Show CO CONSTRUCTION Of THE PA M L First Definite Engineering Plans Finns Have Laid the Commission SEA LEVEL CANAL GAtIAL FAVORED Cn Cot t Time Necessary ar for or Completion Ten or Twelve Years ears Washington Feb leb The first lirt LIon doll alto engineering plans for 01 the time construe lion of oC the time Panama canal htwe Just been laid before the Isthmian commission by hy time the engineering com COIn committee of that hotly body 1101 consisting of Com Coin Commissioner missioner II ur 1 Parsons and Davis lavis Time The principal recommendations are summed up In this thin resolution That this thin committee ftp III proves 1101 and for tor adoption by b the a n for tor n mm 1 sea la sealevel e level leel canal caMI with a I bottom width sinith h of or feet Ceet oral and tint u it minimum depth of water of or 3 feet fast slid anel with twin tidal tl 1111 locks nt lit whoso whose usable bit dimensions shall be he 1000 OM f felt Celt t long and feet wide at nt a total estimated e cost COAt of tt Such Ruh estimate an 1111 nce for tor administration engineering sanita sanitation tion lion and amid contingencies amounting lug to 10 OOOO but hilt without allowance for tor or Interest during construction expense of or zone zOlle government and collateral costs I and water supply sewers or ml paving of mr It Panama or Colon C lun which list hAt Items are areto III areto to ICI be repaid by time the Inhabitants of oC those cities cille The committee that a e a alev lev hovel leel l canal can bo he completed within 10 or 12 yews years from the lime present time tinH These Phase recommendations are thin tho th con conclusion rn of or a 11 report to It th prepared ered In the time canal censi antic under date dill of oC i Felt ch b H 14 last IlIst and hissed based on n engineering reports re on Oil all of oC the problems problems lems Ionic Involved The Tho committee decided that under no circumstances should hould the of o tho time canal bo ho more Inane than CO 0 feM feet above the time son sea f and ani estimates that flint at 11 this level the time cost would he ite A level Is estimated to cost TO DAM TIm It Is 19 recommended that the tho river bo IJO controlled by hy n u dam nt lit Oam hall boa built to a 1 crest height of or soo feet and time the waters of ot time tho Ih lake take thin thu TO ra atod ILIad disposed of oC through The work on time the dam will milI require from one oneto oneto to 10 two and a n half years and the corn com committee lattice reports It should begin at it one Ine The Thu dam nt Lit this timis place It Is la In Involves no formidable which Is III not lint the time case caHO nt lit the time location Actual work with time the new III American steam shovels In the time culebra cut lint hns demonstrated that the entire excava excavation tion tron can be done at a 11 cost ORt of oC 50 60 cents a 1 cubic yard The Tha former fornier isthmian commission estimated tithe this ost at nt SO cents This reduction amounts to 10 a to total tai tal of ot M and an l IB is given as an a 11 jus justification hl of or the time re rc of oC the sealevel sea level canal roil FOR J On A SAVi SAI I Immediate work Is at Colon felon In III a it safe Flite harbor To this limit end cud an aim outer breakwater Is rug pug suggested MS as well MS its tho limo of an Inner harbor at the time entrance to the ca cn canal camini mini nal It 11 Is recommended that bids he bo In Iii Invited Invited for Cor this work Other Oilier minor fea toa tunes tures of oC canal ranal construction con recommended mended Include completing the this cillo dIm diversion lon channel begun by 13 time tha old ranal eRnal company l to divert dort from f th time canal tansi the time waters WillerA of oC time tho and rivers livers KIN It other small streams In III connection with this timi linen tin small dams dumA must bo lie lit built two tain across the nr the time lii tutu auth one olin oil across time the All Alt of ot this work Is II In dependent of oC the time decision a nit IIA to 10 time the lev level el ci for Cor time the canal ml mind and IU Its Immediate ex ox execution Is IB Other OIlier subsidiary features depend on the Iho level leol determined on and lire are not discussed TO FLOODS J S Tho TImO committee makes title thIs tion lion III In summing up Ul The of certainly and satisfactorily controlling the floods of 0 thu time Chagres Chagros by so RO simple and economical a It aH RH the tho hike hake and Its outflow and und tho limo reduced cost co t of oC excavation us IS actually demonstrated by h time tho timework work of 0 the Culebra cut emit makes tho the work of the time sea eca el level Icv 1 ennuI canal at a II reason able cost tar fur mow mON than luau hits has heretofore appeared possible Tims developments In iii tho time conditions attending the time construction of ot the time canal are BO Cm Important as all to be he almost con trolling Its liB character Time remaining element Is that of 0 time to tu tomake make time the great summit It is It to be bo carefully observed ob orell that the time results rot thus titus far Car obtained III In the tha Cu labra cut out hao have been heen reached under tile dis disadvantageous advantageous conditions of ot both holh or organisation of at plant llant and force toree The Time id tracks tr Is serving the time ox cx x are ure yet tl fragmentary and amid ten tentatively placed to serve the time purposed et of 0 Investigation In Jim both hoth respects respect tho tim disposition of DC the limo plant Is Iii far Cur moro more un tin unfavorable favorable both to economy mid celer aler celerity i ity of ot operation than will be he thO COM case 1 when n II complete track system hRs has I been arranged and laid down to servo nerve I a Ii 1 large targe number of oC steam shovels oper opel operated ol I I atell by II an experienced force to 11 In the tha taco face of 0 these thu disadvantageous condi conditions tone the cost coat of ot him been I reduced far lower macat than anticipated ed emS It has ime been demonstrated that each ach steam shovel may be counted on onto i ito I to yield an record of or at mat least leRet 1000 1001 cubic yards per lIeI working day tin MOVING Time The chief engineer estimated Ill a tell that with 10 steam Installed with witha n II compute system of or truck tracks solving a 1 yearly record of at cubic yards ar ls of 0 excavation may mil be reached without requiring a mm greater output per ier or ot gloater speed In working than hum has hue already been lell attained a This Thill rate of 0 working probably could be he reached within two years from mom tho the Ille ont time timmie With the time rate rale of oC progress which now appears appeals reasonable to 10 anticipate this committee believes that a n sea e 1 mt level oel ranal with a II tidal lock hock 1000 tOO feet tot long and amid tOO feet Ceet width w lit h at It M fa failures can call be he completed within 10 to 12 years from this limit time the time bottom width of 0 time the canal lining being feet and the tha minimum of ot water Int I 35 S oct feet Ce t Theme considerations Induced this commute to express to the time com comma its Itu II unanimous U mont that with wih the time contemplated system of o work workIng Ing In and amid with the Iho rate rat of oC development which appears appear to Ie bo lf justified with the work now being performed at itt Culebra a ma 1 pea ea level hotel canal free freo from the time restriction tion of oC locks bo ho 10 adopted This committee believes heleve that hint such a mm with terminal harbors can caim can be eon con cn tor for u mm 1 sum mini lum not exceeding 1 I OP OF nA L CANAL CA AL The he of or a 0 s sea a level leVI ennui arrow lerOI the time Isthmus are lue obvious It I 1 would be he a mm I water satar wate way 1 with no 10 re me to tm navigation and 11 which could cuil easily be enlarged by hi widening or ord d p nt nl any uny aIm time tulle In Ilm II the tim future I to accommodate an aim increased without any luy Inconvenience to It time the th ship ping using It II a I lock Is IC I In iii reality u to the volume of 0 and size elze ot of ships that thu II It I I Although It Is it t I to design and nut construct locks hocks adapted to 10 future to a II sea temi level that transformation cannot be nude mIllie without u a to nl RUll anih at nt a ii I cost coet no so 1 great as lS to tobo tobe tobe be bo excessive The Tho additional cost colt cot of 0 s Q sea me level leel canal over that of 0 a I canal with wih locks with wih a summit level of r 60 6 Sm feet above mean title tide ID is or more macro 1010 than the estimated cost COlt of at the look loI canal with a 1 summit lummll level 8 35 5 feet above moan tide proposed by hy bythe hythe bythe the former Isthmian canal cammal commission after allowing for tor or tint Colon breakwater and Ind direct entrance not previously estimated This commute committee this his I additional I expenditure ox t ii ro fully CulY Justified by hy tho time advantages so se secured soI cured I u 1011 |