Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 17 | Big Panama Bore Near Completion

BIG PANAMA BORE NEAR COMPLETION Navy Department Announces Canal Will Be Opened in Fall of Next Year 4 Washington Sept 14 The H.-The The Panama canal is to be opened to traffic in the fall taU of or 1013 This This' statement was made mado officially at the navy y a. department to today today today to- to day with an announcement that the Atlantic fleet would be rendezvoused at Colon this winter before the water Is turned in Tho The navys navy's Is based on the In latest test report from the tho army engineers Secretary Meyer after atter consulting with tho the Isthmian canal commission discovered that construction work on the canal had progressed so far tar that unless action was taken Immediately there was a probability that the men of ot the fleet would have no opportunity to examine the connecting link UnIt between the two oceans before it was In opera opera- tion ton Tho The visit of ot the fleet will In Include Include In- In clude elude railroad trips for the tho men throughout the canal zone While there hats has been much specula specula- and a number of ot prophecies concerning concerning concerning con con- tho early opening of ot the canal tho the naY navy department was the tho first to announce the tho surprising fact official offIcial- ly lYe The Tho date dato for tor the opening originally wa was sot for January 1 1 1915 and engineers engineers engi engl- Beers for tor some time ha had hod doubted J If the engineering difficulties could be overcome to permit completion of ot the work b by that date Tho The remaining work is said to offer few tew obstacles