Panama and the canal . SiuREiiuuhF, AT Empire. are told that here are over 10,000 different articles used inthe canal work. Suddenly in rushes a workman with anote from some engineer or foreman out on the canal. Asteam shovel has broken down or a drill is out of order 174 AMERICAN METHODS and a new part is needed at once. Immediately the menin charge of the storehouse can pick out the exact article,and before we know what has happened, the workman is. Ten Thousand Articles—Neatly Labeled and Laid Away. out again on the canal and the broken machine will soonbe in order. This is the American way
Panama and the canal . SiuREiiuuhF, AT Empire. are told that here are over 10,000 different articles used inthe canal work. Suddenly in rushes a workman with anote from some engineer or foreman out on the canal. Asteam shovel has broken down or a drill is out of order 174 AMERICAN METHODS and a new part is needed at once. Immediately the menin charge of the storehouse can pick out the exact article,and before we know what has happened, the workman is. Ten Thousand Articles—Neatly Labeled and Laid Away. out again on the canal and the broken machine will soonbe in order. This is the American way,—no confusion, nolack of materials, no delay. Time is as valuable at Panamaas in New the shops and storehouse at Empire has grownup the largest town in the Canal Zone, exclu-sive of Colon and Panama City. It is a pleasureto see how clean and neat the whole place is. It is more Empire PANAMA R-\ILROAD 175 like a park than a town. The gruund has been clearedof jungle for a long distance away from the houses. Here,as in all the canal towns, the Commission has done every-thing to make li^ing comforta])le and healthful. \Mien the United States purchased the French Com-panys machinery, it also secured the Panama almost e\er}-thing else left by the French it was inneed of repair. Its docks, yards, warehouses, tracks, loco-
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