The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-12

esioni io which ho bee won and bel.
inlnod lho confidence oi che workers.
on tho canal of nil Clhsuos. De- pho
nomenai
Associated with Colonel Uooihnls
are men of weat abilliy sincerely do
voted 10 tbe work. and me devutlon
which ohancioflaos the men ht ho
hoad uf thc organisation Do reflected
on The way down through The ranks.
Every man on the ialhmus seems 10
take a particular ana personal prido
Ia the work that is being done aud
anxious TO remain until the work
shall have been completed This ap.
plies not only to the Americans who
are working IN the Zone bet largely
10. the foreign laborers black and
white, on the so-called "silverroll"
Splendid Sanitary Conditions.
one can not be on the lsthmus long
without realizing the fact that the
success Of the work there is largely
due TO the preliminary work In san
itation, housing, etc. Imagine, II you
can. a tropical country OF mountain
and swamp where every species Of
vegetation common TO the tropics
grows with marvellous luxuriousness
with a rainfall OF over one hundred
inches each year and which for cen
turtles has been considered a pes,
hole. entirely free from contagious
tropical diseases. and rendered as
healthy as a country community in
the temperate zone.
Imagine such country entirely fire.
from fies-at least in the locality
where the work is being carried on
and you will realize the miracle that
has been wrought by the Sanitary
Board under Col. Burris.
Everywhere on the Isthmus are the
multiplied evidences Of the sleeples;
energy with which favorable sanitary
conditions are being maintained. Al
no time in history, and at no place II
the world has a great work of con
struction been carried on under con
ditions so generally favorable to tbs
health and comfort Of the workers
This is saying a good deal when on
: remembers the sort Of country TN
Isthmus is, but 1 believe it TO be TIT
truth.
1t has cost a good deal of money t.
fix and maintain sanitary condition
on the Isthmus and to erect suitabl
dwellings for those VIII oare carrying
On the work, but it has paid beyon
question.
We found that everybody on tn
Isthmus believes that the work will
completed and the canal opened on Q
before the date fixed for that even
: January /, 1915. OF course, there ma
I be some delays; for instance, in tn
: delivery and installation of the gree
e lock gates. There is of course,
e slight possibility that it may TAX
= longer to remove all the material frol
= the Culebra cut than anticipated, oy
$ ing to the heavy slides, but with a
u this taken into consideration, thos
who know the situation best believ
It will be easy to complete the can
T. before the date mentioned and ope
J. It for the shipping of the world.
2 How great the work has been ca
Y, scarcely be realized after the VOL
k has been accomplished. To fully al
n preciate the magnitude of the cut b
p tween San Miguel and Bias ObispC
IS the enormity of the locks and dam
); Gatun and other wonderful feature
10 of the work, one must see it duriI
n its period Of construction. And al
J. American seeing it must return hon
G proud Of the fact that his countrymt
p are carrying on such gigantic ente
e prise with such honesty, fidelity ar
y energy.