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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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uirements ofchief engineer upon this Isthmus. The organization of men and the use of themto supreme advantage are among the chief con-siderations. By perfect organization, the chiefengineer can save millions of dollars to theLTnited States. Perhaps even more importantthan the organizer is the man who never for-gets the value of money and time and finds outto the smallest fraction of a cent the cost ofdoing every variety of work on the canal withina given time. Here comes in the immeasurablepractical advantage to the Canal Commission inhaving a man, like Chief Engineer Wallace, whohas enjoyed long, exacting, and successful ex-perience in managing all the details of a vastrailroad system, where the use of every cent iscarefully noted and computed, and where theefficiency of a man is measured by the greatestgood and service for the railroad lie can accom-plish at the least cost. While I would not inany way Ieflect ui)on the technical skill and 162 THE AMERICAN MONTHL Y REVIEW OF REVIEWS.
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o g < A training of army engineers,and would give all credit forwhat they have accomplishedand are accomplishing, it canbe contended that few if anyarmy engineers have ever hadsuch broad experience andtraining as Chief EngineerWallace, and that it wouldtherefore seem unwise if theconstruction of the canal, byany combination of circum-stances, were taken out ofthe hands of this distin-guished member of the citi-zen engineering professionand placed in the hands ofthe army. If the qualities requiredin a chief engineer were tobe summed up in terms to beappreciated by those of uswho are not engineers butstill are keenly interested inthe practical success of thecanal, it could be said that,estimating his total knowl-edge and experience as 100per cent., about 25 per cent,should be classed as tech-nical, 25 per cent, as execu-tive, 25 per cent, as ad-ministrative and organizingability, and 25 per cent, asdiplomacy and knowledge ofhuman nature. In otherwords, the chief engineer ofthe Panama

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