The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-11
KENEALY HOME
 FROM PANAMA State Republican Leader Describes Condition at
 Big Canal WAS MEMBER IF 4
 DISTINGUISHED GROUP Pleased With Progress of Work and Enthusiastic Over Manner in Which Uncle Sam Manages 18th milan Affairs.

With a store of interesting informa- tion about the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone, Michael Kenealy has re- turned to his home in Stamford.
 MT. Kenealy accompanied the Sen- ate Commission on Inter-oceanic Can- als of which United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee, with whom the Stamford man is associated in the practice of law, is chairman. Aside from MT. Kenealy other non- commis- sion members of the party were Sen ator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, Sem ator Joseph l.. Bristow of Kansas, Senator John R. Thornton of Louis jana, and Congressman F. W Hig- gins of the third Connecticut district steamship Ancon and arrived at Colon the following Saturday. They return ed aboard the same steamship. INVESTIGATED WORK ON CANAL The commission went to Panama to make thorough investigation of the conditions and the work there so as to be able to make recommendations to the next Congress. A similar com mission from the House of Represen- tatives is also to cover the ground. Two days, Oct. s27 and 2S, were de- voted to hearings, at which Senator Brandegee presided. A full steno- graphic report of the testimony was taken. Mr. Kenealy was present at these hearings. Speaking of them yesterday, he said to reporter of the Stamford Advocate:
 There was not a single complaint from any source whatever with regard to the conduct of the canal work. Every one connected with the work has implicit confidence in Col. George w. Goethals, the chief engineer of the Canal Commission. I talked in the the return trip with number of men employed in the work in various ca pacities, and they agreed that they did not believe that there was a single man employed in any capacity upon the work who has not the highest, re- gassd for Col Geotha1s."
 UNCLE SAMS WORK
 IN CANAL ZONE
 MT. Kenealy said that the men who have been in the Canal Zone for any considerable time seem to like the work and to appreciate what has been done by the government for their com- fort and security. He mentioned the remarkable work in sanitation done by the United States since it took over the canal. Many thousands of lives had been lost through yellow fever and
 
 tation has been so thoroughly done by the United States government that there are now few cases of malarial fever and yellow fever has been erad- icated. Only two cases Of yellow fever and one of bubonic plague have been known there for more than two years past and all of these cases were brought in from South America
 PROVISION OR EMPLOYES
 MT. Kenealy was quite impressed with the arrangements the United States has made to clothe, feed and house it's employees.
 "A great work is being done by the government in it's commissary depart ment,'' he said. 'It may sound strange, yet it is absolutely true, that household provisions of all kinds are bought from the commiSsary depart ment at prices far below those paid for like articles in the town of Stamford. This applies to all household articles. The reason for it is that the govern ment, housing and feeding over 35, ,000 men, buys it's supplies in large Quan- titles and adds to the cost only a small margin to allow for necessary expense in handling and distributing. The government is not in this busi- ness for. profit yet the books show a small profit in this department
 Speaking of the opportunity to save money in the Canal zone, MT. Kenealy mentioned the case of a locomotive engineer with whom he talked. The engineer receives $22S.50 per month in wages. His wife and two daughters
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