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Show Expansion of Canal Facilities FacilitiesAsked FacilitiesAsked Asked Askedas as Defense Precaution : rJ wirJ rJv rJ"i&v 3 3r 3wi r wi v "i&v iv "i&vGatun " & Gatlin Gatun lochs locks , at the 'testern testern western ' end endof of Panama canal ofa HINGTON - Construct on of a third tllird set of locks for the Panama Panamacanal Panamacanalmstead Panamacanalinstead canal-mstead canal mstead canal-instead instead - instead of o1 an entirely new canal newcanal discussed dlscussed drscussed at Nlcaragua-1s Nlcaragua 1s Nicaragua-is Nicaragua is Nicaragua - is being bemg dls drs cussed seriously senously by the Roosevelt Rooseveltadministration RooseveltadmmlstratlOn thehouse admmlstratlOn administration and members of the house and senate military affairs committees affairscommittees affairscommitteesAlthough committeesAlthough signeda Although the United Umted States signed a treaty wi h Nicaragua in m 1914 un tin under tinder der which canal rights were estab established establashed lIshed lashed the tlle war department pomts points out pomtsout pointsout there would be little economic economicor or mil tary tart ' advantage to a second canal secondcanal More important it would cost wouldcost between $1 1 $ 000 000 000 and $1 1 ? $ andl 500 000 000 compared with tlle the $200 200 the$200 the200 $ 000 000 expenditure tor for mcreas increas increasme mcreasmg increasmg mg the Panama canal s capacity Panamaare War department plans in m Panama are 1 I nked eked with Rooseveil Roosevelt President Roose velt s program to increase mcrease the zone s sm m Iitary litany tllecurrent thecurrent personnelas personnel as part of the tlle current thenew rearmament program 'Ihe Ihe The ' new locks iriri would i > - - " - - - - - - - accommodate the largest wchare whichare ships all but a few of which \ wch are already dbIe able to crosS the " The . project . , . . , . . canal - - - - ? I.Quid IQuid would ' . nuulu be oe liquidated mcrt mere bymere ' scd sed sod earn by ngs it is estimated Annual estimatedAnnual tolls of $14 14 $ 000 000 would vld vid provide ( > . tor interest Intenst pro payments s as nkng nk ng fund to amortize and a onlythe not only the Ct cc&l ccl ccst & t of new locks the ofthe $49 49 549 $ but also of 000 lJOO U00 000 in m bondt bondb bonds , st.nd stnd stand outsUnd . st at IIout 11 II out ng llg rig on the ong orlg orig nal nat canal anew The chief argument in favor of a new Nicaraguan canal is its mill tary milltary claiman desirability Proppn.ents Proppnents Proponents . , claim an attackmg attacking enemy might bottle . . ? - up the me entire enbre American vf Panama fleet in m the Pan ama canal but this could be avoId ed avoided by having havmg a second passage passageOpponents Opponents maintain mamtam the cost would be wouldbe prohibitive prohlblbve In addition to the theoriginal theorlgmal orlgmal original orlgmalexpense originalexpense expense the tlle government would governmentwould be forced to milltary maintain mamtam a m mili I tary ' . gamsoii garrIson rmi'L rmiL equal to that " - - - now - on guard onguard at Panama The route would be considerably longer _ requinng requiring from t-- t tlours - " - " " 25 to 30 hours lours for passage against asagainst eight hours as Panama PanamaThe atPanama atPanamaThe reqUIredat required at The new Panama locks wouldjacpommoA would ac _ 1u commodate ' * u all expected transporta tlon tion mcreases Increases for the next glvmg giving the century canal a capacity to dIe han five times the traffic iflic now mov mg ing moving across ItBut itBut it itBut But the possibility at Nicaragua isnot IS not be ng overlooked flcer facer officer is stationed there Anarmy An army of keep ' ' " " " plans " 'ans ans ' constantly to up to date This would wouldutilize tlliZfi-U- tlliZfi U tlliZfiUp route utIlize - the " - huge ' " Lake * N - gua gun and follow . cara earn up plans - p yoria first ursi started by Portuguese startedse settlers in m 15o0 15JO 1510 One One.ould Oneould suggesbon suggestion I.ould Iould would ' . . make the canal a private aprivate venture but the war department depart ment calls fflculticsencountered attention to d fficUlties llculties ( encountered when private prhate prltate sought enterprisesought to bu Id the Panama enterprise canal |