The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11

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N..xI Is1 u.a ;. .0as I'd AA
epiqR, z%siS AZ T. &aias H. s tsiss xaa iaa
thtough the .oppplefed di ihAnamaucanal-
on thAifIsh sehfoipasso acrpssuthe
J6thtnNstfrodnuths aAriaaAic foosaN toi
the IPae4a cbnarrde. oth0i ieanhlds nos yet
,yAnao oM4il 1AetbBe efSpr1i isehs
or sossubute fhAf 'shadl hot esentt' '6ufft
4aEing the trip nowMGn ne,s,o5fn ,pappe5sa papp5sa ,sam,a
Let Vs. 5ipssi9ss H%sspp, Hssp,p HI,
AZ, Ssean llpelG a tth6 AtleAko IA no
It'd or northern entrance Of the.greAti
capal. .REepaTeda to. rqnjQyithis 4nttial
1ffpi and to wonder at the sights in
store for US. In that word northern
lies the first surprise Hfof many Of the
passengers whp ,dfdaanSti knrow that
1MA canal runs. MT lfEon, east III H. vest,
bFt from; peEth%est tR24sssp tn 4sspthaalst.r hafslelst.r This
Nemip& Anomaly .M,fdnAq TO- that efAaGet
Mt othe eeeIsthmas,aof b, Panama here,
tlendsaaain1ostHosastsiand wssteo ,sG!iY
vt tSutsdn oeaffyli morning when'La
AQAtcn1ui'' bassangef othUdfs'' 'rsEands"
~ ar wHooga TfasE' 1T thsstPIsSftt' INK y
,RG to, .gazss, ,niptpn, the ahitfy. tInngly
Sst.sasntbs ,IAt6MN 4stS$sssg1p ID nPsSFtos siFf T.
Rldb jRpoan Gaplanrw Az theu steefalmSsRPiRf M w.
1N1ws. sMiftlYs ithsop q. .,t the. awataEe, as
blue -, eEesqwere atheser OF, be, Medir,
: ranean a cheS1ag6ss up from the
@ek. 'f6rixe have caught q glinpse of
~ STARE And Stfipes fhutt erfhg above
SSrnge 'oi sYe9aRtatts pal%ss. al%gsssn, That n isis
mArks the legation of one rIof the big
19ts built tor project, the canal tn, time
%warsandi isu oan MarsaritaR island.
virtually. aopartwo Of en- tha,ou mainland
Colon. fiat land ytInpictur esquel ebnowl
comesi into tiewso afaHdffectiy' ahead
,aS. u.s. an ifmmehSep AZ fbfeAkwater
STITCHES aothilsqSuf from ttie Shore
on ths sTshs %. LAX, NiaHdDr eha oSh.
ToHo lRolPqt. !, IA another gffort whose
gr4At, gHns ,ars- mAsaked chEi the tropical
folPgaoalos ns,itiw s'iGnt2eiHoo blsa odi Tot
l(owJwes have eyyiptuaAyi eRtered be,
ca4hlEfur the 60osf06tn 6tnehanneiRrteud
farN outi freri IN g bsa1oreT hne! 10 lAti trea
duaed'dspega ''wep' @htef 'CoIJn hatbor'
'api the Bay OF Lifn6h q Hid Estsatn past
the aaasSRIthgt9Rr rhotsfr tsIrpa1 n n
Ola sama pr9RHEiet0rrsa the docks. ilqh
Colon -, eTpwded Ia With Sh1pRing, fEpm
the. United States. Europe and many
= port o,osa hAtiav america and the
Amercdh town bfr Crtstobai On owhose
water front stands the statue Of Co
lumbus sent oyef 'hbhs yeafsa Ago BY
the, Empress oEGgehie. STRIPPING about
theibay, looking like long. black water
beetles. are the ,Gayukas or native dug,
outt. and moving lazily before the sea
which the qu9st SAL Bias TfSaaHa IRE
bringing thslF{, .prpddu,ct5, du, II MARKET.
On the tpm enllsel concrete piers Of
CriStohal. built by the canal commits
sio4I are throngs Of cheering people,
whtenra S1aSk ana Of all lintermed date
shadeA, But We 10 g66oott stop, Tforr 7 TIE
-ten:hoplllu plllue passage, must, be- made IN
dayli ightn and already the sun Is high
OVER Mount III opss onceu Monkey Hill.
the scehe,bf,antanyirarb I'd bloody tfghtiin
THE oldr drinsufsee4t0naryoda a dayss II 0w the
labt resting place OBJ hundreds who
laid down their lives fl the work or
digging the canal under 'bpth, :.atbe
Flench and the American regimes:
Four milelAsr snldl a a. half We. .stesafF steam
through LimaRi 1bAY Hapd4 the. ashores
narrow in on enria5a0-foot channel.
still at tide level. Now look ahead
three miles aappddrget, q glimpse of Of n the
Gatun locks, that tremendous fight of
three water steps, Sno which " we e.,aa5 are to
be lifted. In a,.fsw minutes we Teach
the towering dividing. wall of concrete,
our OWN. power aisL shut of, and the
electricalo c0nn olives aou thedlOck walls
take usiin ltow9 -Four of these power
fuI maehIheSd attXch their hawsers to
our ship two iii 'front.' to pulpit and two
,.sstern IL, Keep it steady and to bring
It to a stop when entirely within the
lockl chamber. The immense gates
close silently behind us and at once
the water begins to flow into, the
chamber through culverts thatlIhave
the openinssldnaa aife concrete, floor.
Slo ly the uesseh;rises' Until tt ist on
yel iwitffa the Bed6nd n chamber.
2S 3 feet above sea level. when the
gat ahead is, opened and the electric
mu s move forward. this time up a
hea " grade bS,-meanst of the center
rae inrthe tracks0 Twice this opera
tio1 Is repeated, and nowswe are at
the sun1mit, S6ld feet aboveio sea.
Th4last gate opens and the slocomo-
River pull 'us into Gatuni lake. 1'i''as
As ouf pr6pel1ers begin to- turn
again and We steam out Into this I'M:
II sIse oartifcial lake, narveiousls
beautiful landscape is spread before
u.s.. The surface ofsthe lake Is dotted
with islets, once the submits, of Tiger
hiA.l Lion hill and dozen other emf.
nences; on both sides are steep pro.
mohtories,e lovely little peninsulas and
deep bays and inlets7 where the water
has spread into the once jungle-flle
valleys.
Before we get too far from the