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Show PANAMA CANAL ON EXTENSIVE SCALE WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Locks for tbe Panama canal probably will be built according to the dimensions recommended recommend-ed by the msjority of the consulting board of engineers, which favoreu the construction of a sea-level waterway instead of the smaller type planned by the minority of the board. Under this chsnge of programme the locks would be 100 feet wide. Tbe 1lans adopted by Congress provide for ocks 95 feet wide, with usual lengths of 000 feet. With this exception, it is said the minority plans will be followed. |