Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the V U 3 navy recruiting station salt lake city doth both entrances to the panama canal are protected by breakwaters A thorough system of lights and buoys makes possible the use ot of the canal at night as well as by day the canal la Is capable ot of handling tho largest ships in ex istance the capacity ot of the present canal the year around la is estimated at approximately 48 ships of 0 usual size per day or about in a year by building gatun galun dam across the valley talley of 0 the chabre gatun galun lake was formed it floods a great part of the valley and backs up against the continental divide its surface Is 85 feet above the level ot the sea at normal elevation which made it possible to reduce by 85 feet the depth of 0 the entire cutting necessary to make the channel between gatun galun and pedro miguel il iguel a distance ot of 31 miles the completed canal has been equipped not only for or its own satisfactory operation but tor for assistance and supply to ships traveling through it Is an outpost of repair and supply in a section of 0 the world otherwise not well equipped for or tho the maintenance of 0 modern yes vessels the repair facilities include a dry dock 1000 feet beet long by feet in width with a depth over keel blocks at normal high tide of 0 43 feet and a toot foot dry dock for smaller vessels the large dry lock dock is one of 0 the largest in tnt lie world and can receive any ship a iloa the canal has coaling plants of 0 tones comb bied capacity which can load u up to 1600 tons an hour as fast as the ships can receive tho the coal in their bunkers the c oil tanks operated by oil companies a as well as by the canal have for v 24 4 3 barrels of 0 oil including crude oil cil diesel oil and gasoline the supply of at pure water is practically unlimited limited most ot of it is drawn from gatun galun lake tittered filtered purified and pumped to the towns and cities in addition the government operates stores which handle all sorts of foodstuffs and supplies tor for tho the ships and their personnel cold stor ago 90 plants and modern P houses are operated approximate ly 6 head of eattle cattle maintained on acres of cleared pastures arc consumed annually two large ice plants supply the bocal demand and the ship tra le thoroughly madern hotali restaurants hospitals and laundries accommodate the public as well as covern employees including the army A r and navy borsis stationed on the isthmus |