| Show arm F WORK ON PANAMA CANAL i Described I by a M mb at oh the Isthmian an CommissIon 2 Borings for tor tho the Grout Croat Dam th the Building Sawera und and Waterworks 5 L 1 I u u u U i ISU 1111 1 current unite of ot the th J Tim T eatIng just out con coil a 1 article by byC h hC bycI C cI K l member of ul the Isthmian canal commission on lii the thin progress of 0 work on th Iii Panama canal It goes joes sa Into all features ot of tile We great Ireat natural l Improvement from th the time lime of ot ltd its It II projection liy lJ the th he company Of 0 more Immediate work lorle the tho writer Tho Thu ho constitution work of 0 the French company line hag been henri continued without Interruption but American method methodi of or doing work vork und atul American machinery on U already stated are all being Introduced a as rapidly nn RII In largo large numbers have hll not hot been heen sent Bent to tJ the because the time for or any 1111 Increase of 0 force lisa ho not come collie Not Nol only la II I the thin question nf of typo of ot canal to lie be nettled before an all ade aile lii ate of or a ma large barge working force olce can catu be bin made hut but time II lid In Is to the lie Isthmus for ti I a It lUke large In of lit canal Neither ma luau material tonal nor tuon HI timing lui hll e been be ao so quit quick li lily ly hy I available that suitable quintet could lif ito provided UH as rapidly an HII the tho desired The rite commission la Is lanot not hOt yet In to 10 0 furnish to 10 all 1111 of Its It now Oil on the lie lath thus mu Anti and Mime ioune additional tints time elapse claps beron this thin cnn be dune clone It taken take time line to 10 It ci Its for tor hll hull I It il II tugs to a nail nil II setter er ay yn y and to 10 effect laud land alit Pit reha nes of or It I t and Ci to II erect mattera Uel nr rire Mil alt le in attention A lint but III In tile HIP mean meanwhile while the thue of employed Iw he beI Indefinitely I tided ii y II It I t i be he add audal oil il II I ito t the till to I buss ill I the of or to 10 tot the t lie ni In III I it ur fit f the lie comple t lou of ot the hut for 01 UH Its cm on nn In which hi I lit nt it t nl tho Iho t hue coin ioui u IH is active Thorp nit Are now 1101 on nn the Isthmus In III InI int I t lie employ of if tu the 10 I auth In Iii thin th employ of 0 the Ihl hue Ill I zono about bont lObule i Tim 1115 he these e hits haa h nv about 3 I per cent O HOP Colon la is an att In lii place tot for 01 Neither of ot thew cities line hu a it supply neither lie It her of them bite hao a it i Under tho Ito treaty testy with th his republic of Paim hun nii thin the lulled U ha to tl it and amid for lOl to these hew citIes recovering their cost In lii a I Ion Inn hang marina of years The fh lol took immediate action In n waterworks for or and till a It turner sewer hal 1111 ma ought bought the material for fol the Ihl sante smith to Ii h the th cork ork of or construction a as ly u us UI o permit II Thin The Tit combined co t of and for will be h In iii tiu Ih of ot Is r wi irk nik nikor for Co or r Colon IH Is not lint an Ii II fill far a r a I Ii I I Ii h t i being heln some om specIal problems problem Involved In that city It U may mil even be he found to raise the tho ground round surface of on which Colon melon la Is located before the Ito sew sewen sewer er en system hen a Ii high dam hitis been lieen con cola across river cither at tit or in ut Alhajuela the Ihl vat vait All lake Inke thereby created will afford mifford nn lin excellent nf ot water for domestic use une anti and will without doubt be lie the ultimate source lOur of or supply for tor the lbs entire canal amial lone acne find and till the tim cities Panama and Colon POll KOH PAM DAM The borings which the tho have mail at Indicate that there here Will be no ito difficulty In n u good loud foundation for or a u dam dani across river Ih r it I that point An As title thin tact fact hall had been lioen Indicated by hy the ex It mUlatto by hy the lie en Ill no other result Was wan expected It 11 t Is II quIte ill I to probable that the lion alon with will see sec Its tb way WU clear to the thin erection erection tion thomi of an earth dam tiam of o huge hUle dimen dimensions siona at this point There la is no reason why wh this thin tonality should not miot be lie made matle Otis ono of or the lie spoil I winks hanka for tor the tha mater material ial 1111 id requiring on cars that iatt hits his dam will be ho built of or the hue CHIP hues ban been considered an RK till 1111 alternative at al Allm Still and that Its ill crest erelt will be lie h to to an eu elevation of about net feet above sea level there would be he created above Rhoe It a II lake with wilh a II surface extent of about 30 illare miles the lie rIse life and full fall of if which would prove a to J of ot the hue I low flow of hia il vet and making the th diversion ii I of lit a it hurt of 0 It thin t iii ta rI V i r rs How flow lo lii thin the slope hie Itle thin tills would KO KII far toward fo so res 1 re the hut amount of ot water to In 1 hue I sib In III the lie I canal fl that t ha t Its I ta now flow tb it would not ho t seriously Impede I iii the of ur vessels In III n a canal l I IX hll TO ro r t The rhe total I d ts of IC the lie tI I com commission mission to 10 the Ow of lit I ho tIme l piar r 1901 I lie Hie purchases to 10 0 date ti at I mith I lug SOul omo not Hot yet y t delivered ii iii paid 1511 rill fur progress made to 10 date da II been reasonable but neither It nor lion the lie work of ot the lie next few yearn can nn or at should b luau he by cubic yards yard of ex cx excavation exIR IR a Whether r Congress In Ha its wisdom permits l the tho great groat work olk to tn he lie carried on the management and am dIme direction thou tion and according to 10 0 canal Ional plans hIatus de designed designed signed and recommended by the put or whether sonie om other plan of Qt management control and ami de do design sign IRn be lie b adopted the American people limy mil rent rest assured that Ihal American direct directness ness ursa of ot methods American nn energy American lug and re te will the canal tanal work ork just us of accomplishment ns us though the Isthmus were In our hem I t climate ci Ic close at hand ha mid midI Instead In I t of or 0 1 ut ul a t n it I In I ii he h tropics troll Its Thi Tit it oik olk I k will II b h I i done fJ it It I t I tilts t 13 I III be lip v ill I I ami I y done ii one |
