Show CANAL FORTIFICATIONS Expense Will Probably be Met by Issuance of Bonds Washington April 4 The Panama canal will have to pay the expense of ot its own fortifications This appears to tobe tobe tobe be the opinion of the vanguard of ot the army anny expert board which has Just ar an arrived rived in Washington from Panama after a careful examination of ot the line of the canal ennuI with special reference to the se so selection selection lection of sites for the forts and the determination of the extent of ot the ar an armament armament needed The act of 1502 though much amend amended ed cd by subsequent ent legislation woul seem to carry that inference and con cor consequently consequently the cost of fortification my ULY will be met by the Issue of Panama canal bonds It is 15 impossible at present to state the cost of this work In the first place the commission has tentatively selected the sites for the defenses o othe othe of the canal and at points along the line linein linein linein in tho interior where it is exposed to o 0 destructive attack such as the Gatun dam and the great gr t locks leks l Much of this land belongs to private parties and its as value must be assessed before it can be acquired Much heavy ordnance some of at It 16 Inch guns probably will be required and as it takes a long time to make makr ese esl se big guns and transport them to the isthmus put them In place and erect the defensive earthworks and con concrete concrete concrete crete construction it will to hasten hast n the project in order to in insure Insure sure its completion by the date the canal will be opened in 1914 or 1915 |