The chronicle=news., 1914-09-26

In plan. sixteen by twenty, and ten fse>
deep. The building to serve as quaf-
ters for operators has been practicAX0
completed and will be provided w11i
furniture by the Navy. New radio st
tions for relatively local use as como
pared with long distance stations AeS
to be erected at Colon and Balboa A:Ss
will supplant the ones now in segvacA
at these points. The towers resenaAle
the ones at Arlington. Virginia. aH':
each station will have two three hum
dred feet towers six hundred feet
apart. The present wooden masts al
Colon, about two hundred feet high.
and the antennne OF the present Bal
boa station are suspended at an elevA-
ton of about one hundred and ten feet
above the ground between the steel
tower and the power plant.
The Panama Railroad has recently
completed Il new passenger station at
Panama city. This Is spacious con-
crci. structure with covered carriage
entrance The first and second cluss
passengers have different waiting
rooms fitted out with wash-rooms
Heretofore, both first and second class
passengers purchased their tickets Al
the same window. This proved u dts.
agreeable feature of travel. as fro
quently a white woman was compelled
to get in line with a lot of negroes. In
accordance with ths Panama Rail
roads long established custom OF pro.
viding quarters for employees, the Sec
ond story of the buld!na; is divided
UP into rooms for bachelors. making
delightful. airy quarters. All the seafA
In the station are either upholstered
cane or wooden Stats. Other station.
are in course Of construction but the
L,. h..h
and will contain the general Offices
Work men Leave With Regret.
Several of the schools when now
embrace twenty or more nationalittas
will be closed as the necessity for &c
many no longer exists AS each sec.
ton is completed the employees be-
come fewer, and the ones who are
dropped usually leave the Zone at once
many Of them with the greatest re-
luctance.
Working for the Americans sure do
pay" said n jamaica negro as he
dragged an old steamer chair UP the
stecragc gang plapk of steamer
bound for kingston IT sure am sorry
DAT Canal am hnshed--I never will
make so much money anywhere"
This is true OF the white as well as
the colored. for there We're hundreds
of young men on the Zone doing cler.
ical work at a salary Of $4,000 tc
$4,000 per month who would receive
from $4,000 to $500 for the same
service in the United States. Coupled
with this they, had free medica! atten.
ton, no house rent to pay and 81,
weeks' vacation. Every boat brirga
some OF these men North. and already
some OF ,hem have secured position{
in many lands. Their familiarity with
the work at the canal has opened new
fields for them all over the world. as
. to tn. heads of the divisions they. too
are scattered. Those who belong to
the Army will be sen, to other posts.
President Wilson Likely To See
Opening.
Very little remains to be done on the
gigantic contract and before many
months the great parade OF ships VIII
pass through the locks and the great
waterway will be declared open TO
the world" Secretary of the Navy
Daniels will stand on the bridge OF the
first American battlesh!p 10 Re
through, and 1t is confidently expected
by many that president wilson VIII
stand beside him.
Opinions differ as to whether or not
the canal will be financial success
To pay interest on the Investment anc
operating expenses approximately
sl5.O00.OO0 revenue per year VIII oe
needed. Traffic experts estimate thai
for the first two years the average
tonnage Will be 100000 tons. not
enough at s1.20 per ton to make the
canal sef-supportlng from this alone
The Government will. however, mo.
nopollZe the business of supplying Goa
and provisions and operating repair
facilities which VIE, of course, ado
materially to the canal income. Stor-
age Of $50, 900 tons of coal. maximum
capacity Is provided, ard 10000 bar.
rels of oil. y
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has Jurisdiction over the canal
traffic.