Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-18 | Page 20 | Just Histo

Just T Hist J fifa f. f By Albert F. F Phill Philip 1 It was the Voyage offe warship an unusual l voyage tb the famous steamed from San Franci Francil l Key y W West st a dl distance anc around tho the world In slit days and was then t tIe tto that brought abut about of that great that that unites th the Pacific oceans At rio mio time tim was the need neM of a canal th tha unite tho the two oceans man n l much as when the tho Oregon Golden Gate IB Today is the twentieth a sary of ot tho day when to the United States right across the the ama for the construction canal Th There ro was wall an old d with Great Britain who vho ha a rights over such a n. canal not only gave the Unit United d A rit rite to negotiate for a tre tN the the construction of oJ a a. canal the isthmus but also 1 tS such waterway It was also aleo that the canal should belo belowa wa s 's s to the nations of or th the The Clayton treat the United States and arid Gre Grea ala ain Is the tr treaty aty referred dl I it was negotiated In 1850 provided for forth th the an Isthmian waterway waterway waterway-tto th ith to be constructed by riva under In 1880 President Rut Ru D. D Hayes announced that ar r between tho the two under American control tho the Hay roto treaty between tar at and England which Clayton Clayton treaty and the right exclusive United States to manage a a. canal and pla canal as under the absolu of the United The isthmian canal c cor was concluded on NoVt 1903 but under the teri terms S convention the Uni United ed S Str not acquire any title tO tOj tOjIn t tIn in the republic ot of o PanI Panal merely a perpetual pation use and control over oyer a zone rone of land ten ter width and for this pr United States paid to toof the theof of ot Panama the sum ot of I 1 and nd undertook to pay t tilt tile ii annually so long torti occupancy continued sue su ments to begin on Fain 1913 The cost of construct construction o canal was i b but t should be added the 2800 fortifications te rights which at the ej end 11 year vear 1917 h had includIng a ap made b bv by congress I Ithe the cost to jI jIlies Tl lies between latitude 8 S and The s 's saddle through n crosses the continental d 3 5 feet above sea level evel wh Hill the highest point alongside the canal i IsiF above sea level The The enl ent I the canal from the AUrI MI AUr directly from the north I When the construction canal was finally decided I commission of or seven seyen mer appointed in 1904 A Al I were skilled engineers work was instituted und direction Like all aU gre great greal t I takings a a. great deal o wasted in preliminaries result that the country bee bet patient and dissatisfied I 4 manner in which they tempting to do the wor worthe worK the executive e ability showed that the r upon them to resign h did and a new which three were master spirits and fo four r aPi oh appointed simply to me meet of the law to the canal the new con com being named h itt April 1 ili 19 waterway was opened t to tion on 15 1914 M The tonnage of cargo through the canal In Jh th year jear 1922 the latest data dat was and was was' wase c 1 to 93 8 per cent of th thy year vear when the cargo tonti tont ton tons J I In 1921 the republic ot of and the United States eon con treaty which was ed United d States senate and aria Colombian congress on jD jt D 2 21 1921 by which It the United States 2 compensation for the lo loss s sama ama the money to be p prate pa pale rate of of 5 ann annual J sum eum to be use used in currency of or the Improving the IThe Jj I The Tho republic of ot ranal dared lared Its independence enCe ff r on November 3 31 was recognized by the States on No NovEmber ember 18 Lr Lt on n September r f 5 PresIdes President recommended to tj congre of a new treaT treaT trea Panama anama to supersede W tj t treaty reaty with the Taft ag under inder which the canai The Panama g gov go govIs Is S anxious to have th t treaty reaty clarified The eel June rune 30 1921 placed 81 S1 S cans ans on the Isthmus nit r 2825 American men and andS and'S 3 can an women were in lii the enI en the he Panama canal and ra rail I