Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-29

| took many men and much money to
maintain this system.
1.-THE district of Gutan, where l am
stationed at present as sanitary in
spector, includes the Gutan lake
region. Most of the men under me
are of the class termed common
| laborers' here. West Indian negroes,
| Spaniards and Greeks comprise most
of my army of $50 mosquito chasers.
"Oiling the roads is another big
| feature of our work. 1t is costly
! feature for the government.
Especial attention is being paid to
| the determination of mosquitoes.
1.-THE West Indian negroes are a
happy lot. Their lingo is a peculiar
corruption of the English language.
A person must associate with them a
| long time before he can understand
them. They are a jolly, trustworthy
lot for the most part, but of course
there are exceptions to that rule. as
to every other.
1.-The white Europeans, or Spaniards
and Greeks, have a way of calling
down one of their fellow workers who
is Sinking. Say for instance they are
at work in our modern garbage in
cineration plants. One fellow is
noticed laying down on the job
when a heavy weight is being lifted.
The whites will sound the warning:
Every man a pound! This means
that a man weighing $50 pounds is
supposed to lift that weight.
1.-The negroes are just as attentive
| to laggardS. When one is not doing
his part they want to issue the same
warning as the white men, and they
yell out to the culprit, Him died!
Why dead?"
- Co.
| boa with thousands of other United
States government employees to wit
ness the final blast which opened the
great dixie there, and allowed the
waters of Gutan lake to enter Culebra
cut He also told of the remaining
engineering problem which is to be
overcome before the entire Panama
canal is navigable for large ships. At
present the large vessels can navigate
on either side of Cucharacha slide, To-
Gated at Culebra. This slide, explained
Mr.. Corrigan, is the lone obstruction
to free passage from one end of the
canal to the other.
Government dredges and steam
shovels are at work removing this
slide. 1t is an incline running into
the water and allows sand and dirt to
slide into the canal every time it is
disturbed by any cause. This ma
terial constantly sliding has caused
a bar to form in the canal thus pre-
senting the only obstruction. The
speed with which the material is being
removed indicates that the govern
ment will end the trouble within a
short time.
Dry and Wet Seasons.
Mr.. Corrigan said that the climate
of the isthmus was somewhat ener-
waiting, and that a trip North to his
home in Newark was looked forward
to as an annual tonic. The Their
mometer averages about so degrees in
the shade. The dry season, during
which very little rains falls, lasts
from January until May. The wet
season continues from May until De-
cember, he said, but at all times the
conditions are favorable for mosquito
breeding, making it necessary for the
sanitary squad to watch the pests
during every month of the year
"Most of the dwellings on the 18TH
mus are provided with openings for
windows and porches," concluded the
inspector, but no glass is used. In
stead of the glass they use screens,
enabling the inhabitants to live an
outdoor life all the year round, and
they certainly show the benefits of
this practise" He states the isthmus
is now health resort, and is visited
by tourists the year round
Three brothers of Inspector Corri-
gan have taken part in the digging
of the big ditch" They are John,
Peter and Patrick Corrigan, all of
whom resided in this city prior to
going to Panama They are at pres
ent engaged in various departments
of the government on the isthmus,
with the exception of Patrick Corri
gan, who resigned last October. A
brother in-law of Inspector Corrigan,
Patrick Quinn, also was employed at
Panama on the construction of the
great canal gates. He recently re-
turned to Newark and now is residing
in Irvington.