Show THE PANAMA CANAL NEARS completion FIRST SHIP WILL PASS THROUGH THE BIG DITCH SOME TIME NEXT SUMMER one on of the small vessels used by canal buller Bull dr will make first trip formal opening of waterway to take place later washington some time next summer or fall no exact date being sped fled a vessel will pass froin the atlantic to the pacific across what Is jw w the isthmus of panama which consequently must disappear from the worlds geography and by the same human agency the western hemisphere will be divided into two con tinen ts the vessel will not be tho the oregon nor any other famous ship but N will ill be one of the many small wa ter craft in dally daily use by the canal builders and probably the only passengers will be col george W goeth as 1 and the staff of american engineers who for the last eight years have been carrying car on the greatest great cal esl engineering work the world has ever seen it will be later than that anywhere from six montas to a year perhaps before tho the formal opening ot of the waterway will take place and a naval fleet headed by the famous old oregon will pass through into tho west ern ocean and avd the canal may be airey fairly airly said to be open to trade |