Excerpt from The Panama Canal and Its Makers And information in connection with my study of the Panama Canal, and Wish to thank particularly His Excellency the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, the Rt. Hon. Lord Ave bury, Mr. Claude Mallet, Colonel George E. Church, Colonel George W. Goe thals, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Com mission, and his colleagues, Colonel W. C. Gorgas, M.D., Major D. D. Gaillard, Major William L. Sibert, Mr. Jackson Smith, and Mr. Bucklin Bishop. Also Major Chester Harding, Mr. Arango, Mr. G. R. Shantou, Chief of Police, Mr. William Gerig (formerly in charge Of the Gatun Dam), Mr. Mason W. Mitchell, and Mr. Tracy Robinson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.