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Show Cracks of Unknown Depth Appear in the Canal Cut Washington, Feb. 9, While the present dry season on tho Isthmus of Panama continues, the canal forces will resumo work ou the Culobra slide. Excavations will bo continued from ithe top of the bank as by this means It Is intended to lessen the woight of the ma'ss that shows signs of having broken away from the main hill. This will havo the effect of minimizing the tendency of the earth to movo of Its own weight into the prism of the canal. The area to be excavated is about four acres. 1 There are numerous cracks in the earth in the Culebra vicinity, according accord-ing to the Canal Record, the typical opening being from six Inches to a foot wlde with a depth that can only be conjectured. It Is apparent, according accord-ing to the Record, that the "toe" of the hill has broken away from the main mass. 1 It is estimated that the total amount of material removed from the slides on the west bank at Culebra Is. 4,-7S9.957 4,-7S9.957 cubic yardB and that there still remains within the area 2,335,- I 903 cubic yards, most of which mav ' require removing. In nil the slides . In Culebra cut. there remains to be excavated about 3,C9G,000 cubic yards, or about one-fourth of the total reaming re-aming excavation of the cut. |