FOREST GROVE PRESS
THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 1913
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Story of the Panama Canal From Start to Finish.
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perience had qualified him ideally for
the important work now in hand. He
had been building locks and dams, had
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been chief of engineers In the Spanish-
>n the ground that they failed to meet American war, was a graduate of and
.he requirements of the government. had taught in West Point and had
The real reason for rejecting the bids seen other construction experience that
was that both the country und the ad- made him at home in any kind o f work
mir.lstration had undergone a change
he canal should require.
of heart as to the wisdom of the con­
Contrast for a moment the situation
tract plan.
is fared by Colonel Goethals with that
Another epoch in the life o f the ca­ faced by Mr. Stevens In 1005 In 1007
nal project was marked by the presi­ fire was under the boiler and steam
dent's action in definitely committing was up. When Mr. Stevens relinquish­
the enterprise to direct government su­ ed the throttle the army of workers
pervision. Chairman Shouts resigned, had begun to come close to the tuit­
effective March 4. 11107. An executive
ion mark In monthly excavations in
order then consolidated the offices of the Culehra cut. There were sixty-
chairman and chief engineer in Mr. three steam shovels at work on the ca­
Stevens. On March 1« the remainder nal
The Panama railroad had T«»en
of the commission, except Colonel double tracked throughout and the
Gorgas, resigned, to be followed on mileage in the Culehra cut and else­
April l by the resignation of Chief where brought up to 106.78 miles; the
Engineer Stevens
Hla resignation machine shops at Gorgona and Empire
came like a sickening accident to the were equipped for any kind o f repair
canal employee«. '"The chief." aa he work or original construction.
was called familiarly, had established
There were approximately 30.000 em­
himself firmly in their minds and ployees, and the recruiting agencies in
hearts ns a thoroughly competent en
Europe, the West Indies and the Unit­
glneer and just administrator.
ed States constantly were sending ad­
ditions. Quarters for employees, office
buildings and all other structures con-
CHAPTER IX.
isted of 2.009 buildings of VmcrU
The Canal Under Goethals.
design and 1,536 remodeled French
R E SID E N T RO O SEVELT had
uildings. The commissary for supply
at last found public sentiment
ng food, clothing and general mer-
educated to the point where
bnndise to employees was organized
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the canal could be put exclusive­
and bad branches in seven canal zone
ly in the hands o f the government en
owns. There were fifteen hotels in
gineers. The personnel of the third
Iteration for bachelor employees, and
commission he appointed on April 1.
our recreation clubhouses had been
I 1007. was ns follows:
obstructed, besides church and lodge
Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goe-
■uildings Twenty-four public schools
rhals. chairman and chief engineer;
(forded educational facilities to the
Major D. D. Gail lard. C. 8. A.; Major
anal zone children. The police sys-
em. the courts, postofflees and fire de-
I William L. Sibert. C. 8. A.; H. FL
■artments were thoroughly organized
l Rousseau. L\ S. N.; Colonel W. C. Oor
In short, the preparatory stage o f the
i gas. U. S. A., medical corps: J. C. 8
anal had passed and the constructive
i Blackburn, Jackson Smith. Joseph
stage had begun.
Rucklin Bishop, secretary.
Necessarily all the basic work no
The president also took advantage of
, the reorgauixation o f the commission compllshed undgr Wallace and Stevens
i to further consolidate power in the is lost sight o f In view of the inugnifi
| chairman. Not only was Colonel Goe- •-ent superstructure erected under Polo
thnls made chairman of the Isthmian riel Goethals. The modern sightseer
I canal commission and chief engineer has nothing to remind him o f the
l of the Panama caunl. but the exeeu- wretched conditions o f the first two
i tive power in the canal zone, formerly years, the battle with disease, the ar­
j exercised by the governor, was vested duous labor o f creating in the jungle a
In him, as well as the presidency of duplicate American civilization, the
the Panama Railroad company, thus tantalizing struggle with government
making every official and employee red tape before a stick o f timber, a
! and the members of the commission pound o f Iron, a shipment o f fond or
an efficient workman could be secured
| subordinate to him.
Colonel Goethals deserves the admi­
Colonel Goethals appreciated the
By W m . R. Scott.
Municipal Engineering
Surveying and Subdividing
Phone 482
S. A. WALKER
Through the openings shown water is admitted to the lock c ham ham, and
a ship is lifted twenty-seven and one-half feet. The double pair o f locks at
Hiraflores and the single pair at 1‘edro Miguel, on the i ’acitic side, will raise
or lower a ship eighty-five feet in about an hour and a half.
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' feelings the employees had over the
prospect o f army engineers for dlree-
1 tors o f the enterprise and In his first
speech in the canal zone dispelled the
Idea of militarism In the canal man­
agement. Tie promised a fair hear
I ing to every man with a grievance.
! the manner in which be carried out
Dr. C. E. Geiger,
this promise being one of the distinc­
tively great qualities he later revealed
Homeopathist and Surgeon
as an administrator. Few persons in
Office at Residence, 1st avenue, be­ the canal zone had heard of Colonel
tween 1st and 2nd streets.
Goethals before his appointment a«
Medicine by Parcel Post to any part o f , chief engineer,
i'et bis previous ex­
the country.
! measure account for the splendid prog­
ress of the Goethals administration.
It would be erroneous to assume that
Colonel Goethals had nothing to do but
sit back and watcb the signals on the
malu Hue of canal construction, as in­
dicated by bis predecessors. The decks.
Indeed, bad beeu cleared for action aud
the blueprints nicely finished and tied
with ribbon, but the reul struggle was
Just beginning.
The first annual report o f the com­
mission. to be written as of June 30.
the end of the government’s fiscal year,
was issued by Colonel Goethals in 1907.
three months after Mr. Stevens resign­
ed. The president had asked Colonel
Goethals to report on the contract plan
after an Inspection of the canal, and
this masterly argument against turn­
ing it over to private contractors is the
report’s most notable feature, aside
from Its unusual comprehensiveness.
Taking a survey of the conditions
when he took charge. Colonel Goethals
found that SO per cent of the plant for
finishing the canal was on the ground
or ordered. The preliminary work for
relocating the Panama railroad had
been done. Htid actual construction of
the new Hue was begun In June. 1907.
shortly after his arrival. Excavations
in the lock sites were uncompleted, and
it was two years later. In 190!), before
any concrete was laid. In April, the
month he arrived nearly 900.000 yards
were ■ removed from the Culehra cut.
the best month’s work to that date
Dredging in the Atlantic and Pacific
entrances of the canal had gone ahead
steadily, though net extensively. Less
than 6,000,000 yards had been removed
from the Culehra cut by both Wallace
xnd Steven».
The. fall o f 1907 and the month of
October presented u new problem In
the canal construction which ever since
has been one of the most formidable
aud uncertain factors In the project.
A slide began at Cucuracha ou tile east
vide o f the cut near the town o f Cule-
j bra and suddenly filled the cut, closing
it for transportation. In 1884 the
French hud noted this earth move­
ment, and during Colonel Goethals’
j first years ou the canal it Involved un
area o f forty-seven acres. Before dirt
| trains could move through the cut
| steam shovels had to work night and
day for several weeks, and from that
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their perspective and commonly fall
Into the error of Ignoring the very re
markable and wholly vital preparatory
work under John F Stevens.
President Roosevelt had selected in
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