Arizona republican., 1912-02-05
CANAL WORK |S
 EIGHTH WONDER
Colonel F. c. Hatch Arrives From Panama and Says There's Nothing So Not able in the States, Ex- cept the Hotel Adams.

There are two things in this world that Colonel F. C. Hatch regards as superlative monuments to the genius of man. Ohv is the construction of the Panama canal and the other i. the erection of the Hotel Adams. Col Hatch sat in the lobby yesterday afternoon and gazing around from the handsome tiled floor to the art glass in the big dome he remarked that John Adams ought to be glad he is alive and that he would be justified iE going around tine corner and shal;- hands with himself
 My" said Col. Hatch We used to think the old Hotel Adams was some handsome but the new institu- tion is so far ahead of il there is no comparison. even though the same general plan has been maintained" And Colonel Hatch's approval is well worth while for he is some tavern keeper himself He owns New York estab ishmcrt that long ago be- came famous as a resort for gentle mcn visiting the metropolis and one who can live up to the New Nnrl. standard is at least worth listen ing to-
 Col. Hatch who makes Phoenix his nome though he lives in New York and spends most of his time in neither place slipped into town yes ,orday on an early train from the tropics his last postoffice address having been Panama. canal zone. The colonel mailed bunch of postcards Ia few days ago saying he would be here shortly and then set out to beat the cards He lost the race by about two days
 When asked about Panama yeStcr- Cuy the colonel grew decidedly en- thGSiasti, lie visited the isthmu~ sixteen years ago. not long after the French Srafting operations and was ,amIar with the prevailing condi- t.uHs when this country took hold of thc situation down there What he saw ou his recent visit was such a transformation scene he can hardly realize yet that he has not been tray cling through dreamland. The region once infested with malaria and mo- r4uito'S. a merace tn any white man who invaded it. k now as hcalthfu as Phoenix. ii one exercises ordinary precautions and not a slcctcr huus m his cars The marvel or it all is. says Nr Hatch. that the great work accomplished. which has no compari- son on earth when the little time it las taken is considered. is that it has all been accomplished without graft When he says that he means without any graft of sufficient magnitude to 5a worthy of the name though now ard then g muck rJllcr has been able to un.arth some trivial thing on which Co base newspaper story
 Everything within thc canal zone k run by the government in the way of ueedfuls for those who are in its employ Hospital service is free to all employees and even big hotel in Panama. cauabl" of caring for 250 guests. k ouen to tourists and the public generally The physician who operated on King Edward for arpen- dicitis and who therefore must be rr- carded with somewhat of authority in the medical world. after a visit to Panama. declared the work accom- Tlished was nothing less than won tcrful
 There are now about 3oo00 people employed in the work by the govern m-nt the common labor being mostly the lower class of Italians and Ja maiCa negroes. The skilled labor is for the most part American. To do away with class distinction which caused great deal of trouble in the earlier work bv the use of racial names. the common labor iS now known as silver labor and the skilled workmen as gold laborers There are cheaper restaurants and stores for the silver labor and the terms gold nd silver mean nothing of variance in values but are used tu designate classes. \ man who would earn S1 in gold as compared to another earn iTS S5. is paid E. in silver and called silver lab"rcr. the silver being just half as valuable as the gold in the money market
 Colonel Hatch says the work is go- inS forward rapidly and he has no