Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-02-25

zone Illdl secretary BlshOp VIII De
appointed aby President Wilson in
the capacity Of official historian
of the canal. 1t is intimated that
this is the wish OF Colonel Goethals
who believes that the official his
tory of the canal should be com
piled while the undertaking is fresh
in the minds OF those who took part
in it and by a man who was as
intimately associated with it as was
Mr. Bishop. The secretary will prob
ably remain here until the official
opening Of the waterway. set for
January, 1915.
Among the division engineers who
have lately been relieved of their
duties is Lieutenant-Colonel William
L. Sibert the concrete man" He
was in charge Of the construction of
all concrete work on the Gatun locks,
dam and spillway. Where he will go
when the Isthmian canal commits
sion ceases to exist on April is an
other open question, but in some
quarters it is believed that the con-
struction of the projected Alaskan
railway may furnish a suitable field
for his activities, as It win for many
who have finished their work here
Everyone believes that Colonel W.
G. Gorgas. the sanitary expert who
rid the isthmus of yellow fever
pests, and who is now engaged in
a great sanitary work in South AZ
rica, win be the next surgeon general
Of the army
II. H. Rosseau, the naval engineer
who has always been regarded as
Colonel Goethals right hand man.
win probably remain on the isthmus
until the finishing touches have been
given all the docks and shops at
both ends of the canal At Balboa
this work, in his charge, has only
| Just begun and Notwithstanding the
headway that is being made daily it
is apparent that it will be at least
another year before the building
/ which will serve as the future head
quarters of the canal force and the
naval shops and dry docks will be
ready to turn to other hands Even
with this done 1t is believed that
colonel Goethals win find further
need of his right hand" and in con
lnection with the canal operation
Lieutenant Colonel II. +. Hodges,
United States corps of engineers. is
another of the constructors of the
great waterway whose services will
be required until at least the end
of the present year. His work has
been in looking after the important
electrical installation at the three
great locks and in providing for the
aids to navigation throughout the ca
nal It is expected that this work
will be completed before the end
of the present year. Then the ca
nal will be said to be really in con
dition for the safe passage of ocean
going vessels and not before
Some anxiety is manifested b,
Walter +. Boyer. assistant engineer
In charge of aids to navigation ir
the canal itself over the appearance
OF large quantities of water cab
bage and water hyacinth that are
growing rapidly and spreading ovel
the surface of the canal These plants
are forming in large and small float
inc islands. and it is feared vii
prove a hindrance to navigation.
Within brief period after th'
closing Of the gates OF Gatun spill
way the water cabbage began growing
along the banks Of the lake that wal
formed Now they haze spread Al
over the surface of the lake and float
Ing about Ia great islands that ar'
becoming very dense These plant
have very long roots aud in shallow
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