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Show PANAMA CANAL ROUTE. rroBsoaors Hollove the Old Boole will be j bololoetod by tbo CioversssosS. M. Mutin, director general and prea- ; ldent of tbe board of directors of the Panama Canal company; General Ab- 1 bott, chief engineer, and W. N. Crom- well, counsel for tha canal company, j have arrived In New York from France. I "The Panama Canal company," aaid I General Abbott, "is waiting for ths j recommendation of the Walker com-j miaoi'jo to cougresa, and for the action . of that body. I believe that the deci-1 aion will be In favor of the Panama canal aa being more feasible, ecooomi-cal ecooomi-cal and giving belter results. If the: decision is against the Panama canal, the company will, nevertheless, go eo building it. "I believe that if both the Panama and Nicaragua canals are built nine tenthe of'ths vessels will choose th Panama canal aa lacing tbe better. What the Walker cotuir.iaj.ion heard when in Paris was a revelation lo them. ' Already between 3,iK),0o0 and 4.lxi0.-Ouo 4.lxi0.-Ouo cubic yards have been taken oul down there, and two-fifths of the work ' baa bsea done.1 i |