Show THE CANAL EHGINEEB > > Since the agitation began concerning concern-ing the proposed city loan for obtaining obtain-ing water the canal prospective and completed has been pretty thoroughly tho-roughly discussed The route has been criticised and a lack of confidence confi-dence in the ability of the engineer who laid out the ditch expressed through the papers and quite generally gener-ally talked on the street Some assert that if another engineer were 7 declare it to go over the route and feasible for a canal they would cheerfully vote for the loan but eo t long as there ia a doubt as lo whether the ditch alter being dug will carry t water they cannot conscientiously vote for the expenditure of more money in it This kind of Calk is imply nonsense The work of eur veying a canal route requires no such high degree of skill as these ceneo I none people would have us believe The HERALD does not propose to defend Mr Fox nor vouch for his engineering ability and skill as a surveyor After active service in llie field here for ubout a third of a century the gentleman needs no certificate cer-tificate as to his attainments That he underdtanJs his profession is clear enough to intelligent thoughtful people It is a matter of record that Mr Fox baa laid out about all the canals and important irrigating ditches in this country and it is evident that after successful performance t perform-ance of so much of this class of engineering L en-gineering be should be qualified to do what the early students of engineering L engi-neering science are capable of doing If there is a man on the earth who thorouhly understands the nature And character of the soil of ibis country i coun-try that person is Jesee W Fox If anybody knows whether a canal can be successfully operated over any part of the country he does It is nct likely that Mr Fox is going to destroy r de-stroy his reputation and make himself him-self odious in the community by leading the city into the worse than useless expenditure of 150000 The canal if constructed will not provo a failure |