Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-03-25


cuded that, having been so
" successful as a laundryman
down on the isthmus of Pan
anna, he will begin taking in washing
for all nations. Not only that. but it is
very likely that he will have to 90 into
the grocery and general food supply
business too. on account of the open
ing of the new canal
Furnishing ships of all nations. it
Sans biggest problems in connection
with the operation of the new water.
way. Uncle Sam realizes that on ar
rival at Panama going east or at Co
lon (gOing vest there will be a scram-
BILE to get ashore. Passengers and ev-
erybody else who can escape duty will
want to stretch their legs on dry land
and to take a look around Incidental
~ they will wish to buy lot of things
and to send their linen to the laundry
at Cristobal to be delivered on board
before their departure.
Uncle Sam as Landlord.
Then again there will be lot Of peo-
pie who will want to stay over They
will need hotel accommoda tons. which
according to present plans, will be fur
n1shed by Uncle Sam For some years
past the United States government has
maintained on the isthmus at Ancon
one of the finest and most luxurious
hotels in the world. There will be
otherS-caravanSArie of the M to date
summer hotel type. chiefly for transient
guests. with French cooking, tennis
courts. swimming pools and all the
latest improvements. They will be
practically inclosed in wire screens to
keep out mosquitoes. though such pes
nferous insects are by no means so
plentiful in the canal zone as they were
1t is figured that steamer passengers
discriminating for amusement and sight
seeing. will easily be able to rejoin
their ships after spending Il couple of
days in frolic and to continue their
trips without interruption. Meanwhile
the ship, incident to its passage
through the ditch, will be able to take
~ coal. food supplies. ice. etc. For this
purpose machinery of the latest and
most improved pattern will be installed
by the government an important fea-
ture Of it being the "mechanical steve
dore," which by the help of an endless
belt and an electric engine carries mer
chandise aboard quickly in packages.
Plant Already In Existence.
1t was suggested by President Taft
that all of this supply business can be
managed and controlled much better
by the government than by outside
parties. To accomplish the end in view
1t will be necessary merely to expand
to some extent the plant already estab-
lished at Cristobal This plant COM
prises immense storehouses and a
manufacturing outfit of remarkable
completeness, the latter including the
laundry already mentioned. a huge bak-
cry, an ice factory. Il cold storage equip
ment and arrangements for roasting
coffee, making ice cream, corning beef
and converting tub butter into attrac-
tive prints,
Mr.. Taft argued that if private con
Germs were allowed to enter the field it
might happen that one or more big cor
porations would boost prices. thus in
creasing the cost of using the canal
Or certain traffic lines might be IA
vOred at the expense of others. But,
as a matter Of fact, the available space
at the terminals of the canal is too
limited to afford room for all who
might want to occupy it for commercial
purposes, and the granting of conces-
sions would be equivalent to the es
Establishment of exclusive privileges,
tantamount to monopolies or local
trade With the government in charge
there can be no monopoly and no dis
elimination of any kind, while prices
will be kept at a reasonable figure.
Biggest Laundry on Earth.
Even at the present time the 18TH
milan laundry is by far the largest and
most completely equipped In the world.
1t is run altogether by electricity, even
the irons being heated by the current
OF the scale on which it is conducted
one may Judge from the fact that dur
Ing the year it handled 5.5S1 1923 pieces
In the bakery is turned out more
than 100000 loaves a year, at cents
a loaf This. it will be noticed, is a
cent cheaper than the price Of the same
article in the states But. in truth.