The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-01-10

cents you are privileged to take
"dip" any time between @ a. IN. ant
10 p. m. The water Is always warm
and 1t Is just as pleasant on Christina,
day as Fourth of July. At one side Of
the pool Is Battery Morgan and mt the
other two concrete bath houses.
On Colon Beach.
Just outside OF the hotel grounds |,
picturesque Christ church, erected IL
1865 by contributions from the Panami
railroad and missionary societies. Fol
n short time the Colombians used II a,
a barracks and arsenal, but 1t has
since been used as a place of wor
ship, the members being mainly Wesi
Indian negroes-Brltish subjects, In
borers on the canal work. A few seats
are reserved for white Episcopallans
and visitors.
A walk along the ocean on Color
beach Is the next point Of interest
Here you see big gray houses, faclns
seaward and flapked by rows of tail
coconut trees. In these houses EN-
ployees of the Panama canal reside. Ir
most cases there are four families tt
house. which Is built somewhat or
the style Of an apartment house. Al
the end of the street stands the recera
ly completed government hospital
where Americans are cared for at 9
minimum charge IL they are govern
ment employees. Pass this building
MI % 60 70 x.,lth oil
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 a ro
mantically named alley Bottle alley)
running between. In the early days
Front street was filed with salooni
(there are many even now) and all the
bottles were dumped out back of the
buildings. Front street was then the
the land had not yet been filed IL
for building and IL was just swamp
The strange looking people are Jamalc
ans. Martiniquos, Barbandlans anG
| almost every other kind of of folks, In
Guiding Panamanlans. Most of the
children do not wear clothing unit
they are five or six years old. 1t al
depends on the mothers ambition.
Where the officials Hold Forth.
The large building to your left is the
administration" building Of the Pan
amanian government, where the gov
ernor Of Colon, the alcalde and othel
officials hold forth. In the basemen
you will find the post office, but d,
not make the mistake of addressing
a letter to any of the American fam
lilies living In Colon to this Office n,
they all receive their mail In Cristobal
A mammoth fire swept much of thii
section of the city little more than ,
year ago, and the new concrete shop.
along the way mark this place. TIL,
/ ramshackle frame buildings are tene
ment houses, and the occupants pa,
from 81 to S12 per month for slngl,
room. The overhanging balconies lool
as though they would tumble on tn,
heads of the passer-by, but they hav,
been clinging there for some time ant
we will hope for the best.
Back of Bolivar street Is Broadway
the widest street In the city, as IL
name would indicate. Here you fin,
more tenement houses and on the sld
streets catch glimpses of the cottages
OF the better class of PanamanianI
and few Americans who are In pri
vate business In Colon and therefor,
not entitled TO government quarters
On Broadway also are two theaters
usually used for moving pictures, bu
provided with stages large enough {,
accommodate small company of play
ers. Further up toward the end o
the street is the government corral
where horses and mules used In tn,
work at Cristobal are kept.
At the end of Broadway you com,
TO Mt. Hope road, which leads out pas
the "substation," which furnishes elec
trlc current for government work an,
homes, 90 the cemetery at Mt. Hope
Now l had not the slightest intention
OF bringing you out TO the cemeter!
and leaving you there. but It Is a pret
~ spot, so full OF flowers and won
derful tropical trees and plants, tina
y one forgets 1t is burying ground