The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-20
Guide Walls Pedro Miguel Lock.

took n Characteristic Step to quiet the
issue.
BE asked President Elect Taft to go
to the isthmus, accompanied by Fred
eric P. stearns. ArthurP. Davis, Henry
A. Allen Jamcs d. schuyler, Isham
Randolph, John B. Freeman and Allen
Hazen, all eminent engineers, 10 make
an investigation. The report made on
Feb. 16, 1000. completely vindlcated
the plan for dam at Gatun with the
statement that If any error had been
made it was on the side Of precautiop.
They found the dam started along
lines so excessively stable that they
recommended that the height be cut
from 1855 feet above sen level to l15
feet, which would still leave the top OF
the dam thirty feet above the level of
Gatun lake. s
The six years from Jan. 4 1907, toll
Jan 1, 1918, constitute the main con.
strnction period of the Panama canal.
Colonel Goethals has been chief engi.
neer all but three months of that time.
Steadily, foot by foot. the walls Of the
locks crept up and the bottom of the
Culebra cut went down. By October.
1908, the, preparatory work, substan-
TALLY accomplished by Mr. Stevens,
passed its highest point, and all ener.
gies were conferred on the work of con-
struction. Quarters, municipal work.
roadmaklng, subsistence and commits.
sary were solved problems, and the
mo Help Wanted" sign was displayed,
the labor problem, too, being substan.
tally worked out.
sixty-three. steam shovels in 1907
were increased to 100: the mileage in
the canal zone was increased from 1s5
to about 500 miles for the Panama rail
road apd compassion tracks; the num-,
Der of unloadets. bank spreaders, track
shutters and pile drivers was Increased
from third to three times the nun.
Der left by Mr.. Stevens; twenty
dredges were put In service, besides
much other mh6hinefy and equipment
not so noteworthy. Practically all re-
pairs and creative mechanical work
We're concentrated in the Gorgona and
Empire shops. with capacities com.
mensurate wifi the equipment. The
date when the equipment reached a
maximum,is fixed by Colonel Cocktails
as July !, 1910. About $4,000 tons of
coal and 100000 barrels of oil have
been used annually.
Dredging had progressed in the Pa.
cific entrance to a point where fIyo
miles of the canal could be opened to
navigation on Feb, ]. 1000. The New
port and San Jose of the Pacific Mail
fleet, of American register, were the
first ships to go through.
Columbus had been honored by nam
ing Colon and Cristobal for him at
the Atlantic entrance of the canal, and
an executive order on April 80, 1909.
honored the discoverer OF the Pacific
by changing the name of the Pacific
terminal from La Boca to Balloon. II
is at Balboa that the pcrn>rn,m nm.
chine shops, drydocks. yard wlnrves.
warehouses and general equipment to
cost $2o,000.0o0 will be located.
In 1900 Colonel Goethals seems to
have had the idea Of making the canal
zone habitable, but since then he
changed his views in favor OF making
the <1l1al zone 4 military reservation.
the part not in use to be.left to the
jungle and only canal employees allow
ed without special permission in the
| ten mile limits. iii
Work on the Notifications was begun
FIN 19flsen Flamenco island three miles
oqt inthe bay at. the Pacife entrance,
and on Toro point, at the Atlantic en-.
trance. The estimate forEtteir cost, as
fixed by the officers appointed to de-
sign them. is $12,475.32S The latest
and largest disappearing rifles will be
installed after the concrete work is
finished. The locks at the Pacific end
are nearly ten miles from the fortifiea-
tons, which insures them against bonn,
bardment by an enemy's ships, and
the Atlantic locks are seven miles from
the Notifications. Some form of de,
Tense from airships must be worked
out ii.
When the canal is completed the
beautiful towns along the route will
be abandoned. Gorgona, Bias obispo.
Las Cascadas, Empire, Culebra and
Paraiso viii be RACED A permanent
camp for the army will be located on
the east side Of the canal, across the
cut from the town of Guiebra. Ma
rines have been In the cdhAl zone since
1905 and in 1911 the Tenth infantry
was added to the permanent garrison,
which will be further augmented BY
several regiments. The soldiers viii
police the canal zone after construc.
ton work is finished 4 Balboa and
Cristobal viii be the principal cities,
though at Gatun and Pedro Miguel
forces TO operate the LOCKS will be
housed.
ITO be eontinued.)
A new Asiatlc cable will be laid