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Show ORDER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Organizing Panama Canal WorH on Basis Similar to Most Great Railways ; Elaborate Official Plan. NEW TOBK, Nov. 19. A Panama special to th1 Herald says that before President Boosevelt sailed last night he signed an executive order organizing the Panama canal work on a basis similar sim-ilar to most great railways. Undet the new order the building of the canal will be under the management of a chairman, engineer, general counsel. Chief sanitary office, purchasing office, auditor, disbursing office and manager of labor quarters. The government of the canal zone will be rested in the general counsel through the medium of a local administrator. admin-istrator. Such reorganization of the Isthmian canal commission as Koosevelt may decide de-cide is advisable will be deferred until his return to Washington The order signed last night affects only the work on the canaL |