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Show TIDES ARE HARNESSED Engineers Make Sea Help Shape Up Giant Breakwater at Canal Washington, Jan 2S Instead of being discouraged by the heavy seas that are pounding the Altantic ap-proacb ap-proacb to the Panama canal, the engineers en-gineers under Foloncl George W Goetbala have harnessed the tides and I are making them aid in adv anc ing the work, according to advices from the canal .one today. The sea is assisting as-sisting materially In shaping up the giant breakwater that will guard the Atlantic entrance u the canal, by heating the seaward slope of the nestle work Into the angle desired bj the engineers. The trestles, extending 1 ' 7po reel from the shore, are now completed ml the WOrh of rilling them with beavi rock Is proceeding rapidly oo |