Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 9, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 January 1941 — Sunrise in West [ARTICLE]

Sunrise in West

The thing 1 that always baffles American cruise passengers passing through the Panama canal is to see the sun rise from the Pacific at Panama City and set in the Atlantic at Colon. The reason is that the canal runs from the northwest at Colon to the southeast at Panama City, and, although Panama City is on the Pacific, it is east of Colon, which is on the Atlantic. Ships’ officers have the most difficult time explaining this, and w hen a passenger asks whether the ship is proceeding east or west, and the steward correctly replies i that she is moving either north or 9outh, an argument is certain to ensue.