Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-03-23

ieos. Ia more recent times. geulogical
Isl speaking, the better view Is. ! un
dersthnd. that the isthmur hHs dlmlh
iahed. rather than Increased, and 4
that n correct. nature might b time
have reunlted the waters herself. bu
- that time thCft might haze beer
na human race on earth o. use the
strait
Most Of u.s. have. ] suppose been
in the habit of speaking Of the 18th.
mus as running north and south,
whereas. u runs. nt that point. east
and west. ana the cunnl itself north
( west ana southwest Colon, at the
northern terminus. On the Atlantic
side. being more than twenty miles
/ further west than Panama. tie south
efn terminus On the Pacific side And
/ II YOU wish 10 further surprise pete
; pie who have not thought on the sub
/ ieft tell them thai line ruhnihe
duo north from the canal would pnas
not faf west ~ lNfinlO y y. The
hreakwntcr ut Colun WIS the first VIE
ihie Indication 0f what Impressed mt
throughout as var man ls carry
ing on with the help uf such natural
forces as he has been able 90 bring
ia his aid against other forces which
resist him. not only the hills with
their cores OF rock athNHr the course
laid out Tor the canal but the torrents
of water which 1T times ARE sent bt
tropical rains in almost irresistible
charges against mans barriers and
PERHAPS. worst II an the death bear-
ing mosquito which ISSUES from the
sWamps 20 attack the invaders Of their
domain a. hefifs an army bent on
conquest. not only the arms and mu-
nltions Tor Ne purpose are In evidence
sil The way from Colon 10 Panama.
10 one who passes through bY rail
az we did but there, too. are IL bar
facks Ia groups ana villages all the
way all practically of one type. from
the buildings IN which Colonel tiocth-
ais has his office az Culchrn. 10 the
quarters ~ The iaborors with pici,
and shoYcl--plaiu ferNifNuhle huiid-
ines an In shape much Ike the COM
mon railway station, without much
r0nf-oyerhnngine. some only one stony
in height, but many also ~ two stur-
les all with piazza space Ia plenty.
screened in completely. an Well above
the ground. after the style af ouf
southern houses. on posts generally
ef wood. but sometimes Of concrete.
The houses are of wood. nninted slate
color. with white trimmings and have
roofs of corrugated iron. I was for
tuuate in having the company of an
Mr. a.. who has been
The manager of d railway Do Colum-
hia Tor the past twenty years. and
" ho is civil engineer lie WAS see
ing the canal for the first time. and
of course. saw it from an engineers
point of view Ills comments were
almost wholly favorable ana even en-
go. AH you know. cur
government bought what the French I
company which attempted to make 1
the cannl had iH the wav OF ouffit I
and materials and much of u Is sfili /
Ia evidence. Mr. NJ pointed out tho /
Useless expense 81 the masonry col /
auns they used 10 support their I
free from contact with the 1
ground, ns compared with the wooden 7
posts VIE use. The wooden posts DE- 4
aid. would last as long as they would 1
BE- needed, and serve their purpose
ust as we'll as the others. After the
work OF construction is completed /
here viii, ~ course. Do nu immense 4
acflflce OF what remains from the
york. and. obviously il q wiser NOT
ieHulrpd ~ ia so uncommon 10 hear
tmericans praised for prudence IN the
Al endlture of money. that ! quite en-
Dyed such comment While on the
uhieet of the buildings / may as well I
i'd. that the TYeii hotel at panamu
luit on q slightly hill by the Canal
IS Of the tsp have de-
eribed ! supposed il was leased fo
ome one 60 operate, but TO my sur
rise found that Uncle sam himself
gaa our landlord. Ills Initials were
II the ware. the linen, ana the col-
ars Of the black Jamaican Writers
% Uncle Snm's clerks "a the desks We
aid $3.50 per day for our accammo-
atlons and l. fer one got from IL
little OF the cheerful feeling that
vas directly helping in hat way 70
1nlid the canal. We owed our heing
Bile to get rooms there at all To the
net that a steamer load of tourists
vent out on the Pacific side that day.
nd one was going out on The Attain
le side the next morning The man
eer told of men sleeping on billiard
ahics ana ufher spaces of Ndutags
bout the promises. which consist. not
merely uf the main building but of
hree or four large annoNes. provision
Il all for several hundred people. And
he manager said that Tor the past
hree days, ht had been able to get
nlV three and half hours of sleep
aeh day company Is now building
largc hutel called the Washington.
Why wpr " not deue sooner wonder
Tie father uf his country would. I
eel sure. have taken no great pride
4 having m enterprise named for
i'm which gave SO little proof ef the
wonderful foresight with which ha
laa gifted. The next day az katun
aheru The giant canal locks are. we
ad lunch at Uncle Sans restaurant
nj for 30 cents each, Jared very
0mforlnhlN. lle too, now owns aud
pefates the railroad from Colon 10
'anatnn aud on 1T. every DAY, runs
ut trains for the tourists with ler-
urers to explain, at Gatun and Guile
ifa. the interesting features OF the
works. AN that in addition TO what we {
must do In order to keep the work
iuing TINT IS, paN and feed the men.
maintain hospitals for their needs and
.eep up the necessary war against
nth and disease
All along the Zone where there is
water liable 10 hIce1 mosquitoes. taoro
re barrels from which crude petro-
eum slowly drips. large areas OF
Mamp have been filled, the land for
,reat spaces has been stripped Of It's
nnele growth and covered with
ftasses. did moi sec or hear a mos I
lulto. while water FOR domestic pur. Il
i0ses appears to he good md ahund- 4
mt ever, where. If there are filthy y
llaees, | did not sec them. III
hronsh the Zone il seemed AS neat as
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