The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
ny rHANK G. CAnpENTrn.
Gorgona, Canal Zone. Panama
IL A >rr, - rhnur Nnu Tho f,rnntcSt In

ana olaSbnS d spt ~ 'ii'ue" ''' ''"S
est mountain chain upon earth. 1t in
a,,,1o- ,,tyb,v dredees which arc CON
.a -,
Guering inc ocean an" '''
trains which are moving material raster
.nar tho widest creations OF the dreams
Oh ,,
Much of TINS exposition mas "''c'r1
harm pictured. nut tho parts shall sho"
- ,oa,y are outside the great
., O.. tho
ditch lhey are "o'
work itself but IN keeping inc 'his"''
forces I'm good order. refer to the re-
,t. rs,b,,,ts -rnore arc
r''i
tens o! acres oi 'h''H' ''''e' ''''
vanized lion and inhabited by thousand
~, oocbanios vino are creating now
,a ,-e,rth.
machinery ana ''p''i4"@ ''''
enng that now in use mere arc '"s'
warehouses nned with an kinds OF sup
, tt,. 81, stool as nno as a
49, ,,t,,btv arms which lift
sh,rolr from inc fines, SILK
- 90 c.htos a. ,hi,o as your leg.
go, 80. bard hits of wood used In
- 80 ,,, tog-ii1e ,i.nks for
.trl,. mo fidyer,yood GAYS
-. 80 =, Gorgona ar. more than
,,,e ~ r,,,.htnerv engaged
t,,s ron,tra md =, Empire only
-, ..,,. ,ro oth.r rrcat
- ,..t,ra e,o.r, shoveis arr. erected.
,,.d,d ma h-nken hoavy
,,..t,,orv ~ ain kinds made now.
.rner. sr. smaller repatr shops at Pc
tro 1ur,.l srd C;s,pu. devoted TO tho
.,,r.,ta, .o,ln,r.r, OF the locks
,. .s,, a9a n, cr,s,ossl and Balboa.
I'm ,,h.rs dovo,ai 10 keeping the bis
d-s3@e. IN order The variot,, OF work
. t,..,,d ,--r,n.ion hni vou can learn
,,gt-~ ~ - bv ,he story OF what
80 ,ords,
.,.,. s,r,.. u,cn,n. sbop, nj oorgonn.
'r.i,o ro~ ,,s,,nro Corgoua This ia
reral-,rs e.,nhiishmen,
-t. 80, bae On no 1a,hrnus I, was
49, ~. ~ rrrench and when | was
iao5 - Ma ms, been cut out
,h. .,rrlc Wien We bought the
- e,gireers dtd no, know %.
,ts.. T. ,,.s hidden IN = dense
,..f1 49, ,hcy ,Yer. srrnrised
,ys,r tnev ,otnA building covering
n.it-do,o- orros containing IA COM
t.,o cooinnen, al. ,nachln. tools in
,1. s,e,tor.-, ,,.,inos and ovor loo
s-ia,5, y. soisr6-,. md ,nacb,ne shop
,..ilet M ,rorss vV.rsa, onco rem
.,s M, "a ropairinp the French
.,.eti,,r. for n.c on ,he canal At
ILL.,. ,tro Nrs, .a- man .hev had al
~oad,. r,,..4.,s ,hois4na dunn cars.
,ai-ty ar fo-tv locomotives and large
,I,,,h.~ az --arcs oxcavntors and drills.
,,r,. 49,. ,rss an o,s Freneb eXca-
,.,a- ,.bi.r 100. nh. tr,o eervlcc in
H. r,,,.tr, I'D. ia t,sat ro,-tv eieh
10, ,non,hs i,ntn repiacea ~ steam
.,oye
sho-,,. .rer ,h,, limo tbe rov.rn-
r,.,, drtdcd 20 make mis- rs chief
.ho,, ,,a sf-,, ,berl, e.s hon doi,p
,Eo ,,gg, ~ Ill. -enst-s Win tha a.
,er,fo, ~ ma, ri, ne s,esm sbovels
s75 som. ~ INA, on ne drodres Dud.
NJ rfe,~f, -.,, r1ar a, ,yo,k on ia
Ia.v,.s, ~ nh, ANAL cot,ionenI tand-
ling tho masses az iron and steol witch
,veiuh n,,n.. ions ava can only be
ltf,ed hv s,,.,, rrancs $40 ,hom
Iso workine On ciorks Watches ada
ms machines tvpowritcrs ana water
rauses and 5olnr IN. n,est of ,.welry
,enairinr nnde- no same roof In al
aitlon 10 dxire The old ,oois ~ The
anal they were making new ones. and
yyera also assfnr "a M stranc,n ~ ~
machinery fust sent down from Inc
states
IpxcntIn- New N,chi,.rx
wont ,h-ourh mo works Win tho
s.inerintondsn, H. +. pobt,sor r,bo
has under him something IKE .o0o mo.
charlrs Uc ,sikoa vim me- a, IA tbc
STRENGTHENING Of rho machines said he.
nNearIy ever. nar, M tnasn htc tools
SON. 10 ,ha istnn,us has mad ~ he rc
made or s,ron-thcned ms tho mos. 81
them are not sfronr nrourh - do -
heavy work hero TAKE for Instance
Tho spreaders winch smooth on, mo
dumps. each doing the work ~ MN.
dreds OF men We ordered tho s,ronr
es; but those which came wero M,
sufficiently strong for tho work. We
then brought down tho inventors and
they stayed for TWO months on tho is,h.
mus studying tho problem and irving
TO make new machines. One OF those
men designed a spreader. which Looked
all right upon paper. and we ordered
eight When they came. We found
that they were sim too weak and We
had to bring them into tho shops and
strengthen most Of tho parts"
las result Of this Kind of work"
continued Mr. Robinson. 'we have here