The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-09-19

to see the canal opened to commerce l as soon as possible. for it Is revenue I am after''
 Another day stood with Col ID. ID.
 Gailiard, the engineer of the central
 division. outside his office in Empire,
 and watched his army laboring in the
 cut, the completion of which has
 been his biggest task and greatest glory. Right at our feet a big area
 had sunk down 70 feet in a night, and
 If there had not been warnings of the
 break a wing of the cofonePs ofice
 building would have gone down with
 it. We had just time to remove that
 wing" said he, land my of1ce force is rather nervous now, for there are
 three big cracks under the main build
 ing. expect 1t, too, will have to be
 torn down very soon
 These slides used to make us rzth- CT Respondent, for it seemed as if they never would stop. but the progress
 we are making this year has cheered
 up the operating forces again, and
 we can see the end of the task The
 slide and the break arc quite dtners
 ent- In the former the earth slfden
 at an angle down Q sloping face oC
 rock, and in the latter the mass sirlx
 straight down and at the bottom
 bulges out into the channel AlonG
 both sides of the cut you can sc nu-
 merous small slides and breaks- Tho8a
 are in pockets in the rock wall. andl
 annoying as they are, they only ned cleaning out. The Cucarscha started as . slide and now 1t is both . sli1oi and . break. ----<zAsae.s.--zsd
 Incidentally. that cut should bs q great place for geologists. I have found in it every kind of rock excep6 granite, and many interesting fossil1 and petriication have been discoverl ed there. In one stratum through which we cut there were found . great number of teeth of prehistoric varis. ties of sharks." -------s<saE
 What ts your opinion concerning the date when the canal will be ready for commerceT' I asked.
 If had my say" said the colonel emphatically, mot g commercial ves- sel would be allowed in the canal un- til 1t is absolutely complete down to the smallest detail. In some of the many safety devices were not in op- eration and an accident should rssult the canal would get black eye from which it might not recover for long time. Officially, the time for the com pletion of the canal is still Janusry 1, 1915. It may be done before that; date. but in March of this year thero, was stin about $50. 900, 900 worth o1 work ahead of us
 We who have been digging th8 canal and arc still here in positions oc mean the membsxB of the Isthmian canal commfssio1- are rather fearful concerning that part of the Adamson bill which permffB the president to dissolve the conmIa- sion whenever in his judgment the canal is near enough to complet(ou- We feel that it would be extreue1yl unjust not to allow us to remain 'oni the job until after the grand formal opening in January, 1915. It would be, much like permitting boy to com >lete his university course. and them :aking him home before he receives lis diploma"
 And then Colonel Geiliard said some .hings about Mir. Taft's efforts to put nto effect that clause last January, which must have made the ex-presi- lents ears jingle q bit
 The CuiebrA cut iB uke . three.ring '4rcas. don't mow which way to oOk," sald one visikor to thA zona.
 It fs indeed scsne of wcndsrfuI ne- fvaty. GsA1t steam shovels arc scak- cred through 1t, scooping up eoor, no9s masses of rock and oa<<S @on elf . dosen, tracks oa e many dzf- sFsat lsvals snorting and pu11nr loso- av> uzvffffv mpty dirt trains; along the le6eea 70 batteries of steam and con ressod air drills, making hoIss fnr ynamfte: suddenly tkere is . tD1t- ,ottng of . steam whistle. . hundred ,en scurry to shelter, and dynamite last flls the air with sound and dirt nd rocks.
 Watching the steam shoyels is e fa, orits occupation of viattprs who ven. re down into tho Cufebra cut. rhsy ,em almost human. and do . vass mount of work. Thslr dfppars hold ve cubic yards of makax4al wuirh- e on an average . Ntx1e mora <Azn lxee.tons. This sDoH is smp<te65zutn I1r of several hnds. Int ouzx we<h .e high side arc unloeded hy pzovz Ia& are drawn the length Of the trn<n 7 cables upon . winding dxun- Ths AsEs are dump car1 fAa hrp.st o< hich are oDsrassd hT ooDcrsss.A aR on tho locomotive. Tho txufas hnrs = spoti fru0 tAe cut to duunanr ounds. whtoA ea m apsrxws - l1af n miles AiStank. Snus 1ao0n- Q 'cuAac yards of this nAkuxfai vnn = - e haing fer tAs isng1Arsa&x0- E st the PAczae sntrancs.