Show channel at panama canal B carttar an department ena fincers are giving S wr 1 YV blo thought to tile the idea of it a 11 sea leyel level canal without locks k panama damn namn 1000 feet wide and BO 50 feet pl for which cot col philippe bunau yula la lias has been pleading the pro ash asaf Is till all the more interesting in lat it comes from a nian man who for 40 thi lifts lias been identified with pani 1 baand who has been styled the pa fa jer eckof bof tho the panama revolution 0 As ii engl engineer neer colonel bunius varilla the canal and its problems in 1141 its ts technical details As a diplo lt i find and the framer with john ilay hay ithe the so c called ilay hay banati bun iu M ty recognizing the independence cn of atina iaia and tile the rights of tile the united KI es eg in the canal zone lie he Is thor my IY familiar with tile the strat strategic egle and questions involved Ss 8 plan provides for the ty deepening tind rind widening of the tent ent route beginning at the high level clevel the bottoni bottom Is to be dredged of five feet nt at a time and lelh locks built to meet the require its s of the lowered water level find and yOg Berve erve until the higi highest iest level lias fins been brought down even with the next level tills this in turn Is to bede be deepened opened until at last the entire canal Is at sea level and lias has been broadened dudl clentry to permit the free and u uninterrupted passage of ships of till all sizes at all times in this manner the canal would be ninde made safe in peace and war lie he argues no accidental sinking of a vessel could then obstruct the navigation of tile the canal and no damage to the locks could put it out nut of commission for a sufficient time to interfere with commercial traffic or to prevent the atlantic and pacific fleets front from joining tile probable need of such an enlarged lit aged canal Is brought out by the rate of traffic increase luring during the last las t decade to the pertinent question how much will the new canal cost find and who will pay for it the french engineer makes this answer lie ile estimates the total cost spread over it a period of 20 years to be about it will be needed only in installments stall ments they can be raised without tiny cost to the taxpayer inasmuch as the canal already has a surplus of earnings ft |