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Newspaper
San Mateo Item
Location
San Mateo, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
2
Budget figures show the Isthmian canal project climbing from earlier estimates to a current total of 976,201,000 dollars. The report compares this to prior year figures, detailing advances over both the original sea level plan and the last annual estimate.
The Isthmian lock canal cost jumps to about 375 million dollars, surpassing last year’s figure and spurring debate over final numbers. Col Goethals’ rough draft totals 297.8 million for construction plus sanitation and civil government, with a sea level option cited at 477.6 million, while Congress awaits final figures from the War Department. Also noted is a German mechanical zither that plays from a disk record, ensuring strings respond only to projected notes.
The article describes a drill for brick walls and soft stone with a serrated end from a gas pipe. The bit is sharpened on a file and tapped with a hammer between blows, then turned slightly to assist boring.
A witty quip about a hotel clerk and guest asking to be called at 9 oclock without a bell boy. The piece notes heiresses buying gold bricks as husbands and mentions Woofords Sanitary Lotion advertised as a product. It closes with a remark that in a mans life the greatest necessity is more money.
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