The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19

even the galvanized roofs were pre-
served.
Right here at Culebra they are now
moving the buildings in advance of
great slide. which is expected. taking
in The ground where the penitentiary
stands.
/ II will all be bare by tn, time tho
slide comes. In doing such work the
men save every hinge. nail and every
! board and stick that can be us,d FOR
new construction. and then set the ia
| lnalca negroes 10 cutting the scra ps
INTO kindiinS wood for the employees
nclc Sam furnishes free fuel TO his
| men, and kindling is quite expensive.
MILLIONS Saved From Old Material.
Indeed 1t is wonderful how much
! Uncle sam saves BIS tho sale OF old
machinery and various kinds of waste
material. Tho moment he gets throug;i
/ with machine he disposes of IL. and
at the close of the work there Will he
some mighty sales of this kind. So tar
more than S5.000.000 has been turned
INTO the Treasury from the sale OF gov
/ crhment property down here and an
aoditional s4,Oo0,000 has been received
/ ior services rendered and material
supplied TO individuals AMI compani IS.
/ Everything is watched. and there is
ana cared Tor. Going through the
! 'uieDFa Cut sunday one may see a
/ gang Of men gathering up the old
bits of iron to be shipped off and
sold and every piece of old piping is
Strengthened out for new work. The
pad joints arc thrown away. and new
! threads are made on that which is
left. 1t is the same with brass, con-
I per ana old rubber. 1t is all saved
/ and classified 10 he sold as Junk There
Is n car filled with rubber hose and
rubber piping on the side tracks here
: now, and in this is II large quantity
| of Worn rope and wire cable. and also
| OF lead pipe. steel chains and other
| material Of various kinds
Walking with Colonel Devol through
| some OF these buildings covered with
wire netting. | asked as to the effect
| of the climate upon the metal cloth
| lie replied:
This woven wire lasts only about
two years. 1t then begins TO have
holes. aud we take it off and replace
it with new. Tho old netting we bale
| up and ship TO New York. where 1t is
! sold at fixed prices. We made a
| shipment last week which brought in
| $1,000, and we have sold many lots
which brought more
/ 1t is the same with the galvanized
! roofing. Some of that on the French
houses built twenty or thirty years
ago is fun of holes, but nevertheless
| 1t does Tor the walls of buildings
! where such holes do not matter. 1t
! is the same with everything. The
| machines are cared for as though they
were race horses. and everywhere
economy and efficiency march side by
side.
| Watching tho Labor.
have already written something
| about the labor of the canal. Uncle
Sam pays bigger wages and gives
F., longer vacations than any other ON
/ ploycr on earth. The men here get
| from - to 80 per cent more than in
the states. and they have free quar-
tcrs. free medical attendance and free
fuel. They can buy eatables at II
! shade above cost, and each of them
! has sin weeks vacation. with his hig II
rate of paying during the year.
In return for this Uncle Sam sees
that they do their work. There is
mighty little loafirg on the canal.
and during working hours every mus
Gle is put tn ts highest efficiency
There are detectives who go about
to see il there is any scamping the
job or padding the pay rolls and the
poor workman Ia pretty sure to he
dropped.
This is especially so of the men hand
ling the machinery. a careful record
| Is kept OF 'hc amount Oh ldpor ina
each machine performs. and from week
to week the engineers know just what
every steam shovel and every dredEa
Is doing. There 10 great competition
az TO which machines and which gangs
do the most. and as result we have
had some surprising work. the out
puts of the steam shovcls have been
doubled. ana single shovel has exca-
waited about 1000 cubic yards In one
day. while another has record OF hav-