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Show oo fiAINIiENu h Panama Canal Work Cuts Into the Old Tracks "Washington, Feb. 12. Work on the Panama canal has progressed so far that the Panama railroad is being worked out of Its old right of way. On February 15, tho railroad will begin be-gin using the section of the re-located tra"ck between Gorgona and Gatun, a distance of 33 miles, and, by the first of April, the section of old track will be entirely removed. B that time it is expected Gatun lake will begin to rise to the fifty-foot level. The new track Increases the distance dis-tance across the isthmus from Colon and Panama approximately five miles and adds ten minutes to tho running time, which is now J.wo hours and 21 minutes. - - - - , |