Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-03-27

performed by Mr.. John Barrett. 1t is
understood that Minister Barrett Will
shortly be given leave Of absence and
then be provided for 10 another diPlo-
matte post.
John Findlay Wallace, at present
chief engineer of the canal, will also be
made member.of the new commission.
lie will be given practically supreme au-
thority in all matters pertaining to the
engineering features of the work. The
other engineer members the commission
will act as consulting board which, it
is understood, will include two of the fol-
lowing present members OF the commits
sion. VIM. II. Burr and Benjamin Al.
Harrod.
For the purely executive work of
supervising the letting Of contracts, the
shipment of materials to the isthmus
and the auditing Of accounts, the Presi-
dent is looking among men who have
had experience in handling large enter
prises. like Horace G. Burt, former
president of the Union Pacific; Leonor
i. Loree, president of the Erie Railroad,
and later of the B. & o; or Samuel
Morse FELTON,, ex president of the
Chicago and Alton. Under the proposed
plan the present expensive Offices
of the canal commission in this city
will be abolished and comparatively
few of the small army Of clerks
now employed will be retained here.
Those remaining here will be trans
ferred to the Bureau of Insular Affairs
in the War Department aud all of the
accounts of the commission will be
handled there.
The organization and management OF
the Panama Steamship Company will be
greatly simplifed and the expenses OF
the Offices in New York, which are now
about 81 so, 600 a year, will be cut to
less than half thatamount. The Panama
Railroad on the Isthmus will be placed
under the direct control and manage
ment OF Chief Engineer Wallace.
The government has about completed
its preparation of the case against the
Santa Fe Railroad on the charge Of
granting rebates and will present the in
formation within a short time to the
federal grand jury at Albuquerque, New
Mexico. If the grand jury finds an in.
dictment the prosecution of the case will
be pushed with vigor. 1t is said that
the prosecution will include not emily the
Santa Fe, but also the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company and possibly the South
eastern Railroad Company, as the law
provides for the punishment of concerns
receiving rebates as well as those grant
ing them.
The full details of the proposed ar
raugement with Santo Domingo for the
appointment of an American receiver Of
customs for that country have been re
ceiyed by the State Department and
have been laid before the President and
his official advisors for their decision.
The question to be determined by the adj
ministration is whether the President has
the authority to pledge the United
States to satisfactory performance Of
such receiver and afford him official pro-
lection in the prosecution of his work.
1t is probable that a United States
war vessel will be used to convey the
remains of the Ambassador Azpiroz from
Washington to Vera Cruz, Mexico,
when they will be turned over to the
Mexican government authorities.
Another large crowd attended the
races at BenniDg today. A more beau
tiful day for the races could hardly have
been desired.