Earthquakes Will Not Affect Big Canal
I B Sutton sums up canal progress and safety from earthquakes. He notes Panama lies outside major quake zones and modern dams resist shocks, while temperatures stay around 70 degrees year round with high humidity. The article advocates completing the United States canal project within about five years, stressing strategic and global importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanama
South America
Ancon
Panama
Central America
United States
Acapulco
Mexico
South Carolina
Gulf States
Pacific Ocean
Washington, D. C
Stewart
Congressional Committee
Langham
Mississippi Valley
Paci- Do Opant
GABOR ON ISTHMIAN CANAL LABOR AND OPEN MEETING NOTES
A report shows November staffing on the Isthmian Canal commission and Panama railroad with 8,808 total employees, including laborers, gold and silver forces. Separations totaled 209 for gold, additions 282, leaving net gains. Quarters occupied by gold employees totaled 6,023, with family and bachelor units varying by origin. Post 28 C A R held an open meeting with 200 attendees in which General Harry White and other officers spoke, and several officers were installed. The Isle of Spice musical opened with new cast members and stage elements led by Charles Pusey and Walter Coupe, premiering at Library Hall. Public sale notice lists household and farm goods to be sold at Park Armetus farm on January 15 1910.
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Commission
Panama Railroad
Panama
William J. Patterson
Pittsburg
Ira R. Campbell
Rayne Township
Harry White
G. B. Roof
W. A. St. Clair
W. J. Wilson
William Hogack
Isle of Spice
Isle of Splea
King Bumpapka
Charles Pusey
Walter Coupe
Alicea Clark
Park Artemus
Strongstown
Armagh Road
Syracuse
Victor Stewart
Park Altemitus
Cameron
Explaining pressure in Clymer Reservoir experiments
A concise account shows water pressure at a surface depends on depth. Experiments with tubes, cylinders, and funnels illustrate that upward force on a surface equals the weight of a water column whose height matches the depth. The measured pressure, about five pounds at ten feet, links depth to force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Clymerith
State Treasurer Jeremiah Stober Dies in Bed at 67
Jeremiah A. Stober Pennsylvania state treasurer elect, 67, was found dead at his Schoeneck home. He died overnight from heart trouble after retiring in good health. A Civil War veteran, he served as postmaster, justice of the peace, and state senator, with previous House tenure from 1875 to 1878 and Senate from 1898 to 1908, and chaired the railroad committee. He had been a cigar maker and leaf tobacco dealer since 1881.
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Lancaster
Jeremiah A. Stober
Pennsylvania
Schoeneck
Stober
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Seiamic
Ances
Sutton
I. Blair Sutton
Gabor
J. N. Langham
Frogre
Fan
AYR
Mentheard
Additesshs
Tate
Neil McCoig
Falls City
Neb
Able Town
Kansas City
McColy
McCoig
Eee Mirror
Atchison
Kan
Abe
Herop Stober Disad
Pope
Rome
Pius
Charles Wilton
Sagamore
Squire Means
Punxsutawney
Teachers’ Institute
Dilltown
Baptist Church
A. T. Taylor & Son
General Clearing Out Sale
W. R. Loughry & CO
R. W. Wehrle & Company
Indiana, PA
Geo. D. Leydie
L. Pattison Co
Phila. Street
Thompson
Insurance Agency
Indiana
le Roy
Nat Ina Trust
Les
Spoumls Bk
LE Roy Plow CO
OUR Job Department
Garret
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frants Brothers
Rossmoyne
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