Show a president approves widening canal locks washington president roosevelt has approved the recommendation ol 01 I 1 the isthmian canal commie commission com sion in by secretary tatt taft increasing the width of the locks of ue tae canal from one hundred to one hundred and ten feet the president simply approves the recommendation tor for the in crease of the width in the locks but ganakes no comment thereon in a memorandum to secretary taft tue the commission says the cost of all the locks at one hundred feet wide Is esti mated at 52 while a width of feet will cost 57 a dit dif terence ference too small to be considered assuming the necessity for the in creased width to be as stated by the navy |