Show PANAMA CANAL MAY BE REOPENED SOON Only Flftr Tset of Eartfc Now Bep-aratas Bep-aratas Waters of tia Channel. PAVAJJX Dsc t Such sxosllanl pros rsss hss bssn mads with ths dredglnc In the Oalllard cot of the Panama canal that now only flft feet of eartl separstes the waters of the channel Th s little neck of land less than twenty feet I lsh can be removed by dredses In a few days unless the bulflnc up of ths bottom proceeds too rapidly for the dredgers. Since the huts dipper dredge Cascades began operations In the canal the month 1 yardage has been Increased to 1 50 000 cubic ards tie most tbst haa r er been taken from the canal In net exca atlon work Colonel Ooethals hoe er ron ttnum to decline making a perdjetton aa to when the canal will be reopened He says the slides have not yet stopped snd It might be that It would be possible for them to close the canal sgatn before a pre diction was mads good A more cheerful spirit over the outcome of he dredging work and the probabll ty of definite! overcoming the twi slides In t e Ctilebra cut at an early date Is being manifested by the canal engineers Including Colonel Ooethals Altl ough the prospects s e thst the i ters of the wo sections of the canal will speedily join each other there la no px pe atlon that the rl annel will be ready for the passage of ships for many weeks |