Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . the wet and jaded trav-eler was accustomed to worry outthe night on a rawhide, exposed tothe insects and the rain, and in themorning, if he was fortunate regalehimself on jerked beef and plantains. The French established railroadshops here which the Americansgreatly enlarged. As a result thistown and the neighboring village ofMatachin became considerable cen-ters of industry and Gorgona was oneof the pleasantest places of residenceon the line. Its Y. M. C. A. clubhouse was oneof the largest and best equipped on the whole Zone,and the town was well
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . the wet and jaded trav-eler was accustomed to worry outthe night on a rawhide, exposed tothe insects and the rain, and in themorning, if he was fortunate regalehimself on jerked beef and plantains. The French established railroadshops here which the Americansgreatly enlarged. As a result thistown and the neighboring village ofMatachin became considerable cen-ters of industry and Gorgona was oneof the pleasantest places of residenceon the line. Its Y. M. C. A. clubhouse was oneof the largest and best equipped on the whole Zone,and the town was well supplied with churches andschools. By the end of 1913 all this will be shop will have been moved to the great newport of Balboa; such of the houses and official build-ings as could economically be torn down and reerect-ed will have been thus disposed of. Much of the twotowns will be covered by the lake, but on the higherportions of the site will stand for some years desertedruins which the all-conquering jungle will finally take.
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