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Show 'PANAMA CANAL IS ' NEAR COMPLETION i i Washington, July 19 More than soven-eighths of tho excavation work on tho Panama canal has been completed com-pleted On Juno 1, according to tho Canal Record, 22,053,815 cubic yards, or less than ono-eJghth of the total amount of earth aDd rock to bo taken out of tnc canal route remained to be excavated. At the rate the great steam shovels are working this certainly cer-tainly can bo done in time to have the waterway ready for opening on ! schedule January 1, 1915. |