THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JUNE 16, 1912.
i
. Mighty Works to Be
- (Copyright. 1912. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
T'T.F.RTt A Canal Zone. Pan
,' I 1 ama. My investigations this
I ' j I week have been devoted to
canil at Panama, What kind
of cities are we to have at
't the Atlantic and Pacific ends of Uncle
i Sam's famous waterway? How shall we
take care of the shipping and what will
be the accommodations for passengers
; going from one part of the isthmus to
the other?
These and other questions of terminal
facilities will soon bulk large in the
minds of the public. The digging is
fast approaching completion, and the
endless river of earth which Is flowing
from Culebra down to Ealboa will finally
shrink and then stop, l have already
gono in from the P.icific end of the canal
almost to the Miraflores locks. The
dredges are still at, work there, but
within a few months the channel could
be made ready for ships.
The dredsins on the Atlantic side is
rapidly approaches completion. The
dam which crossed the canal ' at Mindi
has been cut through and the salt waters
of the Caribbean sea are now against
the locks and within a stone's throw of
the Gatun dam.
The. work of building up the founda-
tions for the terminals of the future is
already under way and docks and break
, waters are rising on both sides of the
isthmus. So far there is much yet to be
"decided, but the plans of the engineers
; have been carefully made, and as soon
I as congress .gives its orders this part of
the canal construction will rapidly move.
i
Talk With Rear Admiral Rou-aeaa.
I The canal commissioner who has spe
.i cial charge of the terminals is H. H.
jRosseau, one of the most expert en
igineers of the United Statea navy. He
is still a young man, but he has had
i long experience in work of this kind
jand he was chief of our great naval
i bureau of yards and docks when he was
appointed one of the engineer commis
isioners of the canal. He was a civil en
gineer by profession at the time he
! passed a competitive, examination for
'similar work In the navy, with the rank
i of lieutenant, and he did so well there
'that now, at the age of 42, he has become
: ft rear aHmii-fll find lintA, rrtlMAl fiAth-
if als as chief has some of the most im-
' YlTl'tonf hpanh.. nt th. f-mna wnvr unyl..
Mm.
j It was In the administration building
i here at Culebra that I looked over the
maps of the proposed terminals and
'v : talked with Mr. Kousseau about' them,
if I Said he:
S t "The . arrangements for the terminals
I of the canal are by no means complete.
I We have made our plans,' but so far
II many of them have not been passed
I j upon by congress and much will depend
I : upon the policy of the government as to
tithe -treatment of canal traffic. Other
! matters have been definitely settled and
I i we are are already working them out.
. You have- seen the great breakwaters
I which we are building at both ends of
the canal. , On the Atlantic ships will
I I pass In by Toro point, where the light-
, house ... stands. From that point we are
putting in a breakwater 11,000 feet long
to shut out the . prevailing storms from
ff the western side of the harbor. That
. . breakwater has a width of fifteen feet
,4t. the" top apd IfwilJ rise ten feet above
j'He mean level of the. sea. It will con
,taaaltogether in. the neighborhood of
3,'jioo,009 cubic i yards "of . rock;,, some of
which;' 1st coming from the quarries of
Porto Bello. ' '
. 'At the Pacific end," continued Ad
, ,mli-al Rousseau, "we are making an even
greater breakwater. This is- to Join the
iport of Balboa with Naos island, a dis
tance of more than three miles. -It will
'run nearly parallel with the axis of the
canal prism, , and is to keep the current
which sweeps up that shore from af-
r lecnng tne canai. Tnat DreaK water win
contain about 18,000,000 cubic yards of
, earth and rock, which is equal to a block
300 feet wide, 300 feet high and more than
i'a 'mile in length. The most of this is al
ready in place and it consists of the
.spoil which has been brought down from
thV Culebra cut. We began work upon it
I in May, .s 1908."
i ... Bis Dorks on the Atlantic.
4 ''Tell me something more about your
.plans for the Atlantic end of the canal."
1 t"According to those we have already
.made," said Mr. Rousseau, "we shall, if
congress consents, build five great docks
at Cristobal,; each of which will be 1,000
I,
feet long and 150 feet wide. ; There will
ibe 300 feet between each two of the
'docks, and at the head of each dock
will be ample landings for small -boats.
The material will be reinforced concrete,
and the docks wjll have railroad tracks,
mnvlnv era n as and all sort of mao.hlnerv
(pr : handling freight of every descrip
tion.' They will accommodate any
steamer- now afloat, and should be suf
ficient for the traffic of the canal."
"But has congress yet made any ap-
jproprlation for the building of these
'docks?" ,
' "Xo; but the demand for them is great,
and we are fortunate in being able to
'construct the first of them through the
, resources of the Panama railroad. That
railroad la one of Uncle Sam's best pay
ing enterprises. Through its commercial
Ibusiness it has already earned several
million dollars above its net expenses and
'this might be used for dock, construction.
As it is. the present facilities do not
.accommodate the traffic. .This is so
I as to our own 'Steamers I mean those
.belonging to the Panama .railroad and
jit is so also as to tbe steamers of the
lUnited Fruit company and of all other
lllnes which are now sending their ves
isels to Colon, but which would gladly
'change to the more sheltered and better
anchorage that we could provide. When
our -docks are completed our ships will
Sanatorium
This institution ts the only one
In the central west with separate
buildings situated ' iu, their 'own
ample" grounds, yet'. . entirely
distinct and rendering it possible
to classify cases. The one building
j: being fitted for and devoted, to tbe
treatment oi noncontagious ana
nonmental diseases, no others be
ing admitted.. The other Ret
Cottage, being designed. for' and
devoted to the exclusive treatment
lot select mental cases, requiring
for a time watchful care and spe
cial nursing. ' .
7c?n-oIi$:QlQTZst.lCiilolal
land in United States territory, and the
other vessels berthed there will be on
the same territory."
Warehouse and Repair Shop.
"How about your warehouses and coal
ing arrangements?"
"We are now planning a type, of ware-,
house to be built here, and are consider
ing all sorts of dock structures and
freight-handling appliances.' The engi
neers think that these things should be
settled at as early a date as possible, and
the matter will soon, come before the
gress. One reason for this is that the
government is using a vast amount, of
machinery in the building of the canal
which can "be applied to various things 1n
connection with the terminals. .We shall
have to build dry docks and repair, shops,
and there is no reason why the govern
ment should not have establishments here
which would repair any kind of shipping
apparatus employed in the canal traffic.
The machinery is already here, . and it
will have to be disposed of when the
canal is completed. There will be shops
at both ends of the waterway, although
the repair shops at Balboa will prob
ably be the larger. We have now a
small repair shop at Cristobal and an old
dry dock there, built by the French,
which we have been using for our work
on that side of the isthmus."
Great Coalinflr Facilities.
"What are your plans as to coaling fa
cilities?" "We will have to have docks and stor
age capacity for at least 200,000 tons of
coal, and we shall also need storage at
each terminal for something like 80,000
barels of fuel oil. Many of the steamers
of the Pacific are now burning oil, and
we have to provide also space for any
additional storage that may be required
in the future. The coal dock on the At
lantic will be such that many steamers
can coal at one time. It will be at least
2,000 feet long. The chief depots for coal
will be on the Atlantic end, the present
plans providing for 200,000 tons of coal
there, and about 50,000 tons on the Pa
cific side."
The Title of the Canal.
"Is your idea, Mr. Rousseau, that great
cities will grow up at the two ends of
the canal?"
"No; and so far the commissioners have
not thought it advisable to encourage
that plan. The present opinion Is that
the population of the canal zone should
be reduced to the minimum, and, as far
as we now 6ee, we believe that there will
be ample room in Cristobal for all the
Americans at Panama. Colonel Goet'hals
does not believe that the zone should be
populated, for the reason that such a
population might complicate matters in
case the canal should need to be de
fended in time of war.
"As to cities at the termini," continued
Mr. Rousseau, "we have ample room both
at Cristobal and at Balboa to build them
If It should bp deemerl -advisable, but it
seems now as thous-'"! Colon and Panama,
could furnish all "commercial facilities.-
If our present plans are adhered to we
shall have a canal headquarters on So?a
Hill adjoining Balboa. These will con
sist of an administration building and
the necesary houses for , employes. The
administration offices will ' be large
enough to accommodate the heads of the
departments and clerks, : and. the houses
will be . for t3iem .and the employes en
gaged In the shops .and in the various
docks and wharves." .', : i
"But suppose Uncle Sam should, want to
establish a great free port at Panama
where goods from all "parts of the world
might be exchanged. Such facilities have
had much to do with building( up Ham
burg and Fome others of the great sea
ports of Europe." '. :-. t ; ' .
"I doubt whether that would be ad
visable? but, If' so, it is a question for
the future." -, ' . ' - t . .
The Dock at Balboa. ,
"Can you nof give me some idea of
what we should have at the terminus on
the Pacific?'' I asked. . , '
"We shall reed , about a mile of dock
frontage outside tie Coaling docks, and
we shall prepare a sufficient area that
can be kept for the extension -of the
water frontage as -required in the future.
Our plans propose a cal dock'j.OOO feet
long and-fuel stations on the. hills so
connected with this by pipes that the ail
will flow right fkiyn into the steamers.
We shall . have repair shops ' and con
nected, with 'them, marine railroads of
large size,' so that examinations and re
pair of tugs, bvffs and Mmilar small
vessels may be made under water with
out taking them Into the large dry
docks.'.' ...
"And then as to the dry dock," con
tinued Mr. Kousseau. "It is proposed to
build one at Balboa so big that it will
handle any vessel that can pass through
the locks. This dry dock will be near
j the en4 ot the auxiliary coallnc aUUon,
Built at Terminals of
n
TzatitEnd of (he Canal vrJierc &e hopf
1'
Txu-ning (he Atlantic, tab gie.&iisl
and it w-ill be entered from the car.a;
channel through a slip 400 feet long." '
"What are the present arrangements
for handling freight at Balboa?" .
"They are not sufficient; for -the traf
fic. The only facilities consist of a steel
wharf about a thousand feet long which
was built by the French, and a wooden
extension much shorter. The latter was
constructed since we began our work
here. These two wharves can berth only
five vessels at once, and at present the
steamships making Balboa a port of call
The reader of this remarkable aeries
of beauty tajke by the great actreea,
Taleska Suratt, now appearing- every
Sunday in The Bee, will probably be eur-
prised at the remarkable .impUcity of
her advice. You will notice how little
there is to do, yet how important is the
little that is given. In this simplicity
Ilea the magic of Kiss Suratt's art, dif -
ferent from the complicated, tiresome
and burdensome rules and theories uau-
ally given for beauty culture.
t T7i-l. Cnratt
By VaiesKa ourdu
WFLL mv dear r.isters, I almost
feel' as" thoupli I were going to
make a confession. They say this
i f.ir the ;;oul. At any rate,
I feel a certain thankfulness at beins
able to tatiHfv the longing oi so
manv woman for the priceless charm
of 'beauty. I "V priceless merely
to Indicate its sreat value and im
portance to every woman, yet it Is by
no means priceless from the stand
point of money va'.co. Yon may have
these charms Just as surely and defi
nitely as you are reading this, and at
little cost
ii'a -Vit will not ne about
J things that you would not do anyhow.
Mm Herself Into A Omen of Beaux? :
tSsJ' llV "fl ill
'sr V It
'iti'a""TetB
wt7 ht'
v . v
are often delayed. This condition is be
ing remedied by the construction of a
concrete wharf about 700 feet Ions, which
will afford two additional berths. This
is being made by the Panama railroad
with its own funds, but it has been o
located that if congress should authorize
the construction we have outlined U wil'
fit into it and become a part thereof.
Our plans are such that additional
wharves can be constructed from time
to time as needed.
The conversation here turned a?.iin to
It will be about things that are sim-
rtlA- frhinca vnn rnn'l f AffiTAt HlinPSl
that wln reqU'ire hut a few moments of
your time and which are merely In
line with your ordinary toilet which you
"Tf no Vgawn-out
ruies affecting your mode of life. I am
not going to tell you to bathe twice
a day in warm water; I am not going
to advise you to He on your back on
the hard floor and kick up your heels
and flop your arrrs around in half an
hour's breathless labor;- I am not go-
"S to pose as a roou expert, i.i?.,ying
you te foC(J you like best. j am go-
Ing to let you eat pickles If yon want
them. I am not xoing to pose as a
doctor and talk about the. internal or-
pans, snd say that if you are not in
good health you cannot be beautiful
j nis is not rriie. ir ii re, men very,
is not trne.
very few- women tn t!i world would
ever be nble to beai'tify themselves,
for we are ai! inn-e m'leKS liable to
brdlly ills
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I am not goinp t.i tell you to keep
your windows open at night two feet
from the top with
av down to Zftro,
the thermometer
m.
ana rreeze your
feet while putting a half-hour's pink
color on the end or vour nose.
Teu can eat candy, and drink ail to
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the Canal
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the repa'r shops propoaed, and Admlra!
Rousseau raid:
"There is oiip thing that I think should
be clearly stated, and this is that w:
Ice-water vou want In other words, I believe in san
ity. At least, my dear sisters, off tho stage:
I someimes wonder whether or not 1 am really the
one who has found a real source of beauty-making it
has all con e so easily, so quickly, so promptly, almost
as at the touch of a fairy wand.
Yet. if anyone Is entitled to the fruits of great labor,
I believe 1 am one. 1 studied and I worked. All that I
had tried and used before were makeshifts and make
believes I knew It, because when I would arise in the
morning with hair disheveled, with drowsy eyes, and
the ruby on mv cheek had gone, and the palor of the
morning had come, ail the work of the previous day had
vanished and another day of struggling for twelve
hours or beauty at the dreB.tlngtable lay before me.
Now the mornings have no terrors for me. The beauty
work that I . did yesterday, last week, last month last
year, still remains for today, tomorrow and the future.
I live in peace and happiness with the beckoning world
before me. Thev receive me with open arms, and I
love them.
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Today I have picked out for you one
important of my beauty secrets, and 1
you will do exactly an i instruct you to
IN this first of Vk-t beauly-taks, Miss Sur-,
att has something to s'iy of jnprciuo im
portance to, every vcri.'in. and every wo
man cuglit to read it and h"ed it. rivory
department of beauty-unking will come la
for Its share of cor.sidf-ra'ion. Nothing
will be. omitted which in any way has a
practical bearing upon the ability of every
woman to make herself, as this great
actress shows, a queen of transcendent
beauty, In a very short time. Nothing
like this series of beauty-talks has ever
before been published. Next Sunday will
appear the seccud ot this beauty series,
Act upon today's advice today anJ exper
ience the improvement you little expecteJ,
by. the time' next Sunday rolls around. :
in the next few weeks, ray with me, Uu
rekal Then your heart will palpitate
with mine, and you will know.
Most Important to tre average woman
is how to get rid of tho.-e telltale signs
of, age. Fatner Time e regUter, wrinkles'.
Volumes have, beei written upon the
subject, but tne oulv treatment worth
while is the treatment that has done the
work. Theories arc, valueiena. I have
used the following treatment for sev
eral years, uf'er I gave 'Jp the old,
thread-bare advice that seemed to take
an age to produce any result at all. I
made up the treatment myself, and had
several of my deserving friends us it
This was at the very beginning.
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The result vou will picture to your
self when I b'h" that one elderly lady
in particular, of 56. a good friend of
mine In Philadelphia, besan to use it
a day oreo before I left that city. I saw
her again in a lit'l- over tlice weeks
afterward. anl I was s astonished I
gasped. 8he confessed she had used
nothing else but th- treatment I gave
her. She had had three or four deep
wrinkles In her forehrr.d. ann crows
feet that you ci.uH a 'most count clear
across Mie room These, to 11 y wonor-
ment were almost gone: And the re-
suit on a few of nr- other friends has
been invariably the same. Upon myseir,
7 f. .. a a . ia ll mV.i
and anyhow, I preier nn i
myself
Inn much. I tnicnr grow a
double chin.
Make up the treatment
yourself
as
hope to put the docks, wharves and re
pair facilities on a strictly commercial
basis. We want them to be self-support,
ing and to make the charges sufficient
to cover the first -ost and also hetr
maintenance and operation. In addition
we hope that they will bring In something
to augment the revenues of the canal
want the best of terminal facilities
for the vessels which use the canal, but
we also want to make them sources of
revenue to the canal. They will, in no
appreciable degree, compete with repulr
and similar -suppblng agencies of the
states, and it must be remembered ats
that thev will be available to the gov
ernment In times of military necessity.
They will be cf value to the navy anl
will give the same advantages that tm
government would have from the estab
lishment of a naval base here."
"But have you room for these shops in
the Paclflo side of the isthmus?"
"Yes. By the spoil from the Culebra
cut we have built up about .Vd acres,
some of which has been redeemed from
the sea. and we have otner ground on
the mainland. We rhall reserve an area
of about forty-five acre for shop yr4s
and for the storage of material and sup.
plies, and we shall have ample room for
all our necessities."
A Trip ThrouRh the fnnnl.
: I here asked Admiral Rousseau to ?lve
me some idea of what one would see in
making a trip through the cnnal when
completed. He replied:
"We shall start In from the Atlantic.
Let us suppose that the traveler ts stand
ing on the deck of the steamer from
' New Tork or New Orleans as it ap
proaches the coast. Nearlng the canal
entrance he sees the low wooden bulld-
InK? ox LOlun vn me icn, nio iiuudco v.
Chvlstobal among thfir cocoanut trees
and the tall white lighthouse of Toro
point away at the rlgnt. He passes by
Colon snd its harbor and. going in by
the breakwater Jutting out from Christo
bal point, enters the canal. He steams
on ui through It to the foot of the Gatu.i
locks, a distance of about seven miles.
As he comes In he csn see the old French
canal, and he crosses it near Mlndl. about
half way to Gatun. The channel here
Is about 500 feet wide and the country is
flat on the left, while on the right in the
distance may be seen grassy hills.-'
Coming to Gatun the man ses the great
green grass sod dam at the right. It. Is
now ragged and rocky, hut it wi'.l be
filled in with earta and -dded, and It
will end In green hills with the white
concrete fplllway showing out at the
center. ,
"At his left as he moves up the channel
he will see the mighty white ocks Of
Gatum. The lowermost one wlll'probably
be open, and Its water will be on the level
of the sea. His ship- will steam Into ft,
and will' there be' harnessed to the four
towing locomotives which will aid tn
moving and steadying It as It goes on
ward from gate to' gate.
"As soon as the vessel Is In the gates
behind will be closed and the water
rushing through many holes from the
mighty conduit, so big that a Pullman
train could go through them will quickly
raise the steamer to the level of the lock
above. A moment later the front, gates
of the lock will open, and the steamer
will pass Into the second level or lock
and thence in the some way raise to the
third and finally sail out through the
channel Into Gatun lake at eight-five
of the nost
am sure If
do, yuu will.
folIowM. obey Instructions implicity, and
you will not be disappointed:
In a large bowl pour one-half pint.
boiling water. In thlg pour two table-
spoonfuls of glycerine. Place this bowl
In a pan of water on a slow fire. In a
few minutes add two ounces of eptol
and continue stirring until all Is dls-
solved. At first it will look like jelly.'
then it will start to cream: When it
does this, remove it from the fire anrt
stir constantly until cold. Then keep
it in an air-tight Jar. You should be
able to get eptol at any good drug utore
and it should not cost you more than
fifty cents. This will last quite- while.
Apply this cream every morning with
mo up vi me ion iuieio, aivcr
have washed your face thoroughly with
ni mm.v. j. .acc.
very liberally all over with it, around
the eyes, on the forehead, on either side
or tne moutn, every wnere. Aiiev yon
hnirA aisnlll If linn f mAfal V flirt vnn r
'"' 1J ''t, h.ri
mic .n uvm w
l!n a baby's skin, but dig right In. Take
up the flesh in your fingers and pioeh
til r J?t" -
r f . Kit
o
feet above the level from which It steamed
Into lock number one."
Trerellna; Throngtt Gatnn lake. ,,
At this point Admiral Rousseau stopped
a moment to show roe some maps and
then, tracing the course of the ship with
his finger, he continued:
"Emerging from the locks at Gatun,
the course of the steamer will be prac
tically due' south for three and one-hall
miles. It will pass, through a l.ono-foot
channel, with the water extending be
yond It, and the tops of the .trees and
islands will take away the Idea of a
canal snd make one think that he'. is
passing through a large and deep lake.
A little further on his vessel will take a
sharp turn to the left and then go In a
straight course for four and a half mtlen
to a point Rbout one mile below where
Bohlo now is. From that point on the
right the opening excavated by. the
French for their locks may be seen, and
a little farther on the vessel will pass
over the. sites of Frljoles and otter v!l
lases which have been submerged by the
waters of Gatun lake. , '
"After a Journey, of fifteen miles the
thousand-foot channel begins- to narrowv
It Is reduced to feet, and the canal
has now the appearance of a wide river
with hills on each side. It Is the-valley
of the Chagres. Still farther on the '
channel is reduced to &V feet and the
vessel passes on Into the Culebra cut and
sails through It for a distance of nine '
miles to the locks of Pedro Miguel. This
part of the journey will be especially
Interesting. The canal channel will be
SOO feet wide snd the hills will rise high
above the steamer, reaching In the center
a maximum of over 550 feet. The sides
will be planted with earth-holding grasses
and bushes and there will be but little
evidence of the mighty work we have
done In making the cut.
"Entering the lecke at Pedro Miguel,
the steamer will drop thirty feet Into
Mlraftores lake, a beautiful sheet of
fflvery water, and Will travel there a ,
mile and a half before It reaches the
locks of the same name, where It will
make Its two great steps' to the channel
at the level of the Pacific, .
"From the foot of the locks the rlc -Balboa
will be only three miles, anl,
deep water In the ocean about five ml
farther. The land there is low, with hlU. .'
In the background covered with green.
On the left going out Will be the grest
wharves and repair shops of Balhoa, and
In the dlat.inco one may see the little
archipelago of Perlco, Culebra and Fla
menco, on which the fortifications will be..
"The trip throughout will be wonder-'
fully beautiful end Intensely Interesting.
It win embrace view of mountain and
valley, of river, and lake,, of tropical
plants and flowers, and of mighty tree"
ladon with orchid. As . far as cans!
trips are concerned. It will be more beau
tiful than any. other on earth," i i ;
,'.'. FRANK G. CARPENTTR. s
Recalling- Tfpnpe'a Name. .
The manager of a theatrical company
playing a "one-night stand" In Texas
was talking to the hotel proprietor re
garding the prospects for business and
had been assured they were good.
Then he asked r "What was the last
show you had here?" ., i
The landlord thought for a moment,
and turning to the clerk said:
"Say. Fred, what's the name on those
trunks upstairs?" Kansas City Star.
Valeska
Suratt
In une
of Her
Magnificent
Stage
Costumes
it, squeeze it, roll it. Vo this for a few
minutes, until the "cream - disappears.
Then apply your complexion powder. Do
the same at night. Don't look lit the mlr-1
ror every few hours to see if the
wrinkles are going away; they'll go
away eoon enough If you make up your
mind to atick to it. ; This cream will
not grow hair. ,. . . :
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Next' Sunday' T will give you several
of my other secrets, although today I
could give you only one for lack of ;
space. I will also answer In this column
some of the personal . inquiries I have
received in the mail. But it's simple.
isn't it? 1 And it Is Just as wonderful as
it in simple! Inquiries- should be ad
dressed to me in person, care of this
newspaper.", . . ,
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