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Show To Build Barges. PHILADELPHIA, May a In view of tha possible difficulty of the National Government In obtaining vessels to carry supplies and machinery to Panama to be uced in the building of the canal 'there, barge owners of this city will make an effort to get the business. One barge company com-pany has already sent proposals to the Secretary of War offering to carry the Government's freight td Colon. Shipping mfn ' say that the scheme is practicable, although no cargoes have ever been sent to Colon In barges. |