The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-27
MERCHANT MARINE
CERTA[NL Y NEEDED

marine engaged IN loleieH
merce." ,,e+
hold the idea that the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific will mingle IN the
canal. Col. Sfbert dispels that idea
with the two statements that lor
ahout 80 miles the canal is 80 rect
above the level of the ocean and that
water will not flow uphill.
"A little to the north OF the Gatuh
locks the American and FreheI
canals intersect." continues Colonel
Sinert "Had the French canal been
completed it would now be out OF
date. for its locks would not be OIL
sufficient size to pass the boats that
would now offer. In 1912 Gatun haa
probably the greatest influx OF ma
| IariaI MOSQUITOES in its history They
locate all the breeding places lot
MOSQUITOES near Gatun, eaten mosQul-
toes at each place, and after painting
them turn them loose, and determine
from the color OF the mosquitoes
caught in Gatun from what point
/ they came. / went down there one
morning TO see how they were caught
/ and painted. Mosquito bars were
suspended from limbs tied up at the
bottom They had thousands OF mos
uuitoes in them ready to be sprayed
with colored liquid. and the sanitary
I lnSDGClOf was dShtu nov IAC 1eAAt -
! them. He said, We have a more
/ scientific way, but this. had TO be done
| in a hurry We simply let the mos
quito bar down, as YOU open a
bed. left one side of it open, and put
Jamaica negro III there for bait.
AS soon as the mosquito bar was fuli
| the bait was removed and the END
| tied up. / saw a Jamaica negro
| standing there. John, were you the
I hoY asked and he re-
piled. Yes, boss: that is the easiest
| money | ever earned-ten cents an
hour for sitting there and doing moth
ing but just inviting the mosquitoes
l in.
I'm case q ship should break the
upper lock gates and the Gatun lake
should start to flow through the
flight of locks TO the sea, a swing
bridge is provided for each upped lock,
by means of which an emergency
dam can be built across the locks. II
is purposed to allow no ship to go
through the locks under it's own
steam. Towing locomotives. four of
them, will run down the guide walls,
pass lines to the ship, two forward
and two aft, and will then tow the
ship into the locks, hold 1t during
the time it is being raised or lowered,
and finally deliver it alongside the
a precaution that has never been
taken before in operating locks.
I'm the beginning but very little pro
vision was made for quarters for fam
lilies of canal employees. II soon be
came evident that order could not be
maintained. contentment prevail, and
a permanent force kept unless the
wives of the men were there; so the
commission undertook to build fam
ily quarters 1t was announced in
circulars. etc. that employees would
be provided with family quarters with
in ten months after arrival on the
Isthmus. Not only all the married
men Immediately applied for quar-
ters, but nearly every unmarried man
on the job applied. Family quarters
carried with it free light and fuel.
Nearly every young unmarried man
the al ST time he came back from
leave, brought wife If he could get
one. The building department was
consequently overwhelmed and the
commission was forced to withdraw
It's literature and make no promises.
An attempt was made after that to-
provide a certain per cent of the en-
pIoyes family quarters"