Panama and the canal . Steaji Siio\el at Work on the Site for the Pedro Miguel Locks. a joking, jolly lot of men. But when at work the set, sternexpressions on their faces sliow that they know that theirworlv requires the best that is in them. In some ways thegreat steam shovels and their crews, more than anything 208 THE PAY TRAIN else in the Canal Zone, seem to represent that fine, deter-mined, fearless, and energetic American spirit, that webelieve will conquer all difficulties in the end and completethe Long Trains of Flat Caks at Bas Obispo. Interesting to spectators as well as to
Panama and the canal . Steaji Siio\el at Work on the Site for the Pedro Miguel Locks. a joking, jolly lot of men. But when at work the set, sternexpressions on their faces sliow that they know that theirworlv requires the best that is in them. In some ways thegreat steam shovels and their crews, more than anything 208 THE PAY TRAIN else in the Canal Zone, seem to represent that fine, deter-mined, fearless, and energetic American spirit, that webelieve will conquer all difficulties in the end and completethe Long Trains of Flat Caks at Bas Obispo. Interesting to spectators as well as to the workmen isthe coming of the pay train each month. Though thereare between 30,000 and 40,000 men at workdaily, the entire length of the canal is so greatthat only a few can be seen at any one shall find no better opportunity to observe large groupsof the men than at the stations where the pay train is interesting to note also the large amount of coin han- Porty-fourTons ofSilver FORTY-FOUR TONS OF SILVFR 209 died bv the paymaster. The sih-er pay roll amounts tonearly Si,600,000 in Panamanian money per month. EachSi,000 weighs iifty-fivc pounds. The total, therefore, equalsfortv-four tons. \\e are told that li\e men are almost con-stantly at ^York counting this money and putting it up in rollsconvenient for pa}ment. Onlv those who visited the canal as far back as 1904 can
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