Evening star., 1928-01-30
Press ExtOls Gen. COethals
As an Engineering Genius

Newspaper appreciations of the late
Mai. Gen. George Washington GoeIhais
builder OF the Panama Canal empf.a-
size both his supreme engineering genius
and his extraordinary capacity for or
ganization.
''Goethals' was q great knowledge. 8
Napoleonic energy. q moUntainmov
faith" says the Atlanta Journal He
knew. and knew thoroughly. the elements
OF the vast problem into which he flung
himself He worked like master gem
eral ii the heat OF campaign. organ.
lzing, maneuyering. directing. inspiring
He had iha. sll-SllS.aln.ng, an-lisai4ng
confidence in the nature % things.
which only sovereign souls possess
Gorgas, cleanser OF the troplc
Eone and conaueror OF its diseases:
Goethals. builder Of the history making
canal-theSe two will walk side by side
in hiStory'S starry courts"
In the passing OF this master build
er the Nation has lost one OF It's great-
est citizens and the world has lost che
Of the outstanding engineers OF ail
time" declares the Fort Wayne News
Sentinel. and the Buffalo Eyenng
News. speaking oi the problems involTeG
on the I>thuuS. adds, Only very SQ-
oerior mind could have done these
things, and the tribute 10 Gen, Cioe;hal>
must be that he Was not only \ grea,
engineer but very yreat man"
Assuming that "appropr!Ste Official
honor Will probably be accorded Gen,
GorthaiS III death" the New Orleans
Tribune feels that his best and most
lasting monument is the Panama Canal.
serving the Natlon III time o: peace and
assisting It's defense III time Of War"
"He possessed The extraordinary fac
uitleS ~ one who can conceive the
task IL its entirety. while retaining
its infinite detail" says the proVs-
dence Journal; one who can. III simple
terms. always see the forest despite
the trees Add 10 that y driving
energy which itself distinguished the
man. and his success when the eN-
pert$ az ether nations could vision
no more than failUre, IS ecg,pre-
henSiole The Toledo Blade observes
that he worked and ha"r,enissd and
organized the efforts " others ard
the canal Was dug. aS he said Il
would he, ana world problem % inter-
national Commerce WAS solved" The
Reno Evening Gazette points ii the
fact that above everything else stands
The fact that he built the canal III
record time when others had tailea,
AT u moderate cost and With a m!H-
imam loSS III human life"
lie viii ~ down III history a> eas
of the great engineers ~ AL time.
attirmS the Indianapolis Star. wsl,le
lhe Little RNck Arkansas DSmtNcgat
makes the Comment If there are
elArhS M great scientific feasS-aS IL
c>ntcnded by thaSe Who Se>s the Grssat
Pyramid aS evidence cf It's eeath then
0cn GoethalS unQue>tNNnaalN VIII ~
down III history a$ the gennlS wac
mounted IL the very MAN VI c&r cw0
clNNh lie helongS among >ath M
mnf'alS a> those who cuttt tae rNfa~
n'Hs, planned the hansnss Gardens NJ
RaeNlon, erected the Temple e1 tN<ss
save the MsNas their calendar and
first demonstrated that hamsa issA;
Is tsNSSihle "
ON mammoth sSale ne acSS,ns>
rliShed what his predecessors ana his
IN enstsseeysNS under
taSinsS had declared ~ ssn nnsSSSSleas, "
SAYS the Butte na,ly t<~t. and she
Erie Dispatch. Herald teSsiiieS shAs ",s
Was his early re<osnitsaa af she vital
nature or the prNalsm NJ sanitation
that made IL Possible tor hua ~ ssse-
eeed where he i.ssselS ami others had
failed"
"ltaethals' unrinehnls faith in tire
project Itself anu the uyaNS he alsApg.
vd Ia hrliaS the sEvas waterway t,lse Ne~
Ing" IL laaeieti by the New NcsS san
The Anu Arisf tNAlN News SexS
military phase In the TASK, declaring
In SeaSe II waS MAR ne Mas Nag
ins down there III Panama ne Nan
lighting a Stuheora Nature that placed
heast breaking obstacles m his way
Nilh rerVegse persistence. HE must have
lpSs heart naere than eaee. bat never