The Penn's Grove record., 1923-05-11
FROM CALIFORNIA
TO PENNS GROVE
Amazing Sights of Colossal En-
gineering Seen In The
Panama Canal

located
G Arnnv HEADQUARTERS, located at quarry
peipbts are both adjacent to the mod-
a,n citv Of Ancon. Adjoining Balpoa
Heights the splendid Tivoli Hotel oper-
ated by the Government IS at Ancoh.
Panama City is small Spanlsh look'H ~
and picturesque. 1t was Ioulue" 81
1e72 After the destruction OF OIu
bo,,or,o nv, Morgan. the buccaneer IL
has had many unique eNpei III, IN -
while there are many modern puhSa-
1o1vs In Panama, the stores abound WIN
Aid stone houses of great charm mere
NAV be only fragments OF these' on
arched doorway, a wall OF sIuluy
sonry, a dark entry. fragments VI M
carving or a gracious balcony IN Stoh''
s4I,7 op seville. There are curious
1ittIe old world squares, too, with
yarisb Garden in the center ana g"
church at one end marked py stiaus
pobIes. A bell tower decorated win
fantastic sculptures and endless saiH'9
in inches. -, tho
The Panama Canal runs from Clie
c,aribbean Sea to the Gulf OF Panama
hetyeen the 8th and 9th parellels Oh
nortb latitude and in the 18TH degree
nf vest longitude The Canal runs from
northwest to southeast. Ihe AlidhL,. ~
end is west of the Pacific by ABOUT -
miles. The canal was built ny Iol M
ing lakes in valleys on elther slue 20
the continental divide, pacheu w
AGAINST the mountains which form lh'
dividn and connecting the lake sections
With each other by means OIL the a
,,o,,s Cu1ehra Cut and with the set ny
qea level sections. The steps up an
down to and from the lakes are iiidu'
1oclxe The canal was built to nan
die the largest ships ahoat' ~,
lock chambers are 1,OOO rect loi5 ~
IN feet wide and from 80 TO 81 leeI
IN
en- Cbaeres and Rio Grande Nalleys II
am feet wide at the narrowest part
w;+b normal depth of water OF 40 leeI I
Tbe rest of the Canal is from ooo 70
moo feet wide. The Canal is ABOUT oo
land miles long. ,,...o,,,,
The construction cost OF the / an @ sii1,e nc
Canal to the Z. S. was SS6S,543'2! 10
ai,,siI,e Of fertilization without allow
ance of interest charges on capllal "
ra.erve covering cost Of requirements.
srba work REQUIRED l 0 years to compete
During construction the maximum
nnmber of employees, including those
of the Panama Railroad CompahH'
about 10000. At the present tlile ~,
aoo ore employed for operation anu
S,aintenance, including services rem
dered to vessels using the Canal ana
a+ber governmental establishments ana
individuals. A total of 2,7SS shlps' WIN I
a total Panama Canal net tonnage oI
11435.S11 passed through the Caiiai
during the calendar year l9Zl'
Cristobal and Colon adjo1n each olhIi
at the eastern entrance of the Cahai'
Cristobal is a port of Colon, the MS
toric and more interesting city. ne
covernment operates another large
,,odren hotel at Colon, the WashlnS-
ton where a favorite diversion OF
ships passengers is swim IN the
large open-air salt water poor: fleI " :
.ne is amazed at the expert dlNlhs an
~vimrning of the extreme youth oi lhE
white population. Children of four ana
i've wears of age outclass the Ordinary
swimmer of mature age.
Shins steam thru the Canal in ABOUT
six hours. between Balboa Cthe racine
terminaD and Cristobal (the Atlahtic
termnaD. .,--... oi+fos
After seeing all sights of those cues
we set sail for Havana distance OF
qo6 miles. The approach to Havana IS
most nfctIlreSoue. As the steamer lol-
lows the coast of Cuba, the pearl OF the
Antilles. with it's glorious valleys anu
romantic glades and heights In enter
ing Havana Harbor, where our e1s "a.
hound steamers usually stop SUM-
cient time to allow passengers TO see
+he sights, one is held spellbound pN
the beauty of the scenes as it sweeps
nm from the water side to the tops OF
the high hills The snowy whiteness OF
its buildings in dazzling contrast Ihe
deep blue of the water, the nrlght
green of the hill sides and golden sun
light Some times the ship ahchofS III
the Roadstead. in which case passen-
gers nav fee for going ashore, apouI
$500 round trip.
Tn Havana will be found the culture
Of Furope with the romance ana tfaul-
tions of the days of Spain's greatness
It's streets are gay, and from the many
cafes come the sound of music anu
laughter. 1t is well termed the Paris
Of the West A motor trip in and ABOUT
Havana is delightful, including Nlslts
to the Pardo Cathedral, Government
buildings. parks, markets factories
business and other places OF interest
within the city. This trip requires
about three hours and cost is ABOUT
s4OO a person. The suburban urlVe
carries YOU through the Pardo ana
Mulecon to Colon Cemetery Vedadu,
Presidential districD tennis, yacht anu
country clubs. sugar mill penitentlary
and other interesting points. rms "TRIP
is about four hours and the cost Is
about $3.50 for a person
We entered the harbor of Havana
about p NJ. The city was all III up
As we nassed the old MORO Castle IL
80 beautiful sight to see and full of
bigb life with no Volstead restrictions
.rbere we had a hard matter to get
some one we could talk to, to under
stand as so much Spanish and French
are spoken in all the tropical towns,
we got through fairly well. we had
nicked up about $4,000 bags of co1tee'
Each weighed about $50 pounds we
unloaded half at Havana to go TO New
orleans; balance to Baltimore ana Ne"
York. ro,+;,,ora
Our run from Havana to Baltllnore
was 11O6 miles. We arrived at baltl-
more Monday April 18th, two days iate
Tbursdav. Friday and Saturday we had
some had weather which made the 0ld
shin stand on her ends. The sea oroke
some mort holes in and flooded several
state rooms. Most of the way, weather
wss fine and sea smooth. Lots OF ny
ING fish. porpoises, jack fish and some
whales were sighted close by us. w me
in some of the tropical ports we' caughl
three large sharks and shot some
others. It,. o,,d was
Glad I came that way. 1t Will long De
eamembered. 7 wanted Mrs MunYah
20 wait and accompany me, but she IS
not a good sailor. took the tram from
po1timore to Wilmington after ~ Gays