Show L LOCKS OF f THE i ir r PANAMA M l I Probably Will Vill Wi he be Larger Than the I Plans of Congress Pro Provided Provided Provided vided For TWO YEARS ERE WORK BEGINS Will 11 iiI niTin I of iii Ir Id Tu lint Ii itera t I ii lot tu mi I ton Aug Au JO I fur fu this the Panama enal NII probably will wi be built buit seconding according In to the dimension re ic recommended r commended tOI by the Ih majority l of the consulting board of nt engineers which favored the thc construction of a a level waterway Instead nf or the smaller Planned by b the Ih he minority of the thc Ile this change chI of Ir rum the IheI locks lock I kl would bo bi foe i wide Idt The lI adopted by r for tor locks locki 55 5 f feet t with of or 8 fi CHI feet et With lh this thi exemption ex p plon tion lon It II is j hl the minority plans will willbe 11 be bl followed If H a change i it is made me In the th the rise M of ot tho limo locks the thi canal mm kun takes the that thai It will till II b he within the tho discretion l 1 ii hl hll Arc art slow now bring built which would t It test tt the Ihl capacity tl sf if the 00 foot locks if IC I offered for con conc cn c ance through the lie HIl canal nl Chief t Stevens evens is 18 1 of the opinion o that It I would be b wise wine wil to 10 the dl di dimensions Chief Chie KI I 1 NI Stevens Is II computing ing In the additional amount of ot cement which will wi have ha to lu be bl purchased for forthe forthe forthe the changed plan Ian He I hi said cald that to assemble the UI amount of nf cement nElt need needed nee ed ll would la 12 carload a day for or two tWI years year NUI This Thi would amount to carloads A the climate of Panama Is 18 such that hat cement cannot be bt In iii good condition for more inure mort than three hires Ihrl or om four month the problem of shipping Is II of at no little concern to the ho It t out oUI that as I the th facilities fur for from frol l to 10 0 this the Isthmus are l butter than from the United states State and MB as R time the foreign 1 price Nice frequently use has ben be n found to bo he heblow below blow time the domestic price It Is not un unlikely Unlikely likely that the greater part hart of ot the time con coil contract tract will bo ho to foreign dealer It will b bt be about two Iwo eur ur before blore the work of if constructing the time locks Joek will viIi be begun The Association of Manufacturers of Cement In itt the time United States hUI ha shown hown considerable I activity In III getting better shipping fa ta facilities I cHilies between this the isthmus and ports on the he coast rout of ot the Ih United Sates Sate and may mR therefore be lie prepared 1 to corn com compete pete with foreign cement One Omme of ot the time blocs which the cement manufacturers turCia of ot the United Status Stata Sial have hae com complained of Is III thud that the time cement mutt must b be shipped to the time Isthmus In iii n steam pro propelled lied veteli l because It It Is claimed that cement deteriorated d In damp hold of tow slow going Ole Oleh When h specification are art madr It IH Is IHnow I Inow now how thought they will provide for fill forthe the delivery deliver of cement on the Isthmus which will t test t up to 10 a certain stand standard ard and amid bidders bidder therefore would be he beable able ahll to tu make their own for tor or shipping |