The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-16
PANAMA STOUTLY WITHSTANDS SHOCK
 OF EARTHQUAKES.
Final Chapters of Story Iof Yan- kee Perseverance Embodied
 in GoethaIs' Reports

Washington, Nov. 16.-Concluding chapters in the story of America pluck and perseverance that made possible the construction of the Pan- anna Canal are wttten by Colonel George w. Goethals, Governor of the Zone in his annual report submitted today by Secretary Carson. The report tells of the canal builders battle against tricky earth slides: of the es- tablishment of the permanent form of government in the Zone, with Col oneI Goetha1s as Governor of the be- ginning of the work on notifications to guard the great waterway against invasion, while imposing rows of hg- lures tell of the cost of details in the canals construction and naintenancG
 The report shows that the canals g cost, including the current appropria- tibn. now stands at 636ss ssb69, ,049.69 More than $370, ,O0o. .000 was appro-5 priated Of that amount more than SIP .000, ,O00 was for Notifications.
 work was continued during the year on the gun and mortar batter ies,'' the report states, land by the close of the syear the concrete work was practically completed. as well as the greater portion of the back fill. Ou4July i, 1913s the construction of redoubts in accordance with plans prepared by board appointetd for the purpose and approved by the Secretary of War, was undertaken. and they were completed, as well as the clearing necessary in connection with them.
 The continued earth slides that checked the progress of the canal builders was described at length.
 tsThe total amount Of material re- moved in the dry from Culebra Cut1s' the report states, from the beginning Of American operations to June 15, 1914, aggregated 11os s261.s8s cubic yards, at a division cost of $o.7O66 per cubic yard of this amount $25,- BOG, 100 cubic yards were emoved be- cause Of slides, or 22.86 pc cent Describing the demolition Of Gam boa Dike as one of the nna1 steps in the canals compIetions the report e. Iates that with the exception Of a small pocket slide in the vicinity of Cascades. the admission of water to the Cut has thus far had no bad ef- fects; nor has there been any per- Eceptible tendency for the presence of water. to produce slides ''
 The Canals giant locks and dams lstaunch1y withstood the earthquake shocks which were more violent and numerous during the last year than in any since American occupation, Eighty-seven distinct shocks were e. corded st Ancon.
 Practically all the shocks,'' the re port statede, ssseemed to originate in
 
 i! Santos Province, approximately dIs miles southwest of Ancen. The raosi violent shocks occurred October 2 i1913, and May 2S, 1914a
 The shock of May 28 resulted in slight damage to the new adTnfnistra- ton building then in course of cree. ton at Balboa Heights. but with this exception the canal works sl1fFered no damage from these shocks.'s As the construction of the canal | poceeded to the point where a date was set for the adniasiou of the first ship the population of the zone stead. lily decreased On June 30, 1914, the force employed on the canal was 29. 1 6 8 compared with 4S.S5o at the close Of the previous fiscal year. s.Accom- panying the decrease z the repor states, there wRs a, large emigration from the isthinus, and for the frs time since the work was started tiaer, was an sxcess Of departures over ar rivals of about 5000. .',s 1 masmuch as the canal was not ops ened to traffic until August i $, tfls report does not tell of the passage 0 the first merchant ship or or the finan i ciaI aspects of operation.