The citizen., 1913-10-10

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constitute one OF the delicate prob
leus q lock canal construction an
the proper handling Of this prOaleH
aas beea Colonel Hodges contrib
ton 70 The work OF construction
the canal
Lieutenant Colonel Sibert has Do
charge Of the building Of the gea
dan ard locks az Gatun, in addlu'
10 other duties. He saw long .
tive service in the Philippines a
he is known in the army as nsn
er as well as an engineer
Realize Dream Of Centuries
Through the work Of these men-a
OF them members Of Uncle sam
fighting body. the United States
been able to attain what has been
truth the dream Of centuries, ID III
years these men have carried talua
an undertaking that was FIRST lnOus
of several hundreds OF years asU
The United States government Ii
took definite action looking iowa
the construction Of an isthmian eau
IN 1894. when the senate Vo'eu
the building of a Nicaraguan eau
An expedition was sent to Nicalas
- - on investigation. and repO
ed that the canal could be consu.
ed for s25, 900. 900, hardly onetNs.
eth of the amount that the fanal
oonaI w;n have cost when complete
De Lesseps First to Dig
The matter rested until aitef
Civil war. when negotiations !"
canal commission were entered
by the United States government.
fore anything had been accOmVn',
the concession for a Panama u
had been given to Lucien Nap''
Bonaparte Wyse, Frencnln"In
organized a company, which SOLD
later TO the financiers assoc'a'e~ IN,
Ferdinand de Lesseps the comr
organized with de Lesseps -, at ,0s,n l.s
was the first one to actually Oesiu
erations on the isthmus' fOi a.
Years de Lesseps struggled man.
against the greatest odds tna' n
ever was called upon to face' 4,
w ~ uas forced to give up the |,
his company collapsing as io
dishonesty and extravaganza ~ a..,
part of its promoters ana us = oa8
driven insane by the scanu''
his days in an asylum tho /.
Such was the history OF le eoO
mian canal project for some ,ooI ~ d
400 years, until the day IN i,Y'
Uncle Sam undertook the '"SI ,ba
In nine years the dream Oi 'n'
turies has been realized.