The main obstruction at Panama

The main obstruction at Panama. Illustration shows a bloated businessman labeled Railroad Interests smoking a cigar and wearing a gold necklace of railroad passenger cars, sitting on the hillside at the Culebra Cut in Panama; he is speaking to Uncle Sam, who is standing on the edge of the Cut, his coat over one arm and holding a pick-axe with the other. Stuffed head-first, in the businessman's pocket, is John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the canal construction until his resignation in 1905. Date 1905 July 19. The main obstruction at Panama. Illustration shows a bloated businessman labeled Railroad Interests smoking a cigar and wearing a gold necklace of railroad passenger cars, sitting on the hillside at the Culebra Cut in Panama; he is speaking to Uncle Sam, who is standing on the edge of the Cut, his coat over one arm and holding a pick-axe with the other. Stuffed head-first, in the businessman's pocket, is John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the canal construction until his resignation in 1905. Date 1905 July 19

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