INDEX

Accessory Transit Company, 199 Accidents, 72 Amador, Dr., 238, 239 Accounting department, 315 American Federation of Labor, 271 American clings to home habits, 177 American Federation of Women's Clubs, 176, 180 American mind wanted canal, 11 American Rivers and Harbors Congress, 346 Amsterdam Canal, 341-342 Amundsen, 4 Amusements, 178, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192 Ancon Hill, 89 Ancon Study Club, 183 Animal life, 331 Ants, 331 Appropriations for canal, 269 Aspinwall, William H., 102 Babel of American ambitions, 80 Bailey, John, 197 Balboa, 6, 7, 89, 90, 333 Barnacles, 40 Beef, Price of, 166, 167 Beauregard, P. T. G., 204 Bitter, Karl, 374 Blackburn, Joseph C. S., 138, 142, 250, 252, 258 Board of consulting engineers, 32 Boswell, Helen Varick, 180 Bridles, 77 British bondholders, 365 Brooke, Mark, 133 Bryce, James, 20, 23 Buccaneers, English, 334 Bull-fighting, 328 Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 222, 230, 237, 238, 246, 327 Burke, John, 143 "Bush dwellers," 155 Cables, 78 Caisson gates, 62, 63 Caledonia, 159 Camp Fire Girls, 183 Cantilever pivot bridges, 57 Canada, Western, 20 Canal not constructed to make money, 10 Canal Zone, 6, 7, 247, 326 Canal Zone government, 256-267, 271, 312 Canals, 335-346 Canals, Isthmian, 194-205 Cargo ship, 319 Central and South American Telegraph Company, 253 Chagres River, 5, 21, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 82, 110, 214, 280, 330 Chagres Valley, 33, 36 Chain for stopping vessels, 58, 59, 60 Channel, Sea-level, 46 Charles V, 194 Chauncey, Henry, 103 Cheops, Pyramid of, 24 Chicago Drainage Canal, 345 Childs, Orville, 199 Choice of route, 221-232 Chucunoques, 332 Civil administration, 138 Civil-service requirements, 136 Claims, Adjustment of, 323 Claims for lands, 260 Clay, Henry, 197 Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 15, 17, 198, 302, 303 Cleveland (Ship), 297 Clutches, Friction, 57 Clubhouses, 186 Coaling, 320 Coaling plants, 91, 92 Cock-fighting, 328 Cole, H. O., 143 Collisions, 60 Colombia, 227, 228, 231, 233-245 Colon Beach, 101 Columbus, Christopher, 3, 194, 347 Comber, W. G., 143 Commercial map, 347-357 Commissary, 164-175 Commissary department, 30 Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique, 213, 214 Concession, Extension of, 104 Concession to the French, 196 Concrete mixers, 54 Congress and the canal, 268-276 Conquerers, Spanish, 334 Constantinople, Capture of, 347, 348 Constantinople, Convention of, 292 Contra Costa Water Company, 43 Contract system, 13 Contractor's Hill, 79 Controversy with Colombia, 233-245 Cook, Thomas F., 144 Corozal (Dredge), 84 Corruption, 14 Corruption in building French canal, 9, 207 Cortez, Hernando, 195 Cost of canal, 5 Cost of French canal, 208 Cotton production, Center of, 355 Coupon books, 169 Court system, 261 Courtesy of West Indian Negro, 157 Courtesy of workmen, 147 Cranes, Floating, 322 Cristobal, 6, 7 Cromwell, William Nelson, 280, 287, 327 Cronstadt and St. Petersburg Canal, 343 Cruelty of natives, 329 Cruelty of Spaniards, 333 Culebra Cut, 5, 13, 21, 26, 34, 35, 40, 70-81, 214, 216, 277, 278 Culebra Mountain, 4, 20, 79, 80, 196, 277 Cullom, Shelby M., 282 Culverts, 50 Dams, Emergency, 60, 61 Davis, Charles H., 196 Davis, George W., 134, 256 Death rate, 303 Debts of American Republics, 365 Department store, 166 Deportation of laborers, 152 Devol, C. A., 143 Dikes, 126 Dikes of Holland, 44 "Dingler's folly," 208 Diplomatic entanglements, 17 Dredges, Ladder, 84 Dredges, Suction, 83 Duty on imports, 325 Dynamite, 28, 74 Eads, James B., 202, 203 Eastern Roman Empire, 3 Eating places, 170 Economy in handling material, 55 Efficiency records, 72, 73 Eight-hour working day, 137, 271 Elections in Panama, 251, 327 Electric current, 67 Electrical department, 315 Endicott, Mordecai T., 135 "Energy; the lord of the Isthmian way," 374 Engineering department, 314 Engineering difficulties, 29 Engineering project of all history, 23 Englishman defies Tropics, 177 Equipment for hauling material, 53 Erie Canal, 346 Expense of operating canal, 313 Extravagance in building French canal, 207 Ernst, Oswald H., 135 Filibusters, French, 334 Finley, Carlos, 11, 106 Fire department, 264 Fishing, 192 Flamenco Island, 88 Flowers, 330 Foreign trade of U. S., 353 Fortifications, 18, 283-294 Foundations, 90 Fraser, John Foster, 355 French began work in 1880, 5 French canal, 53 French failure, 206-220 French Panama Canal Company, 200 French spent $300,000,000, 8 French Canal Company, 9, 93, 252 Fruits, 330 Gaillard, D. D., 138, 139 Gamboa, 40 Gatun Dam, 13, 21, 23, 25, 26, 32-34, 36, 41-43, 56, 279 Gatun Lake, 36, 37, 38, 45, 47, 50, 56, 60, 62, 82, 95, 315, 330 Goethal, George Washington, 13, 18, 33, 43, 119-132, 273 Gold Hill, 79 Golf links, 315 Good Hope, Cape of, 19 Gorgas, William C., 105, 108, 134, 138, 142 Government ownership of railways, 99 Graft, 14 "Great undertaker," 218 Guayaquil, 19 Gudger, H. A., 263 Guerin, Jules, 374 Gulf States, 20 Hains, Peter C., 135 Handling the traffic, 317-325 Hanna, Marcus A., 227, 230 Harding, Chester, 143 Harrod, Benjamin A., 135 Hay, John, 246 Hay-Herran treaty, 16, 231, 232, 233, 235 Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 17, 225, 300, 301, 303, 304 Health of canal workers, 210 Heat of the Tropics, 179 Hepburn, William P., 223 High cost of living, 175 Hise, Elijah, 198 Hodges, Harry F., 139, 141 Honolulu, 19 Hoosac Tunnel, 71 Hospitals, 112, 208, 209 Hotels, 100, 101, 171 Hunter, Henry, 278 Hunting, 191, 192 Hydraulic excavation, 79 Hydraulic Fill, 35 Ice plant, 92 Ice, Price of, 168 Iguana, 329 Immigration, 157 Incas Society, 152 Injury to the canal, 324 International commerce, 3 Isthmian Canal Commission, 12, 88, 96, 97, 109, 119, 201, 224, 225, 229, 268, 269, 311 Johnson, Emory H., 18, 299, 306 Kahn, Julius, 370 Kaiser-Wilhelm Canal, 340-341 Kid Canal, 340-341 Knox, Philander C., 43, 243 Labor in passing ships through, 68, 69 Laborers, 307 Land, Prices of, 333 Laws of Canal Zone, 268, 267 Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 8, 132, 211-219 Lidgerwood cableways, 53 Lidgerwood dirt car, 25 Lidgerwood dirt trains, 76 Lidgerwood flat cars, 74, 77 Life on the zone, 176-193 Lighting of locks, 325 Liquor question, 186 Lloyd, J. A., 196 Lloyds, 324 Lock canal, 13, 18, 137, 216, 217, 281 Lock machinery, 57-67 Locks, 19, 26, 46, 48-55, 58, 62, 318 Locomotives, Electric, 65-67 Lottery, 217, 254 Loulan, J. A., 148 Lusitania, 297 Machinery, Dependable, 57 Machinery, Abandoned, 207 Machinery, Value of, 219 MacKenzie, Alexander, 119 Magellan, 4 Magellan, Straits of, 19 Magoon, Charles E., 109, 135, 136, 264 "Making the dirt fly," 27 Malaria, 9, 11, 106, 207, 211 Man-made peninsula, 45 Manchester ship canal, 20. 30, 339 Manila, 19 Manson, Sir Patrick, 11, 106 Manufacturers of U. S., 363 Margarita Island, 284 Maritime Canal Company, 200, 223 Markets, 329 Marriage, 155 Married men more content, 179 Materia medica of Panamans, 381 Matrimony, Premium on, 179 Mears, Frederick, 143 Melbourne, 19 Menocal, A. G., 200 Metcalf, Richard L., 189 Miraflores, 26, 27, 40, 47, 55, 61, 67, 82, 89, 126 Mississippi Valley, 20 Mistakes in building, 12 Mahogany, 330 Money for building always ready, 11 Monroe doctrine, 7, 15, 360, 361 Morgan, Henry, 334 Morgan, John T., 221 Mosquito Coast, 198 Mosquitoes, 9, 11, 12, 105-107, 114, 115 Naos Island, 87, 284 National geographic society, 23 National Institute, 327 Naval display, 375 Navy, Efficiency of, 348 Negroes, 154-163 Nelson, Horatio, 197 New Caledonia, 7 New Granada, 237 New Panama Canal Company, 133, 219, 221, 224-228, 233, 235-237, 242, 270 Nicaraguan Canal, 15, 16, 198, 199, 201, 222, 230, 231 Nicaraguan Canal Commission, 199 Nombre de Dios, 7, 53 North Sea Canal, 342-343 Olympic, 59 Operating force, 309-312 Orchids, 330 Oregon (U. S. Ship), 10 Organization, 133-144 Organization of government on Canal Zone, 313 Pacific Ocean Exposition Company, 370 Pacific Steamer Navigation Company, 321 Palmer, Aaron H., 197 Pan American Conference, 7 Panama, 230, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 246-255 Panama, Bay of, 280 Panama-California Exposition, 376 Panama Canal Company, 133, 218 Panama City, 12, 43 Panama-Pacific Exposition, 368-378 Panama (Republic), 6, 15, 326-334 Panama Railroad, 7, 34, 68, 88, 93, 104, 136, 214, 228, 245 Panama Railroad Steamship Line, 100 Pay-day, 160, 161 Pay of Americans, 178 Paying off canal army, 30 Pedro Miguel, 25, 27, 47, 48, 55, 61, 89 Pennsylvania tubes, 50 Perico Island, 88, 285 Pilots, Canal, 60 Police force, 262, 263 Population of the zone, 315 Porto Rico, 358-360 Position of canal, 5 Postal service, 261 Prize fighting, 328 Purchase of material, 272 Quartermaster's department, 174, 314 Quellenec, F., 278 Railroads opposed to canal, 222 Rates, Passenger, 103 Rates, Railroad, 99 Rating of employees, 151 Reed, Walter, 106 Reimbursement to owners of vessels for accidents, 323 Rental for Canal Zone, 326 Religious activities, 183 Roads, 191, 264, 265 Robinson, Tracy, 215, 216 Root, Elihu, 242 Ross, Roland, 11, 106 Rosseau, Armand, 217 Rourke, W. G., 143 Rousseau, Harry H., 138, 139, 148 Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 321 Safety appliances, 57 Safety for ships, 281 Sailing ships, Death blow to, 322 Salaries, 310 San Blas Indians, 332 San Diego and Arizona Railway, 376 San Francisco earthquake, 368-369 Sanitary department, 30 Sanitation, 105-117, 328, 332, 352 Sault Ste. Marie canal, 314, 335, 343-344 Saville, Caleb M., 41, 143 School system, 264 Schools, Night, 187 Sea-level canal, 13, 18, 137, 272, 279-282 Secret societies, 184 Servants, 181, 182 Shanton, George R., 262 Shaw, Albert D., 232 Ship railway, 202, 203, 204 Shipping routes, International, 351 Shonts, Theodore P., 135, 137 Shovels, Steam, 83, 150 Sibert, William L., 138, 139 Simplon Tunnel, 71 Site of exposition, 371 Slides, 77, 78 Smith, Jackson, 138, 139 Social diversion, 182 Society of the Chagres, 152, 153 Soda fountain, 178 "Soo" locks, 62 Spanish American war veterans, 128 Spanish language, Study of, 181, 188 Spanish Main, 356 Spillway, 26, 37, 38, 39 Spooner, John C., 229 Steamship lines, 98 Stegomyia, 11, 107, 115, 211 Stevens, John F., 27, 102, 119, 129, 130, 136, 138 Stoney Gate valves, 50 Strangers' Club, 182 Street-car system, 191 Strikes, 129 Suez Canal, 21, 29, 335-339, 376, 377 Suez Canal rules, 292 Supplies for building canal free of duty, 323 Switches, Limit, 57 Tabernilla, 78 Taboga Island, 285 Taboga Sanitarium, 113 Taft, Wm. Howard, 33, 118 Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, 202, 204 Tehuantepec railroad, 203 Tierra del Fuego, 4 Thatcher, Maurice H., 139 Tivoli Hotel, 100, 170 Titanic marine stairway, 45 Tolls, 18, 295-308, 319 Toro Point, 46, 87, 284 Towing, 322 Track shifter, 76 Trade opportunities, 358-367 Traffic, 18, 19 Tramp steamer, 320 Transcontinental tonnage, 350 Transportation of material excavated, 75 Traveling salesmen, 363-364 Treaties with Colombia and Panama, 244 Tropics, Diseases of, 9 Type of canal, 275 University Club, 182 Vaccination of negroes, 162 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 199 Voting, 184, 185 Wages, 146, 165 Wallace, John Findley, 130, 133, 135 Washington Hotel, 101 Washington monument, 23, 25, 26 Water, Control of, 65 Water supply, 265, 266 Watertight material, 41 Wickedness of the City of Panama, 328 Williams, E. J., 143, 160 Williamson, S. B., 143 Wilson, Eugene T., 143 Wilson, T. D., 204 Wire screens, 12 Women's clubs, 180, 181 Women's Federation of Clubs, 183 Wood, Leonard, 108 Workmen, 145-153 Wyse, Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte, 212, 218 Yellow fever, 9, 11, 12, 105, 109, 110, 112, 211 Yellow fever commission, 106 Young Men's Christian Association, 178, 180, 207

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