| Show 1 f hc least Word About J v p Pin C Cr u n ni J I f i m 1 J l 1 r 11 j i J I A 1 i t 0 W J t 1 Iii I SID l vT l a second volt to toX toI 1 hie n l I I anal MI the latter Itter PItI P I I n X tl I month A Ae wears r i iI there In t tr tl I R lt wa there I y r of the 11 r 04 The visit I 1 Mare I Id 1 ra ge int n tb the the work ded act nI Ii g Ute gr r lit at yu lJJ jJ U to the I ill III 1 of till thle country In InI II the next admIn i or II I G a cle clear r and andt 1 n pUo t the h e wor work k t II and Ih the two to oceans nl cb Ii I of ef the worlds I tr tW v Tat Taft appeared ared b bH be beer i lg on Inter er H he heA ut 1 R year ago canal A that tho ho IP J tl t I 11 I td d within six Ix years but and that Ito ultimate talt 11 approximatelY av eo a w the e purchase pt price prices s In Canal anal 3 hit t ID nI lh of the locks of hat from to r was Up cp f tl I and Indorsed W to tF t i rv Mid althOUgh the seere 1 I would d that the 10 Inc increase e tr n t t f I h work If con cont Ito width be beas bee t Ii u a f c of the 14 to th ii l that the wIdth fur e W d as Un al 11 would of future be construe construct I he iI rl r rd I a I aw aR made mad madr T 1 1 I r ar n he ur urged ed that there 0 air r II f In the wage tv I on the canala canal a 1 fad art that to In Inai 1111 ahoy were ere ea s I r t from 50 to 60 0 per perI rt ai t i ane 1 than they could ant I Ii t 1 Ined State Thie Thi ree tI amp 0 iu teen Ii oleo 1110 Much Ir wr ae ideas sin Ine a le III due to toof pr gr I rh or of II ale a I It wai waa Df at the I that work on at the theca I II rury I nil dt ne d with I tj ca t In lh the ali alik at dam and andl i Pc k i Hk III a th the Gatun n r ar could be con cont cona l r S it was wall t a v t fir 11 No pert part 11 work ork hae caused tI i t mat Iho thi dam The n net nw fir r N I Punau w et foreign that the thet m fk t n Ile made N as d has addict to the ulle ln s of um lor a w th the middle 11 lye I Wn wua Went nt to th that there was waa lr fr In this It c t I that Ihal II a 1 f 1 Kr 1 Ot Id il th II dam was net Ht at atT bin T dI from the k It d 1 t ii made mad at close i IS aU r the 1 he dam re rei rea i II a I r U about 10 per cent or of ori i 11 toll sunk t g t th Ih r report port referred to ton n tra u r the foundation of th the 41 alS Iru ot of the tho foundation of tt tI R s sI I rl or of Ih the Gatun dam Is to mod 01 lit waters water of the Ckarl rl will mm form In U UI the thea a I I river The dam I oD die old a half melee long and andt andI t I a ien n b d extend from frem one oner f r west aroa the valley to toti ti Ii do the hole The Th dam dama II a Ind into wI two parts part one from the ther thea a r th Ih Iks hu t I the spillway the ther theer er r t f art lit th 8 to the hills hillst t I Th will be located I II 11 a small hill that rl rise M In the thes II s f the dam this report there jAV jAVi i I t b l i I o t 1 lir I J i iw w J 4 v I 1 1 f t rte 1 Ii IM I 1 i I J b I 41 If 1 pi W i Fa Fai FaY t fj t f i Y I 1 Y No NoI i ii I t i i feud e y I ll P y Al fADY l Q T 11 4 are an still discussIon and Inquiry re re I erecting this part of the work and of course It has hall considerable bearing on I Ithe i ithe the whole project It Is 11 recalled that i the majority opInion of th the advisory board of favored a sea level canal and that this opInIon was wall reo re rejected II b by President Roosevelt who I accepted the minority report The filet fact that engIneers are at variance I about the plan and that the president la III said eaid to be anxious at thle late day dayto dayto to have civilian chlIan go to t the to examIne operations operation there thereIn In and report to him what In their Judgment ought to be done un undoubtedlY undoubtedly has suggested to Pre Taft the of another personal visit to the work hurt Durr on of the Ule engineers who signed the majority report of the advisory board In 18 reported to have said very recently that the location of the Gatun dam was wall not wise ThlIn In conn connection with other recent events It Is II thought In some quarters quarten may mean another change In the ultimate plan Illan for Cor the completion of the canal It It should be deemed advisable to change the present plan to the sea sealevel ea level plan It would mean the expend of a much greater sum of money It has b been n said that tile the sea Ilea sealevel level plan would oust The Tho possibility or of abandoning the work Is not to be oon considered but the tho fact that its construction will be 00 the greatest public work In the administration or of I Mr Taft and the Interest t of the tho whole country In the project warrant the tho pre president elect in making his hIli con contemplate contemplated template visit to the Isthmus I The Thill pr sent congress le Is tolerably well informed or of the work that had been done dOllo olt the canal up to 1807 as aa asin In tho early pert part of that year mom moma bers bera of the appropriation committee of the house of 0 visited the tha work and tho same sarno committee made a lI second cond visit to th the work In the autumn of the th same Iame year Whether a similar visit will hf br made Ity by a com coin of till the special to be called In th the early stage of the Incoming ing Ilig administration will depend probably probably ably on the result or of th the investigation to be made by br President Elect Taft Chief I Goethals reported In i 1007 that the work do done no up UI to that I time had bad been rapId that government I labor had been upheld and that the care or of the employees bad r special attention AI Aa the Gatun dam feature of f th the canal I le the very latest lIt In ht connection with the work on the lath leth mus mu It will be of Interest to refer to 10 the report by Colonel made as late us as last August The Th report rt port goes gOell Into particulars respecting th the dam und and the tho locks Tb conclusion shows that whatever apprehension ex exIsted Isted elsewhere the engineers who hall had the work In hand were not net worried about tho stability of the dams foun Coun foundation dation I Adverse to the Dam I IThe The essence of the opInion on theother the theother other elde II Is that white while the dam dalU lIMIt Itself might be constructed on the lines adoPted the surroundIng lithe hille which I form tonn a continuation of the dam am areso are so 80 pervious that It will be I to Impound the now flow 0 of the or orto orto to imprison its Ita waters wate Into a 11 lake I IOther Other points In the adverse are that because of the structures of the Isthmus the tiona or of the dam are by nature so 0 unstable that no engineering skill can WUl overcome their Inherent fault that the dam will bo over settling In one poInt or another opening fissures through which the tho pent waters will rush antI and that It Is I more than likely to frequently lough ort off Its bulk bulky aides w Ii f r J r r I J JI I M wr u r oo l Laymen Lamen will naturally ask ak why the damn dam wee we undertaken The hc short I era n drat to Q Nt eight miles of excavation wand to guard the front froM the danger of 01 being Inc by the torrential tor nUal rashes of the which coming do deice from rom the t mown talus I Is to te As the canal follows tollow the 0 of the river fur for a greater part of its Ita route this thle danger MId lied to be guarded anet Inn In some WRY way end and dam wee the result le 1 Ch i gres river dyer bout about whIch so o much i le 18 said ald has Ite it well willi to of oC the Into the none ne And 1 many nany valleys and gorges gorg to Into the tha n a few mlle miles west ot of Colon where the canal has It Ile I eat eu I I trance Other troubles than actual construe I Ilion i lion have confronted the government in this enterprise Several chaJt caie ee M inthe In Inthe the personnel of th the operative taft staff I have bave taken place ha lies j I Idd dd ij ijA a I A 1 4 f At a L A I I I r rl I I i i i l 1 or 4 r I f PL Pe 1 1 retarded work more or 1 less Much of the thA up to this time hu has ben benthe n the result of unanimity th the present tad talt which was wa appointed In III 17 1007 This tarr I ii lOmpo d of Colo nf net Geor George e W chairman of th the commission and chief engineer D D Gaillard rd Major W I Hebert Colonel W C Ii H A au Jackson Smith end Joee Joseph Mr tr governor of Cu Cuba WAS one of 01 tile the coadjutors of Mr when the later was waR chairman of the corn com j Th actual fort force at work en an the t M ce cenal nal lIal In sept 1107 11 waa sir r fore force 37 were at work fur for tilt the and for forthe forthe the Tansies railroad The fore for has ha fluctuated sluts The audited ex expenditures ot the cost on June 30 1107 were weN lN 10 TI The expenditures tor approximated d C Tire total of oC the oa canal will stiles lIeL Fo lug Inc t U a erno synopsis of Ute the story atory or of t e treaty treat under which the canal is b being ng constructed v Jan 3 f 3 a treaty between cn the states and nd Colombia fur for the If or of the 1 wa Rat 1111 III hl und and was by the Ih March IIrth 1 1 The Th I n Ihl Sept 14 11 th the HI Ih the government nt to 10 a nr w d elered It Its II 0 3 I O Th t nit rec re It Ii 1 nd II lor f Panama Nov No II a Against this action lodged x protest with tIP tt cute d nt In Washington nt I envoy II minister of the th ro public Io of J w es a formally ie Id h hr President Nov No IS 13 1903 Tw ria days later th the Panama Nw New York Tork and 1 Not No II 11 a canal treaty between I the d states and Panama w was by Nay Hay and nd Minister Th The Canal Company of r nc transferred its It to the states April n 33 1101 This Thle lIld to the French corn 10 The Th republic of Pan Mme m was waa paid by t the United states SI SITh Th The first survey for a canal cereal the th wa was made mad In 1141 1041 by M II a t Fench The De project was termed t In 1171 In III January 1103 M came cameto to the state to oWn offer the thA proJect act al fr far a a It had bean t sr 1 that time at an n approximate pile of FRANK II t BROOKS |
