Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-03

TONS. which tnSureS them against DOM
bardment 10y an e0eniy's shtps, and
the Atlantic locks are seven miles from
the fortiticationS. Some form Of de-
Tense FROM airShips must be worked
out. -a.-....
When the canal Is completed the
! beautiful towns along the route will
be abandoned, Gorgpna. Bas O5ispo.
| Las CaScadaS. Empire. Culebra and
Paradise will be raZed \ permanent
camp for the army will be located on
the east side Of the canal. across the
cut from the town OF Culehra. Ma
rines have been in the canal zone since
1904. aud In 1911 the Tenth infantry
waS-added to the permanent garrison.
whiCh will I've further augmented by
several regiments. The soldiers viii
police the canal zone after conStruc-
tion work Is finished. Balboa and
CriStol,aE will he. the principal cities.
though al Gatun and Pedro Miguel
fdrtes to operate the locks VIII be
housed, ...
President Taft signed on Ang. n,
| 1912. u bill for the permanent govern
meut and operation Ut the canal.
Colonel GuethalS' ideas were followed
| almost To the letter In drawing this
| bill. The president Is authorized as
soon as the canal Is sufficiently near
completion To abolish the present CON-
mission and TO appoint governor Tor
! a term Of four years mt u salnry OF $to.-
| U,W per ,anuum. In time OF war the
president may substitute IN army OF
/ fjcpr for this governor, SALARIES anu
/ wages are not To he more than ID per
| cent greater than In the United States,
and many uf the pPrQutsftes now en-
! tdyetl by the employees are to be eilml-
/ nntrtl The canal Zone will be open TO
| only such PERSONS as the governor may
! admt. American. cuastwiSe ships are
! exempted from, paying tolls for pas
sage. foreign built ships owned by
| Ancrirans may register under the
| American Hag. ships. owned by rail
| roats cannot pass through the canal
the interstate commerce commission IL
given powPr to determine questions OF
connections. and the present judiciary
| system IL continued with right or APP
peal 10 the federal courts In the Unlted
States. In addition. the government
nav sell ships supplies and coal and
provide facilities for repairing vessels
ut the canal terminals.
At the close Of the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1913, Colonel Cocktails couiu
look forward to one year more OF the
arIuous labor and heavy responsibility
he has borne before the big job would.
he I'm the clear Invoicing conditions
nj that date. we find that the great
Gatun dam was completed; the con-
crete work In the locks and spiliway
was about 90 per cent Completed; the
i(urebra cut was approximately 06 per
cent completed: the relocated Panama
/, rnilruad WINS finished. and the work or
establishing permanent shipping facii-
titles at Balboa and Cristobal was UNI
der way.
Owing to fresh slides In the Culebra
cut and to changes i'm plans In tue l'a-
cific division new estimate OF the to-
i raj excavation for the completed canal
aud accessory plant became necessary
/ at the beginning of the last complete
year of canal construction. JAN l. l9lZ.
4 To Dec. 80, 1913 The revised estimate
then placed the excavation at 2lS. 49,
300 cubic yards. Of which amount w.
oOl.O0O cubic yards had been removed
nj the end of July. 1913. leaving to be
excavated for the completed canal To-
3oJg4S cubic yards. The canal organi-
zation cannot remove the uncOmpIeted
tportion before the first ship Is sched1
Med To pass through the canal In DC
tober, 1913. but Of the amount left
more than 5000. 900 yards are to be ex-
cayatpd outside Of the canal proper or
\ I'm the sites for the coaling station.
Rdrydocks and terminal at Balboa. 50
Itliat the actual canal channel substan-
tiaIly will be finished before the pas
,kage of the first ship.
lDuring the early part of 1913 the
chtun lake was stationary at about
atty feet. but with the beginning OF
.he rainy season I'm May II began to
49, and will be allowed to rise to
a,othty feet. and this would back the
Uo,Ar I'D 10y October. 1913. to depth
,hrn, tgh the Culebra cut to permit the
rassstre of some kind Of ship. The
rt,,m,ste level Of the lake will be
eighty i've feet
Cola del GoethaIs Is indeed great
odmintistrator. Even II the employees
bova Had soft conditions Of employ
mon, n. Is an achievement to impress
1000 hinen with q faith both in youI
c.,,citvl as an engineer and your sense
., ,rstife. This writer knows OF nc
hI.hor t4ibute that can be paid to him
.n,,n the astatement that in FIVE month:
g. tho c.knaI zone he never heard AM
ono snooLt sIurringly Of the chief engi
neer.
A. Admiral SchIey said Of the con
t-orersv olSer the battle Of Santiago
.sTbsro ia b pnor enough for us all. -
: NTH roc,rth to the Panama canal
Colonel GOe mas ~ tue S%''
Ia,, siv ra, RS gets the curtain calls