THE PANAMA CANAL

[Clinedinst--Washington, D.C.

Col. George W. Goethals, U.S.A.,
Chairman and Chief Engineer Isthmian Canal Commission.

THE PANAMA CANAL

A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ENTERPRISE

BY

J. SAXON MILLS, M.A.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, MANCHESTER, LEEDS
PARIS, LEIPZIG, MELBOURNE, AND NEW YORK

PREFACE.[Pg 5]

The literature on the subject of the Panama Canal is rather dispersed. Afull and entertaining history of the project will be found in Mr. W. F.Johnson's "Four Centuries of the Panama Canal" (Cassell and Co., 1907),a work to which I am greatly indebted. Dr. Vaughan Cornish has given theresults of much research and several visits to the canal in "The PanamaCanal and its Makers" (T. Fisher Unwin, 1909), and in several lectures,especially one before the Royal Colonial Institute, June 11, 1912. Aninexhaustible mine of information will be found in Mr. Emory R.Johnson's Official Report on Panama Canal Traffic and Tolls (Washington,1912). The Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Republic of Panamafor the year 1911, by Mr. H. O. Chalkley, Acting British Consul atColon, contains useful information. A valuable series of articles on[Pg 6]the Panama Canal appeared in The Times of 1912. The NationalGeographic Magazine of February 1911 contains an authoritative articleby Colonel G. W. Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Canal, and the numberfor February 1912 an interesting appreciation by Mr. W. J. Showalter. InScribner's Magazine for February 1913, Mr. J. B. Bishop, Secretary ofthe Isthmian Canal Commission, writes a very useful paper on theSanitation of the Isthmus. In his recent work on South America Mr. Brycedevotes one of his delightful chapters to the Isthmus of Panama. Achapter on the Panama Canal will be found in Mr. A. E. Aspinall's "TheBritish West Indies," and many references in Mr. C. G. Murray's "AUnited West Indies." I must thank Mr. G. E. Lewin, the Librarian of theRoyal Colonial Institute, for his unfailing help and courtesy.

Bushey, 1913.

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CONTENTS.