Show SAYS CANAL DAM WILL FAIL panama ed tor insists present plan J not feasible los angeles cal that the panama canal project as now prosecuted must eventually be abandoned and that the great ditch will cost in stead ot and will probably not be completed for 20 years Is the assertion ande by J gabriel duque central american millionaire owner of three newspapers including the largest in the canal zone builder ot panama s new theater and close friend of aleut col 0 W goethals chairman and ahlet engineer of the isthmian canal commission duque Is visiting hia brother in this city he has been in panama 32 years and bases his discouraging statement on expert knowledge of natural condl alons there lie declares the disintegrating ac alon 0 the fierce sun will break the galun gatun dam release the impounded lake intended to torm part 0 the ocean to ocean water way and force the government to build practically a new canal in parts on the sea level lilea originally recommended by noted engineers of all countries |