Show FAVOR 1 SEA LEVEL y CANAL washington sept 15 A majority of the foreign members of the consulting baird of engineers 0 the canal appear to favor a aea level canal no attempt has yet been made to pass upon this question at any of the regular board meetings but the fact is that the majority of the foreign delegates who have been closely studying the ast amount of data collected and laid before iho board by tho canal commission are at present 0 the that a sea level canal would bo better than a lock canal the board met today for he first time in a week in washington and talked about dams A decision on this question oe dams wats however postponed until the board has visited tho isthmus the members expect to sal from new york with the canal commission september octh or next wednesday bunau Var llla linden and bates will explain to the board their respective plans of canal construction |