The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-23

anal is Impossible-The Great
sides and How They Will Be Con-
t,olIcd-Thc Question of Earth
uuakeS-The Gatun Dam and Its
factor OF Safcty-How the Canal
COS, Has Been Cut-Nine Million
Dollars Saved on Concrete Alone
scientific ManaScment-Thc Per-
malcnt Force and Its Wages
Great Lessons for the World at
ranama-Whe the Canal Will BE
optu Il.
,repqright, 1912, by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
,iLEHHA, Canal Zone, Panama.
sitting here on the hills of Culebra,
l..5 over the mighty cash which
rel, sam has cCt through this low
81 pass of the Andes, and looking
down upon the now Sunday quiet of
what for six days Of the week is the
busiest and noisest place upon earth,
have had a chat with Col. George
N COCKTAILS as to our mighty canal
and rs future.
There is no man who can speak
more i~ntelligently and more authori-
t.l4\riy about the canal than Colonel
GerthalS. He is the supreme manager
,f am things on the isthmuS. His title
il chairman of the canal commission
md chief engineer, but he is far more
fhau that Under the powers granted
uim bv the President, he is the die
tatur. the administrator, the eXecu-
live. and in short h ultimate au-
thority to whom all others must bow.
ISIS iron fist ma be clad in a glove Of
velvet and the thousands he rules
may not appreciate its existence, but
II i hev disobey, it strikes and brushes
AZ offender.
such authority has been found alb
s~oIltcly necessary to the canal con-
.tructiun. The lack of it was to a
great extent the causeS Of the resig-
I|atious of chief Engineers Wallace
and stevens. 1t tied their arms and
those III their subordinates with the
governmental red tape of caprice and
custom. and Swathed this mighty in
dIstri4l entity. the whole canal force
With bands stronger than those with
which the Lilliputians bound the
e.ant Gulliver. When Colonel Goe-
thals first came, he found himself in
i network ike Gulliver's, and it was
only 10y presenting the matter to Pres
iGcnt Roosevelt, who had watched the
taIn and chaotic struggles of the past
That he Was able to get the power
which has enabled him to accomplish
I'll, mighty work which every one nov
recognizes as his.
Tie square zeal at
More than his, Colonel GOethals
has used his authority 50 that hi
thousands of employees are glad tt
.hey. lie has brought harmony gu
~ diScord among the American EN-
p!ryeS, and has one the same will
The thirty-odd thousand Contra
Americans, JamaicanS and other Yves
thdIans. He has not only preached
TIT square deal, but he has given tn
square deal to every one. and. wit
the exception Of a few constitutions
Suckers, all are satisfied. Every Sun
cay, morning the chairman holds
Wtle supreme court Of appeals her
ia his office in the Administrative
"%dl'ding He is both judge and jury
'thd any one who will even to IN
ilitoktst and poorest of the labOreI
WI" handle the picks or wade tn
hud. may come and present his com
tiaiht. The chairman investigate
Tie trouble, and the judgment is usu
any such that the man goes "
satisfied.
The Working Ruler.
colonel Gethals is Il working dictf
1"i. tie knows every bit of the can;
construction by close contact with tf
hth and the machinery. He gO'
oyer some part of the work ever
'"\. lie starts out at Z O'Clock
1W morning and walks TO tho!
lI:"eS where he is most needed, tall
liz with the men and directing II
"itnlen. He knows each branch
M engineering construction as w {
IS NE division engineer in charg
"Hd has in short, Il complete grasp
'fiS mighty job as d whole and
'.taiI.
might fill this letter with stOri
"h"Gt him which illustrate his cha
""lerlstics. l might tell you how
''"lS. a graN-headed giant Of fit
VIVA eyes as blue as the Panama s.
"'d muscles as strong as the Stea
>It"NtlS which are lifting mOuntai
~ me cut far below me. mig
Speak of his nerve and determinati
:" get things done and of his mot
"ht"h seems to be, Results at
'"S,S, aud that everything and ever
~ must be pushed to hurry the jC
hlSht speak OF his use of mode
Itht}iic management. of his rig
EN ell LttI F- - nd &c 800 49, -.