Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-03-23

might be seftlceahle for thar pur.
/ pose | presented II ~ his office, bat
I found ~ was "Out an the works.
nobody knrw whore. aud was told b4
the chirf clerk. ihHt there was no re-
tirlctipn on our going where We
pleased. tie told us what course he
Thought Ne might take 10 advantage
ana wherever We went through the
thick ~ the fray. no one turned ua
back 40 some points 60 which our
Interest led ia. il seemed IS obvious
ihat our presence might inConfeni-
encc those AZ work. and be- dangerous
Tor ourselves ns we'll that we inquir-
cd whether We We're at liberty 10 pro-
cecd. and were invariably told We
could 80 On. This larse liberty y typ
icnl, / take M. uf our government
FOR tho people. feel sure that un-
der almost any other government,
such a work would not be- construct
cd in such spirit. hul ] am. perhaps.
ioiirrlnE too long in my approach 'g
the canal itself shall not attempt
% give any expert or detailed descfip-
ton uf II could nOl i ! should iff
lta main features ire. ht this time.
rrity generally known / suppose.
From end 40 end. including The app
rrunches. Il Will be- nhaut fifty miles
long and capable cd accommodating
The largest vessels H8W afloat For
tNcntY-four miles of tl.at distance a
vessel can proceed under its own
steam through GHtun lake from Gatun
which is about seven miles south from
Colon t. the culchra cut through
which it Hasses a. Pedro Miguel, nine
miles. Al Pedro Miguel Is a lock. by
which Il will be- lot down thirty feet
Ia a small lake on which lt proceeds
q mile and a half 90 Mlra Flores.
There it drops tn the Pacific level hy
locks in two flights and then on ~
the Pacific az sea-level
II should be borne In mind / think,
as conclusive In favor If a lock canal
instead 81 one az sea-leNel. that the
tide rises tWenty-Onr feet. as maxi
mum. ut the Pacific entrance, enu
only two and onc-haf at The Atlantic.
Gatnn lake viii have an area abnut
lG4 square miles. when fun. and with
jis wooded isles and prumOnt0ries
will combine "a high degree uf fauiy.
with the uses Tor when Il o. nlis
pensible. The water hus already heenI
set back over much of this slrinre.
with the effect of killing the jungle
growth whieh covered it and which IS
sim standing visible IN rather gfastir /
unsightllness to those passing over
the railroad. From the railroad. too. {
one gets the first view Of what mdsb
! suppose rank ns the chief battle f
Held OF the war. Culchra cut. II is bee f
tween Cold Hiil and Contractors /
Iiill. and Nhcn 10 ls completed IA Will 4
bear comparison ln appearance with T
many 0f the chasms nature has pro-
idod for your view ln the Sandin f
although. Of course. not f
Hith the largest Of them. The lowest /
point between the TWO hills before ex-
,avation was begun was something /
more than three hundred feet above
What will BE- the bottom level OF the /
'anal at that point. but the top OF
iold Hil is about three hundred feet
higher or upwards uf six hundred feet
rom the bottom.
We left the tralr on our return
rip from Panama at Culebra. and as
.endcd to the ridge forming one side
n the chasm where Is TO be the canal.
Jnuge wnan Wt cali the .Ancicntai
escorted easily Co the supernatural
% account for what they could not
otherwise explain. and the Greeks. Cs-
lccialiy. clothed these offerings Of the
with such poetical charm
hat they survive 20 our day, as, per
laps. the choicest products Of human
-enius Thus they represented the
ianis IN their war with the gods as
iling one mountain upon another 10
Gale the heights where dWelt their
antagonists. and related that Hercu-
rs in wrath with one wrench Of bis