Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-01
EXPERT ENGINEERS If
 SESSION AT WASHla( ( TON
They Will Decide the Type of Canal That is to bs Bn to Connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oreans Ctn Together at Call of President Roosevelt All llatA Secured to be Refefged to This Commissss.

gineers of America and Europe wiN
 meet to-day upon the call of presi-N dent Roosevelt to investigate and
 make recommendations as to the type of canal that is to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. By the executive order made last June, q board of consulting engineers
 was constituted, consisting of General George ". Davis, Alfred Noble, Will liam Barclay Parsons, William H.
 Burr, General Henry L. Abbott. Fred eric F. Stearns, Joseph Ripley, Isham Randolph, all American engineers: Henry Hunter, nominated by the
 British government; Herr Eugen Tin
 cauzer, nominated by the German
 government; NJ. Quellenec, consulting
 engineer, Suez canal; and J. w. Well
 cker., nominated by the government of the Netherlands. It is this board
 which was appointed to assemble to-
 day at the offices of the Isthmian ca- nal commission The members will
 be met by Chairman Shonts, who in. a few words, appropriate to the oc-
 casion, will express the belief that good results will follow their delib- erations.
 The board of consulting engineers
 will have referred to it all the data that has been collected by the commls- sion bearing upon the subject Of type of canal. This data may be sufficient for the board to determine whether the canal should be construc- ted with locks or should he sea level canal, and if the former should be recommended, then details as to the character of locks will he taken under consideration. The recommen- dations of the consulting engineers will not be final, but will be made tg the isthmian canal commission whicii in turn will use its own judgment ia a report and recommendations to the president. The final conclusion as f3 the type of canal will be settled ly the president and congress.
 The board of consulting enginee 2 will not have referred to it detail q questions of engineering connecteN with the construction of the canal af- ter the type has been determined It's duty as at present defined and under stood by the commission will cease.
 The executive work of the jsthmian canal commission has been much sim plifed by the retirement of Mir Wal lace as chief engineer. Previous to that time the duties of the commls7 sion as an executive body were dis tributed between Chairman Shonts, Chief Engineer Wallace and Governor MaPoon, Chairman Shonts having general supervision of the work of the other commissioners. Wallace was a member of the commission. but when John F. Stevens was made hls successor as chief engineer he was not made a member of the commits sion, but was employed by Chairman Shonts and the engineering and con struction work is under the direct instead of the general supervision of Chairman Shonts. Chief Engineer Stevens, unlike MT Wallace, is not member of the executive board of the commission. While the engineering work of the canal will be under the immediate supervision of Chief Stew ems. he will be assisted by cons mittee on engineering. consisting of Generals Hains and Ernst, Admiral Endicott and Major Harrod. who are also members of the commission. 1 Such problems of a technical chaac- ter as Chief Stevens desires to be | worked out. and upon which subjects as he desires advlce will be submit | ted 10 the committee of engineers The problems which will be submitted to the engineering committee will not he numerous VntIl after the type of canal has beeg determined. although it Is expected that the board which Is to meat today will avail itself of the adyiceiof the engineering committed. on.aceunt of the connection the Iafoer hoss Lad with the canal sInee the tet atCs sfrc14 froir hnid