. The National Civic Federation review . streets of the City of Panama, not in theCanal Zone, have been paved with brick and a fivemile drive has been macadamized from Panama tothe summer homes of the first Panamanian Colon, where the city is built in a iwamp, houseshave been raised for the Panamanians, and manystreets paved. The work is progressing in sidestreets. It is a gigantic undertaking as there mustbe about two feet of filling. Curbing, filling andpaving are being carried on in all the streets. Oneside of a street will be paved for use of vehicles, arailroad run down the ce
. The National Civic Federation review . streets of the City of Panama, not in theCanal Zone, have been paved with brick and a fivemile drive has been macadamized from Panama tothe summer homes of the first Panamanian Colon, where the city is built in a iwamp, houseshave been raised for the Panamanians, and manystreets paved. The work is progressing in sidestreets. It is a gigantic undertaking as there mustbe about two feet of filling. Curbing, filling andpaving are being carried on in all the streets. Oneside of a street will be paved for use of vehicles, arailroad run down the center to carry dirt, and theother side left free to receive the dirt to be used asfilling. There are drainage canals and channels leadingto them. No criticism can be justly offered as toan unhealthful condition. Even in the drainage chan-nels water was not stagnant. It was authoritativelystated that this is due to the fact that evaporationtakes place night and day, and there are constantfresh rain falls. It may have been a mistake to use. Water Carriers.(Photographed by Daly.) » macadam, through which it is claimed the moistureseeps, in Colon, but it is claimed that brick can belaid over it. It is but natural that some errors shouldbe made in the various departments where much isexperimental in a new country, but there is nothingcritical in the situation at Colon, although it is quitelikely that the work might have been more expedi-tiously prosecuted. Paving is one of the contributionsto the Panamanian Government for the privilege ofconstructing the Canal. A sewerage system has been installed from oneend of the Isthmus to the other, all the main workbeing completed. It will take a year, according toestimates, both in the water and sewerage systemsto finish making all connections and the extendingof pipes to new camps, but there will be no seriousinconvenience on that account. Water, for all purposes, bathing and drinking, forthe majority of the camps, is furnished by four reser
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