The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27
.Goethals Says Canal
Has Cost $35Z,436,O48
Report Tells of Enormous Tonnage Removed From
Slides, With Work Thoroughly Organized-Trade
of the Zone Is Growing Steadily.

THIRD

inc iast two years. greatly charging the
work or the Health Department. The
suourps nave been extended into malari-
GUS districts. rendering necessary n
VAST amount OF new drainage, Jungle
clearing. &c. Gen. Goetha,s reports
mat nearly twelve miles of new ditcnes
were dug and se~venty-fve miles of old
ditches cleaned and maintained.
mere was a net enrolment Of LAG
!" me SCHOOLS for white children and
Loo In the schools for colored children
on June 80. Fifteen buildings were in
use Tor school purposes and two rooms
IN the Old Washington Hotel ut Colon
Deacn. rundations have been laid for
q system of Industrial training con.
quoted as an integral part OF the Canal
zone school system. with the coopera-
Won OF tne mechanical division and the
eV"missaries' Fire drills are held In
M .he o at least once a month.
Hign school and eighth grade bo,s are
employed on Saturdays and during VA.
cation as statesmen and checkers in ths
commissaries. WV
Seh' Ioethals says that the bureau OF
cIuos ana Fairgrounds Is conducted. "a
~ previous years, under the supervise
w. VI secretaries furnished by the inter.
na.'onai committee Of the Y. NJ. c. A..
~. ina more money has been spent
man heretofore on baseball DUN
'o,m's courts and other outdoor features,
u,,,h" "acninery or the courts moves
without any ciogging. according 20 tho
report. which shows that in the district
.ourt eighty-six cases were pending a,
the BEGINNING of the year. ga cas..
were nled and III decided. leaving ~
Eases pending on June 80. In thu mag.
islIa,es court for the Balboa sub-
uIv,sion Z cases were pending at the
oee,hhing OF the year. 2,sSs were dock-
eteu ana 2,s?2 cases had been 80, ,led.
".,hs : cases pending at the Gloss
OF une year. In the magistrates cour,
Tor the Cristobal subdivision q 80
were pending July I. 1914. 400 go
were oocketed during the year and 2.sse
uses were decided. leaving 8 pendIng
AZ the close Of business on June 40
Only Eight Homicides.
general reorganization OF the notice
ams "re hivision, effected on October I.
Isif, resulted In a reduction OF twentv.
SIX men In the police force and tuo
IN the fire department. WV
~ 'otai OF 5.l57 persons were ar,
rested during the year. This was an
ns 49, OF 24S over the PREVIOUS wear
- .o'ai humber arrested 4.lO7 were
convicted. There were eight hom,c,d..
III III NhHr
Ihere were 129 fires and ,hir,oor
lis alarms during the year. The
p,sgest hre was that which des,roy..
ABOUT one-thifd of the CITY ~, Co..
on April 80. 1915. This fire caused q
loss estimated at s1.11o,O0O.
ne totai receipts OF the pos- offices
there We're thirteen on june aoI
snioun.eu to ss5,19I.36. as ompare
silV..4.,ZS IN the preceding year.
I En- DtrNtS Wpf~ rsalttn.I -
1914 to sl5l.l2l.5s in 1915.
FIVE hundred and seyenty-say., u,.
recorded. " AZ deeds
me current expenses charged IN
operation and maintenance of tho canal
durifss the year." Gen. Goetbajs go
amounted to s4~,112.550.4s, while $50
ove.os mad been charged during the pre.
Vious year, a total of sl.2S9.I5s. Tolis
ee,'eu LOT vessels passing through the
,.a' uurihg the year amounted to
Sf'ofo'Se3.o9; tolls for the prior veal
amounted to s14.6lS.6s; n totsi %,
st.SSs'oo2S7 TO June 80. 1915. In addi.
uoh. Tolls amounting to sSOS7e "a w.rs
ie'ieu on vessels OF the United Sta,.s-
ooihers. transports, &c.--yhich p,sscd
through the canal. but under A rece,,
decision OF the Acknowledgement ,hess
Will not be paid. '"
canal Tolls Increase,
Inc excess OF tolls collected over IN,
snrfeni charges for the year was s2I4..
eaS'2l. ard for the entire period IN H.,
81. 1913, the excess was s6~S.s433 az This
however. does not represent tho ac,ua'
financial condition. for ehe Attorney.
General decidc that the maximum toll.
eoiiectloie on any vessel is the amounl
oerI'ed from the net registered tonnar,
u ,'Ited States measurement rules
tuhus VIII nave to be made. as the Az
ference between the amount collert,s
uhder the Panama Canal rules and m,
amount collectible under the law ba,
oeen round to exceed $1,000 in the cas-,
~ severai vessels, and it is roughly es.
timafed that the total refunds NAV 40
grepate 100000. which will show AZ
excess OF operating expenses over collec
tions.' 'eo