The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-25

to the COST, it is comparatively lituo,
outside the steamship passage from
New York or New Orleans ana tho
steamship rates arc not high
The ;rlp from Sew York to Colon
costs s75 ana from New Orleans tho
hrst-class fare IS SOS less There ara,
"A number % good lines Uncle Sam
has tine steamers oS the Panama Rail-
way. which. Z ann told are by no means
tho best Ana then there is the Ham
vHrs Aneri1an Company nd tine Royal
Aiali. and last but not least are tho
SHIPS " the United Fruit Company
All OF THESE so from New York, and
most Of them stop NJ cuba or jamaica,
giving you Taste OF those ISLANDS
The United Frult Company has also
a line of steamers, two every week.
from New orleans to Colon These
ships make the trip iu TWO days less
than via New York 10 Colon. and tho
seas ar" moro likely to be smooth.
Moreover. one OF the freight steamers
eaeh week calls az Puerto Barrios.l
guatemala and Port Ldmon. Costa
Rioa. ana some even take in Bocas del,
Ioro' tho great banana port at tho
northern end OF the Panama republic
The vessels OF all tho lines are fairly
fomiortabie They are ships OF 5000
tons or moro ana the meals are good.
The Hotels of the Isthmus.
Landing at Panama the averaged
traveller Will do we'll not to stop at |
Colon or Cristobsl but 20 direct aoross
the lsthmus by railroad to the TivolI |
Hotel. at Ancon. or to some hotel ut |
Panama Tho Tiyoli Is by far tho best. /
and as IL belongs TO the United States |
government II ~ managed on the Drin-l
elple OF first come first served. The
motel 10 Kept on tho American plan
that Is there Is one charge for hot,
rooms and board Tho price for sin
gle room Tor one person is s. a day and
upward but by putting more than one
IN room this rate is shaded. and IT
IS possible 70 stop for 81 a day or even,
less II one stays for some time. The
ordinary rate, however. is IS and more. |
and room with bath viii cost I'll
ieas' tnat The hotel has good bath !
ing arrangements and baths ara noti
charged extra.
In addition to this are the hotels in
Panama CITY. There Is the old de- Gem : m
rai which Is miserahly poor in com !
I r. 'son with the Ttvoil 1t is run o., !
the Spanish plan. but so far IT has
nad so much travel that there hnvs
osen lew Inducements to put in i'm
provements There is now new
motel near tho station and othera viii
| prooaoiy be erected. The rates al
T 1hisse hotels are less than at the
On the Cabs and Carr.
usslde your hotel there Is little tor
spend The fares on the railroad are
short The cabs a Colon and Banana
eos' only 10 cents gold trip or 81
Per horr The carriages are second
front under the bed. which the drtvers
| ring with their feet 10 keep the street
traihe out Of the way Tho negro |
cabbies at home. although they viii
tariY OIL the
II you should he travelling alonr ~.
line of the canal you can have your
meals with employees Mt Uncle Sam'si
! hotels at a cost of 80 cents each. and
there are little restaurants at Colon
land Panama where food is cheap.
One should allow at least three
Weeks from New York or New Orleans
less from New Orleans II will take
you ten days or two weeks to go from
2 your port to Colon and return. one
least week for the tho 1sth fr seed on as
whole days or two should be spent C.
e emo a'uH rb Dam mi and that is little
gone over from one end to the other
land trips along the canal out to tho
;Hht ln should be taken. and them
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which are worth day a second dayl
Ishould be devoted to the Culebra CUT
watching tho drillings Tor dynamltei
and the mighty eXplos ons: the steam
shovel and the air compressing ma
lchines, and the endless rivers of earthI
and rock should he followed on thet
| Lidsewood cars down to tho dumps.
All OF the above places can be visited |
on the rubber ncck trains. which aref
run for tourists At 81 a trip.
y dnv should bo spent on the waterI
at the Pacific end OF the canal. going|
out to the islands. where the fortin- |
ications are being erected. and another
day can be devoted 20 Balboa. At that
place they are building W the eroundJ
for city and the handling OF thei
earth and rock may be seen They arel
iniso constructing the dry dock and thei
terminals
10 the locks and arrangements att
Mirnflores and Pedro MIGUEL There |
Is a great deal 10 be seen in the shopsl
along the line Of the canal and at the
various places on tho railroad in thel
Canal Zone. In add 'tion to this, therel
! is Panama, old and new: the Island of |
| Taboga. and the old city of Portos
Bello. You may also make trips off [
into the tropical Jungle, and can. ift
you VIII extend your visit to several !
weeks
| Copyright. 1912 hy Frank e. Cara
penter-