| Show EXPECT CT TO F FEarly FINISH FIN ISH CANAL CANALIN IN 1913 1 Early Ear Y Legislation Governing g Tolls Recommended by Commission PRESENT ANNUAL REPORT KI Work Vork Is Progressing in Accordance With Estimates Made by Engineers En En- Last Last Y Year car ll By Associated Press Washington Oct 16 16 Foreshadowing Foreshadowing the LIme early carl completion and opening of or the ther r Panama Palama canal the Isthmian canal commission com- com mission in its annual report made public pub- pub recommended congressional tic lic today toda Lu governing canal tolls or- or gani for tor the th operation of or tho ca- ca casal cn ca- ca sal nral and for government of or the canal anal zone utilization of canal revenue rc lOpa to lO and to rep repay operating expenses pa pay action the capital invested and other demanded in urgently was world of or orthe border order to lo advise the commercial the u use e It may mal make e of or the great water waterway way Iway or the cost of sending ships ships through it and just when It will be opened The commission wished to give at months' months notice of or the eighteen l ast least maritime InI interests In- In rates to permit hermit th the worlds world's time to readjust their routes and I Ito build new ships and organize new transportation to companies It was also I deemed desirable to put the thc canal to luse use as early as possible not only to secure secure se- se cure financial returns on the thc enormous capital invested but to make possible ithe the passage of the worlds world's fleets without with- with out Or dela delay Vork j po Proceed S Sr r The report showed that the engineers board board has lias already alread found that all the thc concrete In the great Gatun loCks kicks will willbe willbe willbe be laid by bv June 1 1912 i and five months lat later r the tho locks on tho the Pacific Bide Ido de will be finished except the gates which loch l will be read ready June 1 1 1 1913 13 Meantime Meantime Mean Mean- time ime b by April 1 1 next the giant spillway spillway spillway spill spill- way at Gatun would be at the fifty fifty- foot toot elevation and the entire dam dart there s should be bo completed b by the following winter whiter The excavation through the he Culebra cut the thc greatest earth digging enterprise the the world has ever seen will willbe willbe willbe be completed Jul July 1 1 1913 If u the slides are not in excess of or the estimates In that case the exterior channel will be sufficiently advanced to pass the shipping shipping ship ship- ping In that would use the canal Though these estimates were made a year jar ago the commission stated that there is no occasion to make any considerable con con- changes Thou Though h the concrete concrete concrete con con- crete crete laying in the Gatun locks will be moved back a few months to January Janu Janu- ary ry I 1 1 1913 this will not dela delay the thc erection erection erection tion of or the gates or the completion of or orthe the work as a whole T Time can be bo saved cd b by making public announcement of the rates to be charged and tho the formulation of rules b by which the tonna tonnage e of ot ships Is to be de de- The rhe commission is alrea already preparing much Information on oit these points for the guidance of or Con Congress ress In legislating next session The commission expressed the belief that It can secure the best operating force torce for the canal from among the workers now employed el on the canal canalL k In to o DC De Returned The commission was insistent that the suit revenue of or the canal should go to toay pay ay not only the operating expenses but ut to repay rep av the capital Invested Every legitimate means for for tor raising revenue should be adopted said the report which t recommended that thal the govern- govern mant should not only supply coal and roll roll- for Its own vessels but should sell them to merchant shipping It was vas sug sug- ig sted that the government should sell stools tools and appliances needed b by ships rand and should actually undertake to dock and repair ships In the neighborhood of oC the canal For that purpose the construction of ot a dry dock and a machine machine machine ma ma- chine shop was recommended and it was pointed out that these would be available for the use of or our navy y A wireless station for Cor naval and com commercial commercial commer commer- me- me cial use was another adjunct required Of the square miles of land in the zone acne the government owns of which six ninety-six miles arc occupied b by the canal A large part of or the government government gov gov- 0 land will be required for military mil mil- naval and other official purposes Jt t 1 was deemed essential that the SpanIsh Spanish Span Span- ish law Jaw shall shaH continue to prevail all to prevent friction with the neighboring nei in tho the cities of Panama and Colon The report declared that for tor several years cars to come at least it should be the poll policy C to keep all government lands for government purposes purposes- Whatever military force is located on the Isthmus Isthmus isthmus mus will be charged with its own sani sani- tation The reservation of or all lands for Tor governmental o use would result therefore In minimum cost for tor these thes two item Items r As to the form of government t for the tho zone the commission directed special special cial attention to the military necessities ties s the canal being deemed a military asset In conclusion the commission holds It essential that an cnUt entity be es established es- es t so organized that any an military mili mili- t tary a contingency can be he promPt promptly y met It was recommended that tha t Congress authorize DH the canal management to pay nay damages to vessels Injured f in passage Inasmuch as this government go must InsIst in insist insist In- In on taking complete chal charge e of or all vessels dUI during that transit to guard guarda a against Injury to the thc locks |
