The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-11-14
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| IN ordinary sheep. They are able, how
3ver, to carry enormous loads The
| price for an hours ride was - cents
| in gold Il gave him dollar bill, -
| said Mr.. Gould, and he gave me back
dollar and 10 cents, because one of
our dollars is worth two of theirs
The Congressman said he was sur
prised at the Canal itself He took a
special train at the station and rode
over in the muCh-talked of palatial
! DeLesseps car of that section. which
| had an observation platform at each
/ end, but he couldn't see anything
| that looked like canal but could
/ see palms and grasses which grew in
a perfect mass. He finally asked for
it at that time, but that it had grown
UP to this tropical growth When he
saw the locks which are constructed
at Gateau, he began to see the masni-
tude of the canal, and he realized the
greatness OF the whole enterprise and
! Judged it the most stupendous under
/ taking that the world has ever known"
The bottom of the canal is narrow
! being about 300 feet wide. 1t has
from to = railroads running through
| is 30 miles of length, there being in
all probably WOO miles of railroad con-
/ tanned therein. The lsthmus itself is
very damp and all of the residents in
/ the private homes have to have dry
/ closets.
! The artificial lake there is more
than 20 miles long and has as its prin-
/ ciple sourse of supply the Chagres
river which is about like The Andtc
( scoggin River in size. A dam has
! been built ~ miles long which is so
! broad that when you look at it, it APP
pears to be an ordinary hill. 1t is d
half mile wide at the base and 400
/ feet at the waterline 1t will take a
year to fiji this lake with river, the
size of the Androscoggin for its source
as it contains 210 square miles of land
and the depth will be 80 to 80
feet. The lock built, through which
to take the vessels is woa-
derful thing. 1t is - or 20 feet
thick When a vessel goes in, a big
( ,hain comes across, the links of which
are larger than a mans coat sleeve.
/ This is left loose at one end so as to
be able to check the speed of the yes
sells The gates to these locks are
enormous. They are seven feet thick
and So feet wide, opening like old
fashioned barn doors. There are in I'll
u locks.
The government has bult homes for
the lahorers and buildings amounting
70 more than million dollars. The
most of them are three-stories high.
The Americans have put the lsthmus
in a sanitary condition, and there are
projections against contagious dis
eases. Flies and mosquitoes have been
driven out. and this was done by drag
ging the marshes and' by the use Oh
oil. Whenever any eXcayating is done
there and water is left therein, it is
Immediately sprayed as farmer
would his potatoes to protect them
from insects. The death rate in the
zone is less than in 1000. Excel
lent hospitals have also been provided
there. and the white laborers and Of
ficers there are far above the average
laboring men. There are laborerf
there, however. who while they are moi
noisy or boisterous, are not able
to learn much mentally. For instance
Mr. Gould described one man who was
told to flag a train and took his sta