Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . THE COLONEL S DAILY MEAL stamp of official ap-proval. This act has impor-tance which will longoutlive the constructionperiod of the canal. Bythe time that work iscompleted it will havedemonstrated beyonddoubt that the UnitedStates government isperfectly capable of do-ing its own constructionwork without the inter-vention of private con-tractors ; that it not onlycan build the biggest damin the world, erect the mightiest locks that ever raiseda ship, and dig a channel through the backbone ofa continent, but is quite able to perform the lesserfuncti
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . THE COLONEL S DAILY MEAL stamp of official ap-proval. This act has impor-tance which will longoutlive the constructionperiod of the canal. Bythe time that work iscompleted it will havedemonstrated beyonddoubt that the UnitedStates government isperfectly capable of do-ing its own constructionwork without the inter-vention of private con-tractors ; that it not onlycan build the biggest damin the world, erect the mightiest locks that ever raiseda ship, and dig a channel through the backbone ofa continent, but is quite able to perform the lesserfunctions incident thereto. It can, and did, success-fully conduct hotels and a railroad and steamshipline, maintain eating-houses and furnish householdsupplies. After the Panama exhibit it will takeeither a brave or a singularly stupid man to preach. THE GOETHALS OWN IN ACTIOMAttacking a stronghold of the Culebra Slide with a regiment of men and a battery of machines the ancient dread of a paternalistic government. Early in Col. Goethals regime the great depart-ment of engineering and construction was split intothree subdivisions, namely, The Atlantic Division, comprising the canal from 170 PANAMA AND THE CANAL deep water in the Caribbean to, and including, theGatun locks and dam. In all this covered aboutseven miles of the canal only, but one of its mostdifficult and interesting features. The Central Division, including Gatun Lake andthe Culebra Cut to the Pedro Miguel lock, or about32 miles of canal. The Pacific Division, including the Pedro Migueland Mirafiores locks, and the canal from the footof the latter to deep water in the Pacific. Under this classification will be described theconstruction work on the canal, work which at thetime of the authors visit was clear to view, im-pressive in its magnitude, appalling in the multi
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