Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-28
H|T0 PROBE M|NMG HlLES ON NEW JOb|T A WORLD W0NDE
Investigation the Begins
Anthracite Industry. at White House. the
TREA0N TO LIVING DETAILS OF WORK CLEBRA CUT
Determined
Penuvl o
| Resolution oducd for
Sweeping
Representative WiIey's impress
sion of the Panama Canal.
CULEBRA CUT A MARVEL
System Seen in Every Detail of the
Vast Engineering Feat.
WORK RAPIDLY AND SILENTLY
No Noise or Shouting Among the
Army of REORGANIZATION
Almost Perfect.

FORMER Representative Wiley of New
Jersey, member of the District commit
tee in the last House, was a between
trains visitor to Washington today He
Is just back from the Isthmus of Pan
anna, where he went on the official trip
OF the American Society Of Civil En-
gineers. OF which he is a member.
Mr.. Wiley's standing as civil en-
gineer-he interrupted the practice Of his
profession to take seat in the House
OF Representatives-mak his comments
upon the construction Of the isthmian
canal particularly interesting. In chat
ting with Il Star reporter today Mr..
Wiley graphically described conditions
on the canal strip and the progress of
work on the great interoceanic water
way.
ut is impossible" said Mr. Wiley. ito
convey any adequate idea Of the Panama
canal by mere description. 1t must be
seen to be understood and appreciated.
Greatness Grows Upon Visitor.
LAS we passed along the edge of the
Culebra cut and looked down l was very
greatly impressed by the work. but the
next day, when we had a train into the
cut, 1 was even more impressed. and on
the succeeding day, when we visited the
locks, the impression was greater still.
And with each additional visit to the
work under construction the magnitude
or 1t grew upon us. until now l regard 1t
as one Of the wonders Of the world and
will classify 1t as the eighth. but it really
overshadows all the other seven.
THE sanitation might be almost called
the ninth wonder. There are no mos
quitoes or flies or anything deleterious to
I,<@ 81 %I~~@
the average death rate is far less than
that Of our healthiest cities.
Wonderful Train System.
There are over 100 trains speeding
back and forth in the cut-ten cars to
the train-and there is no lack Of activ-
ity. AS each train pulls out with its
load an empty train is there to take its
place. AS each train deposits its load
at the dumping ground there is another
full train to take it's place there. And
SO every bit of the work, from the high
est to the lowest, is thoroughly system
cision of a machine.
There IS no noise or shouting, and
everything goes along silently. The men
do not call out to each other, nor does
the foreman shout to his men. There are
$1,000 cubic yards being taken out each
day. and 5000 cubic yards OF cement laid.
Such achievements in engineering have
never been reached-not even one-tenth Of
them. The handling of trains alone is alb
solutely remarkable. They move in and
out to their places without the slightest
friction, and each has its own time table
The same is true OF the mixing of the
concrete and its dumping on the locks, or
wherever else it is needed. AS soon as
a train where the molds are full Of con-
crete pulls out train with empty molds
slips into its place, and so this thing con-
tinues all day long.
Met Congress Committeeman.
"While I was ON the isthrnus" Mr.