Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-30

The Gatun locks are about 1-S
miles long, OF solid concrete, and
form the largest concrete structure
In the world. They are double. TO
allow the passage Of vessels in both
4 directions at the same time If neces-
sary Electric locomotives ahead,
behind and on both sides will tow
the vessels through the locks, both
20 save time and TO prevent damage
TO the locks themselves.
The overflow of the Gatun
dam will provide electric power for
the locomotives and probably for all
the uses OF power along the Canal
Zone.
The lock gates are steel structures,
each leaf weighing about $50 tons.
They are about - feet high. 81 feet
wide and : feet thick. There are
30 leaves for there are &c pairs OF
gates An idea OF their bulk may
be had by noting that IL they were
laid flat, one on top OF the other.
the pile would be higher than the
Singer tower The riveting prob
lem is also interesting. Counting SOC
rivets as a good days work for
single gang OF riyeters. II would take
them year to rivet up single leaf.
or % years to complete the lot
The whole administration OF the
shop and storehousos Is under the
army in its various branches. The
stores come under The quartermas-
tiers department md the store
houses are splendidly kept in every
way. Employees all have brass
check or tag similar 10 q baggage tag
bearing their number This tag is
the open sesame 10 AN commission
stores. There the employees can buy
anything at cost usually much cheap
Ter than the same thing can be secur-
ed in New York or any Northern
city.
AZ Cr'sto1al are the main Store
houses, the Government ice factory
zee cream factory bakery and lam
DRY Early every morning the SIM
ply train. usually OF 81 cars. starts
out to supply the smaller store
houses and distributing points along
the lsthmus. And there are very
10" OF the necessities and even luxu-
ries which cannot DO secured from
me main stores and sent to Won Ar
short notice.
These seem s'rauce when We tt{,t
OF canal digging. bur show co,ci,'
siVely that 1t is the attention IN d..
tails that brings success no mat,e.
now large the enterprise Me-,
would not stay until the surroundin-
were healthy am congenlal This
meant comfortable quarters for tbai,
wives and children. This in turn ne
cessitated the adoption OF comnIat.
schooi system, including a bigb
school which ranks second to nom
as preparatory school for coIIey.
II also meant recreation centers and
!. VI. {. A. buildings for tho mo,
ana "omen's clubs for the women
All strangely ort OF place and
seeming extravagance in a tronics,
climate and for temporary Job by,
all absolutely necessary TO tho suc.
cessful building OF the canal IN roo.
ora time as has been done
This same thing has been carried
out IN the details OF shop manage
ment and the buying OF proper ma.
,eriais TO work with. We 90 into
large or small machine shops and
pay all our attention to the machines
ana never see the belts that drive
mem and without which they Womb
De OF almost no use. And the bel,
problem is one of the worst tina,
comes up. especially in shops in tron.
ical countries.
The ideas Of heat in the Canal
zone are apt to be exaggerated as
the temperature rarely goes ovs-
~ degrees and sunstrokes are m
known But heat Is not the only
factor in these climates.
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