The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02

point where any construction work ,s is, that at least 1O0.O00.00o cubic yards must be taken out of Culebra alone. To complete this in twenty sssy.yyatian ystai5n of 4l6,ss7 cubic yards. and in ten years regular monthly record of Ss3,SSS cubic yards would be required. At the that amount would be dug in an entire year.
 Cost of Digging Grows.
 duous work iut of ths canal asossh there are more difncult engineering feats at other points. The extreme height dss ana s Se nunbeE of the of %a chimes and men that can be eoncen- trated there. Engineer Wallace has declared that work at culsbra could o,. ss and still finish the remainder before the immense cut Is dug to its proposed
 In the loading department. the cost per cubic yard Increased from sos! n February tc $.148 for the week ending May 20; in the to spsaI in from from soS4 to ,.i2a. In the excavation department the cost per day varies around s.lss. and the general ta-sa saPenss wss preparing the reports of the cost of excavation no estimate is made or the e expenses of the executive omces al Panama, as should be justly added.
 According to this method the cheap count of the large number of cubic s0549 Even with this system ot ng . was wa in the neighborhood of s1 per cg- bic yard. One of the assistant engi- neers to Cuiebra declared that If the the entire expense Of operating were nH en the basis of pay rolls alone, the actual cost would be more than $3 per cupic
 Decrease of Amount Done. That the May record of 10,ooO cuoic yards is not the capacity or the engn, neering force on the Isthmus IS shown record since November is as follows PsssH0f4Ts rsssg, 4ss4s Ss?0o Msroh. iss4Ss April These These are the conditions which have l alarmed President Roosevelt and caused Engineer Wallace's return to Quite as important as the confer ences engaged in by Mir. Wallace yes terday was the closeting for the greaht. Street. of Theodore P. shonts. chair man of the Canal Commission. and VII. liam Nelson Cromwell. counsel Ioi 70, l MT Cromwell gained fame as the friend of the adninistration who sue, ceeded in buying for the Government g though some wto sold out gained z different impression of the ob,ec, thereof than was represented. Botf men refused to discuss , for the Hs,Snras RSunlis tions, but it is certain that they hat under rave consideration the present serious status rsn Of s ths ba anSma haa no 1a nf ficial knowledge that Engineer Wallace had resigned
 Mr. Wallace admitted last night tha week. When asked to explain what h. intended to convey by the word ac tioh" he became confused and said: ready to talk. That time has not com yet. and I really can say nothing. I @oula to de se se until thA Washington has % beel | heard from. Neither can I discuss m! personal plans or business relations Everything hinges apont upon certain certain, mat nal;
 Friends of Mir Wallace say that h was prepared for the worst when h | returned to New York. It Is said tha when word Of trouble in the Cana | Commission reached certain New Yorl | financiers, intimation was conveyed t to sever his connection with the. Gov ernment he would be given a position in the new subway undertaking at | salary many times greater than Uncl Sam pays him. MT, Ryan and the Met ropolltan interests have been lookini for n man of just MT. Wallace,s abilit, to join hands with John B. McDonal' in the construction of the proposes great system of subways which the, are planning.
 mar who has the ability to dj, the Panama Canal. these eminen financiers argue. Is pretty well quail fled to construct anything in the sub way line that this city may need When seen yesterday MT. Ryan. Presi dent Vreelond If the Metropolitan. ant MT. Mel cna'd ali denied that there wa q word of truth In the story. Thes same men have been known to den! things before.