The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-21
SfNAIORS STILL AT IT
HEPBURN INSISTS ON MAX.
ING A FIGHT.
The President te Make Arrange
saentS for the Work and
Protection of Canal.

WASHINGTON. June 2o.--The 18th
milan canal bill passed by the senate
provides substantially as follows:
Section | authorizes the president TO
acquire for the United States at cost
not exceeding s4o,0O0,cOo all ,f the
rights. privileges, franchises. coaces-
sions. grants of land. right OF way,
unfinished works and other properly
owned By the New Panama Canal Go,
of ,srlnce, IN the .sthmus Of Panama,
and all its maps plans, drawings and
: records on the Tsthmus OF Panama
and Ia Paris, Including all the capital
stock. net less. however. than SS,S6S
shares Of the Panama Railroad Com
panv owned by or held for use Of the
said canal company, provided salts
factory title TO adj Of said property
can be obtained.
Section . authorizes the president to
acquire from the Republic of Colom-
hia exclusive and perpetual control or
a slip OF land not less than six miles
wide from the Caribbean sea to the
Pacsfic coast. and the right to use and
dispose OF the waters thereon and TO
excayate. construct and perpetually to
maintain. operate and protect there
on q canal Of such depth and capa-
city as will afford convenient passage
OF ships Of the greatest tonnage and
draft now In use, from the sea to the
ocean: this control to include the right
perpetually TO maintain and operate
the Panama railroad. of the owner
ship thereof. or controlling interest
therein, which shall have been ac-
quired by the United States; also iur-
isdiction over the strip and the ports
at the ends thereof; to make the nee
essary police and sanitary rules and
regulations. establish judicial tribu-
mails to enforce the same. The presi-
dent also may acquire such additional
territory and rights from Colombia as
in his Judgment will facilitate the
general purpose of the act.
BY section s. s4O,Ooo.Oco is appropri-
taed to pay for the property of the
New Panama Canal Company and a
sufficient amount TO pay Colombia for
the territory acquired from that eoun-
try for building the canal. The pres
ident is then, through the Isthmian
Canal Commission, authorized by the
act to proceed with the construction
of the canal, utilizing as far as pos
sible the work already done. The
canal is to be supplied with all the
necessary locks and other appliances.
Provision is made for the construc-
tion for safe and commodious harbors
at the terminal>Of the canal and for
such works of defense as may be nee
essary for the safety and protection
of the canal and harbors.
By section a. the president is given
the alternative authority of proceeding
with the construction of an fsthmian
canal by what is known as the Mic
aragua route, in the event that he is
unable TO secure satisfactory title to
te property of the New Panama Ca
nal Company and the control Of the
necessary territory from Colombia,
and after having obtained for the
United States exclusive control Of the
necessary territory from Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, the provisions as TO
the tonnage and draft OF vessels, as
TO harbors and as to works of defense
being the same as in the section re-