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Ztie Cbatbam 1Recort. H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 81.50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From All Sectious of the Bvsy Tar Heel State THE MOROr ANTON HOSPITAL. Report of Sub-Committee Visiting Hospital Find Conditions Favor able. The following report of the sub committee of the joint committee on insane asylums "which visited the State Hospital at Morganton last month, was presented to the House Wednesday : Gentlemen: Your committee, com posed of fourteen members, arrived in Morganton at midnight of Janu ary 21st, and spent the entire day following inspecting the buildings, premises and colony and making in quiries of those in authority, re-visiting on the following morning some points to which the closest attention had not been paid, for lack of time. As the result of this visit, made with advance information of but a feAV hours to the superintendent, we feel that we are in a position to represent conditions as they normally exist at this institution. We cannot forgeo the pleasure of referring to the gratifying results shown during the past year's incum bency of Dr. John McCampbell. For the two years ending November 30th, 100S. during the whole of which time Dr. McCampbell was practically in authority, there were admitted 42.) patients. 353 were removed, 1,142 re maining. The annual death rate, we find from the records, shows the re markably low percentage of 3.4, while the percentage of reeovei'ies, quoting from the same records, reach ed 34. a showing that will compare favorably with the records of the first institutions for the care of the insane in the country. The physical condition of the patients was excel lent, only one of the Avhole number being eonfieud in a room, and all have the appearance of considerable care. In the ward reserved for those whose mental condition permits apprecia tion, there is a piano, games and in nocent amusements of various kinds calculated to occupy and improve the minds of the inmates. A striking feature of the interior arrangement is the well-nigh perfect SAstem of sanitation. Cleanliness', whether re lating to the perosnal appearance of the inmates or the institution, is a distinguishing characteristic of the hospital. Large h?y windows, afford ing abundant and- cheering light; screeed porches stretching around the buildings, from which the inmates have a pleasing point of observation of the surrounding country and re ceive the benefit of the fresh, cpen air: freedom on the premises permit ted those not confined in the hospital by necessity ail these appear to us to call for approval and commenda tion. A ward for the female tuberculars, separate and apart from the main in stitution, is now occupied and the in mates are receiving the best reten tion. The dining hall was serupuplously clean and the food anrple and sub stantial. The laundry is excellently equip ped, having among other things, such modern appliances as electric irons. The manual labor is performed in the tnain by inmates. Lights, electric power, steam heat find heated water are all supplied from the institution's own plants and no fault can be found with the ser vice of any of them. Abundant and healthful water sup ply is procured by a pipe line from a stream at the summit of a nearby mountain. We found all the fresh meats and other perishables kept in a cold stor age plant and in excellent condition. The grounds are kept with much Fire at Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount, Special. Tuesday night about 12:30 o'clock the home of Mr. E. L. Tick on Bassett street, was destroyed by fire. The flames had gained considerable headway be fore the occupants of tbe bouse were p wakened and they were forced to floe for their lives, savins but little. The loss to the home and furnishings c? Mf. R. I. Barnes will, amount to fl,300, with $000 insurance. V Held cn Grave Charge. Waynesville, Special. J. B. Bar rett, who has a wife end a daughter about twelve years old in Cherokee countv, was arrested on the charge of persuading Miss Lula Long, of Hickory, to pack her clothes in his trunk and put $125 in his possession, saying that they avouM go to Geor gia and be married. Barrett in some way eluded Miss Long at Asheville and with her clothing and money, continuing his journey towards Geor gia. Miss Long discovering she had been deceived before Barrett reached the Georgia line, had him arrested. Case Compromised. Wadesboro, Special. At 11 o'clock Saturday night the jury in the case of Mrs. E. A. Honeycutt against the Seaboard Railway was reconvened by Judge Biggs, 'after having been out since 4 o 'clock. The judge an nounced what had been accomplished and the jury, which was tied, dis missed. The case was compromised so that Mrs. Honeycutt, administra trix, will receive $1,500 for her hus band's death and $4,500 for injuries. 3 if. mm v mm -m- pm. VOL. XXXI. care and those immediately surround ing the building" are exceedingly at tractive. The institution is abundant ly supplied at all seasons with frey vegetables from the garden and col ony, products almost exclusively of the labor of inmates, who appear to take a delight in their work and its results. The dairy is model in every par ticular, comparing favorably with the best in the country. A herd of sixty Holstein cews supplies the 1,052 in mates with freshfi rich milk twice a day. None of the milk, we were ad vised, is churned, owing to the desire of the authorities to provide the in mates with the richest milk to.be had for its nutritive properties. Your committee's impression uf the colony, both with reference to the healthy appearance of the pa tients and the material results, can not be adequately described. The farm itself is the equal of the best in the State and is being constantly im porved and extended. We cannot too heartily endorse the colony plan, after witnessing the success of its operations at Morganton, and recom mend that it be extended sufficiently to accommodate all patients whom the superintendent thinks would be benfited bv removal to the colony. The superintendent advises your com mittee that at least 40 per cent of the 460 male patients could be removed with benefit both to their mental and physical condition and that they would contribute at least 25 per cent of the cost of their maintenance through services rendered. We cannot conclude this imperfect report of our observations with out commending without stint Dr. John McCampbell, the su perintendent.- and Ids vfilnahlp corns of assistants. It should be to all the State a cause for gratification that the institution is maintaining such a high standard. We consider the request of the di rectors for an appropriation of $175, 000 annually for the year 1909 and 1910 altogether reasonable and rec ommend that it be allowed. Trouble, Man Take3 His Own Life. Statesville, Special. The dead body of Will Brown, a farmer, about forty years old, was found Thursday morning hanging at the end of a rope which had been fastened to a limb of a tree in the woods near his home in Davidson township, and as there was no evidence of foul play, the case goes on record as a deliber ate suicide. Brown is a native of South Iredell, being a son of the late Colonel Brown, of that section. Years ago he went to Texas and married there, a year or so ago he and his wife separated and Brown returned to his old home in Davidson town ship, accompanied by his two child ren who are not yet grown. Soma months ago his wife began suit in Texas for divorce and took some ac tion through the euorts in an effort to" obtain control of the children. The papers in the proceedings were serv ed on Brown several months ago and since that time it is thought that he had brooded over the trouble consid erably. Invents Locomotive Attachment. Spencer, Special. J. II. Keeter, cf Spencer, has just been granted a patent on a safety locomotive throttle box, which promises to be of great value to the railroad world. The device will effectually eliminate any possible delay to locomotives from defective packings in throttles and can be attached to any locomotive, at a trifling expense. Increase in Blockade Distilling. Revenue officials say that the "blockade" stills are rapidly increase ing. And they say that the difficulty of seising the outfits for the making cf moonshine" or "mountain dew" hc3 greatly increased because tha blpckaders have learned a new trick which" makes detection difficult. Asheville Citizen. Hancock Totrnd Guilty. Winston-Salem, Special. After considering the case of L. G. Han nnr? fnv embezzlement for twenty- seven hours, the jury Thursday re turned a verdict of guilty with a plea for mercy for the reason that some ;cf the jurors had doubts as to the sanity of the delendant. liancocis was charged with embezzling nearly three thousand dollars while manager for the Lambfish Lumber Company. Defendant was sentenced to the State prison for five years. His counsel gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court and he was released on $1,500 appearance bond. 1 Schools Will Close. Raleigh, Special. The Raleigh public schools close March 5, after a six months' term, instead of the usual nine months term, this curtail ment being due to the loss of the por tion of the Raleigh dispensary rev enue that went to the schools. An election has been called for March 16 on the subject of local taxation. Z(ri J IT Q Q PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY. JERBUARY 24. 1909. NO. 28. WITH N. (LAWMAKERS Doings of the State Legislature Con densedInteresting Items from Day to Day. In the Senate Monday the follow ing new bills were introduced: Barringer: Provide for the pun ishment of safe-crackers. Wray: Require the board of edu cation to furnish text-books for in digent public school children. Barringer: Relating to the com pensation of solicitors. Dockery: Resolution revising the payment of the expenses of. the joint committee on the deaf and dumb in visiting the State School at Morgan ton. Authorize three millions State bonds for refunding the State bonds falling due in 1910. Senate resolution to pay the ex penses of .the sub-committee in visit ing the State School for the Deaf and Dumb. The following passed final reading: The substitute bill for amending Sec. 3057, Revisal, imposing a tax of $64 on mineral water companies do ing business in this State with a grad uated scale of taxes. Scott (by request) : Regulate mili tary affairs. In the House on Monday new bills were as follows: Morton : Relative to the sale of non-intoxicating beverages, allowing the sale of those having not more than 2 per cent alcohol. Barnes, of Hertford: Enlarge and remodel the State house and issue bonds in the sum of $500,000 to pay the same. Hageman: Provia for the main tenance and enlargement of Appala chian Training School. Linney: Require the State board of education to furnish necessary books to indigent children. Graham: Establish State drug commission and prevent the sale of adulterated drugs. Koonce: Increase the annaul ap propriation for Confederate pensions from $400,000 to $500,000. A number passed final reading, be ing of local or private interest. . One of the most interesting fea tures of the Senate Tuesday was a preamble and resolution by Senator Barringer looking to the removal of the State capital from . Raleigh to Greensboro. Senators, as a rule, seemed to take the proposition anything but serious ly, and there were amendments from Senators from various quarters of the State to have their respective towns designated as the seat of the State government. Senator Dockery j wanted Rockingham; Means. Con- i cord TYv. Ashpville? Tvlnttz. Ralis- bury; Bassett, Rocky Mount, and there were others. The following new bills were offer ed: Doughton: Amend the Revisal re lating to weights and measures. Blow: Provide special tax for maintenance of four months' school in every school district in the State. On motion of Senator Ormond the vote by which the bill for the bet terment of rural free delivery ser vice had passed earlier in the day was reconsidered. The bill by Senator Kluttz to pro vide fire escapes and protect human life came up as special order, and passed its final reading after a num ber of minor amendments. The following bills were introduc ed out of order: Means: Prohibit the sale of liquors in Cabarrus county except in medical dispensary. Long, of Person: Amend 47S9, Re- j visal, in regard to securities deposit- ed with the Insurance Commissioner, ! In the House Mr. Morton of New Hanover raised a sensation under the j Personal privilege rule. A number of bills consumed the day. The House was in session tlireo hours Tuesday night, and after pass ing a great number of roll-call bills on second reading and on final read ing, many important local and pri vate bills, adjourned to 10 :30 Wed nesday moi.iing. Representative Taylor's joint reso lution is one of far-reaching import, calling on Congress to make suitable appropriation for deepening the Wil mington and Soutbport channels, and constructing the necessary canala across Florida for a hort route to the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama Railroad Company, canal in carrying out the scheme of i Kluttz : Forbid the sale of certain the transcontinental railway for a j narcotic drinks to habitaues and re port of entry south of Hatteras, and peal a clause of Chapter 77. Acts of esepcially with the idea of meeting , 1007. the great commercial opportunities) Elliott: Provide, the Australian of the South to be afforded by the opening of the Panama canal. A goodly number of bills passed final reading being of private or local nature in the Senate Wednesday. The following are of more general in terest : House resolution calling upon Con gress to provide pensions for persons discharged from life-saviug crvice by reason of injuries sustained in such gervice. Amend Sec. 1708, Revisal, so as to allow publication in a newspaper in any adjoining county instead of in the nearest newspaper. Authorize the commissioners to employ an auditor to audit and ex amine the books of the county officers whenever it may be deemed neces sary. Authorize registers cf deeds in the everal counties to appoint deputies whose acts as such shall be valid and the register responsible. The following are among4 the new bills introduced: Elliott: Joint resolution that the Assembly adjourn sine die between 10 and 3 o'clock March 3d. Placed upon the calendar.- Clark : Provide for two bank ex aminers instead of one. Dockery : Appropriate $1,000 for household furniture at the Governor's mansion. It Avas a busy day running into a night session with the House, but nothing of wide or general interst seemed to have been actd upon. In the Senate Thursday the follow ing are among the bills introduced: Starbuck: Incorporate Yadkin River Railway Company. - ' Elliott: Placing all ex-Confederate soldiers on the pension "list. Pharr: Amend 3,890, Revisal, re lative to building and. loan associa tions. Kluttz: Authorize directors of the Soldiers' Home to furnish uniforms or suits of gray for the inmates. The following bills' passed final reading: ' II. B. to amend Revisal relative to licensing physicians. Authorize boards of "education to purchase Ashe's "History of North Carolina." In the House the following new bills were introduced: Cox, of Wake: Equalize tax as sessment in the State. Cox, of Wake : Erect suitable pub lic buildings in Raleigh for the State. Carries $750,000 bonds for an office buildings to take the place of the present Agricultural and Supreme Court Building. Julian (by request) : Appropriate $500 toward suitably marking the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. Morgan (by request) : Adopt as a State song "Carolina," by Miss Bet tie Freshwater Poole. Hagemon: Aid Watauga Railway Company to construct a road from force point on the Caldwell & North ern Railroad to Boone, in "Watauga county. Thursday in the legislative realm was given interest by action upon two important measures. Senator Barringer 's bill forbidding the mile age ticket practice failed in the Sen ate by Lieutenant Governor New land's vote, and the Senate judiciary committee votcj 9 to 8 for a favor able report on an anti-trust measure which follows the lines of the Man ning substitute. It is termed a filing down of the the original bill. The following are among the bills that passed final reading in the Sen ate Friday: Relating to the sale of merchandise in bulk. Relative to salaries of bank exami ners, making the salaries of each of the two $2,400. II. B. to facilitate the release of mortgages and deeds of trust. Amend Revisal as to escapes. Prevent fraud upon merchants and traders. Amend the charter of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association of North Carolina. New bills of general interest were as follows : Pharr: Providing for the mainten ance of the North Carolina room in the Confederate Mansion, Richmond. In the House the following passed third reading: The following arc among the new bills offered: McDonald, of Moore: Allow coun ties, cities and townships to purchase first mortgage bonds of railroad com panies organized under the laws of North Carolina. Cox, of Wake: Establish a State conservation commission to protect forests and water-powers. Connor: Relieve holders of mile- 1 age books and promote convenience o he traveling public Campbell: Pension all old soldiers in North Carolina. Green: For the relief of Confed erate soldiers. Graham: Increase the pensions of old soldiers who lost both eyes, both arms, both legs or one arm, one leg pr one eye. New-bills introduced in the Senate Saturday wero in part as follows: Doughton s Amend the Revieal n to the duties and power of notaries. Peele; Amend the charter of the Salisburv-Fa vet te villa Coast Line ballot for elections in North Carolina. A bill of general interest that pass ed final reading was to compel express companies to make prompt settlements of C. O. D. shipments. (A Merchants' Association bill). There was a large number of bills being ratified by President Pro Tem. Kluttz when Senator Nimocks rose to a question of parliament ary inquiry as to the power of the President Pro Tem. to ratify bills. He was in formed that this matter had been carefully investigated and that it was found that there was ample law for the' President Pro Tem. to perform all the functions of the President in the absence of that official, including the ratification of bills. The Solicitor's salary bill by Sena tors Ormond and Blow, reported fav orably during the morning hour with a salary of $2,500 specified, was made a special order for next Thursday on motion of Senator Ormond. . In the House Saturday as in tbe' Senate much business was done but largely of local interest. The follow ing are part of the new bills intro duced : Gordon : Issue bonds to carry out act of 1907 relative to the care of the insane, the amount carried bein- $500,000. . Gordon: Prevent advertising for sale and the sale of articles to pre vent conception. Koonce:. Authorize commissioners of any county where an experiment farm or other station has been estab lished or is about to be established to aid the Department of Agriculture by donating land or otherwise. Daily: Amend Chapter 349, Laws of 1903, relating to giving and filling prescriptions. Braswell: Prevent the indiscrimi nate manufacture and sale of dupli cate switchlock keys. Weaver: Allow foreign executors in certain cases to convey land de vised to them without first giving bond in this State. Barnes, of Johnston: Amend 1500, Revisal, relative to the trial of crimi nal cases. Doughton : Amend Chapter S39. Laws of 1907, relative to the salary of the corporation clerk. Bolton: Regulate the distribution of samples of patent and proprietary medicines from house to house. Turlington: Allow the Attorney General a law clerk. Turlington (bv request): Charter the Statesville Air Line Company. Mr. Underwood called un the com mittee substitute for his bill to pro vide for the electrocution at the State prison of all.felofis sentenced to the death penalty, abolishing hanging in the State. Mr. Perry, of Bladen, sent forward an amendment to substitute life im prisonment at hard labor for electro cution. Mr. Doughton was sustained on a point of ordei that tbe amend ment was not germane. A committee amendment was tack ed to the bill prohibiting newspapers from printing anything concerning an electrocution save the bare fact of the execution, but this was withdrawn on the suggestion of Messrs. Douchton. Stubbs and TTavcs that it Avould be impossible to attach any penalty to its violation and therefore the provis ion could not be enforced, as the con stitution freedom of the press could not be' interfered with. The bill was passed on its readings with neither diseuss'on nor division. Mr. Haymore wanted to protest, but he got to his feet too late. The act goes info effect from its ratification, but will not applv to any case peud insr at date of ratification. Many private roll-fall bills Avcre passed on second reading. Earthquake Shocks in Pcrfco Rico. San Juan. Torto Rico, By Cable. Heavy earthquake shocks were felt througout the island of Porto Rico at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. The inhabitants were awakened by the oscillations and their alarm was great. ' No damage, however, was done. The . vibrations lasted for st least 20 seconds and the movement was from east to west. The wcathci is very stormy. Weil-Known Confederate Nurse Dead Washington, Special. Miss Emily Virginia Mascn, of a famous Virginia family, who wen fame during the civil war as a nurse of Confederate soldiers, and who ministered to Union soldiers at Libbv prison, died Wednesday night in this city, aged 94. Miss Mason was commissioned by President Davis of the Confeder acy, to organize hospital camps dur ing the war. After the conflict she wrote the first life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was her intimate friend. Later she went to Pr.ris, where she conducted a school. Negro Appointed. Jvl&zc in Bid"??' ,. Cclambia. Washington, Special. Robert II Terrell, a colored granduate of Har vard College, 'S4, has been appoint ! a judge of the municipal court of the District of Columbia, which has jus been created by en act of Congress He is the only crlore'd man in tin country holding n judicial position of the dignity of the one to which k has jast been elevated. Unto Shoots White Bey. Memphis, Tenn., Special. James Holman Taylor, aged 10 years, a aephew of Chief of Police Davis, cf this city, was shot and killed neai his father's heme in South Memphis hue Wednesday by Eddie Prode, a negro.. Following the killing whic'i was the outcome of a minor quarrel, a crowd of several hundred person? formed and began a search for Prode intent on inflicting quick punishment 200 Miners Entombed in British Mine Newcastle, England, By Cable. A terrible disaster has occurred at West Stanley, a small mining town 12 miles distant, in which, it is fear ed, 180 lives have ceen lost. There were two explosions at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the West Stan ley colliery, which employs- 400 men. Nearly 200 of them were in the pit at the time, and up to a late hour Tuesday night none of them had come to the surface. Rappings have been heard, and it is supposed that these are from some of the miners who escaped death from the explo sion and the fire which followed it. 16 of Uncle Sams's Largest Sea-Fighters Return From a Successful World-Cruise On the last long reach of their spectacular cruise around the world mo oun-tu uaiuesmps oi tne "Unit ed States Atlantic Fleet" are sfeam ing in leasurely fashion towards the anchorage grounds of Hampton Roads, whence they sailed just four teen months ago. During these months of record steaming the heav ily armored fighting vessels have traveled approximately 45,000 miles and are returning in condition still fit for "frolic or a fight." The cruise has been a varitable expedition of the seven seas and tasks hereto fore deemed impossible for the modern ironclad have been accomplishd with an ease bordering on the common place. The stories of the ruise have been suceeding chapters of receptions, banquets, balls and merry making, but back of all this relaxation and entertaining in the hospitable ports of the two hemispheres has been a test of men and material which has placed the American navy in a"n en viable position before all the world. The facility in following the motions of the flogship in the fleet, squadron and divisional manouevres which came with constant experience at sea, and above all the marvelous records made at the targets in Magdalena and Manila bays tell of the real work and the suhseqiiential accomplish ments that have marked this most notable of peace demonstrations among the navies of the world. Secretary Metcalf says: "When the purpose of giving this assemblage of battleships the privileges and ad vantages cf a practical cruise was an nounced, criticisms from high techni cal quarters were heard. It was sug gested that the undertaking was too monumental; that a battleship is too vast and complicated a piece of mech anism to 6end around the globe on any ordinary occasion; that dangers more than multiplied with numbers in such a case; that disaster lurked EXPERTS SAY CANAL Washington, Special. Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of Panama canal, according to the opin ion expressed by President Roosevelt in a message transmitted to Congress last Aveek "is in reality merely an at tack upon the policy of building any canai at all." The report of the en gineers "shoAvs in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it Avould be inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level caiwl." The engineers show that the only criticism that can be made of the work on the isthmus is that there has sometimes been almost an excess of caution in providing against pos sible trouble. The engineers report that, as the Gatun earth dam Avas the central point of discussion, they gave it, un der instructions from Mr. Taft, "first consideration in the light of all neAV evidence," and they add that "the type of dam now under construction is one which meets our unanimous approA-al." They say they are "satis fied that there au11 be no dangerous or objectionable seepage through the materials under the base of the dam; nor arc they so soft as to be liable to be pushed aside by the Aveight of the proposed dam so as to cause dangerous settlement. We are also satisfied that the materials available and which it is proposed to use are suitable and can be readily placed to TOPOGRAPHY CHANGED BY AN EARTHQUAKE Teheran, By Cable. Reliable re ports from the proA'ince of Nuristan say that the earthquake of January 23d was of unprecedented violence. A courier arriving from the scene says that the prolonged quake changed tho entire appearance of the country, split mountains, shifted ttreama and SOUTHERN RAILWAY Spencer, N. S., Special Announce ment made here that an agreement has been reached betAveen the officials of the Southern Railway Company at Washington for several Aveeks, the concerning a wage scale throughout the entire Southern system. Under the neAV arrangement Avhich has been under consideration at at Washington for several weeks, the employes of the company are to have a nine-hour day instead of a ten hour day at.the same scale heretofore PRES. ROOSEVELT ON Washington, Special. A magazine writer called on the President the ther day to get from him some ma terial for a revieAV of the Roosevelt administration. The writer asked the President what he considered his gratest accomplishment during his seven years in the White House. The President said he regarded as his greatest work the construction of the Panama canal. He placed second in TOe (Ebatbam TRecorfr, RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square one insertion One Square, two Insertions.... One Square, one month........ For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. in every submerged ledge and was ,Dorne on every unknown tidal cur the. ships would doubtless be left in the Straits of Magellan; that, if the fleet should succeed in rounding South America it was reasonably cer tain that the individual ships would, one, by one, arrive with machineries loose and almost unservicable, with crews reflecting the demoralized corit dition of the material, and that a woeful spectacle of failure would thus be presented. "As to the material, the cold facts are that the ships have practically taken care of their own repairs on this cruise. The repair lists turned in at the Cavite naval station were negligible." That the experience gained on the cruise will be of unending benefit to the navy is indicated from the fact that probably one-half of the entire personnel of the naval establishment participated in the epoch-making trip. Three of the sixteen captains who sailed in command of vessels are returning home as rear admirals. Eight other captains are returning in command of the same ship on which they began the journey of the world. From rear admiral down to midship man the training has been such as' ;lo other naval cruise ever afforded. Among the enlisted men the training has been even more valuable. Lands men shipped just before that start and utterly green in the ways of tho deep, are coming home an integral, part of a wonderful fleet efficiency and loyal believers in all that the American navy stands for. Deser tions on the ships have been few. Tho men have taken a pride. in the cruise and it will be a constant boast with them that they started to the west from Hampton Roads and came homo with prows still turned in that direc tion. They know the world is round, and they knoAV Avhat it is to AA'ork and play OA'er 45,000 miles of the water ed surface of the gJobe. PLANS ARE ALL RiGHT form a tight, stable ond permanent dam." Dams and locks, lock gates and all other engineering structures iiwolved in the lock canal project are "feas ible and safe," accoding to the en gineers, "and they can be depended upon to perform with certainty their respectiA-e functions." HaA'ing considered the proper l:ight for the crest of the -Gatun dam, they concluded that "it could be safely reduced 20 feet from that originally proposed; namely to an eleA'ation of 115 feet above sea level, or 30 feet aboA-e the normal level of the water against the dam." This change has been ordered. Their estimate of the complete cost of the canal is $300,000,000. They say it is incorrect to state that the original estimate of cost waa $140,000,000, as they did not include "sanitation and zone gOAernment' They estimate the expense of sani tation and zone gOA-ernment at $27, 000,000, while payments to the Re public of Panama and to the neAV Panama Canal Company amounts to $50,000,000, Avhich would make the difference betAA-een the present esti mate and. the preA'ious estimate, with cost of sanitation and zone govern vent and paj'ments, added, onlv $143,000,000. "Of this amount," they say, "nearly one-half can bo accounted for by the changes, in. the canal and appurtenant Avorks already referred to and the remainder is to be attributed mainly to the highci unit cost of the different items oi the work." engulfed many A'illages so that no trace of them remains. The Shah has sent put inadequate relief parties. Tho inaccessibility of Nuristan, which ia 300 miles from hers in the moun tain fastnc8ses, makea the work oj relieving the stricken territory slovf and arduous. AND ITS EMPLOYEES in effect. The employes stood for n nine-hour schedule while the South ern officials wanted a ten-hour rule. The employes feel that they hav been treated A-ery generously by the management in that all they have asked for has been granted. " The ma chinists are to rcceiAe 32 cents pet hour. The other crafts affected bj the new scale includes the boiler makers, blacksmiths carmen and pipemen. General satisfaction is ex pressed that the matter has been amicably setled for another year ove? tho AAhole system. THE PANAMA CANAL importance tho dispatch of tho Aracv. lean battleships around the Avorlcl Tho third place he gave to his settle ment of the Japanese-Russian war The President named as his super lative achievement the Panama Canal because he believes that this will livi for centuries and centuries. He think his name will be linked avKIi this en gineering enterprise long after tht other .accomplishments of his admin istration have been forgotten.
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