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PANAMA RAILWAY.
Famous Old Line About to See Its
Finish.
Colon, C. Z.?With the completion
of the Panama canal the importance
of the Panama railway will decline
almost to the vanishing point.
For nearly sixty years this railway
has been carrying people and
freight from ocean to ocean. Though
only forty-seven miles long, it has
been, for certain periods, one of the
most important and most interesting
railroad lines in the world. During
the building of the canal, under the
ownership of the initea states, it nas
become one of the best equipped and
most efficient of railways. It has
given great help in the construction
01 the canal that will prove its virtual
death.
The finding of gold in California
was the cause of the building of the
Panama railroad. For long years
before the wild rush of argonauts
in 1849 the isthmus was almost forgotten
by. the civilized world, but
when the yellow metal was discovered
on the west coast it became once
more a great trade route. In order
to avoid the long trip across the
plains in "prairie schooners," thousands
of gold-seekers went by boat to
Chagres, up the Chagres river to
Gorgona or Cruces and thence over
the old Spanish road to Panama.
This, too, was a long route and in
the rainy season a painful and dangerous
one because of the prevalence of
disease.
To the rescue of the gold hunters
tVit-qo KnlH Aniprirans W. H.
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Aspinwall, Henry Chauncey and John
L. Stevens. In 1S48 these men had
asked the government of New Granada
for a concession for the road, and
in 1850 Stevens obtained it at Bogota.
The Pacific terminus could not be
otherwise than at Panama, but at
first the harbor of Porto Bello was
selected for the Atlantic terminus.
However, a new York speculator
spoiled this plan by buying up all the
land about the harbor and holding it
at a very high price, so Navy Bay was
chosen instead.
When work on the line was begun
in May, 1850, there was no celebration,
no turning of the first spadeful
of earth with a golden shovel.
Two Americans with a gang of
Indians landed on Manzanillo island,
now the site of the city of Colon, then
a desolate, uninhabited spot, and began
the tremendous task of clearing
the route through the dense jungle.
The surveying party suffered intensely,
for the land was so swampy and
so infested with malaria and yellowfever
bearing mosquitoes that they
were compelled to sleep aboard a ship
Much of the time they carried their
lunches tied on their heads and ate
them standing waist-deep in the
water.
The efforts of the company to obtain
laborers were attended by a
terrible tragedy. Eight hundred
Chinese were brought over from
Hong Kong, but within a week of
their landing scores of them died. 1
Opium was given the survivors and
for a short time checked the ravages
of disease. But the supply of the
drug was shut off on account of its
cost and again the deaths became
numerous. The poor Orientals in
despair began to commit suicide,
some by hanging, others by impalement,
while some deliberately sat
down upon the seashore and waited
for the rising tide to overwhelm
them. In a few weeks scarce two
hundred were left, and these broken
in health and spirits were sent to
Jamaica.
Another shipload of laborers, this
time from Ireland, met no better
fate, for nearly every man died.
The material difficulties that confronted
the railway builders are thus
summarized by Tomes in his "Panama
in 1955:" The isthmus did not
supply a single resource necessary
for the undertaking. Not only the
capital, skill and enterprise, but the
labor, the wood and iron, the daily
food, the clothing, the roof and the
instruments to work with came from
abroad.
Most of the material used for the
construction of the road was brought
from vast distances. Although the
country abounded in forests, it was
found necessary, from the expense of
labor and the want of routes of communication,
to send the timber, for
most part, from the United States,
and not only were the rails to a
considerable extent, laid on American
pine but the bridges, and the houses
and work-shops of the various settlements
were of the same wood, all
fashioned in Maine and Georgia. The
metal work, the rails, the locomotives
and the tools were brought either
from England or the United States.
The daily food of the laborers, even,
came from a New York market.
The first section of the road was
laid through a mangrove swamp in
which no bottom was found, the
tracks being floated on an immense
pontoon. By October, 1851, eight
miles had been completed, and solid
grounds was reached at Gatun. Lack
of funds now began to hamper the
builders. Investors in the states had
become discouraged and the cost of
labor had advanced. But a hurri- *
cane came to the rescue. Two ships
loaded with gold-seekers were forced
to anchor near Manzanillo island and
the passengers paid the company a ]
handsome sum to carry them to Ga- (
tun in work cars. The news that the *
road had carried more than a thou- 1
sond passengers reached New York {
and funds again flowed into the cof- *
fers of the company. *
As the work progressed passengers
were hauled longer and longer dis- 1
tances and before the line was com- 1
pleted the receipts from passengers ?
- t
and freight were consiaeraoiv auove *
$2,000,000. The last rails were laid (
the night of January 27, 1S55, and 1
the next day the first train passed *
clear across the isthmus from the ?
Atlantic to the Pacific. The entire
cost of the road up to December 31, *
1858, had been something less than *
$S,000,000 and its gross earnings in 1
the same time were a little more than *
that sum.
The rate across the isthmus was 1
put at $25 in gold, being intended to f
be to a certain extent prohibitive un- *
til they could get things into good 1
running order, but so great was the A
volume of travel that the rate was *
not reduced for more than twenty *
years. Soon after its opening the *
road began to declare 24 per cent 1
dividends, and at one time its stock *
went up to 350.
- . . i
In the 60's the company feiionnara *
times. It lost much of its freight s
traffic, and was held up by the politi- t
cians in Bogota and then suffered by 1
the completion of the Union Pacific
railroad. Next Russell Sage and f
others like him got control of the *
directorate and wrecked the road. 11
When de Lesseps came over to dig a c
canal his company bought up the v
stock and used the road to help in 1
its work. ?
Then in 1904 the United States a
bought out the French company, and s
also acquired the railway and so it E
became the first American road to be
owned by the government. So economically
and efficiently has it been
conducted since then that it is cited s
as an argument for the government (
ownership of all our railways. s
The building of the canal and espe- t
cially the creation of the artificial Ga- t
tun lake made necessary the reloca- t
tion of the Panama railroad along s
most of its route. The old roadbed c
now is under water for much of the t
way, the old line still in use being only
about seven miles in length, from \
Colon to Mindi and from Corozal to p
Panama. From Mindi to Gatun the a
grade ascends to ninety-five feet i
above tide level. From Gatun the t
road runs east until it is four and a t
half miles from the canal, and then i
crmth nfrairi nn great embankments r
across the Gatun valley. -v
Along this stretch passengers ob- s
tain an unusual view. Because of the
construction of the Gatun dam across s
the channel of the Chagres river, the v
Chagres valley and all its tributary a
valleys have been converted into a j
lake with an area of about 164 square r
miles. The Gatun valley is one of s
these drowned arms, and as the r
train crosses, wide stretches of water a
are to be seen on both sides of the
track. Down below the surface are
still visible the tops of giant trees a
that have been killed by submergence r
and along the edges of the lake the
onH liordioet nf tVio J
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reach their dead limbs above the
waters. Here and there is a pretty
little island that not long ago was
the summit of a hill, and the shore
line is most picturesquely broken up
by'capes, peninsulas and bays.
From Monte Lirio the line skirts
the shore of the lake to the beginning
of the Culebra cut at Bas Obispo.
Originally it was intended to
carry the railroad through the Culebra
cut on a 40-foot beam along the
east side, ten feet above water level,
but this plan was knocked out by the
slides and breaks. The line was carried
around Gold Hill to a distance of
two miles from the canal until it
reached the Pedro Miguel valley,
down which it runs to Paraiso and
the canal again. Thence it runs al- 1
most parallel with the channel to c
Panama. There are two big steel *
bridges on the line. One, near Monte *
Lirio, has a center lift span to permit 1
access to the upper arm of Gatun 1
lake; the other, a quarter of a mile ?
long, across the Chagres river at Gam- 1
boa. The total cost of building the
new* line of the railway was $8,866,- J
392. In addition, a large sum has
been expanded in increasing the ter- *
mi rial far>ilitip<3 C
Of course, even after the canal is 1
opened, the railway will have a good deal
of business, transporting people
and goods between Colon and Panama.
and serving the needs of the
operating forces of the canal. But its (
days of glory have departed, and J. *
A. Smith, the American who has been
its efficient general superintendent, j
recognizing that fact, has resigned
and returned to the states.?E. W. .
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LONELY EMPRESS EUGENIE.
She Still Lives in England, Her Day
Long- Past.
The announcement of the death of
Smile Ollivier at an age of 88 years
?omes like an echo from the past
Sew knew that the last of Napoleon
Ill's premiers and the man who beraved
the constitutionalists into his
lands was still living. Ollivier was a
ypical French statesman of the Louis
X'apoleon period. He entered upon
the Franco-Prussian war "with a
ight heart," as he expressed it, and
ifter the debacle following Sedan reared
from public life. His chronicles
)f the empire in which he was a
irominent figure occupied his remainng
years, 42 in number, a rather resectable
twilight.
Ollivier's death leaves the Empress
Dugenie to mourn alone the glory of
he second empire. This remarkable
voman still lives in retirement in
England. She was perhaps the greatest
contributing cause of the fall of
^ouis Napoleon. During his absence
rom France she was regent. When
le was at Paris no voice was more
nfiuential with the emperor. She favored
the ill-starred expedition of
daximilian in Mexico, and it was the
ust of greater power within the
>osom of the daughter of Maria
virkpatrick that led to the rout of
Sedan and the fall of Paris.
Eugenie presents a lonely figure,
ier only son was killed as an English
oldier in the Zulu war. Ollivier was
he last of the men who made and
mmade the second empire. But she
lad her day, and during it the satisaction
of dictating to her sisters
hroughout the world. When Eugene
apeared in a new creation on the
T-.1 Ul.;_ ~
mamps Jtmysees, wnmu a ic? uiuums
fomen of every nation were duplicatng
her gown. Her power was so
jreat that for a decade that arch
bomination, the hoop skirt, was conidered
a thing of beauty.?Cinciniati
Times-Star.
Woman in Slit Bathing Skirt.
Atlantic City., Sept. 3.?A slitkirt
bathing costume worn by Mrs.
Charles Lanning created such a senation
on the beach this afternoon
hat the wearer was literally mob>ed.
After being roughly handled
>y a crowd of several thousand persons
she fainted and had to be
arried unconscious to the hospital
ent.
Mrs. Lanning, who in the wife of a
lotel owner of Burlington, X. J., ap>eared
at the foot of South Carolina
ivenue in a suit of vivid purple silk,
ler skirt which did not reach below
ler knees was slit on each side from
he hem to the waist. Her stockngs
and cap were also dizzly pur>le,
and she led a toy poodle around
vhose neck was a huge bow of the
ame hue.
Scarcely had she stepped upon the
;trand when an excursionist picked
ip a handful of sand and threw it
it one of the slits. It struck. Mrs.
canning turned to reprove him and
eceived another stinging handful of
;and on the other side. A dozen
nen then took up the game, while
l hundred others laughed and jeered.
Mrs. Lanning sought escape tovard
the water, but was headed off
tnd in a few moments she was sur ounded.
Whichever way she turnid
she was met with hoots and flyng
sand.
Policeman Craig and a number of
ife guards fought their way through
he crowd. When they got to Mrs.
canning she was unconscious. They
;arried her to the hospital tent,
vhere Dr. Charles Bossert revived
ler.
There was such a throng about this
)lace that an automobile was run
lown upon the beach to take the
voman to the Hotel Biscayan, where
l-io hac hoori staving Shp ic nnHpr
reatment for hysteria.
LHREW BOQUET AT THE KAISER.
American Woman Later Finds Herself
Prisoner in Berlin.
Berlin, September 3.?Berlin poice
this morning completed 24 hours
)f feverish investigations brought
ibout because an American woman
hrew a bouquet from a window of a
lotel as Emperor William was passng
yesterday. The bouquet was inscribed
"To the Great German Em)eror."
The woman wore across her breast
i huge placard bearing the words
'40,000 Days." At police headquar;ers
she declared the placard indiated
merely her belief that the world
vould be changed in 40,000 days,
rhe police did not give out her name.
Barnwell Board.
The Barnwell county legislative
ielegation recommended Messrs. S.
Wise, Angus Patterson, and W. S.
Creech as members of the county dislensary
board, but upon receipt of a
etter from the governor in regard to
:heir recommendation, another meetng
was held and it was decided to
withdraw the names of these gentlenen,
and Messrs. V. S. Owens. B. F.
Peeples, and J. P. Guess were recomnended.
FIRE IX HOT SPRINGS.
Flames Sweep Through Arkansas Resort.?Damage
Ten Million.
Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 5.?Fire
that started in a negro's cabin at
3:30 o'clock this afternoon is slowly
dying out at the foot of West Mountain,
the southern extremity of Hot
Springs, at midnight after reducing
an area more than a mile in length
and from seven to 10 blocks wide in
the eastern part of the city. An accurate
statement of the monetary
loss it not possible tonight, but it is
roughly estimated at $10,000,000.
Gov. Hays arrived in Hot Springs
late toniaht and Drobablv will order
a military patrol of the burned district
tomorrow morning. United
States troops are also expected from
Little Rock to add to the guard on
the military reservation.
In the path of the flames were
manufacturing establishments, hotels
a number of the more pretentious
residences and public buildings. All
were destroyed. It is estimated that
2,000 persons are homeless.
No Fatalities.
So far as can be ascertained there
were no fatalities and the few that
were hurt suffered only minor injuries.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the city's light, water and power
plants, the county court house, the
high school building, the Park
Moody and Princess hotels, St.Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad
station and shops and the Ozark sanitarium.
Smaller buildings by the
hundreds were reduced to ashes.
But few of those whose homes
were burned saved any of their belongings
and guests of the hotels
gave little heed to their valuables
and luggage in their efforts to escape
with their lives.
The fire originated within several
blocks of the United States army and
navy hospital and took a south and
east course.
Unusually Inflammable.
The frail structures in the negro
quarter where the fire started, made
more than ordinarily inflammable by
an extended drought, burned like tinder,
and, driven by a wind of almost
cyclonic proportions, spread rapidly.
Within 15 minutes it was apparent
that the fire fighting force of Hot
Springs was inadequate and an appeal
was made to Little Rock for aid.
Apparatus and men were sent but
the conflagration then was beyond
control. Dynamite was resorted to
when it was apparent that water
would be of no avail but this also
failed.
The burned district for some distance
skirts the business section and
several times the shifting wind headed
the fire for the main business
thoroughfare, Central avenue, but
each times the free use of explosives
and an opportune change in the wind
saved it. Before nightfall the task
of checking the flames was abandoned
and the combined fire fighting
forces turned their efforts toward
keeping the fire headed toward the
south and away from the main part
of the city. This was accomplished.
The city now is in darkness except
for the glow of the dying fire,
which casts shadows over a scene of
desolation.
DECAY OF GOOD MANNERS.
Why Should There Not Be a Revival
of the Gospel of Courtesy?
As a rule, intelligent men take
little stock in complaints regarding
decadence and lapses from the Virtues
of good old times. In many
respects the good old times remain
good only at a respectful distance;
the nearer you get to them by study
the less good they apear.
But it is undeniable that, as Lord
Rosebery said recently in an address
that is eliciting much comment in
England, there has been a decay of
manners. There are those who imagine
that democracy requires rudeness
of them, and that the way to
emphasize "equality" is to parade
mental and moral littleness. Lord
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IVUSCUCl J U ? CH VJLl li^uuiui w*.
courtesy and the importance of good
manners in the ordinary transactions
of life. Even in commerce and trade
as he said, good manners and good
appearance have a distinct value.
The well-mannered boy is more likely
to get a job, the well-mannered agent
or salesman is more likely to obtain
orders and permanent customers.
Why, then, does our age neglect
manners? Why do not parents at
home and teachers at school instill
and exemplify the value of good manners?
Why not revive the gospel of
courtesy? The question is not one of
scraping and bowing, of empty ceremonies,
of circumlocution and blather
but of a kind of courtesy that is
wholly consonant with efficiency, sincerity,
simplicity and even strenuousity.
The busiest man or boy doesn't
have to be rough, offensive, unmannerly.
Good manners need not be
the monopoly of aristocrats and persons
of leisure.?Chicago RecordHerald.
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brethren cordially invited.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To all and singular tlie creditors of *
the estate of G. W. Fail, Sr., deceas- ' ,
ed: Notice is hereby given that a
reference will be held in the office of
Probate Judge for Bamberg county,
at Bamberg, S, C., on the 8th day of
Sept., 1913, ten o'clock, a. m., for
the purpose of hearing testimony on
the proof of claims against said estate.
G. P. HARMON,
Judge of Probate for Bamberg Co. *
Bamberg, S. C., August 18th, 1913. ,