Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . Mr. Jno. F, Stevens, Chief Engineer of the I. C. Mr. W. G. Bierd, General Manager of the Panama RailRoad Company, MATURE AND LIFE. 31 PART V. Between Cristobal and Panama, thereare, altogether, some twenty-five stations,the most important ones among them being:Mount Hope, Gatun, Bohio, Frijoles, Gor-gona, Matachin, Bas Obispo, Empire, andCulebra, all of which are mentioned in theorder of distances from Colon. Mount Hope. Mount Hope is where the Canal Commis-sion has an immense Warehouse, measuring488 feet long by 149 feet wi
Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . Mr. Jno. F, Stevens, Chief Engineer of the I. C. Mr. W. G. Bierd, General Manager of the Panama RailRoad Company, MATURE AND LIFE. 31 PART V. Between Cristobal and Panama, thereare, altogether, some twenty-five stations,the most important ones among them being:Mount Hope, Gatun, Bohio, Frijoles, Gor-gona, Matachin, Bas Obispo, Empire, andCulebra, all of which are mentioned in theorder of distances from Colon. Mount Hope. Mount Hope is where the Canal Commis-sion has an immense Warehouse, measuring488 feet long by 149 feet wide, which is amodel of its kind, for the neat and tidy ar-rangement of the thousand and one differ-ent articles which are stored within itswalls. It has a Fire Brigade of its own,which is composed of the Clerical Staff,whose alertness is oftentimes unexpectedlysurprised by the sound of a false alarnr offire, when every man rushes to his post im- 32 PANA3IA PICTURES. mediately; some with hose and others withaxes, in order to show how ready Avould bethe response in the event of a real emer-gency. When President Eoo
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