REPORT BOARD DIRECTORS PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY. 13

The old temporary bridges have been replaced with reenforced con-
crete culverts, giving a continuous ballasted roadbed; track has been
. relaid with open-hearth steel rail and fully ballasted, and between
Corozal and Panama a relocation is being made between mileposts 448 -
and 452 which eliminates 210° of curvature and 150 feet of distance.
The new line also replaces an 8° curve with one of 4°.

At a point 2,000 feet north of Bas Obispo the operated line lies
within the canal prism. In order to permit the completion of exca-
vation at this point the line is being shifted back into the hills around
which it is located, so that it will be outside the canal. The cost is
being borne by the Isthmian Canal Commission, and the work is
about 75 per cent complete.

BRIDGE BUILDING AND DOCK DEPARTMENT,

The following bridges have been rebuilt on permanent lines:

Length |

 

Bridge : r . :
No. Location. Gren: Type of structure.
Ls SMEOUMU HELO PCsie ean he iets ees ee Fe Oe a 7’ 9’’ | Rail and concrete box culvert.
Qe eeaebs CLO Bees Or Ai Se SS feo ee eas es ee Do.
Oe eee i Seca as has Smaps cir Me II ee ree ene ata y Bue De
Aye ees CLO PS ea as SAR RU i ty aun evn ace fe 122 Do.
Die cee OG Sey Cae Nis ae Se G21 Do.
G4Es CORO ZAG SS ieee Selva tee et Movin ea hae Na eae 4’ 4’’ | Concrete box culvert, 2 tracks.
O53 Balboa umCtlone ss. sa ee ees 13’ 6’ | Rail and concrete box culvert.
Balboa Wy Ces [oe re sea eee a ee ioe a aa 3’ by 4’ _| Concrete box culvert.
PRs COs ae Rae ae Gee Ae a Ay At Do.

 

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Pier 1 has been widened, strengthened, and the uncovered portion
roofed, and dock 11 is likewise being widened and lengthened. ‘This
work was necessary in connection with handling new steamships ~
Ancon and Cristobal, bringing large cargoes of cement to Isthmus for
use of the commission.

The 4,000-barrel oil tank at Mount Hope has been completed and
connected by a 6-inch pipe line with the machine shops and cold
storage. A steel tank of 1,200 barrels capacity for supplying fuel oil
to locomotives has been built at Fox River, and two 100-barrel supply
tanks for the cold-storage and Cristobal power plants have been built
at Camp Bierd. A floating pile driver with 65-foot leads and mounted
on a steel hull consisting of two old French barges has been built.

In addition to the regular maintenance, some improvements and
additions to the cold-storage and bakery plants at Cristobal were
made. These covered additions to cold-storage space, additional ice-
making capacity, moving and consolidation of Colon electric-light —
plant to the cold-storage building at Cristobal, and the construction of
the two new Duhrkop ovens in the bakery.

A municipal stable with 256 stalls was built on E street. Consid-
erable filling and construction of driveways was necessary in this
connection. :

In order to facilitate the handling of passenger traffic, and to in-
crease the revenue therefrom, a new station has been built at Highth
_and Front streets, Colon. This will take the place of both the Colon
and Cristobal stations, consolidating the passenger business at one
}O1i tic ¢ pn 1ei 1g i] c expense of Cristobal agency. The building