Laws of Canal Zone, 268, 267 Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 8, 132, 211-219 Lidgerwood cableways, 53 Lidgerwood dirt car, 25 Lidgerwood dirt trains, 76 Lidgerwood flat cars, 74, 77 Life on the zone, 176-193 Lighting of locks, 325 Liquor question, 186 Lloyd, J. A., 196 Lloyds, 324 Lock canal, 13, 18, 137, 216, 217, 281 Lock machinery, 57-67 Locks, 19, 26, 46, 48-55, 58, 62, 318 Locomotives, Electric, 65-67 Lottery, 217, 254 Loulan, J. A., 148 Lusitania, 297 Machinery, Dependable, 57 Machinery, Abandoned, 207 Machinery, Value of, 219 MacKenzie, Alexander, 119 Magellan, 4 Magellan, Straits of, 19 Magoon, Charles E., 109, 135, 136, 264 "Making the dirt fly," 27 Malaria, 9, 11, 106, 207, 211 Man-made peninsula, 45 Manchester ship canal, 20, 30, 339 Manila, 19 Manson, Sir Patrick, 11, 106 Manufacturers of U. S., 363 Margarita Island, 284 Maritime Canal Company, 200, 223 Markets, 329 Marriage, 155 Married men more content, 179 Materia medica of Panamans, 381 Matrimony, Premium on, 179 Mears, Frederick, 143 Melbourne, 19 Menocal, A. G., 200 Metcalf, Richard L., 189 Miraflores, 26, 27, 40, 47, 55, 61, 67, 82, 89, 126 Mississippi Valley, 20 Mistakes in building, 12 Mahogany, 330 Money for building always ready, 11 Monroe doctrine, 7, 15, 360, 361 Morgan, Henry, 334 Morgan, John T., 221 Mosquito Coast, 198 Mosquitoes, 9, 11, 12, 105-107, 114, 115 Naos Island, 87, 284 National geographic society, 23 National Institute, 327 Naval display, 375 Navy, Efficiency of, 348 Negroes, 154-163 Nelson, Horatio, 197 New Caledonia, 7 New Granada, 237 New Panama Canal Company, 133, 219, 221, 224-228, 233, 235-237, 242, 270 Nicaraguan Canal, 15, 16, 198, 199, 201, 222, 230, 231 Nicaraguan Canal Commission, 199 Nombre de Dios, 7, 53 North Sea Canal, 342-343 Olympic, 59 Operating force, 309-312 Orchids, 330 Oregon (U. S. Ship), 10 Organization, 133-144 Organization of government on Canal Zone, 313 Pacific Ocean Exposition Company, 370 Pacific Steamer Navigation Company, 321 Palmer, Aaron H., 197 Pan American Conference, 7 Panama, 230, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 246-255 Panama, Bay of, 280 Panama-California Exposition, 376 Panama Canal Company, 133, 218 Panama City, 12, 43 Panama-Pacific Exposition, 368-378 Panama (Republic), 6, 15, 326-334 Panama Railroad, 7, 34, 68, 88, 93, 104, 136, 214, 228, 245 Panama Railroad Steamship Line, 100 Pay-day, 160, 161 Pay of Americans, 178 Paying off canal army, 30 Pedro Miguel, 25, 27, 47, 48, 55, 61, 89 Pennsylvania tubes, 50 Perico Island, 88, 285 Pilots, Canal, 60 Police force, 262, 263 Population of the zone, 315 Porto Rico, 358-360 Position of canal, 5 Postal service, 261 Prize fighting, 328 Purchase of material, 272