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Work Force

The following chart shows the maximum force employed during each year of construction work

Date Work Force
May, 1904 1,000 (Approx.)
Nov., 1904 3,500
Nov., 1905 17,000
Dec., 1906 23,901
Oct., 1907 31,967
Apr., 1908 33,170
Oct., 1909 35,495
Mar., 1910 38,676
Dec., 1911 37,826
June, 1912 38,174
Aug., 1913 39,962
June, 1914 33,270

The following table shows the total number of contract laborers brought to the Isthmus throughout the work. It does not include the number of workers recruited from the United States.

Country
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
Spain
1,174
5,293
1,831
Cuba
500
Italy
909
1,032
Greece
1,101
France
19
Armenia
14
Total
Europeans
2,616
7,426
1,831
Fortune Island 361
Barbados 404 3,019 6,510 3,242 2,592 3,605 528
Guadeloupe 2,039 14
Martinique 2,733 585 2,224
Jamaica 47
Trinidad 1,079 205 143
Curacao 23
St. Kitts 933 9
St. Lucia 55
St. Vincent 296
Grenada 93
British Guiana 332
Total West
Indies
404 5,799 9,491 7,505 2,592 3,605 205 942 528
Costa Rica 244
Colombia 1,077 416
Panama 334 10 13
Not classified 69
Grand Total 404 7,454 12,602 14,944 4,423 3,605 205 942 528