Show I PRES IDENT r J ENEMIES OF CA ENDORSES THE i LOCK Roosevelt t That Any Any Attack Upon t J. J That System Must Be Construed an Attack At tack Upon Any at All i- i t t o. o l' l PRESENT CAf SYSTEM V APPROVED BY ENGINEERS ENGINEER I It Is Asserted That It Would V B Be Inexcusable Folly to Now v r Change to toSea S Sea a Level Canal t Which Some Are r SENDS SENDS SP Cl Lt MESSAGE t OH t M t t If Iff t d f i ot 17 Feb nans 17 ft mUting milting to COn iJ h 1 f 4 f report of ot h engineers f 4 ff f who kited Panama v HUi Taft f ff f which rS il G Catan un dam rind f 4 the tue I. I lock system t tn 4 f 4 n di t I 1 ly del declared In the nC U n t Vr nui mL ll e- e that that- an any attack Tho-e- Tho tto ef 4 V V after Up th the present nt f for buU building it the lir eIn t I must he lie te i i. i f merely attack attack- Ck- Ck JM lIft of or bUI At f runt flint man runny Jj on re J. 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H Taft to tho the Isthmian canal to look I Into to the c of ot Jh Jho tho t canal work and anti especially to to- report re ort upon the feasibility and Of ith tha Gatun dam project with a n view Viet to decidIng whether h ther or or- not there ther Sh should uld be any change In the tho plans plan In accordance accord ance with th which the tha cann canal le Is ls constructed these thee the pl plans plan nS' nS havInk beci adopted by CongressI Congress Congre V V I am happy to o r report report to to YOU yon that the accompanying d document shows In clearest n. n that l o ess wise In the It Jt t took olt that an that It t would be Inexcusable ble t foUy to change chanS' J from the pr proposed lock canal canaI anal t to n a j sea level sea sea t canal anal In fact this report not only dE determines terr iy the typo pO of at canal but makes It evident e that f hereafter tt t ck on this thIs' tha t R 7 lock ock type type- type Is In re reality m merely relY bel upon the policy o of building any c canal at all V WhO I The e eo board o of t engineers Ms who agn in ft this report are reo the who nT albs t qualified to pass upon the thc e. e very questions questions questions ques ques- which they examined examinE il J. J I J cot com v mend to you tho most careful i cration of- of their rep report rt Th that not only the criticism be made of Ot the work on the Isthmus J r that there has haa s' s J most c. c excess eS' eS of ot caution i In n against possible trouble J i ii i t Dam Safe 1 rAs r- r i s I As to th the Gatun dam show thaP ot only 1 I hi the the- d J t 1 but that the whole tb the pla would make it- it itri ri needlessly high and strong trong and Yi v recommend that t time the e h height b by twenty feet teet which thc tho th 1 I plans I Jt have ve accordingly ly dl 1 Every American citizen tirs I ed on OD I-a I r t r H r. r 1 i f PRESIDENT ROASTS ENEMIES OF CANAL Continued front from frOll Iu e hue One nie feel reel not merely gratification but a aury avery U. U very ury keen sense of or pride in the statement statement state state- ment melt mado made b by this distinguished bod body of or engineers as to the tho way In which th I work has has been done dono and which it I Is Isnow Isnow ISI I now proceeding proceeding- The American merican people are to be Ii heart heartily eartHy congratulated on everything of or Importance that I has been beon done dono In Sn connection canal canal with wih tho the building of or the THEODORE ROOSEVELT Tho The modification of or tho plan for to Gatun Galun dam Is tho the only Important change not alred already published that Is recommended by the board of or engin- engin ers ers They sa say that tho the bl big dam dam was the central centa point of or their Investigation a- a tion Uon and the they certify that the thin tn type e of dam aln now new under construction Is one which meets our unanimous approval adding that tho they ar are aro satisfied that there will wil bo be no dangerous or objectionable objectionable seepage through tho the materials under the base boc of the dam darn nor are they so soft or as to be bE liable Hable to be pushed aside 1 by the w weight of the proposed dam dum NO MO o y W t to cause lan dangerous erous V |