The Washington times., 1905-07-06

| be filled solidly with the best cement,
thus leaving a twelve-foot cylinder of
cement lying on the bedrock.
Directly alongside this first solid c9-
ment cylinder another would be lait..
by the same means ard exactly alike
ii. More and more of these cement
cylinders would be put in. until a solid
foulIdation of artificial rock had been
laid On the natural bedrock. Then ris-
ing TO the next higher level, q new set
OF tunnels would. be run across. and
new cylinders of cement would be laid
parallel TO and upon the lower ones.
Thus a process of building up from
the bottom an artificial stratus of bed
| rock would be carried on until the foun-
dation of cement had been carried up so
near the rivers bottom that ordinary
, engineering means could be employed 10
complete the upper works Of the dam.
1t is known that General Hams and
We're greatly impressed with the pro-
posal. 1t was discussed in detail, and
she decision reached that il was simple.
comparatively inexpensive, and would
not require an excessive time.
Plan Favored
It was accepted by the commissioners
as the most promising plan yet pre-
sented TO them. and IL is understood that
on their Panama trip they viii make
the Investigations and arrange for bor-
ings TO determine whether ii can be
carried out
The charges and countercharges which
nave recently been banded about the
work OF the commission are becomin Z
so definite that Congressional inquiry
or at least an effort TO force an Inquiry,
! Is considered very likely.
Judge j. D. Yeomans. former member
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Is out in q sensational interview. which
was published in Iowa during his re-
cent tIip in the West. Judge Yeomans
rf41 %
frankly repeated to a representative of
The Times what he had said in the
West.
Route Impossible
/ Mr.. Yeonans is an advocate of the
{ Nicaragua route and declares that the
Panama route is impossible for both
sanitary and engineering reasons. He
declares, moreover, that the French COM
pany was ruined by the discovery. be-
yond all question, that it was at work
on al impossible enterprise.
Then. suppressing the fact that it knew
| the scheme could never be carried out.
the frenchmen sold the canal to the
| United States This country. in Judge
SeoHans' opinion. is just awakening to
the realization that il has bought a
magnificent gold brick
4 was member cf a syndicate some
Years ago that was prepared 10 contract
~ C1it IL c''iiStl al Nicaragua Tor $I2O,
Uoo.W Judge Heornans declared We
kne& what we We're doing and could
| nave bulIt IA canal with Il capacity for All
the t!elght that Will ever seek such n
route; We knew that the route was
practl able. and that the Panama route
was not
the real opposition to the canal all
the time was backed by the big railroad
interests. When the Sicaraglla ronre
was nigh III popular favor and TX looked
! seriously as If IL might be adonted and
ditGh dug. what happened? Tne rail-
hey TOOK up the Panama Idea. and a
| regular campaign was organized in favor
OF Panama as against Nicaragua
Country Persuaded.
he country was convinced that
Panama was the real route and thar
Nicaragua would never do. They did
II because they knew a canal couldn't
be built at Panama. or If II could be
! built at all II could not be done in
generations OF time. And they wanted
10 prevent or delay the canal as long
as possible.
They don't want it because the big
freight business on canal would he
between the two coasts OF this country
Freight can be hauled by boat from one
coast to the other through a canal in
several days less time than freight
| trains haul 1t. and for far less charges
Snohts was appointed on the COM
mission, and his appointment was made
as result OF railroad influence. Now
they have gone to the Rock Island 10
get new chief engfneer-the Rock Is
land. which has as big an interest in
transcontinental business as any road
In the country. At the rate they work
ed in Nay II would take over 100 years
| TO builC q canal, according TO reDOrrs -