Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 277, 13 August 1911 — Page 2
THE EICIIIIOKD PALLADIUM AJO SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1911.
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IIAUDDOOK ISSUED
0(1 PAIB CAIIAL
LET ME TAKE You OUT M MY NCVM MoTOP BOAT 'FOR
AKlDt M JONU
f Secretary of Commission
Gives Interesting Facts
in Publication.
BY JONATHAN WINFIELD
WASHINGTON. Alia. 12.-The sev
retary of the Isthmian canal commls- , ton has recently published a revised
i and enlarced edition of the ornciai
handbook of the Panama Canal, which
contains many interesting facts con
earning the canal which are not genrally known to the Dubllc.
The canal sone contains about 448 Minn milM. It beains at a point
three amrine miles from mean low water mark in each ocean, and extends
for five miles on each side of the cen
tr lin of the route of the canal. It
Includes the group of islands in the Bar of Panama, Perico Naos, Culebra and Flamenco. The cities of Panama
and ' Colon are . not 1 Included In the tone, put the United States has the riant to enforce sanitary ordinances in
those cities, and to maintain public
order in them in case the Kepuonc oi Panama should not in the Judgment of
the United States be able to do so
; Of the 448 square miles of tone ter rltory. the United States owns the lar
a-ar nortion. The exact amount of the
land owned by the United States. Pe
ine- determined now by a survey, un
der the treaty with Panama the Unit
d States has the right to acquire by purchase, or by the exercise of the
rla-ht of eminent domain, any ouiia
lags, lands, water fronts, or other properties necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the canal. This 'government can thrfor at any time acquire the
lands within the cone boundaries which are now owned by private per-
sons. Length of the Cansl
. Tha entire lenath of the canal from
deep water in the Atlantic to deep
water In the Pacific is about 40 mues.
In naaaina- throuah it from the Atlan
tie to the Pacific, a vessel will enter the approach channel in Limon Bay,
which will have a bottom width ot bw
fMt and extend to Gatun, a distance
nt hout i Mvn . miles. At Gatun It
will enter a series of locks and lifted
$S feet to the level of Gatun lake. It
mav then steam at full speed tnrougn
this lake, the channel varying from
1000 feet to 500 feet In width lor
dlatanoe of about 24 miles to Bas Bbas-
m where it will enter the Culebra . cut.
It will then pass throngntne cui a.aiatance of about nine miles. At Pedro Mlcual It will enter a lock and be low-
rrf so fft to a email lake, at an el-
w- . " . . ...
ration of 64 feet sea level ana win gass through this to Mlraflores, a dlstanea of one and. one half miles. There
it will anter locks and be lowered to
Sea level and then pass tnrougn a ois-
imne.m of about nine miles in the racu
ttt Tha danth of the approach chan
Ml on the Atlantic side will be 41
faat. and on the Pacific side 45 feet
The depth of the Inner canal will vary
from 86 feet to 45 feet.
There will be six double locks in the
untl. thraa nalra In the flight at Ga
tun with a combined lift of 85 feet, one
pair at Pedro Mlgual with a lift of so feet, and two pairs at Mlraflores with A combination lift ot 64 feet. The "us
able dimensions of all are the same
lancth 100 feet and a width of 110
ieet. Each lock will be a chamber
with walls and a floor of concrete,
and mltarlnc sates at each end.
Tha aide walls will be 45 to 50 ieet
wide at the surface of the floor, They
will be perplndlcular on the face, and
rtll narrow from a point z xeei
anova the floor until tney are b xeei ai
the top. The middle wall will be 60
feet wide, approximately 81 feet nign,
and each, face will be vertical. Lack Gates of Steel.
'Tha loek sates wll be constructed
of steel. The will be seven feet thick, as fMt Ions, and from 47 to 82 feet
high. Bach will weigh from 300 to
sao tone. Ninety two lock leaves will
ha reaulred for the entire canal, the
Intml walshlns 67.000 tons. In the
Construction of the locks, it Is estlmat ma that 4.200.000 cubic feet of con
crete will be used, requiring about tne
earn number of barrels of .cement
Electricity, will be used Jo tow all yesMia into and through the locks, and to
dperate the gates and valves, power
being generate by water turoines irom the head created by Gatun lake. Ves-
Mla wlU'not be nermttted to enter or
put through . the locks , under their own power, hut will be towed through w .uma luMnntla runnln on cos
1J J V t w v. aw wwm-w. - - rails und onstop ot the lock walla.
The number of locomotives employed will vary with the size of the vessel. The usual number required ' will be tour. The locks will be filled and emptied through a system of cuverts. The average time required to fill or empty lock will be about fifteen minutes, without opening the' valves so auddenlw as to create .disturbing currents la the locks or approaches. ' The time of passage of as vessel through the entire canal is estimated a ranging between 10 and 12 hours, according to the site of the vessel and tha rata ot speed she can travel. The time required to pass a vessel through tha locks Is estimated at three hours, one and one half hours in the lock at Oatun and about the same time in the locks on the Pacific side. " ' ' Excavation of Canal.
Tha total excavation ot the canal, web and dry. as originally planned was
ttMwwi &t 103,796.000 cubic yards,
ta addition to what the trench comtanlee did. Changes In the plans ot tH canal aaade by order ot the Preal-
3Ht,( Increased the amount to 174.rl E4 cuhie yards. In 1910 more
tVan HjOOO.000 cubic yards were re-
Etoved, tha monthly average exceeding
J.C.3.COO. The total for the three years t-i tha United States haa been dig-
segregated nearly three-flftha of ta total amount required to complete
tha canal. s. f . .
i i The .canal -toree- ta recruited and
-vf ry o sssfi zz:?
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VVILSOH L1AY RESIGII Also His Staunch Henchman George McCabe. WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 12. That Secretary Wilson may resign
and that Geo. P. McCabe will most
certainly quit odes as the result ot
the Wiley probe by the House Com
mittee on expenditures for the agri
cultural department of which Repre-1 sentative Ralph Moss, of Indiana, is
chairman, seems to be an accepted fact in .. Washington. The hearings have been suspended until next Monday. Dr. Blgelow will conclude his testimony Monday, and then Dr. Harvey Wiley will be called, after him will come Secretary Wilson.
Amons the witnesses to be called
next week the stenographer ot Dr.
Kelser, who testified yesterday that the "third degree" was administered to him by McCabe, and that his stenographer a young lady, was also subjected to a rigorous examination on
his nersonal affairs.
The committee will probably recall McCabe for further examination other witnesses may be recalled. Possi
ble the Indiana witnesses, ex-attorney
general Bingham, and Dr. Barnard, Indiana health officer, may have to come hark.
The complainants In the equity suit
brought to restrain the Indiana officers from enforcing the regulations
made by Dr. Barnard to prevent the
sale in Indiana of food products man
ufactured 'with benaoate ot soda, have
informed the committee that the testimony of the Indiana witneaaee is borne out by the record in the Indiana
case, and they may ask that they be permitted to appear and Introduce sec tions of the record to disprove the al
legations made by the Indiana men. a They may also enter an appearance in the -case through an attorney and demand that the Indiana men be recalled for cross-examination.
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MUSIC! MUSIC ! MUSIC I I wish to announce that I will keep a good line of Strings for Violin and all other instruments. Also anything else in the Music Line. WALTER BUN G.J! 22 North 9th Street. Bowling Alley '
ters department. There have been brought to the canal zone 43,432 la
borers, of whom 11,797 came from Eur
ope, and 19.448 from Barbaaoes, ana
the balance from the other islands of the West Indies. About $12,000,000
worth of supplies are purchased an
nually, requiring the discharge ot one
steamer each day. The commissary department has 22 general stores in sb
many villages along the route of the
canal. It- is estimated that counting
the employes and their dependents.
65,000 people are supplied daily with
food, clothing and other necessities A supply train of 21 cahe leaves Cris
tobal every morning at four o'clock
and distributes supples to the stations
along the line.
A careful estimate has been made
by the Canal commission of the value
to the commission at the present time of the franchise, equipment, material,
work done, and property of various
kinds for which the United States
Daid the French canal company $40.
000,000. It places the total value at
142.799.826.
There can be little doubt with the
progress that has been made that the completion of the canal before 1915 is assured and that it will give to this
country more glory than any other
ot its achievements has since the Revolutionary war.
TWO MINERS HELD
IN WRECKED MINE (National News Association)
POTTS VILLE. Pa.. Aug. 12. John
Dolan, Anthony Pamas and Peter Zeom have been imprisoned in a gang
way in the Big Mine Run colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and iron company near Ashland since
3 ' o'clock yesterday afternoon. A
wall of loose rock and coal thirty feet
thick has closed them in, but they are
still alive, being sustained by air
which forces its way through the loose debris. It is hoped to rescue
them by tonight. Relays of men work
ing twenty minutes at a time are mak
ing a passageway through the fallen rock to the men.
HELD FOR MURDER
National News Association) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 12. E. ti.
Phelps, of Birmingham, Ala. and I. V. Connell, of Memphis, are under ar
rest here charged with throwing Lee Dobbs, a bell boy in the hotel Gayoso from the fourth story window. The bow was killed. Phelps and Connell
say the boy . attempted to blackmail
them.
BONDS OF $10,000 (National News Association) CHICAGO, Aug. 12. Joseph and
Camelo Nlcolosi and ' Mrs. Nicolosi
were held under bonds of $10,000 each by Judge Baldwin today. Hearing was set for August 22." They are charged with kidnapping five-year-old Angelo Mareno.
SIX MISSING IN A WRECK OFF NEW YORK (National News Association) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The Red Cross line steamship Stephano, outward bound, crashed into a togboat in the East River off Pier No. 2, Brooklyn, Saturday, and crews of two of the smaller boats were rescued while six others were reported missing. The
tugboat was cut in two amidships and
sank almost immediately.
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DICKINSON'S
ESTABLISHED 61 YEARS
BULLERDICK CASE
WAS. POSTPONED Owing to the illness of Mayor Zim
merman, no police court was, held Saturday, and Adam Bullerdick, charg
ed with assault and battery upon Fred
White was not arraigned. The case
will come up for a hearing Monday
morning at 8 o'clock.
Patrick Stokes and Ernest Davis, ar
rested last night by Patrolman Menke,
in a barn on Ft. Wayne avenue on tne
charge of drunk were 'fired" out of
the city by Police Supt. Gormon.
DEFECTIVE SWITCH
CAUSES A SMASHUP
(National News Association)
AMERICUS. Ga.. Ana. 12. As the
result of a defective switch, the Cen-j
tral of Georgia early morning train from Macon, was wrecked " near here
this morning. Engineer Edward Ad
ams, of Macon and extra fireman A
S. Dixon, of Cuthbert were killed. Ad
mi was terribly mangled. Dixon
was on his way to see his wife and
riding on the engine. The regular
fireman Jumped. The engine was demolished and the express and baggage
coaches derailed. -
Uee Queen Ready Mixed 4
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NATIONAL FIELD
MEET AT CHICAGO
(National News Association)
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. Weather per-.
mittingt he National A. A. U., all
apund track and field championship
meet will be' held at Marshall Field
this afternoon. Rain made puddles all
over the field early today and there
was some chance of a postponement.
Frank Thompson, who won the event
last year, is the favorite.
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