Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-19
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mission is the possibility ana probable
! ny of high dam at BohI0. upon which
depends the ACCESSIBILITY of cOnstruc-
ting nigh level canal, with the sur
race or the water 90 feet above sea
Lowell
'lho second plan under consldera-
u2h is q summit level of 90 feet above
sen level Constructing "a canal on This
plan admits of two different methods
ol treatment. First the construction
of q dam 60 feet above sea level NJ
Hohlo with tWo locks of 30 feet. there
being two locks on the western slope.
second. the construction OF dam 80
rect above sea level az GaWn. eight
miles from Colon with two 30-fcet locks
in tho same vicinity The adoption Of
% sIxty-t0ot level also win render Il
necessary 10 construct dam at Gam.
bon In order TO provide "a reservoir to
accumulate water enough during the
wet season 10 furnish water for the
summit level of the canal. The con.
siWcti1n of "a dam az Gamboa I'm this
connection would also control the Cha
gres river except that q would be nee
css1ry 10 provide @ safety splllway by
the construction or q tunnel some eight
miles in length through the divide, ais.
charging ihc surplus waters of the cha
grcs into the heg1waters OF the Juan
Dia1, or the alternative plan Of con-
structiug % tunnel fuor miles long
through the divide, separating the Cha
gres basin from the haldWaters OF the
Gat1ncIlli stream that enters into
the Changers valley at GatWn
Should this latter course boz adopted
10 would be necessary 10 construct an
auxiliary channel for the Chagres from
Gotun 10 the sea ln order 90 divert It's
flood waters into the bay westward Of
Colon.
"The third general plan under consId-
GRAFTON would be the construction OF a
canal with a thirty-foot level above the
sea with "a single lock at MIanoresaud
a single lock at Bohlo, or IN the imme-
didtc Vicinity. the construction of the
Gamboia dam 10 be required In this In
stance the same as In the 6O-fOot level
plan
THE fourth plan would be the con-
structlon of q sea level with tidal lock
at MIra0ores. In this connection II Is
necessary 90 explain that while the
mean sea level of the Pacific aud the
Caribbean are the same high tide IN
the bay Of Panama rises 10 feet above
mean sea level and falls 10 feet below
whereas the fluctuation Of the tide Of
the Caribbean at Colon Is less than
two feet The construction Of a dam
at Gamboa with the necessary spill
ways as noted I'm the previous plan,
would SO the same under the sea level
plan az under the 80 or 6O.foot level.
THE construction of the Gdmboa
dam would provide the water supply
for the entlre line OF the canal, includ-
Ing the cities of Panama aud Colon.
II also would provide a power plant for
the generation OF electric power suf-
Client to furnish ample power for the
operation OF the Panama railroad and
for the operation of any machinery that
might be used I'm the construction of
the canal II would require two years
10 construct this dam, and, roughly es-
tlmated, liz cost including splllways,
would be between $lj,000,0OO and slG,-
600 600 not including the power plant"
Asked by members OF the commission
for an estimate OF the cost Of the var-
Gus plants Mr. Wallace said the beet
estimate that could be made at present
would be based ON the estimate OF the
former commission OF S2O0OOO, 900 for a
a0-foot level canal Figuring with this
as q basis, the co. foot level canal would
cost S225,0OOOO0 could be open for traf-
hc In 10 years. and fully completed In
~ years; the 3)-foot level would cost
S2jOOO00OO, open for traffic IN 70 years
and completed IN 10 years the sea level
canal would cost $500 100000, could open