Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1906 — DOWN TO THE DITCH. [ARTICLE]

DOWN TO THE DITCH.

PRESIDENT ANQ PARTY GOES TO PANAMA. • * Makes Voyage on Battleship Louiafann to Inspect Canal—Four Daya Devoted to Lopklna; Over the Work on the Isthmus. President Roosevelt, on board the United States battle ship Louisiana bound for the Isthmus of Panama, passed out to sea through the Capes Virginia at 6:40 ~ o’dock Thursday morning. The Louisiana was followed by the armored cruisers Tennessee and -Washington, convoying the battle ship on her southern trip. Wireless telegraph messages were received from the President all along the coast. The Louisiana did not leave the coast shore for any great distance and was in touch by wireless almost during the entire trip. The President’s program included four days on the isthmus. He arrived at Colon on Thursday, Nov. 15, where he was greeted aboard ship by President Amador of Panama, and Mrs. Amador, Chairman Shonts and other officials of the Canal Commission. A considerable’portion of that day was passed at La Boca and Ancon, the train making a slow run across the isthmus in order to give an opportunity to see tire sights and make an examination of the work. At La Boca there was-au. -inspection of 4he present terminals of the old French canal and the Panama railroad, following which there was a trip to near-by Islands, where the President was shown the proposed actual Pacific end of the canal in deep water and its approaches. At Ancon the day was made a “fiesta,” with the tdwn decorated and illuminated. The President and party were driven in carriages through the principal streets, accompanied by an escort on horseback. An address was made by President Amador and a response by President Roosevelt. The program included a visit to and inspection of all points of interest on the isthmus, Including the Culebra cut, the site of the proposed dam and locks at Gatun, and the present and proposed terminals of the railroad and canal at Cristobal.