| Show A t SHA SUA CANAL ANAI The chief Panama cereal canal question now DI to 10 b be wh whether It would not b be i a 11 WlM wI plan plait to 10 make the tit ditch on u a broader hr aller scale than originally contemn contemplated plated and ant to abolish the lockas ys fl e tern tem altogether by making It level levill wall with lh i ithe th the oceans ocean There re are ni to th Ih the testimony ot of th tb the chief engineer of ot ottha the tha Isthmian commission tour four different plans plane differing only In th the proposed elevation of ot th the ranal canal at Itt th the summit One On cilia for tor a R dam tam at and Ind K a I level canal fane I with an 11 elevation of ot ninety ft feet above sea Thle would cost COlt and take taka tak ten till years yar to 10 e let Another plan cells for a summit level leel with a n dent dam sixty ft test high at it HoMo or elea el th the construction of ot a dam of ot th the aam height at Gatun about halt hatt way trait from fro noble liable to Colon th tie tIllI Atlantic of or the canal Thus This Is le estimated to cost cOlt and amid take ten years rr b be beto tore for to It could coull It be opened for tor trama Tit The third plan contemplates contemplate a 1 level Ivel with a l to lock k at near the Pacific and a 11 u sin III s II look lock at This would coat c lt N OO and take like twelve years t to complete while the Itle sea 1111 level canul canal would COlt cost and require tit fifteen I I Iteen teen years yur fur for completion In all Nob ability th the MB tea level evel canal will be de dU on us as the i m In run n Far the loss los of time In transit ul by II a II number ot of looks na ns well RS RI other important factors tutors mu considered In to an Th The Tha original plan of ot I mpa wn wile to build a aa aHa atea tea Ha a level canal and nIl that i proffit ct hsu hili murk much to 10 recommend It Th rh The delay U la Ua laa isa a serious rlou objection lint lilt It Is I totter better betterto to build th the canal right from tram the start than to 10 have bave to It In tt a few tew t I I years year |
