| Show THE LOCK SPUN it presidents message to congress Reg regarding aiding panama canal should end controversy engineers report that they do N no 0 r find any occasion for changing the type of canal that has haa been adopted washington any attack hadit badt hereafter on the lock type ot of the panama canal according to tho the opinion expressed by president roosevelt in a message transmitting to congress on wednesday the report mado made by the engineers who recently visited the canal zone with president elect taft Is in reality merely an attack upon the policy ot of building any canal at all the report in mr Roosevel ts opinion shows in clearest fashion that tho the congress was wise la in the position it took and that it would be inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level canal 1 I commend to you he says saya to congress the most careful consideration of the reports they show that tho thi only criticism that can bo be made ot of the work on the isthmus Is that j h c r 0 has some times been an almost excess of caution in providing against possible sible trouble As to the gasun gatun dam itself they show that not only la Is tha dam safe but that on the whole the plan already adopted would make it t unnecessarily high and strong and accordingly they recommend mend that the tha height be reduced by twenty feet which changed plans plana I 1 have accordingly directed I 1 the engineers report that they d dc a not find any occasion for changing the type ot of the canal that has been adopted A change to sea level plan at the present time would add greatly to the cost and time of 0 construction w without compensating advantages either in capacity ot of the canal oi of safety of navigation i and hence would be a public misfortune their estimate of the complete cost of 0 the canal Is they say it Is incorrect to state that the original estimate of cost was as thlu does not include sanitation and zone government |
