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PANAMA CANAL the whole, one must agree that the MANCHESTER 
work undertaken was for the : 
Stephen J. Connolly Gave Interest- world’s. best.interests, yet as a fair The Ladies’ Social circle will 
ing Talk before the Man- minded people many of us even to- hold a_half-pound party in the 
chester Club day must agree that perhaps the chapel, Wednesday evening, Febru- 
The Panama Canal was the sub- 
ject of a very interesting informal 
talk before the members of the Man- 
_ chester club last Monday evening by 
Stephen J. Connolly, of the well 
known firm of Connolly Bros., Bev- 
erly Farms, who had recently paid 
a visit to Panama. Mr. Connolly be- 
ing himself a contractor was excep- 
tionally fitted to give a talk on this 
subject. His address proved very 
interesting and instructive. 
Mr. Connolly spoke of the sea 
yoyage and attending incidents 
from the time of leaving New York 
until reaching the Panama. He 
gave in brief the history for cen- 
turies of the various movements to 
build a canal in which many _ na- 
tions had been interested and which 
had been tried and failed. He told 
what Dr. Lessups, fresh from the 
Suez canal had done at Panama and 
how he, too, had failed. Much of 
his failure was due to weak admin- 
istration and graft, coupled with 
the fact that there was not the mod- 
ern machinery and sanitation, which 
is so evident at the present time. 
The acquisition. of Oregon and 
California, said Mr. Connolly, made 
the United States realize for the first 
time the necessity of an Isthmian 
. Canal. 
Congress passed various acts from 
the years 1870 to 1902, the last be- 
ing known as the Spooner act au- 
thorizing the purchase of the canal 
from Colombia for forty million dol- 
The treaty which was accep- 
table to the United States was re- 
jected by Colombia, with the result 
that the Republic of Panama _ se- 
eeded from Colombia and 3 days 
afterwards, in 1904, concluded a 
treaty with the United States for 
the purchase of the Canal Zone for 
the sum of ten million dollars, the 
United States further agreeing to 
pay the Republic of Panama $250,- 
000 annually after a period of nine 
years. The United States also pur- 
chased from the French Company 
and the Panama R. R. Co. various 
‘property for the sum of 40 million 
~ dollars—on the whole a low price. 
Mr. Connolly made some comment 
upon the justice or injustice to Co- 
-lombia, which even today is de- 
~batable, and the show of force by 
the United States during the seces- 
‘sion period of Panama, and whether 
the United. States acted within its 
agreements to hold the various re- 
publies intact. 
What President Roosevelt did, on 
case was and is a proper one for 
the Hague tribunal. What. does 
Washington say? And witness the 
adverse comment on Colombia’s 
part as to the proposed visit of See. 
Knox. 
He told how the Isthmus Canal 
Commission undertook and handled 
the work and what they accom- 
plished in a wonderful way in two 
years, placing the project upon a 
splendid working basis, constructing 
an able administration in every 
connecting way, especially as_ to 
sanitation, judiciary, social, relig- 
ious, the care and transportation of 
employees, planning the work, de- 
veloping the type of canal, purchas- 
ing new machinery, constructing a 
double track railroad, building ho- 
tels and hospitals, at the same time 
cleaning up the cities of Colon and 
Panama. Perhaps most wonderful 
of all, making rapid progress upon 
the actual work. 
He gave a general description of 
the canal, its length—deep water to 
deep water, Atlantic to Pacific, be- 
ing fifty miles. The average depth 
of water is 45 feet; width of base 
of canal 300 to 500 feet. He spoke 
of the break-waters, the forts, light 
houses, Gatun Lake, 164 square 
miles in area, 32 miles long and 85 
feet above sea level; of Gatun Dam, 
the locks, 1000 feet long and 110 
feet wide. The dams are of con- 
erete with storage for electrical ma- 
chinery. The 600 ton lock-gates 
were also referred to. 
IIe alluded to the methods taken 
to safe-guard vessels while in the 
locks, and the electrical towing en- 
gines. He told of the famous Celu- 
bra Cut, and the treacherous slides 
—one being 47 acres in area. <A ves- 
sel ean go from the Atlantic to Pa- 
cific in 10 to 12 hours, he said. He 
was much impressed by the work, 
especially that the great object les- 
son is what may be accomplished by 
an honest administration of the 
yovernment worked out upon a mil- 
itary basis (the only way perhaps). 
Everyone has but the one thought, 
viz.: the suecess of the eanal; each 
feels that the success of the plan de- 
pends upon himself. There are no 
drones; all are workers, 
rushing, eager for an early finish. 
Already the end is in sight, the work 
will be finished far ahead of time. 
The total cost is about 3875 million 
dollars. The canal is an American 
pride. 
As to economic results: 
everyone — 
“the op-- 
ary 28. 
P.R. Oysters at Manchester Fish 
Market, 25 Central street. 
Stag Brand Shirts $1 at Bell’ 
Central square store. 
Lamson & Hubbard Winter Hats 
at Bell’s. 
Vesper Service at Manchester 
The following program will be 
presented Sunday afternoon at the 
Congregational church in connec- 
tion with the monthly Vesper Ser- 
vice, being given monthly under the 
direction of the Harmony Guild: 
Proinde,” <oMolodye In aio, sists 3a Read ° 
Hymn, 99 
Solo, ‘‘In My Father’s House Are Many 
Man SlOnS i sore ete haces tent oeione ates Jewell 
Miss Lincoln 
Scripture Reading 
Anthem, ‘‘ Fear Not Ye, O Israel ’’ 
Choir Lansing 
Prayer 
Hymn, 583 
Offertory, (oc komance’ 2. . alert. Clarke 
Anthem, ‘‘Praise the Lord’’ ..... Maker 
Choir 
Solo, ‘‘The Judgment Day’’ ....Shelley 
Mr. Bezanson 
Remarks 
b B12) eR RMI A Py ete re fa ene te yee 4 Selected 
_ Miss Lincoln and Mr. Bezanson 
Benediction 
Postlude, ‘‘Now the Day is 
(by request) 
Over’? 
Davis 
portunity of rebuilding our lost 
merchant marine, is offered,—the 
saving to the Government in a Na- 
val way, practically doubling our 
Naval eapacity. Mr. Connolly al- 
luded to toll rates. The crank on 
rebates asks shall our vessels be 
properly treated by the toll adjust- 
ments? In earrying forward this 
wonderful work Uncle Sam gives a 
world lesson, creating a new. era 
among nations and again demon- 
strating that we are and shall be 
successful and far-seeing in our Na- 
tional life. 
In eonelusion Mr. Connolly said 
the construction of the canal teaches 
one great home lesson for the Amer- 
ican people, namely: 
ment has demonstrated 
modities of life upon the best pay- 
ing basis; it has been its own store- 
keeper and naturally the thought 
eomes, why not give it the chance 
to handle for the people many of 
the so-called public utilities. 
The Govern- = — 
beyond» 
doubt that it ean handle the eom-~° 
