| Show CANAL BY CONTRACT walter wallman the well known newspaper correspondent la a dis pach from washington bays an important change ol 01 policy ip regard to he panama canal is now ander serious consideration it Is less than the proposal that the government abandon tho effort to construct the canal directly through its own agenda i and that the whole or a greater part of the enterprise be let to contractors american and foreign thin has been made to president roosevelt and the president has discussed it with secretaries taft root and others with whom he advises a to the canal enter it Is as apt too early cosay that the proposed pol v ih to be adopted but the probabilities bili ties are that be ag oon as possible i f president S sr abolt liala convinced hat the cheapest and mot effective ft ay to dig the canal is to go rh job in readiness for contract tog subdivide ahe work into special tips and then invite contractors of all the world to submit bids modern contracting like almost everything else Is a work of special hm ono man or firm is great on submarine corli in rock a third in dredging a fouth in dams and locks and so on the general contracting scheme b in i n will have to wait until the international commission of engineers decide what sort of a canal we are colne 10 build among the most intel engineers the idea is fast gaining ground that a sea level canal would be a useless waste of money and time A few locks will save many millions of monr and several years and every as well as every anan that ha netted tho sault ste marlo knows ana good locks can do locks can handle al the traffic that is likely to go through the isthmus for years and put blips through quieter than a cea level canal of too restricted cross section |
