. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . agreement andwas ready to send them home. He an-nounced, however, that if any of themwanted to enter into a new contractwith the government on the same terms asothers, he would leave the way open forthem to do so. They saw the situationand accepted the new conditions, with theresult that they stuck to the job to theend and were able to go back home withenough money to make them independent for life, on the basis of their frugal methodof living. The United States owes a debt of grati-tude to the men who bore the heat andburden of th
. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . agreement andwas ready to send them home. He an-nounced, however, that if any of themwanted to enter into a new contractwith the government on the same terms asothers, he would leave the way open forthem to do so. They saw the situationand accepted the new conditions, with theresult that they stuck to the job to theend and were able to go back home withenough money to make them independent for life, on the basis of their frugal methodof living. The United States owes a debt of grati-tude to the men who bore the heat andburden of the great work of laying low thebarrier that interposed itself between theoceans. When we think of the burningheat of the sun in the dry season, of thedebilitating atmosphere of the wet season,of the tropical climate that caused clothesto mildew and shoes to turn green withmold overnight, a condition that kept upfor nine months of the year, we may wellimagine that the men who tugged andtoiled day in and day out under suchhandicaps were made of sterling i. Section of the centre wall of Pedro Miguel Lock in course of construction, with culvert built into Framework of the same culvert, showing how the water is passed down through a gigantic gooseneck from one level toanother.
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