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Show Locomotives Will Tow Ships. Washington. The system of towing to be employed In operating the locks of the Panama canal Is outlined In the opacifications and plans for the towing i 1 icoiiiotlves which have tn-en prepared In or!er that bids may n askf'd for on the forty machine which will lie re- uired for the locks at Oatun, Pedro, ' Misruel pnd Mlniflores. The system, which is the invention of Edward ' ' hihlhrtiior. of the canal engineerln : ' stuff, provides fur the pissing of a t sYp through the locks at the rate o' i two nii'es an hour, the vessel hi hiz t held steady letwen four taut haw- B'T3. |