The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
CANAL ACCOUNTS.
MUCH Involved.
Records In Bad Shape,
But No Wrongdo'ilng
is Suspected
6GREA I CHAN GES TO
BE MADE lin BOARD
Walker to Go; Davis to be Re
tired and Barrett to be Sent
to Another Post-Presi-
dent Wants Burt TO
Get Salary Of $1oo, 81,
900 a Year. "a,

(from our Regular Correspondent.)
ygAsH1NGTON. D. CT, March 25.-Au-
ditors 9th War . Department have found
a fnix-up in the accounts Of The 18TH
rnian Canal Commission. Auditor Ioilman.
having the accounts In charge e. sa:d his
morning he saw thus IA no indicat lions
OF wrong doing. Six clerks are at work
upon the figures. but only one has made
a report While he b has raised sundry
objections to the accounts, they re obs
|jeetions indicating ncomple Of data Y
and lack of stating the authority OF the
officer signing vouchers q
5 on the face of the pay-rolls were found
entries. which might indicate Irregular
Ties. The same name on the sa,ne pay.
roll was in some cases repeated as n any
as six times in the same smcnth.S It was
found, however, that the a gresa = time
NC rked did not exceed a month nor did
The aggregate Il payments exceed what
might have been earned in a month. - q
Auditor Dilman said the work was long
done by foreigners, and that the system
was bad. It must be changed X he SAID.
Still nc finds no evidence OF wrong doing.
Changes in Board.
The President is absolutely determined
10 Sreorganize the Isthman Canal Com
mission Rear-Admral Walker will have
10 go. With him will be Com sio ifer
Grunski, who forfeited the good opinion
Of the President by his alleged slowness
in getting the sanitnry8 condl tons on the
Isthmus into shape. General Davis. Cow
alnors OF the canal zone. will be allowed
to go into rctirement, and Ministe John tIr
[sS,ss Barrett !, ninister TO Panarnn. vi IL DO
\
Charles 4. COON will dis harRe e. Gle
dudes 81 member OF the cOn1Iniss on and
minister 10 the 1sthmian republi lie. S Com
snlissiDner Harrod he to leave Il COM
mission. ~ tt is understoo God tia I M lllam
Ba relay Parsons aid William n. Burr VIII
|reinaln on tile commission. Eli
1T Is believed that Horace G.8B BURT viii
be offered the place Of head Of the COM
mission, He was one time president of
the Union Pacific Railroad. It IS said
rho Presidei1t is disposed to offer Mr. Burt
salary OF $4,000 a year to undo rtake
the task of experimenting the gconstruc-
ton OF the canal as executive head OF tho
commission, directly under the Secretary
OF War. There Is no hint of taking from
Chief Engineer George F. w llace he
actual control OF tho digging Of he canal
s With Burt, Wallace, Parsons, Bu rr' md
Magoon the commission would have q
quorum 10 90 &DuSlHeS = nc ID slJAof
that there shall be seven conlnissi toner's.
IIt8has been demonstrated. that this is too
large a number. It Is proposed that two
hydraulic gineers be appointed to the
other two positions on the commission.
This proposition rs said to meet with the
approval OF Mr.. Wa llacc. who needs such
assistants. His expressed determination
| not to recognize the commissions authors
ty to direct him III the actual work done
IN building the canal is largely respon-
sibleHfor the friction which developed and
caused the shake-up In the commission.
There is no evidence. that any step tai ken
BY; Mr. Wallace has been disa pproyed by
the President. AZ III. sf