Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-09-21 | Page 1 | Plenty of Water for the Canal

$; oo IV! PLENTY OF WATER If. FOR THE CANAL ii: hi,, Washington, Sept, 21 The engi- jfi'1 neers' estimate as to the aflilaability (ji t ! t of the water for the Panama cnnnl has ijbi ' been substantiated by figures jpst re- g ; ' celved from the isthmus The great Riflf lake at Gatun. which is being created ki by the dam at that point, during the jjjjrj , week September 'l to 9 accumulated (jjff just 5.710,000,000 f-Pt of water. KJ) ; During this period the water level M ;( " vin- iiiiw mat' ihivv ii, j.'ivir ffiu thne a ship is locked through the ca- ftJk Hal five and a hnlf million cubic feet $)' f water muni pass and when tho lake gj i ! Is full It will afford water enough a ; r to fill the locks 150 tlmos dally, which ,PliJ Is at least twice as fast as the ships 'fe ran pass. When the surface of the 'II? ,f, lake reaches Its maximum height. S7 ??, feet above sea-level, with the water tfej , Jtiat flowing over the crest of the dam, flL-; It will contain the enormous amount '5pl of 152,250,000,000 cubic feet of water.