| Show LOCK TYPE CANAL GANAL SETTLED Those Thole Who it of Building Any Canal PREST ROOSEVELT Engineers Who Visited Isthmus With Taft Unanimously In Favor of It ItI I 1 lit or Jan tr li Feb attack r I oft tM look t ot of I canal to the th thI I 1 x It by Boost 1 n mue me to C Con the made by the ther th en enre r re who the canal l Taft I ta Its In an R attack un th pol polIo Io rf an any anat at JI The Ther r rt In Mr It v In that the Con Cona s a wi In the potIon It toot took j j that It would be toll t n from the pro lock OU OUt t wa level Ivel canaL anal canaLI I 1 commend to you b he maya 1111 to Con th moet consideratIon li 11 report of the en nere Th They w that thi th only critIcism that can CUI canh I h atle of the work on the Is I l there thre has haft been an I al t of caution In lImn nit possible JI Aa t tO the theUn I un darn dam lUte If too they bow that nut not notI I Is III th dAm dani safe but that on the Ie the plan ready already o 1 ke It IY hi and etro tron I the they recommend that heIght be by 20 f feet t which plan plana I have dl di velt y ys ut that the who the th report port are ar of the mn men In their within the tat tats the are on the whole Met best ct tu tt upon th the very velT questions will DAM DAMl Dd l 1 Is h report that tbt em the Ga GaI Gaarth I arth rth dm darn u lb point they e It ulMi In from Mr r Talt con In the of Mt aU nw ev vt 1 tu 1 kd J they add that Ute ike tip O OHl Hl I now flOW under I is one II h n meets eta with our unanimous tU J ap 1 rI h y 55 they are m e that will be no or o oal al the t the tho MI O of nf th nor ar r ri i W 50 soft am to be liable to be push I by the weight of oC the proposed n ii VI n a to cause e dangerous settle nt We are also that the Ihl riDI avaIlable and which It I IJ IS ISI I J oed to use uee are suitable and nd can ill ItI be 1 placed to form a ht dl lo and nd permanent dam lume Durnil and locks lock piN gates and d all h lies structures I lh the lock canal project are nd 1 J safe Afe according to tM the engIneer d Ut tAn onn be b depended upon up n to toI I storm with certaInty theIr ree ec 1 functions NO 10 CHANGE Or OF TYPE 1111 report port that they do nt not find occa for changing the type of oC oft oCI t I canal that h has n ad adopted pl d A Ango ngo to see level plan at the pree 5 time tIm would add to the cost costI I 1 time of ruction without corn com cornI I either In caps capa ity Ily of the canal or tet of I 11 and he hence ce would bot Is a publIc m mis misitune We e do ned they say MY In Ute the de deI I lIed design that have been adopted o that are under WHIM em I a It where other arrangements tan an those now considered are worthy study tudy A Am th these pro proposed Oll d condl condi I re Of a nature and do doI I Its In a say affect the male qu tin herein discussed they are not tak 11 up tat III tb this report The They declare derla that the most maet I liH qu fl itt In th constructIon of at atI I the he Gatun atun datsi I Ii the thi pouW slipping uI d sliding ut tb lb materials materia under th and d In the body of the lb datA dW III to th titLe question they hae tM the conclusIon the desIgn 1 Lion which the work Is no now beIng ted fulfils the rs reo d ot of stability and goes tar the lImits ot of what would be r 1 II a and MI In an any anye e Important In Id to the slips which hays u at vera times the they n 1111 l lM they are ot of no serious riou nce either In the practical cu cuI I un II of et the work wont or In the lilt I ot of the or 01 DUI i consIdered the proper height I f the crest ot of tb the stun dam they that It could he be safely fI reo r fId tt feet from that pro namely tel to an ot of U lii 1 1 leVel or 10 feet teet above bove I level of the water against Ii Jh thIs ebangi I they say y will I h he work of construction and will re r red d IUt U somewhat the be ot of Iho proposed A As to 10 the ot of its lower loer loc locks Ii I ItI thu sad of tb the canal frosts froll L I II on oi ihs shore ot of bay bey I Mira abent tolU mile mil Inland port that tile lb which a a resole Jt of the chassis Iua WIll no ao r to doubt tile lb stability I If the d dani Tb This as bees mad e eu aUf u mill hi hi be mad f fI I I point of view vI w is I ISZ IIII IM on th eis of Ute the bay bar x I ILe Le 18 gun lIun of lie ships hl t the of f I that tUI It will Iii rraI Ih I he COlt coe of f t but that it Il viii 1 isn n the cost onet of toni forti e that of 1 tt h width of th or of lilt for buu t 4 7 III ii U elM IK iIa Urn ill II I Ibe iii be lb tI s lh tins wl work b by about I j IMO Nt but t they Mr eny It will 1501 1101 11 1 I y the Ille of the nina ansI that I III il ships to pot on 1111 II III ii I I I III Ilus f tho IId iiI iiII II 1111 I 11 il 1 1 1 III iii Ih 11 ll L I hAt al i tue anal Is not La likely to he be u ma ua maa a one They A approve pr ve the In the proposed location of the at the Atlantic end of 0 tM al COlT COiT OF Their estImate ot of the COmplete east of oC Ute the eM 1 NOi They Tiley M MIt say It I AlII to ut thet tM the 1 estimate ta Of cost coet Was waa a this not end nd we The They 1 the ex etc P fl ot of and so ment at while hi to the tho of and to the flew Panama Canal company amounted to which would make mke the silt dlf between tM the reent UW UH prevIous estImate with of sanitation anil nd me and ad added only Of this amount the they say y nearly one onet halt t can ean be for by the change In the maid and appurtenant works worb ready already referred to and the reo re mat ller Ia to be attributed mainly to th the him higher unit cost roat Of the different dUrt or OC tile the work rk WORK Commendation is Japs at the present t condItIon of the Ut work and the engineers voles Ice the belief that In no DO other grost t constructIon work hae ha so much n been done for In the thew w way y Of furnishIng necessItIes MU comforts and luxuries ot of lIfe at cost u ma hu ha beets done In tItle work wort This I is one resson 01 for the high cost t of the canal cual canalIn I In n their opinion the wort Is well or and ii being conducted ever Mer and nd well The They commend Ute the medical and sass Ian department for tor It its uc In yellow lever fever an and con controllIng trollIng malaria DATE OP 01 COMPLETION We e as no n they add why the canal MOuld not be completed aa estImated by the chief by January 1 U 1111 In Ii tact It that thata a somewhat t earlier completion iss III probable able bl It if aU all goes a II the coat enet lID and time of 01 ot of a sea level renal 1 as with Ih the lock type lYpe the tsy hold that most t of th tb factor which have to the cast Of the 4 lock ck 1 would with similar e to tic Increase the rost t of the sea lavel Ivel and aDd at t Ute the present JIt Urn there are additional of o even greater Importance to be considered a the time Ume of c completIon and aad cost roat of a sea lerel I On OM of at th these they lad find In the Gam Gamboa boa dam the work on which Ia to be started U as as possible b The They 01 de n It could not iset be ted un UI at after the time required for tor I ha of the lock canal Further than th this they ther say MY a changed type tip would result In abandoning work ork w represents te large ft Thy chum that by the change the river and aNI t the Ft rIvers on oa the Isthmus tributAry thereto instead ot of being alii allies would be enemIes of the Lbs canal floods 1004 In tb those grist reat gristly i iI I ly ta with tb the work A B TO JIA Replying to the critIcism tM u canal 1 liable to earthquake two that II a would be I less wot to In injury by br iMe a leek Joek they ther that tIl dams and sit are tw structures of oft t and little littie to by b e shocks but that ev even it If th they earth em a ot of otto sistine to any type 01 e I Oft Os Ute Lb isthmus their effect upon the dame loot lock sad d work proposed for th Lb sea lotH I anal w is much the 1111 ul n lm Jr structures tr lu of th tb itlA A Ass It t the Us question of 01 up l shey say It la I so III attach greater r than III any ned DeN that isa M he t antici listed that the best beet method of 0 securing mo w Wet when Ute the time of need ne d an anI r I IViC dose not DOt to to be red now They report that they oss II lIeI liB ISO to apprehend Important li h ht lif t f dor I by br t r through h Ih the surrounding O tun dam while h lii III II jud thy they eM add thu tho bud biel ut r iii Iek hk will be practically I Ite te teTh tr The Th engineers II who ho n lb Ih ar arI ard 11 I Fi i Vh II N II hu huI I A I I 1111 Ill IIi st CI Jull t I l I d di 1 tu 11 ii H |
