Show iruiiM DONS v MOVNTVIA The lroUdr1 cniniciMMii or Iho i l murmlor 1ItIC Htiliio Solilndo is the proudest achieve iicnl of tlio Panama Cninl romninj nml I t nlf i mlce1 a uroit work fho li nI Is of so id rock niteriiatinif nt phcoa in lingo cobble lionldtrs We nro minted with a followIIIB ollcj ot ZOO Kim cotton cxplo BIOMS to show how rapidl such work cm he imnlpuljtcd On tlm Smoko clear hIlt oil a rcallj urniul tiiginccritiK feat meets tho oje lxclo iijion lode of Bloimif rock ttrraio tower up to tho highest high-est point about 280 foot On Hocral of the ledges fllmid rows of wagons which were It not n holith would bobti lvnt work onroat tho bottom nnd it is lecessirj to tuiiuiil which wo contruo 10 do bv moans of winding j atlis M 1 De csscpi on a Bttrc footed innlo for the icat IB Intense Dm contractor for tho rusing of ting truo mass is u Swiss of the inmo of ton uertuKor whoso fnco is it panyiino and cliccrfiil picture as if tho impediments i llj ero nollilni Contriry to tho 1 el > lreI of mall of his colleagues ho is open nnd straightforward Tho contract lias been for the lemuILIl of n Iittlo short of JOOO UOO cubic meters ho Hays aa if enjoying tho Idea 1200000 of this has been done and onl 800000 rcnnins Tho rocky section is COO meters long about 80 feet iroxd at tho tho boltoin sloping up to about UO feet at tho top and tho con riclor further xkcs thonwarlh ground as fir as kilometer TJ Jtr hondcreKecr answered IUL hlnlj tint ho had no doubt of completing his task by the end of next ollr His mode of exciating is crj ingcni ous Ho first pierced a tunnel right through tlio mountain leading to tho Hat round on either side Aboxo tins tun icl largo holes about tlireo meters broad arc made four in all at anous lomtH nboMj tht tunnel tho top be ng made funnel sinned Tho rocks l are then blasted inti rolled into thcso fJ iperlurcs whoso standiiiR Bides I em rico a hrgo cnctiit I JoIon n tram lle wagons is in waiting J to rcccno ho buy bowlders as the dash through In this wny four traffie cars aro filled it onto and m n crj short tmo the whole ram moes nwiywilh its heaj load Such is tho practical and swift means which this enterprising contractor takes odimimsh his Inico task Iso wonder ho companj nro proud of him i and were hero imiij of his radical nature who could show Mich good solid work the canal would gam mnny friends Panama Cor riiicajo limei |