The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-22

front of the hotel grounds and a love-
lier walk cannot be found, This wall
brings you to the outdoor swimming
pool connected with the hotel. 1t is
fed with ocean water and here for five
cents you are privileged to take
dip" any time between 6 a. m. and
10 p. m. The water Is always warm,
and it is just as pleasant on Christmas
day as Fourth of July. At one side Of
the pool is Battery Morgan and at the
other two concrete bath houses.
On Colon Beach.
Just outside of the hotel grounds Is
picturesque Christ church, erected in
1865 by contributions from the Panama
railroad and missionary societies. For
a short time the Colombians used 1t as
barracks and arsenal, but it has
since been used as a place of wor-
ship, the members being mainly West
Indian negrOes-British subjects, la
borers on the canal work. A few seats
are reserved for white Episcopalians
and visitors.
A walk along the ocean on Colon
beach is the next point of interest.
Here you see big gray houses, facing
seaward and fianked by rows of tall
cOconut trees In these houses en-
plOyees of the Panama canal reside. In
most cases there are four families to
house, which Is built somewhat on
the style Of an. apartment house. At
the end Of the street stands the recent
ly completed government hospital,
where Americans are cared for at a
minimum charge If they are govern
ment employees. Pass this building
and you come face to face with sign
telling you to keep out" Of the quar-
antine reservation. Down back Of the
hospital the three tall radio or wire
less stations loom skyward.
Now let us take a coach and drive
up Bolivar street. This street runs
parallel with Front street, with ro-
mantically named alley Bottle alley)
running between. In the early days
Front street was filled with saloons
(there are many even now) and all the
bottles were dumped out back of the
buildings. Front street was then the
first and last street in Colon, because
the land had not yet been filled In
for building and 1t was just swamp
The strange looking people are Jamaic.
ans, Martiniquos, Barbadlans and
almost every other kind of of folks, In
Guiding Panamanians. Most Of the
children do not wear clothing until
they are five or six years old. 1t all
depends on the mothers ambition.
Where the Officials Hold Forth.
The large building to your left is the
administration" building Of the Pan.
amanlan government, where the gov.
ernOr of Colon, the alcalde and other
officials hold forth. In the basement
you will find the post Office, but do
not make the mistake of addressing
a letter to any Of the American fam.
lilies living in Colon to this Office, as
they all receive their mail in Cristobal
Back of Bolivar street is Broadway
the widest street in the city, as Its
name would indicate. Here you find
more tenement houses and on the side
streets catch glimpses Of the cottages
Of the better class of Panamanians
and q few Americans who are in pri
vate business in Colon and therefore
not entitled to government quarters
At the end Of Broadway you come
| m Mt Homo road which leads ont no St
the "substation," which furnishes elec.
trio current for government work and
homes, to the cemetery at Mt. Hope
Now had not the slightest intention
of bringing you out to the cemetery
and leaving you there, but it is pret
ty spot, so full of flowers and won
derful tropical trees and plants, that
one forgets it is burying ground.