The chronicle=news., 1914-11-05

r.,tsr terms. but the engineers never
changed their plans. and after II vas
completed in 1913 these same muck
rakars were loud n their praise.
Och rs took up ,!e slides in CuleDr',
Cat. aId one sent Il report TO his paper
;!.at he sides of TIE cwt we're smoking
snL that volcyn0 vas under the
{. - ,;in. The rsUp.t spread over III.
.'n.ry and experts we're sent To the
s5,hmus only IT, nm! mat no such con-
..:iorS existed,
All sorts of riGirulous stories were
circulated. Even the comm:ssary be
pariInent cr'nc In for u share of th+
criticism. yet every canal cnploye VIII
tell you that he has been able to sup
pUrt hls family on food Just MS pure
ny that sold in the ta!ted States ana
at far less cost The wprl,mrn were
well huuScd-.ar batter ihln mos"
who are engaged in factory labor In
the United STATES. Of course. once in
awhile 4 disSruHtled workman gave
out u story. OF unfair treatment Wh!ch
upon Investigation was found - b,
merely a triiiing Disagreement between
the foreman ana himself. The wonie.i,
too. sometimes complained --pcrnap'
dining room furniture or the apart-
rnent Of Mrs. Jones had larger rooms
but on the whole even the women
agree that life on the Canal Zone IS AL
, that could be wished for. and tina:
everybody was given u fair deal.
q Every act of the Commission wa
made public, and each employee from
/ the chief engineer to the poorest ia
burcr was given Il hearing II he fe''
thnt he was not receiving his Jus.
.eserts Colonel Goethals for several
Years held open court every sunday
morning for the purpose of hearing
complaints. Indeed. this court has
gone down in history rs one Of the
most remarkable ways of dealing OUT
Justice. E.ach member Of tho re-" ms
sion had a special Gu;Y--a d. "'
was SO well performed that
members Colonel II. ID. Glii
his life in that line--a martyr We"
greatest work ever undertaken by
man. When the Commission cctnrlct-
ed their task the canal was practically
ready for small steamers and was
opened to them up the tenth day OF
May. Had it not been Tor the activity
of the Cucuracha slide the canal as
far as the. waterway was concerned,
would have been completed a year be
fore its formal opening, which has
been set for January lst. 1918. As 1t
Is. barring accidents. 1t is believed thai
1t viii be ready for the use of all yes
sells in September.
Cucurncha Slide Troublesome.
The Cucuracha slide has been the
bette noir ever since the work began,
and even in the days of the French
1t was the hoodoo of progress. The
channel through Cluebra Cut is a;
present about two hundred feet wide,
one hundred feet less than il viii be
when completed. The slides there
have already reached the enormous
total of 25,000,000 cubic yards OF
arr-h and still the monster Curcuracha
rr. 70. control. Colonel Gaillnrd, who
Wa he engineer in charge of the Cen
traI Division since 1908, believed that
sE,s water would give stability to THE
s.ius and stop its progress, and per
"a It has in n measure. but not as
.ylctely as Colonel Gaillard had
"a The fight against Cucuracha
- Colonel Ga!liard's death. Day
.ht he planned against its prog
nly to meet defeat. Finally
Iu.e could stand no more and the
uful officer came North for res,
medical treatment--a physical
,. mental wreck. dying few months
ph0neS Trinidad a. 1