Show washington D an appropriation of was voted on thursday toward the construction ol 01 the panama canal the amount was a compromise between the 16 carried in the bill under consideration and an estimate of something over 6 recommended by mr wai hams the democratic 1 to carry on the work until the middle ot jan uary mr hepburn in charge of the bill suggested that something over would carry on the work until march there was no intention manifest to delay the work he only argument for cutting down the inal estimate being that closer ecru tiny might be had of the estimate the bill was amended in accord anoe with s of mr mann of illinois directing the president to re quire annual reports from construe tion officers covering all details of jhb work requiring such employed emp loyes to give congress any information it may de eire and restricting all expenditures to money appropriated by congress and to that received by the operation of the property of the panama rail road |