Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-27
MANY LEAVE ISTHMTS FEELING
AN ALMA MATER SENTIMENT.
AN DWiTII HOPES or RETURN
ING SOME TINE.
A WORK WELL DONE
MANY ARE GOING AWAY WITH 10
GTI!EH DIPLOMA THAN PRIDE
IN HAVING PARTICIPATED IN
y MONUMENTAL WORK.

ment season on the i>thmu, Just upw
From the thousands ~ mon who have
been taking long courses Wv practical
cana building GLASSES are hrlHg grAdu
atc'l almost daily. 4 commencement sen.
son which viii probably continues lnI
manN months
Mch who have put III The fali course
might bc believed a. wclruHlp t~tlrI.r from
III" tropics but un cNrrr haui there HI =
sort 81 Alma Mater sentiment expressed
lN man! in the hope that thrt vii N"
turn tn the scene Of their engineering trI-
rmplIS Ter further service II Suiuc sort.
n i%naforiir ~ The men who Irr ia He
d"Nn their book, aud ~hl.rl~ are guinc
away NHn nu other diploma than yrid'
m having participated in thv monument
al work. That II enough ~ bind Ihanr
men together and II may br uu surprise
that some such organization a~ ihr tni
al Digger Alumni Association 4, - oii
growth If This cumun pride.
There i. general salts action expressed
that the chief engineer viii stay until
the last AMI overlap ior y time WI least
"a The civil governor ~ th, CIuli zone.
Tut This appointment 81 Colonel George
W. tocthals a. governor ~ practically
the only definite answer which Tao hig
ger men &c the canal work have been -,
an ~ a. What next cor u big iuh.
With Colonel Gurlhnl. appointment
Richard l.. Nctcallc Who had been III
charge ~ the civil administration and
Joseph I;uckliu Hi~hrn secretary ~ the
Canal Commission. are winding up their
work. Mr.. Mctcul.r viii probably N turn
soon 10 the United States hut hc declares
that reports that h. intend. u enter The
race for the gu,crnur>hip ~ Nebraska
are erroneous. lie asserts thai 10 In not
his present intention a. 10 -. leaving
his future 40 cpou question.
il j. generally understood in ihe zonc
that Sccrctar, Bishop win ~ appointed
by President Wilson IN thr capacity NJ
official historian of the canal. II i, in
timatci that This ~ the wish ~ Colonel
Gocilnl. who believes that the Official
hiStorf If the canal should hc complied
while the undertaking " fresh w the
minds az those who took ulrt in il aud
hv Il man who WAS a. intimately a>>eci
atcd with il ~ wa AIR. Bishop Tho sec
rotary Will nruhahl, remain here until
the official opening Of Tho waterway. set
for January 1915.
Among the division rngincF4 Mho
have latcl, been relieved uf their lutio>
il Lieutenant colonel Millilm T.. >ihrrt
The %'cpncrctr man. Ilr WAS iu charge uf
the construction If all concrete work on
the t;aiun looks dam and >pillwIN
Where h. Will - when thr l-ihnniln
canal commission crl>c> tn exist 81 April
~ IL .nuihcr o',ru question hut iu some
quarters il IL believed that The cnu>iruc
iiun Of The protected Alaskan railway
may furnish I suitable field 'or hi~ act
%ivitir>. ~ il Will fer many VIII" have iu
ishcl their work here.
Every unc lrlir,r> thni Colonel w
q. Gnruas III ~anitar1 expert who rid
The isthmuS uf yellow fever pests. and
Ntu i now engaged iu " rrc;t sanitary
work in South Nfrica viii hr thr ncNt
surgeon general ~ thc army.
"a. II. Er-~rlu. thr naval uginc vino
has ALWAYS been REGARDED a~ Colonel toe
that's RIGHT hand man viii probably r.
main an The i>thmu> until the finishing
touches have been given all IA. dock aud
shops 10 both end w thr canal. IN Bll
boa this work in hi> charge. has ont
lm~i hreun and lniw ~ih-flnding iho mad
N1,. ihlt i> helm. mHic lailA W ivy appar
en- that III viii lr lf least another ,Nlr
headquarters Of the rHral iurcr and The
h~-rduLart,~ az III, ,lua lturrr lud lhr
il,al shops and the hr, dock will hc rrf-
4, f. turn ostr to other hands. Even
with his lone " > irlir}ri that ,pl WV
III Gncihul> viii ird further nrc.l uf biz
right hand mau in connection with thc
canal operation.
Lieutenant Colonel II. II. Hodges. Uni.
tel States corn. If engineers. Il another
~ he constructors of thn arrl- watrrv 1t
whose services viii ir required at least
until the end or The present ,c1T iii>
work has ltn iu looking Nttrr tlr in
nnrtlnt electrical installation at ihr
three grva, locks and ir rru,idiVg w
thr aid. a. NAVIGATION throughout thn
canal. ii il cNrrrtrl ihat his work viii
10 convicted BEFORE thc cul WITT DE- prv~
rnt wear. 1hru fhr rual vili tr said fn
be- rcill, m rendition for ine ~ffe pass ~
81 ocean going vr>>cl, and vet before
some anxiety i~ mantle t,rl hs Waiirr
+. BcNcr assistant cneiNcrr Ia charge al
aids aids ia navigation iu the canal it>-l.
over the appearance ul large puanti it>
of water cabbage and water hNaciuth
that ARE growing ripiIl' nur >rrr liH-
over the surface uf ihr canal. The>'
pianis are FARMING iu large uniSWall
floating islands ana ii h. feared win
prove 4 hindrancc o. navigation.
Within a brief period after The clos
inc ~ the gates u' Gltun SpillrnN thr
water cahagc hegan growing along thr
hanks nf the lake that Was fnrmel \uv
the, have spread ail over the Surface
of the lake and floating lhnui iu great
island. that are h,s'oming very lrnsc.
These plants have very long roots aul il
Nbnliow wafer become anchored fast fn
the bottom. Recently The water hNacinfh
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