Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-04
CANAL BOARDS
MEMBERS NAMED
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OF Engineers, U. S. A.; Benjamin M.
| Harrod
! These names were announced at the
war department today, and in connec-
tion with the announcement Secretary
Taft gave out for publication a state
ment showing the allotments of sal
aries to the new commissioners, and
his own letter to the president and
one from the latter explaining the plan
of reorganization of the commission,
the reasons therefor and the particular
| duties to be assigned to each commits
sioner. The first reads as follows:
"The president has made an order
| allowing a salary of $500 with travel
| ing expenses, to each member of the
commission, and to the chairman of
the commission the additional compen-
sation of $22,500; to the chief engineer
the additional compensation of $17,50O,
and to the governor of the canal zone
the additional compensation of $4,000.
| The head of each department Is al
lowed the use of a furnished house on
the isthmus and his travelling expenses
when travelling on the business of the
commission.
1.-THE total is $102,5O0. The salaries
and allowances under the former COM
mission amounted to $120,00O. The to-
tai compensation of the governor of
the zone and chief engineer are each
unchanged.
Professor William II. Burr and Will
liam B. Parsons, civil engineers, will
be appointed as members OF the con-
sulting board of engineers"
New Commissioners Meet
After their induction into office and
their consultation with Secretary Taft
the commissioners met in the office of
Governor Magoon and had a brief talk
over the reorganization plan, but they
were necessarily of a premature ma
ture because the new commissioners
were unfamiliar by personal experience
with the mechanism the old commits
sion had created. 1t is said that there
is no disposition to make sudden
changes in it, though in the end more
or less complete reorganization is ex-
pected
Under the presidents order the actual
headquarters of the commission will
be in Panama and there probably will
be a considera BILE transfer of employees
from Washington to that place, leav-
ing here only a sufficient force to carry
on the work of the administrative
branch and to keep the duplicate ac-
counts.
Chairman Shonts, with Governor Ma
goon and Engineer Wallace, will spend
most of his TIME in TIE zone. but as the
administrative officers are directly in
Mr.. Shonts' charge he will be in Wash
ington more or less. The purchasing |
agent of the company will probably be
established in New York.
Navy and Army Appears
Rear Admiral Endicott and Col.
Ernst are charged with important
duties in connection with the navy and
army. The admiral is chief of the
naval bureau of docks and yards and
Col. Ernst is not only in charge of inn
portant river and harbor works in the
neighborhood of Chicago but is presi- |
dent of the Mississippi river commits |
sion and a member of the international
deep waterway commission, which is |
to meet during the summer at Toronto. |
Their continued presence on the 18TH |
mus is not necessary and it probably |
will be quite sufficient if they are only |
long enough to attend the regular meet |
ing at, Panama. This will enable Ad-
miral Endicott to meet the presidents |
wishes and continue at the head of the
bureau Of yards and docks.
Colonel Ernst will be relieved of the |
river and harbor work in the Chicago |
division by Colonel Wukkuan H. Bixby, |
corps of engineers, now on sick leave. |
Engineer Wallace, who is now on his
way from Panama, will be here
Wednesday or Thursday.
Colonel Ernst will continue to act as
the president of the Mississippi river
commission and member of the inter-
national deep water commission.
Will Live on lsthmus
Governor Magoon will be required to
reside permanently on the Isthmus.
and has resigned his present position
as law officer of the bureau of insular
affairs. 1t is the present intention to
refrain from filling the vacancy thus
created. The insular bureau, like the
other bureaus of the war department,
will call on the judge advocate gem
erals Office for any necessary legal
advice.
Later in the day the new body met
at the Office of the commission and
perfected it's organization. The first
action taken was the appointment of
an executive committee, composed of
Chairman Shonts, Governor Magoon
and Chief Engineer Wallace.
The question of the disposition of the
minor officials and the clerical force
was left open.
Mr. Shonts left here tonight for a
brief visit to the west, to finish up
some private matters demanding his