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Show CONSULTING BOARD WILL CO TO PANAMA Canal Engineers Discuss Details De-tails of Organization and Construction. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 The board ol consulting engineers of the Pannma canal today discussed various details of organization. organ-ization. Tho special committee on procedure, proce-dure, appointed yesterday, mnde a partial report. While no formnl notion has vet been taken, It has been prnctlcallv determined de-termined that the board will ncccp't tho Invitation of Chairman Shouts to visit the Isthmus the last of tho month, when tho commission meets at Panama. Tho board adjourned at half-past 1 They will meet again at the call of the chairman, which will probably be next Friday. Study the Plans. In tho meantime tho members will study tho various documents and plans which had been prepared beforehand, and to facilitate that work they will have at their disposal several rooms In the Mills building, which will bo fltted up as their offices. In tho mooting this morning. Mr. Hur-tcr, Hur-tcr, the English delegate, was appointed on tho executlvo committee. In the plac of Mr. Burr, who Is likely to be absent at times. Discuss Size of Locks. It was further decided that on Friday a discussion would be held about the size of the locks, which Is a very important question, now that larger ships are bclnf, built every year. When this has been decided It will be possible to figure out the cost of a lock canal and to compare this with a sea-level canal. |