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Panama Canal and its function |
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| Release time:2013-05-22 Source:admin Reads: | |
| The dividing line of America is Panama Canal which runs through the whole territory of Panama. The Isthmian Canal Commission was a U.S. government commission set up to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal in the early years of American involvement. Established in 1904, it was given control of the Panama Canal Zone, over which the United States exercised sovereignty. The commission reported directly to Secretary of War William Howard Taft. It was known as the Panama Canal. It was initially composed of plastic seals, appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, directed to avoid the inefficiency and corruption that had plagued the French 15 years earlier. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed John Findlay Wallace, formerly chief engineer and finally general manager of the Illinois Central Railroad, chief engineer of the Panama Canal project. In addition to the engineering and plastic seals, Wallace faced many bureaucratic challenges from the ICC, which had to approve essentially every significant decision Wallace made in the Canal Zone. In addition to "make dirt fly", as directed by Roosevelt, Wallace was forced to use the often dilapidated infrastructure and equipment left behind by the French when they sold their concession. One of Stevens' primary achievements in Panama was in building and rebuilding the housing, cafeterias, hotels, water systems, repair shops, warehouses, and other infrastructure needed by the thousands of incoming workers. Stevens tried to provide plastic seals where the incoming workers could work and reside in reasonable safety and comfort. He began the recruitment effort to entice thousands of workers from the United States and other areas to come to the Canal Zone to work. Initially, the reputation of the Canal Zone made recruiting labor difficult. After a few years, when it became clear that the Canal Zone was a reasonably safe place to work with good wages and hours, labor recruitment became much easier. |
