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Show CAUL ERGINEERS 10 SEE BOSTOtf RESERVOIR Presents Valuable Object Lesson Les-son in Construction of Earthen Dams. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Tho board of consulting engineers of tho Panama Canal commission will make an Inspection of tho AVachuactt reaorvolr, a part of the water supply of Boston, before sailing for. tho isthmus next Thursday. This trip waa do,cidod on today during a meeting tvt which tho discussion of the construction construc-tion of the dams was the continued subject. sub-ject. Objects Lesson in Dams. Tho Beaton reservoir Is maintained by an earthen dam, with a sand and earth foundation. It holds water to the depth of sixty feot. and was built by Engineer Steafns. a member of the board. It Is regarded as a practical illustration of tho strength of an earthen dam on earth foundation, and In this connection Is offering of-fering very valuable data In solving the problem of dams on the isthmus, where many borings have been taken in tho senrch for rock foundations for dams, with varying success. Discuss General Subject. The board has spent the greater part of the time during Its sessions here on this question, but under resolution that no voto or conclusion be recorded until after its visit to tho Isthmus. In tho discussion dis-cussion today the practicability of dams at various heights, ranging from sixty to ninety feet, was discussed, as well as tho various locations for dams along tho lino of tho canal. Leave First of Week. The details of tho trip to Boston have not been arranged. It is understood tho engineers will leave hero the first of the week, go direct to Boston, thenco to New York, to Panama. |