FOREST GROVE PRESS
THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1913
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Forest Grove
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The
Americans
In
Panama
Story of the Panama Canal From Start to Finish.
W ood,
Coal,
By W m . R. Scott.
Cold Storage
(Continued from last week.)
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::.s; sc be recalled U> Washing­
ton for a conference. He intimated
that the conference might result in hli
resignation as chief engineer. After a
disheartened Interview with the pres
ident Secretary Taft cabled him to re­
turn.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft then decided upon a drastic course
toward Mr. Wallace as a means o f re­
living the morale of the canal work
ers and also of bringing the American
people sharply to a realization that the
canal project wns In peril through a
display of weakness In the face of dan­
ger that would make our experiment
In Panama an International disgrace.
Secretary Taft met Mr. Wallace at
the Manhattan hotel In New York on
June 25. Secretary Taft listened to
his reason for resigning, which In the
main wns that he had under consider­
ation a position that would carry with
It a remuneration of approximately
$85.000 » year.
Secretary Tnft did not conceal his
disappointment In Mr.
Wallace's
course
He began by reviewing how
the government bad tsken him from
a position paying $15.000 a year to
make him chief engineer of the canal
at $25.000 a year: how the formida­
ble obstacles to be met and the su­
preme necessity of a canal to the na­
tion made it a patriotic work for any
American and an houor to be placed at
the heed of the greatest enterprise of
the age.
“ For mere lucre.” Mr. Taft con­
tinued. "yon change your position
overnight without thought of the em­
barrassing position In which you place
your government by this action.”
Secretary Taft then reviewed how
the commission had Just been reorgan­
ized to meet Mr. Wallace's wishes and
every change had been approved by
the chief engineer. He closed by de­
manding the immediate resignation of
Mr. Wallace. This came the next day
und was made public on June 28. with
Secretary Taft's hot rebuke, which In
the canal zone bad a most salutary
effect. It put an entirely new com­
plexion on their work to be told that
the nation expected every man to do
his duty; that they were not down
there for the money they could make,
nor were they expected to leave be­
cause of the hardships they would
meet, hut that the object o f their ex­
ile was to give the nation something
vital to its welfare. The desertions
began to diminish at once, aud the an­
nouncement on June 30 that John F.
Stevens had been appointed chief en­
gineer further strengthened the morale
of the canal organization.
over the railroad at a snail’s pace.
As for the railroad tracks In thf
Culebra cut. he said they were “ lines
which by the utmost stretch of the Un-
agination could unt he termed ruilroad
tracks." Mr. Wallace had found the
Panama railroad, after half a century
without competition, far behind the
times In equipment, and practically no
discipline or efficiency existed among
the employees. When Mr. Stevens
took charge there was an improved
situation, but the long absence In
Washington of Chief Engineer Wallace
am m m
I
P A C I F I C G A R A G E
Washington County Agency, Overland Cars
Expert Automobile,
restraint under the control' of regnln-
lons that the Americans considered
essential to orderly existence.
From the first Mr. Wallace had kept
close tab on the cost of excavating dirt
In the Oulebra cut. The type to be
chosen being still an unknown factor,
be was In some measure working In
the dark, except that the material re­
moved would be useful for any type,
provided the dumps were selected so
and his sudden departure had caused
as later not to get in the way of any
the railroad to begin a retrograde
route chosen. In 1912 the Americans
C. G . D A N Ï e L S O N
movement
had to remove a French dump near
For thirty-one miles the main line
Culebra to prevent Its slipping down
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PACIFIC A V E .
of the railroad had been retracked
Into the cut. He finally announced a
with American rails, and the work of I
unit cost o f 00 cents a cubic yard for
double tracking It was Just getting un­
either a sea level or lock type canal.
der way. The principal shops were at
Messrs. Parsons and Burr, the engi­
Matachln. with a capacity of over­
neering committee of the commission,
hauling five locomotives and 150 dump
cars a mouth. The canal employees
after a personal Inspection o f the canul
soon saw the caliber of man at their
zone and taking Mr. Wallace's esti­
head by the way Mr. Stevens straight­
mate, recommended a sea level type of
ened out the railroad tangle, for the
canal. It was to cost, exclusive of Ira-
freight began to move, lax methods
I provements In Colon and Punaraa and
were rooted out of the system, and the
civil government In the canal zone,
semblance of an efficient organization,
$230.500.000. Mr. Wallace had caused
operating along modern lines, appeared.
surveys to tie mude for a lock type of
The commission visited the Isthmus
canal, and he estimated the cost of
in July and August and with Mr. Ste­
mrb a canal, with a summit level of
vens reached the conclusion that con­
sixty feet elevation, to be $>78.013,400.
struction work should he reduced to a
All estimates missed the real cost of
minimum, even to turning away era-
the respective types widely. Mr. Wal-
•do.vees. nnd all energies bent to build
I lace's estimate of 50 cents a yard for
!ng up a system of feeding and hous-
excavation was far too low. As a mat-
ns the men and their.families
Pre-
| ter o f record, the cost reached 82 cents
larntor.v work was given the right of
under Chief Engineer Stevens, rose
vay over construction, which accounts
to 91 ewnta under Chief Engineer
'nr the comparatively little excavation
Goethals and only once fell below
done under the Stevens regime. The
You W ill Need
the fifty cent estimate, in March. 1911,
renernl verdict was that the ground
when It fell to 47 cents a yard. The
work donp hy Mr. Wallace was good
average for the period from 1904 to
• n spite of disorganized conditions and
1911 was 88 cents. The mistake was
that no Insuperable obstacles stood In
made because solid rock underlay the
the wav of building the canal.
surfn e. necessitating continuous blast­
To Keep Out the Cold and Rain.
T h e r e w e r e v;U2 men In the depart­
ing befo'e It could be handled by the
ment
of
engineering
and
construction,
I steam shovels, while the wprklng dny.
W E SELL TH EM .
and other employees brought the total
I v* hloh had boen ten hours under Mr.
to
9.500.
not
Including
the
Panama
rail­
j Wallace, was cut to eight hours under
road. Municipal Improvements in CV
I Messrs. Stevens and Goethals. and
Ion and Panama aud certain'cannl gone
wages rose sharply as well.
towns were well under way. Effective
Persistent and vigorous complaints
progress had been made In the work of
from Mr. Wallace about the hindrances
surveying the canal route, in making
of governmental methods of doing
borings for lock sites and In other
business found a receptive ear In Pres­
F O R E S T G R O V E ,
O R E G O N .
engineering preliminaries. As noted.
ident Roosevelt. The executive was
Just ns eager to make the dirt fly as
(Continued next week)
Mr. Wallace and readily agreed that
u commission of seven members was
an awkward and ill working manage­
ment for the peculiar conditions of the
Job at Panama. Accordingly drastic
action was decreed.
Secretary Taft on March 29. 1905.
asked the entire commission to resign.
CHAPTER VIII.
Mr. Wallace was In Washington, and
the president and Secretary Tnft fol­
The Canal Under Stevens.
lowed his suggestions almost to the let­
XOTHEIt notable figure In the
ter. Including the one that the chief
railroad world had been chosen
engineer he made a member of the
chief engineer of the Panama
commission.
canal. John F. Stevens In
On April 1. 1905. the second Isthmian 1903 was general manager of the
canal commission to be appointed by Great Northern Railroad company, and
Now that this years crops have been taken care of and before next years are
President Roosevelt was announced.
Heading It was a new figure In canal
planted is the best time to purchase land.
affairs. Theodore P. Shouts, who play­
ed a decisive part In the enterprise for
W e keep constantly in touch with live buyers and sellers. If you want to sell we
the ensuing two years. The personnel
of the new commission was:
advertise your property. If you want to buy we will find what you want.
Theodore
P.
Shonts. ehatrman:
Charles E. Magoon. governor o f the
cnnnl zone: John F. Wallace, chief en­
gineer; Mordeca! T. Endlcott, Peter C.
Hains, Oswald H. Ernst and Benjamin
5 acres all in cultivation, on
40 acres all in cultivation;
914 acres; four blocks from
M. Harrod.
jp
y one mile from town and
two miles from Forest Grove.
business center of city; all in
There was the same number of com
sidewalk entire distance to
Good 6-room house and good
missloners. but the first three were
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cultivation: g<«)d 7-room house
named an executive committee which
place,
Good 5-room house;
barn; wagon shed and granary.
with electric lights, bath toilet,
virtually should exercise the powers of
good barn and chicken park.
The best of land.
Stream of
etc. Good barn and chicken
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the entire body. Thus power was tak­
This is well drained and is
running water through place.
park. House furniture and 40
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en from seven and concentrated In
choice land for berries and
Two cows and 3 heifers, team,
laying pullets go with place. ■
three members. Mr. Shonts wus to he
garden truck. Price $23J0 on
wagon, hack and all farming
With four cows and a few
In charge of the Washington office and
terms.
,
implements,
hay and grain go
chickens
this
place
will
produce
Messrs. Wallace und Mugoon on the
with place for $10,000. Terms
over $125 per month.
Price
Isthmus.
will be given.
$75'i0. Good terms will be
Again following Mr. Wallace's sug­
given.
gestion. the directory of the Panama
railroad was reorganized, the United
States on April 15. 1906. for the first
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Let u* know your wants. W e will be pleased to satisfy them.
time electing the members. Mr. Shouts
was made president and Mr. Wallace
vice president and general manager.
This would further concentrate con­
John F. Steven».
trol In the chief engineer over a vital
' or n:s selection as cinei engineei P
factor In canal construction.
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These changes and other matters kept James J. Hill said that if the whole
i country had been ransacked no tletter
Mr. Wallace In Washington from
! man could la- found.
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March 29 to May 24, about two months.
It Is not possible to estimate the mis
The employees In the canal zone uutu-
chief that might have resulted If the
rally caught something o f the spirit of
selection o f a successor to Mr. Wallace . y . V A V . V i ’ . V . V . V . V
unrest which attended the reorganiza­
had been long delayed. His salary
Special
tion o f the commission, and. o f course, was to lie $30.000 annually, or $0.(100
the hostile press was playing up every­ more than that paid to Mr. Wallace.
thing that could embarrass the admin
He was facing a situation In Panama
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Istration and damn the project. Then
that Justified the figure.
the yellow fever epidemic broke out In
The yellow fever epidemic was still
April. 1905. to add a terrible phase to uncontrolled Au Invoice of the sltna
life on the Isthmus.
tlon as left by Mr. Walluee showed
‘Vhis order entitles you to One ‘Dozen Cabinet Folders
Having secured every change be de­ that considerable pioneer work had
sired. Mr. Wallace left Washington l>een done, tint the housing, fissling
Sepia, or iQIack and White
with expressions of cordial apprecia­ nnd general preparations for the com­
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tion to the president and his secretary. fort o f employees were urj - >!\ .1 prob­
He arrived at C o 'o n on June 2. and the lems.
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White House believed that a crisis in
Mr. Steven« arrhtsl at fobm on July
the career o f the project had been 27. 1906. As a railroad man his eve
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passed successfully. They looked for first was attracted hy the cong<*stlon
ward to smooth sailing with every con of freight on tile Wharfs aud the self •4 A* Am««
riifln Presents
i i c s r i K i i to
o Y^ur
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evident fact that the Panama railroad
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Their surprise and chagrin, there was In a near state of collapse.
fore, were Immeasurable when Mr. Wal Freight v s piled up In tl - tr. .■>.< In
lace cabled Secretary Taft on June 8 prodigious quantities and was moving
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