. Taeubner, the well-known
Main street hotel man, Honesdale,
returned home Saturday evening
from a pleasant vacation trip to the
Panama Canal Zone.
When seen at the Hotel Wayne,
! by Citizen man, Mr.. Blumenthal
gave an interesting account of their
! journey.
Would you like to live in Pan
ama?' he was asked.
No, SIR" replied Mr.. Blumenthal.
Too many colored people to suit
me-"
Neither Mr.. Blumenthal nor Mr.
Taeubner were seasick, although
their vessel, the Almirante, one of
the United Fruit steamers, ran into
storm the second day out, which
lasted from Friday afternoon until
early Sunday morning. The vessel
lost 15O miles through the gale, and
some of the machinery was damaged.
The steamship was stopped in mid
sea, Sunday morning, to repair the
damage, which operation consumed
only forty-five minutes.
They left New York harbor Thurs
day afternoon, August "a. This, ac-
cording to Mr.. Blumenthal is the
way they spent the first afternoon on
shipboard:
1--WE smoked until o'clock. We
ate dinner at 6. We smoked and
talked until $50, when we retired to
the smoking-room, where we smoked
until 11:30 p. m"
Tuesday afternoon they landed in
Kingston, Jamaica, where they re-
mained until the following day. They
went around and inspected the town,
and found several wrecks remaining
from the earthquake of three years
ago. The population of Kingston is
$4,000, 10000 of which are white
and the rest colored. "They have
very nice streets and very large de-
partment stores" said Mr.. Blumen-
thai.
Leaving Kingston, where they took
on 300 "deckers," or workmen for
the Panama Canal, all colored people
of Jamaica, they arrived in Colon,
Friday morning.
There they inspected the entrance
to the harbor on the Atlantic side,
and the entrance to the canal, which
is finished on the Atlantic side The
canal runs up seven miles to Gatun
dam lock. They looked over the To-
cation for the dam, visited Culebra
Cut, and took the train for Panama,
where they stopped at the Hotel
Tivoli which is run by the United
States government.
There they hired a car to drive
around Panama. They drove down
to the Bay of Panama, which is on
the Pacific side, and down through
Balboa, where the canal enters from
the Pacific ocean. The entrance to
the canal, on the Pacific side, is COM
pleted and the government has re-
Gently commenced to erect fortifica-
tions there.
Ancon Hill, the American settle
ment of the Isthmus Canal Commits
sion, where all the hospital buildings,
some twenty-five in number are To-
Gated, was also visited. These hos
pitfalls were built by the government;
are erected on wooden props; are
two stories high, with window stills
cut in, but no window glass. All
the windows and doors are open.
There is a verandah around the
four sides of these buildings which
is screened with copper wire mos
quito netting. All the buildings are
painted gray The grounds around
the buildings surpass anything of the
kind to be found in the states.
All the buildings through the en-
tire Canal zone are built in the same
style, and all are screened. All the
American workmen are furnished
with houses, rent free, and have their
coal delivered free.
1--WE travelled the entire length of
the Isthmus both ways" said Mr..
Blumenthal. eve didn't see a mos
quito during our entire stay. From
Colon we went down to Santa Marta,
Republic of Columbia.
There we met the u. S. Consul,
Mr.. Trout, who took fifteen of us
American passengers in his auto
truck to the plantation of San Pedro,
where Simon Bolivar, the liberator
OF five South American Republics
died. We took a 40-mile inland trip
to the old Spanish town of Seneca,
and rode through a 25-mile long ba-
mana plantation. After three days we
started on the return trip, loaded
with bananas, $4,000 stems. We
passed the west side of Cuba by day
light.
you can buy cigars in Jamaica at
$3.50 per 100 equal to any of our
tifteen-cent cigars in the states. At
Gatun, / met about 25 people from
York and Lancaster.
Il spoke to people about Mayor
Jadwin in the Gatun district. Every
body spoke very highly of him. He
made great many friends while at
the lsthmus. There's great many
people said they were sorry he left.
There's brewery at Balboa. They
make very nice beer which sells at
ten cents a glass. In Santa Marta
club | bought a bottle of Muencher
for 40 cents.
AT the hotels throughout the
smaller villages, they charge SO cents
meal. At Tvoli, Panama, it's 81
a meal. The rooms are fine, and the