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I.WPICKARD Colon, C, you wlnh to hear "language," just nay "Cucaracha" to one oi t li<? engineers engaged in, build* lug tho central diviHion of tho 1'anama canal. .('ueuracha in Spanish means a cockroach. In tho Canal Zone it means tho greatest of tho numerous h 1 ith'ii that have made tho completion of tho Culebru cut ho different and no expensive. Why that slide was named tho cockroach 1 could not discover. Certainly even the Panamanian cock roach 1m not so large, and ho moves much more Hwiftly. t Heforo tho ilrat French company quit operations in 1889 the Cucaracha began to Hlide, and it hrBt gavo tho AnJoricanw trouble in 11)05, the second year of their work on the canal, be tween then and July 1,1912, nearly 3,000,000 cubic yards of material was removed from tho canal becauao of it. The Hlide had broken nearly 1,900 feet from the axlB of tho canal, and covered an area of 47 acres. l^aHt fall tho engineers were congratulating themselves on having tho cockroach stopped, but in January it started moving again, and nearly covered tho bottom of the cut. "What is going to bo tho cost of that slido to tho United States?" I asked Colonel Ooethals as wo stood at* the edgo of tho Culebra cut and look ed across the chasm to whero tho steam shovels and hundreds yf men wei'o ? 1 aborting ? to TFnTOVe die vast mass of earth and rock. "Well," tho chief engineer replied, "our estimate is that by tho time it is all cleared up it will havo required the expenditure of about $5,000,000 more than the cut would havo cost if tho slide had not occurred. It is still mov ing. and has broken so far back that Giant Steam Shovel. now we are shoveling the crest aWay from the canal in order to relievo the pressure from above. Before the move ment in January began the excavation in the cut at that point had been carried to within 15 feet of the canal bottom. Digging out that 15 feet of material removed the support of the Cucaracha, and down It came. If we could have turned in tho water and taken out the 15 feet with dredges, I think the pressure of tho water would have done much to prevent the slide." "What of the future?" I asked. "Is thero any danger of slides occurring alter tho canal is opened?" "Absolutely none, I believe," he an swered. "When the excavating and dynamiting have ceased and tho war ter is in, it will bo quite safe. We have tho slides and breaks mapped out as far back as there is any Indi cation of their extending, and are wording back to those lines. It is merely a matter of persistency hnd pa tience." "When will the water be lot into tho cut?" In October," replied Colonel Goe thals-. "Hut there will bo no celebra tion over tho event- That one In Jan uary, 1915, is giving us enough worry, and wo don't forget tho premature and ridiculous celebration by Ferdinand do Lesseps many years ago. Wo will Just turn tho water in ? that's all. Then we can coinpleto tho excavation there with suction dredges, which will do the work cheaply and rapidly." "And when will boats bo passing through the canal?" "That I cannot say, but the sooner the better, for the operating crewa must be properly trained before that January celebration. I wouldn't have an accident occur Tor anything. If we cannot have commercial vessels going through boforr ?lv h. I f'vtH ask the ?Overnm?nt. \o t " 1 n | voxels through, so the o -y pan get the exofi A.:/;.. ^ , Ji ^vant to firo tho'cafuil opehefl to com merce uh noon an possible, for U is revenue , I am after." ? Another (jay I moot! with Coj. I). I). (laUlard, Hit' engineer' of fho central <1 i v i h ion . outside 1 1 its office -in Kmpiio, and watched his army laboring in tho I cut, tho completion of which bus 'boon his biggest tank ami greatest ! glory. Klght at our foot a big area had Himk down 70 foot in a uight, and ' If there had not been warnings of tho I break a wing of tho colonel's oftl oh building would have gone down with | it. "Wo had JtiHt tiino to remove that wing," Bald ho, "and my olllco force la I rathor nervous now, for there aro throe big cracks under the main build | ing. I expect It, too, w-ill havo to bo torn down very soon. j "These slides used to make us ratli i er despondent, for It seemed as If they never would atop, but tho progress we are making this year has cheered up the operating forces again, and wo con see the end of the task. The .slide and the break are quite differ ent. in tho former tho earth slides at an angle down a Bloplng face of rock, and in the latter tho mass sinks straight down and at tho bottom bulges out into tho channel.. Along both sides of the cut you can see nu merous small slides and breaks. TIiobo are in pockets in tho rock wall, and, i annoying as they are, they only need I cleanliiK out. The ('nymnc'lHt wtitrtnd i as a slide and now it is both a slide and a break. . | "incidentally, that cut should bo a ; great place for geologists. I have found In It every kind of rock except granite, and many interesting fossils and petrification havo been dlscover ' ed there. In 0110 stratum through ( which wo cut there, were found a great i number of teeth of prehistoric varie ties of sharks." | "What is your opinion concerning ? the ditto when the canal will ho ready ' for commerce?" I asked. "If I had my say," said tho colonel emphatically, "not a commercial ves sel would be allowed in the canal un til it is absolutely complete down to tho smallest 'detail. In some of the many safety devices were not in op-, oration and an accident should result, tho canal would get a black eye from which it might not recover for a long time. Officially, the time for the com pletion of the canal is still January 1, 1915. It may be done before that date, but in March of this year there was still about $50,000,000 worth of .work ahead of us. "Wo who havo been digging tho canal and are still here in positions of responsibility^! mean tho members of the Isthmian canal commission ? aro rather fearful concerning that part of the Adamson *bill which permits tho president to dissolve the commis sion whenever in his judgment the canal is near enough to completion. Wo feel that It would be extremely unjust not to allow ns to remain 'on the job' until after the grand formal opening in January, 11)15. It would bo much like permitting a boy to com plete his university course, and then taking him homo before ho receives his diploma." And then Colonel C.aillard said somo things about Mr. Taft'a efforts to put into effect that clauso last January, ?which must have made tho ex-presi dent's ears tingle a bit. "Tho Culebra cut Is like a three-ring circus. I don't know which way to look, ' said one visitor to tho zono. It is indeed a scene of wonderful ac tivity Giant steam shovels are scat tered through it, scooping up enor mous masses of rock and earth; on half a dozen tracks on as many dif ferent levels snorting and puffing loco motives are swiftly drawing loaded or empty dirt trains; along the ledges are batteries of steam and com pressed air drills, making holes for dynamite; Bttddenly there Is a toot tooting of a steam "whistle, a hundred men scurry to shelter, and a dynamite blast (ills the air with sound and dirt and rocks. Watching the steam shovels is a fa vorite- occupation of visitors who ven ture down into the Culebra cut. They seem almost human, aiKl do a vast amount of work. Their dippers hold five cubic yards of material, weigh ing on an average a litilo more than three tons. This spoil Is emptied into cars of several kinds. Flat cars with one high side are unloaded by plows that are drawn the length of the train by cahJes upon a winding drum. Tho others are dump ^arfl.-the largest of" which are operated by compressed air from the locomotive. The trains haul the spoil from the cut to dumping grounds, which on an average are about 12 miles distant. Some 18,000. 000 cubic yards of this material was used as filling for the lonjt breakwa ter at the Pacific entrance. SAWYKR'S KID 40 <nc&? ot M^oa/ P &4/U& ^{<S?/o*62 # ? -jbAed c?$/j6 mo? /j . Catch your little troubles in time, before they become big troubles. A neglected earache often ( leads to permanent deafness; neglect a running nose you may get catarrh; neglect a sore throat and you may bring on diptheria or lung disease. Do not let your ailments run on without attention. Get now the "ounce of prevention." We supply none but pure, fresh drugs. Come to OUR Drug Store Sawyer Drug Company REAL ESTATE * SELL Do You Want to > loan ^ BORROW I May Help You. LAURENS T. MILLS, CAMDEN. S. C. 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