The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-04

| members of the commission shall be ap-
pointed by the commission to act in place
of the commission during the intervals
between the meetings of the commission
and to report its doings in full to the
commission at the next regular meeting.
Regular meetings of the executive COM
mittee shall be held at the office of the
governor on the iSthmus of Panama each
Monday and Wednesday of every week.
For convenience of executing the work
to be done there shall be constituted three
executive departments:
The head of the first department shall
be the chairman of the commission. who
shall have direct and immediate charge of
the fiscal affairs of the commission, the
purchase and delivery of all material and
supplies, the accounts, bookkeeping and
audits and the commercial operations in
and steamship lines. He shall have charge
of the general concerns Of the commits
sion subject to the supervision and d.
rection of the secretary of war.
The head of the second department
shall be the governor of the zone, with the
duties and powers indicated in the execu-
tive order of May 8, 1904, the head of
the third department shall be the chief
engineer. He shall have full charge of all
the actual work of construction carried on
by the commission on the isthmus; the
custody of all the supplies and plant Of
the commission upon the isthmus; the
practical operation of the railroad on the
| isthmus, with the special view TO its
utilization in canal construction work.
All officers and employees shall be ap-
pointed and their salaries shall be fixed
by the head of the department. In which
they are engaged. Their appointment and
salary shall be subject to the approval
either of the commission, or If the COM
mission is not in session, of the eXecu-
tive committee.
AS soon as practicable after the date
of this order the isthmian canal commits
sion as hereafter constituted shall hold
session in the city of Washington for the
general purposes of organization under
this order, and for the special purpose of
preparing the number and character of
officers and employees to serve in the city
of Washington in the work of the COM
mission. The commission is especially
charged with the duty of maintaining
complete system of accounts on the
isthmus, which shall be duplicated in
Washington, so that there may always
be in Washington the proper means of in
forming the president, the secretary of
war and the congress of the amount of
work done, the cost of the same the
amount of money available, the amount
of money expended and the general finan-
cial condition of the enterprise.
There will hereafter be appointed by the
president nine civil engineers of the high
est standing having experience in work of
canal construction and hydraulics, to con-
Stitute a board of consulting engineers, to
which will be submitted by the isthmian
canal commission for its consideration and
advice the important engineering ques-
tions arising in the selection of the best
plan for the construction of the canal
The recommendation of the board of con-
Sulting engineers shall be considered by
the iSthmian canal commission and with
the recommendations of the commission
shall finally be submitted through the sec
rotary of war TO the president for his de-
cision.
After their induction into office and
consultation with Secretary Taft the
commissioners met in the office of
Gov. Magoon and had a talk over the
reorganization plans. 1t is said that
there is no disposition to make sud-
den change in the mechanism of the
old commission, though in the end
complete reorganization is expected.
Under the presidents order the actual
headquarters of the commission will
be in Panama, and there probably will
be a considerable transfer of employees
from Washington to that place, leav-
ing here only sufficient force to car
ry on the work of the administrative
branch and to keep the duplicate ac-
counts. The purchasing agent of the
commission probably will establish
himself in New York.
Rear Admiral Endicott and Col
Ernst at present are charged with i'm
portant duties in connection with the
navy and army. The admiral is chief
of the naval bureau of yards and docks
and Col. Ernst is not only in charge of
important river and harbor works in
the neighborhood of Chicago, but is
president or the MISSISSIPPI river COM
mission and a member of the interna-
tional deep waterway commission,
which is to meet during the summer
at Toronto.
Drops River and Harbor Work
Col. Ernst will be relieved of the
river and harbor work by Lieut. Col
William H. Bixby, corps of engineers.
Col Ernst has been detached from
duty at Chicago and will repair to
Washington at once. Engineer Wal
lace also will be here by Wednesday
or Thursday. Col. Ernst will continue
to act as president of the Mississippi
river commission and member of the
international deep waterway commits
sion. Gov. Magoon will be required to
reside permanently on the isthmus, and
has resigned as law officer of the
bureau OF insular affairs and of the
commission. 1t is the intention to re-
frain from filling the vacancy thus
created.
Later in the day the new body met
at the offices of the commission and
perfected it's organization. The first
action taken was the appointment of
an executive committee, composed of
Chairman Shonts, Gov. Magoon and
Chief Engineer Wallace All pending
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