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A ! iiMiti nraMncnsZi&B ,. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907. TTT f i ' : J A Complete Line Hardware Builders Hous pi Refee Hardware JhoGS I 1 ft AF fry Is a II 6ds a Specialty North Bend W. J. SMITH P. M, REBERG 1 wKtgInWTTflTTTTTratit iiiiiwwiiiMtaHapgMgna'gnga I SOUTHERN PACIFIGOMPANY Portland & C6os-BaS S Line 5 "3 Will sails for Portland C. Phone Main 34 ant F.VMd V Itim. uly 1.0th, 11:30 A. M. Agt. A. St. Dock A nice line of LP Souvenir Postal of Marshfield aagstaaaiigasggaaasassnBeiaayiHaLgvr:. MARSHFIELD GENERAL H0SPITAL MISSAl. Hospital Medical ca ablo. Ph IBLAi; iror m hmi I V I Bv tare Matron urcical and lujes reason- 991. Flanagan & Bennett Bank MAKSHFIfc l; Uumtal Hu li.cn bed J yJO0 Capital 1'iiid Up 'MUWO Undivided 1'roB Dooh n Bcnen: oil tho Hank Calif., rist.Noif National Hank', I tloiuil ilntik, Nt'i Bon, London, Eii; AI-o ecllehnng iIIIlh of Kiirope. Accounts kept k Inrk hoxes for n ?i ill oar. QHKCB1 ifM'i libHIlkllic Idil r 1 j oil CalifornaK 1 11 m ,000 neis and drawi, San Francisco iu llHiijVgrtl'ind Or., Firs! HchWtfit., Hanocr Na- YorSBK. SI. ilothchild & nd MJ J arlyall the principal 1 1 1 in cliuck, vafo deposit at o (.fill a month or iwijwrm xigxssrpfnirmwxn Dr. Bancroft 1 1 ,VJtJSS T n tm VISUAL! DEFECTS NERM HL HT CHR.OMK ILLS Office opp. Central Hotel INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS tfccrczuv.'a . can furnishitho following Thorough Ijrod J3go at ;etlmg Keds 1 Hocks Oakley &. Arnold , civil vnd mechanical n engineers if T l I v iff I! North BM, Ore. Pbonel210 Office in Mycn Wig. WIWHMW.iHlHW $2.qp vev lihotlo'JslaiA Dan ad rlwiout Whin Ieofdrns Pckiil IiuiRs hftvMi Iw JOHN Send Eggs Ship' county. LANAGAN ordfcrs Now anywhere in tho r-Ecura bmn CORTHELL &JDURKEE Contractors and Builders Plans dnv nished. Call of HibbardjS , IJfA tUtf Up gr$ery imates fur- urkce, back store. P. O. Box 358. Try a Times' Want Ad. I Interesting Interview With Mr. Charles Roberts Who Has Spent Past Year In Canal Zone. Of aIlldesiptions. Housapa imXing, pa per hajigfe grain- int cArg paint ing ctq Strictlpure stock sold on all jobs. J. B. Rohr Oppccite Bear's Livery Stable Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts, who arrived In from Itoseburg yesterday, have recently returned from a year's sojourn In the Panama canal belt, whero Mi. Roberts, who Is an engi neer, was engaged In constructing a pipe line for tho Union Oil Company, of California. Recognizing In Mr. Roberts a man who could furnish something Interesting for the read ers of the Times, a reporter inter viewed him and learned much about tho conditions on the Isthmus. It would perhaps be well to de scribe tho pipe lino enterprise be fore taking up the canal Interview. The pipe line built by Mr. Roberts extends from Panama to Colon, across the Isthmus and is an 8-Inch pipe for the distance, about fifty miles. The company obtained con cessions from the government before undertaking the enterprise, as the work could be executed at about one fifth tho cost by running near and on the railroad right of way than It could had the company been obliged to build It away from the railroad and across swampy parts of the coun try, where tho cost Is enormous In building foundations. Under the concession, the company was allowed to follow the right of way, but this was not done for the entire length oi tho line, as in some places It was more convenient to follow other courses. Tho work of construction occupied the best part of six months, and the labor was done by West Indies ne groes and other foreigners who arc immune, or practically so, from the enervating effects of the humid at mosphere of the tropics. The oil Is forced through the pipe at the rate of GOO barrels per hour from the pumping station at Panama, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Thlf station Is operated by a D00-horse-power engine, and the highest ele vation on the route Is 370 feet. The line is built over this elevation. Mr. Roberts' canal talk was more Interesting, if anything, than the story of the pipe line. A thing which Is not commonly known Is the fact that the Panama, or Pacific end of tho canal will be twelve miles cast of the Atlantic ontrance. This Is owin to the peculiar twist of the Isthmus at tho location of the cana1 whero It lies almost directly north west and southeast. It has been no ticeable of late that little fault k being found with the government re specting the building of tho canal. This absence of fault-finding Mr. Roberts ascribes to the fact that the canal is under actual construction, and that the head officials are work ing In harmony. Since tho resigna tion of Engineer Stevens, whose health was breaking down, the con ditions which wore at that time about perfected, have grown better, and everything has been going along without friction. There are new working on the var ious sections of tho canal between 35,000 and 40,000 laborers, most of whom aro employed on tho tremen dous Culobra cut, of which tho pub lic has read from timo to time in the newspapers, These laborers are for tho great part West Indies negroes, and theso wero tho first class of laborers who engaged for tho work. They aro tho original canal builders, but the canal commissioners found they aro not so ofllcient as desired, and therefore other nationalities havo been Imported to expedite the construction. Tlioro aro about 4,000 Italians and 2,000 Spaniards on tho 2OH0, and both nationalities aro bet tor workmen than tho negroes. A scale of wages has boon adopted since learning tho value of tho various workmen which gives the negroes 10 cents an hour. They buy provisions from tho government commissary and support an army Institution, a mess. Hero tho men aro boarded at tho rate of 10 conts per meal. Tho Ital ians and Spaniards aro paid 20 cents per hour and havo tho sumo system of living. No Chinanion hnvo yot appeared In tho zono for work, and it is believed thoro will bo nono thero, slnco so much objection was raised through out tho country when It was ordered by tho War Department that China men bo ongaged and brought hero for tho construction work. Most of tho negroes aro educated and wore reared under British sovereignty In tho various Islands, among them being Jamaica, Barbados, Dahamas. Those aro descendants of tho Afri cans brought to tho islands in early days by traders and tho slavo mer chants. For amusomont tho subjects of Great Britain play cricket and bnse ball, nnd Mr. Roberts says they don tho whlto duck suits common whero cricket aud Its accompanlmonts draw society crowds. Tho health conditions at tho pres ent time have become nearly per- feet, owing to tho zealous and un tiring efforts of tho government to eradicate the common dnemy of tho tropic Inhabitants, yellow fever. This fact, according to tho opinion of Mr. Roberts, Is atnatter that should bo thoroughly disseminated through out tho United States, since so many believe tho canal zone nothing more than a hot bed of tho deadly fever. Mr. Roberts related an Instance showing tho dread of fever which pre vails In this country. His com pany had need for an efficient stenographer and typewriter and en gaged an expert from New York City. This man had his plans all made for sailing but happened into an insurance office to bid a friend good-bye. While there, a man come In and wanted to Insure, saying he was going to tho Isthmus of Pana ma. He was told ho could get no insurance from that company or from any other, and so tho steno grapher unpacked his atrunk nnd :tald In New York. The great Culebra cut Is the big test work on the canal. This cut .vlll be about eleven miles In length when completed and for tho whole listance will average 200 feet In Ipeth, with a maximum depth of 100 feet. The canal for the whole listance will have no narrower .vldth than 300 feet at the bottom. Here the steam shovels are scooping out tho dirt which is hauled away o some other part of the work and tsed for grading or building dams, the canal will carry forty feet of .vater for tho enltre distance and in the lake which tho Gatun dam ,vill make, the depth will be much greater. A little ancient history is not amiss In summing up this matter, and Mr. Roberts gave some 'facts about what the French people had lone under tho guidance of DeLes seps. Tho American engineers found that tho French measurements and surveying were accurate in all particulars and much admiration for the ,.lost cause and Its projectors Is ield by tho Americans who are now jolng to accomplish what France failed to do. 1-rouably tho greatest wonder to .ho home public regarding this enor nous work is the Gatun dam, which ' v'll be constructed about four miles .nlnnd from Colon. Here Is tho lllficulty which promised to upset die whole scheme at one time. The Chagres river flows through tho country and floods at times so great tliat engineers were for a timo at a loss to overcome the apparent in surmountable trouble. Tho Gatun dam was tho solution of tho prob lem. This work will be constructed )f earth and will bo a mile and a half In length, 135 feet high, 2G00 feet thick at the base, 300 feet wide at the top and 3G0 feet In thickness at the watir level whicji is 85 feet, leaving tho top of the dam 50 feet above the water. The Chagres valley will be trans formed by this dam into a vast lake, the extreme distance of which will be 20 miles from the dam, and will contain 140 square miles of water. Tho dam will have a spillway of 100 feet width for the escape of surplus water. The approach to the lake will' be mado by three step locks and tho lake will carry tho traffic for twenty miles. This lake will enhance the value of the canal, since it will bo possible for ships to make much greater speed on a broad expanse of water than when they are creep ing through a na.'row 300-foot wa terway. At tho end of this lako, the canal will enter the Culebra cut and after traversing tho eleven miles which it constitutes, drop again to sea lovol through one lock. The Panama railroad has been double-tracked since tho American government purchased It and many ovldences of the French occupation remain, but theso aro fast disappear ing. A striking fact Is found in con nection with thU railroad. It was constructed in tho years intervening between '52 and "57. The ties used for the work wero mado from native woods, lignumvltao and cocobola. Thoy aro practically in as good a state of preservation ns when they wero Inld fifty years ago. When spikes wero driven in the ties from theso woods, holes had to bo bored beforo tho spikes could bo driven. In speaking about tho desertions among the Americans at work in tho zono, Mr. Roberts said that thin class of mon, as a rule, bolong to the largo throng which Is yearly thrutt upon tho country from colleges only partially equipped for tho work tln-v havo choson to follow. Many Incom petents aro discharged who get Into tho government service on tho canal work, nnd they must mnko some excuse when thoy return to tho Stntes, and so, Instead of telling the truth and representing conditions In tho correct light, they hand out knocks. There Is another class of men, com petent onginers, who stick to their work and enjoy good health. Good quarters aro furnished the employes, Americans, nnd tho government fur nishes commissary supplies for them, feeding guests at good clean restau rants and hotels for thirty cents per meal. Mr. Roberts and his wife boarded at ono of theso restaurants and obtained good faro. Tho canal zono Is policed by sol diers who served In tho Spanish American war, and privates or patrol men aro mostly negroes trained In tho British constabulary service. Tho American negroes aro a "Cocky" lot, feel superior to tho British colored men, and do not fall to lot tho foreign negroes know It. Tho government lntoly imported a large consignment of mules from New Orleans and negroes wero sent along to drive tlibm. Tho British and American negroes, like birds of a feather, flock together. The government has built many club houses along tho canal right of way for tho convenience and onter tainment of the American colony. Business Directory Doctors. GEM RESTAURANp, NGJiTH BEND. Open day andlfiight. Serves everything the market affords. FOR SALE A faiju. of SO acres oh Daniels' Creek. Address E. R. Jones Box 110, Marshfield. B-2G-1 FOR SALE A smlill Improved farm. This is a bargaili.stpiily at Hall & Hall's office. Y 0-1-1 WANTED Men tc workln sawmill, wages ?2 per Kayand upward. Simpson Lumber-Co. 8-241tf. jl B X FORXLE FcfnrAcres ofafid in South Marshfij.ljflrtiliilrtWMfe v N. NOTICE Pure pijsey milk delivered at your door Eton Metlin e . qusey milk delivered or. I lEasjtlWt JDalry, , i eLeryman.jp E. ID. STRAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND 8U11C1EON Diseases of the Eyo, Ear, NoJ tind Throat n specialty. Ollico in Locklmrt's Building. Marshfield, Oregoi DR. HAYDON Ofllee opnoslto Onion Furniture Btoro. noil iu to i aim z 10 1 Special attention pafd to diseases of the urinary and diKcstlvo organs U. s: Tension examlnei Marshfield, Oreg(j DR. J. XV. INGKAAj. Physician nnC burgeon. Offic over Sengstacken'a Drug Stqi Phones Office 1621; resldenpo 7 . 51. RICHARDSON, Physician nnd Surgeon. Diseases of oyo, ear, nose and throl a specialty. )fflco in Eldorado Block. Lawyers. E. L. OAFARRIN. lAttorncy'-nUI City Attorney, Deputy DIstyAtt'yl Lockhart Building. Morshllbld, Ore 1 Phone 44. Ii. A. LILJEQVIST, I;jBiWYER, United States Commissioner, U. S. Land Matters. Filings, Entries, Proofs, Contests, ct 'Law. rsnupii X f w iiTOxrwiririvn . ... x,., , Office over Flnnngan & Bonnet Bank. ' Marshfield, j Oregon AV C.ifluslc. WANTED TO B(MlRpW,.500 for 1 year on 2 lots jp hwqdfcZ, railroad addition, on Broadway. Address NGS, care CooTBayjWimc3 41 WANTED. To 1 ply Times Offit FOR SALE Hf ment, direct f mall route. Times. y v M M? W an rags. Ap- t toad rollnqulsh- owner, on dally rbss X. Y. Z. caro FOR RENT Twb fopms to rent; across the street ifom O'Connell's .ew nulldlnc. Mrsi A. Ogren. ROOM FOR RENT.JhousekeopIng and single; some choice office Toom. Enquire at Room lyRoger Build ing, conrer. First and C streets, oponed under Jnw management. J. L. French, njanager. FOR SALE Clam shells for sale at end of Broadway. t25c per sack. WANTED Girl to dp'general house work. Call at Mrs. S. E. Painter's, on So. Broadw&y. NOTICE TEACHERS .WANTED. Application wilD bo iceived by tlin nlorlr nf Rnlihnl il(ot.lnf M r. Empire City, Oi'egon, for tho posi-l tlons of principal and assistant; references must accompany appll cation. FOR SALE A smnllliouso with two. lots cheap. M.(46, caro Times. $750 WILL BUY Vourrf home in Bay Park with liviiVg water. See D. M. Wllkins or Edgar L. Wheelor. Dealer in Airelfrpam Milk B I and IiutteriMiJ.wi Free do- u i livery to al(jijpbf the city. g North Bend - Ocegon g TEST YOUR OWN EYES I TEST-ATTIinES FEET Each Ey Mparately urothelials In ,p circles all tin same lackWss if not you uav AHIHSUmtll coino in amlAl vfill' o- yuur irouuio ifiin. plain whet F. J. HAYES OPTOMETRIST 1 o. f. Mcknight, Attorney-at-Law. Upstairs, Bennett & Walter blook Marshfield, ... Oregon J. W. SNOVER Attorney-at-Law Office: Roger building Marshfield, Oregon COKE & COIQG, Attorney-at-Law. Marshfield, ... Oregon, PIXLEY & MAYBEE, AMorneys-nt-Law. Offlco over Myers' Store. Phono 701 .. . North Bend, Real Estate Agents. DIER LA.NI COMPAJTY Real Estate Brokers North Bend, - Oregq MR. ALBERT ABEL, Contractor for Teaming of all Iclnl Phono 1884. McPIierson Ginsfer Co. ufuoF dealers dnsjpbon sup- Wholesale 1 Cigars Ian pljes California Wines a Specialty! Front St., Marshfield I MARSHFfF", Coos Bay Steam Laundry JF i North bene! i hi All woif' tyow done at the North Benrl Planr i it - " Ecleai ' 1auzp.v Agent, Marshfield f North Bend Ph ;o31 Marshfield P. ,;o T 1 turn i.iiiwk-- n. to inio Huu mew " v T