Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-07-09

PANAMA - Especially - Since the
Panama canal is now about finished
and ready for business, Colonel
Goethals has had published in official
circulars all the details that must be
complied with by vessels seeking pas.
sage through the new waterway. The
most important of these provide that
the tolls must be paid in cash, or that
some financial guarantee for their
payment, acceptable to the governor
of the Zone, must be deposited with
the canal treasurer before ship will
be allowed to enter any lock.
The amount of the tolls each ship
will have to pay will be determineu
by what is called its panama canal
tonnage certificate" IN non-teah
nical language this is a document
showing that all parts of the vessel
have been carefully measured, ana
that after deducting all the space to
be used for the crew, machinery and
ships stores of every kind, ii has
been found that the vessel has a Ger.
tain number of cubic feet which are
available for passengers or cargo, OF
for earning capacity" For every
one hundred cubic feet Of this "earn-
ing capacity the Panama canal tolls
will be S120. AS the rules, regula,
tions and laws of the Panama canal
providing what space or spaces in q
ship shall be considered earning ca
pacity are different from those of the
Suez and other canals, all vessels that
expect to use the Panama canal must
| be renneasured AS this is a some
what lengthy and tedious work, best
performed when a vessel is empty,
Colonel Goethals has authorized the
collector of the port of New York,
the collectors in some of the other
large cities of the United States and
certain properly designated officials
abroad to measure vessels under what
will now be known as the Panama
rules and issue the required tonnage
certificates.
While the canal authorities especial
ly reserve the right to check and cor
rect any measurement or certificate
issued elsewhere than at the canal
ships are advised by the governor OF
the Zone to provide themselves with
these tonnage certificates before com.
ing to the canal, to save themselves
delay in transit.
What ships coming to the cana
shall do at sea in the way of medica
work is specifically mentioned in the
new Panama canal regulations JUS
published by Col. Goethals.
"While these requirements at sea,
the governor of the Zone announces
"are largely advisory in character, .
true and careful compliance will
them will tend to relieve largely tn,
stringency of the quarantine meas
ures at the (canaD port of arrival
In this way the canal will promot'
greater care for the sick on passen
ger steamers at sea.
: Vessels that arrive from infecte'
ports in which the regulations pre-
: scribed to be observed in foreign port
have not been carried out will b
|, placed in quarantine.
How other ports Of the world wi
be warned against vessels the healt
. conditions of which were not salts
! factory to the canal authorities
made clear by the following regula
tion just made public:
"Vessels entering the ports fo
passing through the canal. that hav
r had cases of quarantinable disease
e on board during the voyage. will b
d allowed to proceed to the port of de'
tination. after the persons sick of tn
s quarantinable disease have been r,
II moved and the necessary disinfectio
carried out" In such cases the vel
e sci should be passed through the cant
q in quarantine. In these cases, Go
! Goethals' new regulations provide tn;
"a sealed letter attached to the bill ,
s health and forming part of IL
ships papers should he addressed
/ the health officer of the port of de
: tination and the pratidue granted Il
s. vessel shall have notation of Il
facts entered thereon"