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Show REOPENING OF THE CANAL Colonel Goethnls is erroring on the side of conservation which is not a tad fault He estimated that the slides In the Panama canal at Gold H!l would require ten days dredging in order to reopen the fairway (o trofflC. After four days' work, the big ships once more started through. ,; The slide did not exceed 20,00 cubic f yards, and much of the waterway was urobstructed. j This may be the last slide seriously 1 to interfere with shipping, and, if it is , the Panama canal will make a better j reccrd In that respect than the Suz i I vriterway, where dredges constantly! j are employed to keep back the shift-1 ing sands of the desert. |