Show coed killed trying to avoid another accident ontario calif betty hill seventeen pomona collise cued coed wits killed instantly in a truffle crash liere here an empty purse had been placed in the street by sunie some elnis and the lie motorist driving in front of miss auto stopped suddenly to pick it up in order to adoli into him film miss I 1 hill 1 I swerved her car directly into thu patti path of another auto coming froin tile opposite direction her light roadster ruffed user mer tl times from the eastern end of the lake the route would be along the sari san juan river which Is miles long front from where it leaves the lake to where it readies reaches tile the caribbean nt it Grey iown town in that distance the stream falls alls feet from menn low lake to mean low seu sea level in the upper 50 miles navigation Is hampered by four rapids by constructing ting a dam nt conchuda Con chuda dam site 50 60 miles from the lake the obstacle nele 0 of these rapids could be overcome and the evel of the hie lake raised live to sevc feet to provide better navigation lengthening the lake the Con conchuda chuda lam dam site lins lias received favorable consideration the spillway of a dam built there must be capille capable according to a recent official statement from the army engineer headquarters at granada of discharging at least second secund und feet of water the effect of the dam would be to add 50 in miles les to the lake portion of the canal 11 na route as well as a deeper channel the locks to curry carry the ships from lake to sea level on the aft atlantic side would be three in number and of the same dimensions ns as those on oil the pacific side according to present plans together with excavations they would carry the canal about thirty six sis miles below the conchuda Conc Con liuda chuda dam after lea leaving ving the canal ships would merely continue along the san juan river to graytown Gray town and the caribbean the south bank of the river for a considerable distance forms the boundary line between nicaragua and its southerly neighbor costa rica about awen ty five nilles miles above aboe Grey town the river divides the bulk of the water flowing south southeastward southeast easm ard through costa rica as the colorado river and only about one tenth reaching the sea near grei town as the san juan river in the event of the erection ut a dam a considerable portion of the costa rican jungle on the southern bank would have to be Ilo hooded oded larger locks the locks to be recommended by the Jalk ln board are a great deal larger than those suggested by the walker commission which were vere to be only 85 feet wide and SOO feet long in rejecting the walker recommendation ommen dation the present engineers are not reflecting on those findings made when conditions and engineering technique were different this tact fact was pointed out by maj gen lytle brown bronn chief of f engineers of the army in a memorandum lie prepared recently for the shipping board in washington the army engineers at granada li likewise keIse referred to the change in conditions during the list last thirty henrs 5 ea rs larger ships and tile the greatly increased commerce that wilt will use the canal require bigger and better harbors their statement explained locks must be larger and will require more ex tensho rock foundations curvature must be reduced in every way con consistent with anith economy and sound engineering |