Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-26 | Page 4 | American Engineers Are the Best

uu AMERICAN ENGINEERS ARE THE BEST. When the question of building the Panama canal was being considered and plans were being worked out, th? most prominent foreign engineers were called on to confer with tM best engineer. In the United States to decido on whether the waterwa should be one of locks or a sea-level canal. The foreigners were iinanlmoii-a iinanlmoii-a sea-level canal and they were sup ported In their views by three of the American engineers. At the time the Standard leaned to the sid' Ol the majority, but It has been demon si rated that a canal deeper than the present one would have b?en almost Impossible because of the rock for mation In the Gatun cut, and furthermore further-more there Is a variation in the action of the tldos on the Atlantic and Pa clflc sides of the Isthmus Whit i would have been most difficult to overcome The engineer responsible for th locks was Alfred Noble, who died re cently He had long experience i'i connection with the Baull Ste Marie locks and he pointed out the advaii tage6 to be gained bj the use of lock. and the difficulties that might be met In an attempt to create a sea-level canal The actual work on l he big ditch has proved that American engineers rank with the best in the world and In some lines of work excel.