| Show T THE t PRESIDENT f CANAL It Can Call be bo Built for About Half The Cost of a Sea SeaLevel SeaLevel SeaLevel Level One Ono AND IN U ABOUT HALF THE TIME of if ut Con on I I Iii l 5 II Unit for tor II mu Sai 13 lc Feb Fuh Roosevelt today to Con great th time report of or the tho board bird of con eon upon ullon the Ula Panama canal l together wIth the letter if t f Seey See Taft Tutt the thc r report port of af I canal lon and unil a letter by hy Chief t Steven Thu Tho latter hoUer loll r of ot tho tim In its n till OS To 10 the Senate Bennie and House Houte of ot I submit herewith thai th let letter Letter ter tr cf d tho the h of war ivar ting thu th report of the tha board of or con eon upon the ca en canal ennal nal amt arpi the leport of at the Isthmian ca ell carol cal rol commIssion with a II aletter aletter letter leller written to 10 the tho chairman of ot the tha by b Chili Stent Ste lIn Hoth the board of ot on unit nd th the tunal commission divide le In their ri report The majority of ot the tho board bourd of ot con on suiting eight In III number In n eluding time tho live five 11 foreign fa tim favor vor var 01 a se sealevel l vel canal and ond one mem be bei of tho the canal lon Admiral 1 I uk i tho view tell lI of tha eight of th Ih tho hoard board of af engineer and mind Ilvo members of the Isthmian I corn com tutor tho lock IOk canal und so duel dota Chief hief Engineer Su SlOt SlIM ux The secretary of if writ rI nd a 1 lode lock Ilna pursuant to the iho of If the minority of or tim Ih board of nf und anih of or the thit Ih major maJur ity It of ot th the commission After itter Study of ot In UI submitted und full ant and r ll ron lOll Ol of the whole ct et I 1 ton lOl oil cur In hits I It I t will be M Il that tin till American upon the board nil nn upon the hy by h a II more than two to to 10 imp nr favor th lito Ii lock ea en aol the t e foreign engineers are alo a unit against t It I think this II Is partly to In b 1151 explAined by b the tho timed that thai this the great Brent trunk Ir canal of ili IIII old uld world orld Is I tin Ih Suez Rue a canal whereas the great of pf HIM ne nel new world U Iii I the S Ste t Marle a n look lock ca en a nal Although the the tho Hoo on Is II closet to III during the winter inter months It eairles annually three thrpo times the Iram IraIn of r tho Suez canal cuna In lri my In Judgment the very tory able ar tic of the majority of ot the tile Warel of ot consulting In Is vitiated hy by their to pay proper heed hl d to the th les lessons ie Ic sons eons taught by the construction and over o eLerton eton Men of tho the Soo It must be horn In mind as nil the tha commission on T 1 IT fla f f out that is Js no question of at i hiss hen been tur the tue straits of or Panama thit lIu that II II a through which the tho largest vessels e could gO with safety J at nt uninterrupted 1 high epic roth oth the sea HeR level Itel the tha proposed lorIt Ill lUll bo be to too narrow nfl Ihl shallow lIow to 10 b he be called with nn truthful no II a or lr to 10 havo any of nf th the of f a p we tor trip strip mole a of them m woul b bo be canals clIal pure Pr nJ and type un ct 1111 II Rut nut in m my Ju Ih t hf he dl e nr ore are aid I lie tei 01 hutch greeter n he ease ae of n a raa c canal nal is 8 In Ih hn moper forwarded lh smith And I r 0 cell All to the foci that t tu th engineer who will be for tbs thi u n nf of this nI rr feat and who III I a 11 pro r Pt In Is 18 emphatically find and tn tl lv In favor of cf f the lock lork anal 1110 jeet je t coil the tho Ih M n vol A of th the rennet elm tn tr p a II strong th thit t tI LJ ore n re th t h tn ct The earni lv h slight I lo v i i r od 1 to III Ii in tie the vent event of fir ii wn r tho th fl r front from th the lilt h hoan he avy cost alit of nf Intern upon II tJ I I mount I oi t n is hUll hulM hit I Id It I t would he hI I l III us as stud mid for small tho th tIlI nf ot I i t iii hh hi v 1 lie hI If Its p fi noi tim th ph eier r the look Icicle nal tit mit It H II level of nf HI o 0 feet or would not co coot cou t rh nor mol half u as i 11 ta to build roud ho hull In III about half th the time I litH th ro would he be b very 1 mu lf 1 Ps risk ed vl t l h it tn my It H nail fur fir Inee shins transit would li Ita Into IntI th fh tnt u t Ih ii saved In tho ro ot cost t of or would wont Id be he I In off Af n r hullt built It would b II be easier NIJer to tn enaree the lock 1 canal than limn the tel sea lets enal Moreover what lm hap le hen n l In iii stahl I a itin the Ihl Brent lock hock he h Soo Soon no n it macro Important snort of nf Raffle than th l mini th thO iti gOO goes i to th tit thO opinion of ar th bite of if the tI consulting on board rd of en i 1 hor r t ni t nf ot the Iho of tho l r ns as n to In the Iho Il f de II Nil y of a n lock ennui canal nt ut irm ma The Fhe r lr I law n now on nfl our nur statute hooks hOO R to a n lock lok 10 lt In Tn my m a n lock inch canal II 11 R I as II herein Is I advisable lIhI If thin the directs direct that a n s sn sin snI n level I I nil he its 11 constructed ron UP lip will tIti rf cit ho tiP h carried nut omit Oilier wl t the tho rM I will vIll bi Ito hullt on suh luh tilt th plan Inn tot fot a n lock canal out omit outlined lined In the accompanying ac ln papers such changes being made nf or course e n os liS may mn In ho h found round act actually ts lr po In rt the tue site of ot the on oil the tho Ia a cine chIc i Me while tT lime Tho White U K l Feb b 19 1116 Th The letter of cit Bex Rr c Taft treats trents nt at l I n th the of ot the board boarI and this tho CO lan fled discusses cs tho the renton reason why wh he hs h Is led to approve tho tue construction of n lock canal Instead Intel at ot ofa n a In closing Ip e Invites tn to n tho the satisfactory of nf thin tho th discussion of If t the tho two Uvo types nf ot canal hy by h the rr cann canal of the worM world which ho tie says Insures to the th president not on 1 to in 1 Congress in no opportunity to con consider sider nil nfl th tbs argument pro con Call conIn CallIn conin In reaching a 0 proper conclusion TAFT lAFT 1 AFT DISCUSSES Dl CUSS FoR CANAL CAN AI Detroit Mich Feb 10 Secy of War aft tt last lait night at nt th the annual dinner of at atthe the Detroit board of ot commerce dis cu M the tho building of ot tha th Panama ca carol rol rUIl PIl To ins me Ju just t at itt present und and under the tho circumstances circumstance e the tho construction of or a n between tho the Atlantic ansI and P Pa 11 elite oceans teems Bee to be more mor tho the na nil nations nations task than any Rny other othor I nm am glad to ray pay ay with respect to Chief Engineer John F V 11 that James J J nun Hill toUl mo mc that Mr had boen lJ lell on en engineer n under him for 17 11 y years irs that i If It any man could the th Isthmian I conal was wan the moan man I Sec ecy Toft toW toll of or tho the Improved eon nn l i M f t ili |
