Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 516
until two days after thedestruction of the Gamboa dikethat a trench large enoughto admit a good stream ofwater was opened up. It looks as if the canalwere far from done, yet, Iremarked. You just wait until thosebig dredges get into action,said Mr. Hawkins. They 11make short work of that slide.When… … THE CUCARACHA SLIDE MAKING MORE WORK FOR THE CANAL DIGGERS. ally than all that excavating machinery on wheels.And yet, he mused, those slides have beenbothersome. They have made us dig a valleyinstead of a gorge through the Culebra hills. (To be continued.)
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