Evening star., 1914-01-25

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10 maintain themselves c1til their lands
come mo bserinS
What Sre YS1 is,ns 81 - oab.- public
works." AAks6
We have al. or1 he ,enstrcction
plans for two railroads ~. VI, form
the initial deve!opm"n! ~ ,b- sues.t,r OF
the country. One o: :ses, % - The
province Of Chiri2ui. .. ~,..c8i have
already told you ana tas e.hs, 70 in
Los Sauto. wsieA s.op.s Apvn 20 the
Gulf of pA.s11a Po;L OF thsss roads
Will be elso.fi.- 49, ~ ri ksn4S y Very
high here. bus We have axfa cowlng
rivers with eren. :a,is. wtsah w1s, give
ms enough e'-2t:ic,:: 20 Ight IN
villages and c::.cs, - run vt.r railroads
and in addition move mary greS; ,Hrns-
tries. We have .llready tested the CAL
dera river. which IS to supply The power
for the Chiriqui road, and also for the
road which will run N Los Santos. The
thriqui road Will hc about thirty miles
long. 1t will go from David TO Boaccie.
With a branch 10 Conception. The-c is
low at Boquete colony OF about twenty
american families and five English
f.,:ailies. The most of them are raising
coffee. but they cannot export their crop
Oh account OF the COST OF IL 10 'no
seacoast. When the road is completed,
Il will go down upon it. The road IN
Los Santos Will not only develop the
agricultural possibilities of that part OF
the republic but vii! open up Il mining
section which is rich in copper. gold
and silver. Its power Will be supplied
by the I.avilla river"
What do you expect to do for the tour
lists when the canal is completed?
We shall make them comfortable re-
President POrrlS,
ready put up several hotels in Panama
and Colon and We have just now made a
contract with an English firm for big
hotel to accommodate at least 500 people.
This Will 0c located on the sea, but fac
ing the canal on the edge of Panama
City. 1t Will be largely patrontzed and
ii ought to pay from the start We had
$500 tourists here last year and ex
pect to have 10000 during 1914. II they
spend So apiece. which is not a high es-
innate, they will leave on the isthmus
one million gold dollars
What your plans connected with
the completion of the canai2" | asked
We have number of important meas
ures under way, President Porras re-
Piled. For ,ne thing we expect to haze
large exposition here III 1915 This will
be participated in by the countries of
North and South America and we hope
by those of Europe and Asia as well. We
want the merchants OF the world to bring
samples Of their goods and show them
a. diidiild, ana we nope tnat many OF
them will leave the samples here maxim <
a permanent commercial museum along
the line of the canal All such samples
will be admitted free of duty"
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How about goods in bond:"
Ihat is another measure / am try
ing to further. i want to establish two
large bonded warehouses at either end
of the canal, where goods can be ex-
changed and sent onward without pay
ing duty for the privilege of making
the exchange at this point. We be-
lieve that this will result in a great
carrying trade by which goods will be
brought to Panama and transshipped.
The larger lines of steamers will have
their feeders that will go up and down
the coast of the continents collecting
which it will be taken through the
canal and to other parts of the world
rs it your idea that Panama will
grow rapidly"
Not Immediately. said the pres
dent of the republic. "As soon as the
canal is quite finished many of the en-
ployes will be dismissed, and for year
or so, perhaps, our business may b.,
dull. 1t will spring up with the In
, crease of the traffic through the canal.
and from then on there will be a steady
, growth in the country and cities.
: expect that Panama itself will. within
ten years from now. have 10000 peo-
; pie. and that Colon will then have half
as many AS to the republic. that Is
bound to grow as soon as its resources
and the great opportunities we offer
to investors and colonists become gen.
orally known.
FRANK C. CARPENTER.