| Show I DISAGREE ON TYPE lYPE Of PANAMA CANAL President May Take Bull Bul by the Horns Hors and Decide the Matter Mater AUTHORITIES ARE DIVIDED Sentiment III In COI rc to tl bo ho boIn boJI In lii JI 11 Tutor of Jh toy ly B 13 Contract March legis legislation lation at Ut II the present session of at Con Comm COl grass grens grels Is II regarded as extremely Improbable able Ible event even eel by hy tho the members of ot tho the semi sen senate SOl ate ala committee which fur for two Iwo has his been meeting nearly nearby near every day ay to tu Investigate conditions on omm 01 the of ot Panama and ana preparo Itself to 10 report a D bill bi Several weeks ago Igo It I was WIS decided ed oil to 10 postpone temporarily the tho Investigation hives of ut criticisms that hail had been made auntie the oC ot canal affairs and und to devote the time to 10 a it II discussIon of ot the type of ot canal to ba be b constructed TIme The committee la Imi divid divided ed el on 01 this subject and nd there thero Is 18 l no Ito 10 In Indication that the tho witnesses es could Cult unit lu the testimony taken haVo imao tended to LO toward LOw tOwan ward wan w rd harmonizing the tho elM of tin thum 11 member Advocates of time the sea Iea level leol canal proposed by the minority of elf Q tho the board bOaro of ot consulting engineers are 1110 ap apparently 11 confident that IMI this Plant plan will willbe wi 1111 be followed They hey have pointed out that If It no 0 agreement Is IH reached by iy b Congress tho time thol president l In his hiM message mu ale transmitting the reports of or the tIme board hoard has his given RIel no nu notice tice tico Ico that the administration will 1 pro proceed proceed cecil with wih the construction of ot the Iho lock hock canal ca who have Ilvo been time the senate enate committee have luo not agreed in into II to In tho the feasibility of I at Gatun the tho flight of three locks propos proposed ed act by time thu minority ans u 11 i On 01 this has his engaged In large part palI the tho exam examination of or the Iho engineers All Al of ot time tho advocates of tho the sea fel love loci project ivero outspoken against tho tIme at ot the tho I locks hocks at nt that point pol II but Jut thu tIm friends of r time tho plan Illan hao 1110 been greatly I encouraged by a u cablegram from room chief engineer r declaring that tuLL there could be bu no ito doubt concerning the sue Hue success cess of of the Jatun Ga ul locks Tho testimony mony mOi gIven by Bates Bales Burr Burrand and others to tho than effect that the hill hillIn hiI In lii which It I Is proposed to build huld thelo hocks loeks Is II not long enough to provide for fO three locks with uH ablo lengths of at feet was cabled to Mr Mm I Stevens Ho Ito 11 took steps stops to 10 refute tho tIme and amid In tIme the canal commission to deny Ien minim the tho testimony upon his authority Advocates of ot tho the lock canal declared today lodl that In view of ot tIme the fact a t thai hut Mr Stevens Sterns luau had examined ih time Klimo co tho tIme testimony was wal given he ho Is I In Iii the tho best beRI position to take n a 1 positive Jo lh stand The ht witnesses who have hac testified It be before belore before fore lore the committee have hal been about bouL bouLen evenly en divided as aim to the type of canal The ho next witness wines will wi be Clen teim Oel Davit Davk formerly formally torn Iy a n member of the canal com coin commission COl mission and governor of or time the canal zone Secy Sec week neek Taft att will wi appear some time next lext In lit II view Ie of ot the tact fact that thai the house houe committee on Interstate Inter tule and amid Ild foreIgn commerCe commence Is I not Inclined to accept th Ih tile testimony taken Inken by the time senate sennie commit committee tee let it IL Is believed beloved the mouse houe huu e will wi not b bready In blead ready rea lead for weeks to take ui an canal legIslatIon This adds to 10 the tho probability that very el lt will wi be done one at nt the present pu teas pes slon anti and that the thc president pre and ald the canal ulal commission will wi bo be left lef free treo to ex exercise their own Judgment ns as n to tho time type t Je of ot canal to 10 bo be built buit In II which event the lock level I el type would woul bo Jo b adopted It IH Is I generally believed that the sentiment In lit Congress la Is largely large III In favor of o building the water ater way vay wn by b con contract Ion contract tract It I has ham been suggested that Con Can Congress gress grese by b i Joint resolution may mar take ac ne actton nelion lion In III this regard If It a canal bill bi Is not agreed upon |
