Under the Southern cross in South America . CUT. PANAMA (1908). DRILLING AT CULEBRA CUT (1908) DIGGING THE BIG DITCH 55 Colon to the city of Panama cost the Hfe of a Chinaman, it is said,for every tie driven. What a change has been effected since then! With the occupa-tion of the Americans, Hygeia waved her magic wand and lo!the grim spectres of disease were exorcised, the Black Knight ofDeath was unhorsed and conquered by the Sir Lancelot of ModernScience, and to-day the Canal Zone is almost as healthy as any ofthe most favored parts of the American Continent. There is muchmore disco
Under the Southern cross in South America . CUT. PANAMA (1908). DRILLING AT CULEBRA CUT (1908) DIGGING THE BIG DITCH 55 Colon to the city of Panama cost the Hfe of a Chinaman, it is said,for every tie driven. What a change has been effected since then! With the occupa-tion of the Americans, Hygeia waved her magic wand and lo!the grim spectres of disease were exorcised, the Black Knight ofDeath was unhorsed and conquered by the Sir Lancelot of ModernScience, and to-day the Canal Zone is almost as healthy as any ofthe most favored parts of the American Continent. There is muchmore discomfort during the hot spells in New York, Chicago, orany other of the large cities than there is in the Strip. The sani-tation is as perfect as possible. Money has been lavishly expended,with a view to procuring comfort and health. Instead of the huts,shacks, and bungalows one might naturally expect to see in a trop-ical belt, the visitor sees modern, neatly kept cottages, much simi-lar to those found all over the States. These little houses, for themost part, were per
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