| Show SHALL S ALL CANAL CAf L BE DE BEOR 8 LOCK OR O SEA f LEVEL Lt tL Eminent American and European Engineers Meet In Washington To lo Consider tile the Question WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS If Jr Not ot Unanimous n II i All Minority 11 0 h lx Wanted President anti Will Ill Decide sept Kept 1 I en engineer II of oC America mind and Euro Europe met to today today day upon the call of ot President Roo ROOM elt to investIgate on and 1 make as al to time the tYl type of or canal tanal that 1 Ii to connect tho water of ot tho the Atlantic II Pacific 8 By the executive order GIdel met lat June a II hoard board of ot engineer wan 1111 of at len alII W tV Alfred Noble ohle William H It Parson William 11 It Butr len Jen Henry I L Abbott Fr Frederick I r 1 11 I Jim ph l Ran Han dolph nil all engineer H n Henry nry Hunter named by the guy gov nv I home nominated by the tIme Germ German all government M 1 nominated by ly th the French and J W Welcker nom nominated by the government of ot the Netherlands It t 1 I II thu board which 1001 today at al the of ot the Isthmian Ill canal I The members were weme ee met flirt b by Chairman Shouts who wIn tn In n a few I word expressed el the belief Unit that good results will wll follow Collow their deliberation The Thit board boull of ot consulting ell engineer hlee ii I will ill III have nil mull time till data that bitt ha been lIen collected by IW the time commission bearing upon till tile subject Thin Thill data datu may h be considered h by time tile board hoard to in determine whether time tho canal should be constructed with locke lock or should hould b be a alelI lelI rl canal ennal In nd l If it the time Conn former should hould h ho he i then Ihen detail a ac to 10 the tho of lit the Ihl locke lock will willbe m be hI taken under I dim Jh The re me will not hot be 0 timid final but buttrill butwill will trill be lie made to the Isthmian canal canali i which In turn lurn will tin 1111 umee UN its 0 own n III In u a leport to the thu president dent The Its att to 10 tims type of ot the will be he nettled by br Ih the congre In III callIng callina alii 11 II the meting of ot the tile heart board of ot engineer tIme the president dl rented reeled tha that In Iii cit th there r wa WaI r ronce once enee of or opinion among Imon the member there should be bl a C It II ulso ulI was aN ad stated that the board might I isIt Ib the Isthmus before making It II ft fi final nal report If lilt It should be Th The board of engineers will not hll have referred d to It detailed of or engineering 1 the tile rOil con of fIe the canal after Ih time the I type lle ha hiot hall been beell determIned d Beyond making recommendation ax aa to IC the Ihl type Ipp of en ii 1 nd nul together with suggestions IIOnA as ac to the m method thod of or ChIld constructing Ih the lock Run Its duty duly nn as nt fit present denned and un no by IW the commission will HI PAil cease The executive olk of ot the canal unal run com has baa been much simplified by 11 bythe th tilt the selection of Mr 1 a RII chief engineer to that time lime I the IliC h of ot Ih the a as 1411 an Rn tire bol holy body wem well distributed between chairman honi Chief Wiil Inc ind ini 00 for lev Magoon having a II sup lon of or the work ork Wallace I wa aa n a member o of thin tho com coin commission mission limit hut when whan hm John 1 V Stevens was R Rn made n l his 1115 or nr u eli chief engineer h he hi tt n a It a of the corn com lon hut hint won was employed by Mr 11 Shouts and allol the lite engineering and con ron contIm tIm work wink l IA ha under hi hIP hlA 1111 direction Instead of oC the general of ot I chairman imona Chief hIef tte en enl Is Itt not nOl It Ii member of the hoard board of or the Ihl While hll th the engineering work will he hll under th the Im Immediate rn mediate Islon of Mr th Steven h he will h he by a i on en In engineering Much problems of a u technical cal al character HS HII Mr 11 desire to 10 tobe be hI work worked d unit out will be Ill submitted tn to the committee commutes of ot engineers Th The problems S it hI I Ii h mm I I III II he hI submitted I neil to 10 0 t the he engi engineering enmitIes will not nol he hj numerous until after the type lies has been determined ed pd It Ir Is III that the tho boarI that thaI I Ii to in meet today will wili III avail lt itself elf of or Ih the tho experience ant and advice of ot the engineering committee tile on account of tim III the connection Inn it which th time the latter h ha m hail bad with I the lip ennui canal III nine nee the United took hold of the tita en l ei lines prise All members of rut tIt the board were pres nrc present sot ent today tody when whelm Grim Uen 1 1111 called the meeting t to order Tit Time The 1111 of ot the president convening Ih the hoard hearth wi wall real read and an un In Informal I followed n nto tic al alIn I to In 0 methods of procedure a und nil iha plan mm It ItAI w iss AI decided In to lento Ih three theo In to a U i o of ot lint Hex nallA I on tt lUau HIJI dolph end nd Willo 1111 the hoard board wn wee 0 In III llon Ih the member of Ih the commission called mid and andere ere formally presented Jh The dittIes dutle of if Ih the tho board ar art are separate from th the com oni commission I mission 0 a Pt mid i Ih the he commission mu simply provides provide roOI rooms mom dorks Interpreters anil 1111 ft ry for the tho transaction of Ih the of or th lf the ii J S Ji SI i corp of ot engineer engIneers was se itt seM p M r of nt lh ihm Ihl board While hll the committee on procedure wee nan In Ini i c lon Ion the took Iok H it recess until 3 i |
