| Show MUST foat THE BILL panama canal will have to pay for it its own fortification fortifications washington the pananis canal caval will hare have to pay the expense of its own fortifications this appear appears to be the opinion of at the vanguard of the army expert board which haa has just ar rived in washington from panama after a careful examination of t the he line of the canal with reference to the selection of sites for the forte forts and the determination of the extent of the armament needed the act of 1902 though much amended by subsequent legislation would seem to carry that inference and consequently the cost of fortI fIca tion probably will be met by the issue of at panama canal bonds it ie in impossible at to state the cost of this work in the first place the commission comal islon has tentatively selected the mites for the defenses of the canal and at points along the line in tn the interior where it la Is exposed to destructive attack such aa as the gatun galun darn and the great locks much of at this land belongs to private parties and its value must be assessed before it can be acquired |
