Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
SAID To FAVOR LOCKS
Report Adopted by the lsthInian
Canal Commission.
ONE DISSENTING MEMBER
Opinions of the Consulting Engineers
Considered.
THE MINORITY VIEW ACCEPTED
Return Of Gen. Davis From Brussels
Chief Engineer Stevens Goes to
New York to Sail for Isthmus.

The isthmian canal commission met today
and finished its consideration of the con-
clusfons reached by the board of consulting
engineers with respect to the type of canal
that should be constructed The commits
sioners have had before them the report
OF the majority of the consulting board in
favor Of a sea-level canal and the report
from a minority of the consulting board
favoring a lock canal. ~ todays meeting
the commissioners adopted a report to the
Secretary of War which they will forward
to him in transmitting the majority and
minority reports of the consulting engi-
neers.
Although no official announcement is
made with reference to the commissioners
report there is good reason to believe that
they have summarized the two reports, and
have recommended the construction OF a
lock canal with an eighty-five foot level.
practically following the recommendations
OF the minority of the consulting engineers.
Gen. Davis, chairman of the board of
consulting engineers, arrived in Washington
today from Brussels, where he recently
met the foreign members of the board and
obtained their signatures to the report of
the majority. mat reports the general
mailed and it arrived here in advance OF
him, SO that the commissioners We're able
to learn what changes had been made from
the original draft, and 1t is said that the
changes made no substantial difference.
The commissioners report and the two
reports from the consulting board will be
placed in Secretary Taft's hands for his
consideration, and will in turn be transmit
ted by him to the President with such sug-
gestions as he may desire to make.
The commission did not finally sign today
the report which is to go to Secretary Taft
in transmitting the two reports of the con-
sulting board, and in which the commission
makes it's recommendations Gov. Magoon
is expected to arrive from the isthmus any
day. and will be with the commission at its
New York tonight and will return Tuesday
morning 1t is expected that meeting OF
the commission will be called shortly after
his return, when the report will be put IN
final shape for transmission to Secretary
Taft.
There is reason to believe that the mem
bers of the commission are in full accord
in their recommendations to the Secretary
of War, with one possible exception. One
member of the commission is said to have
expressed a desire to read the commissions s
report further, but it is not known whether
he desires to submit separate views on the
type of canal to be recommended or not.
Chief Engineer Stevens met with the COM
mission today, but he has already express
ed his opinion in favor of a lock canal, Civ
ing as his reason that the cost and time OF
construction of a lock canal can be esti-
mated with some degree of positiveneSs,
while the time and cost of a sea level canal
is indefinite.
Mr.. Stevens left later for New York.
where he will embark for the isthmus. that
he may actively take up the work of con-
struction. Mr.. Stevens returns to the canal
zone enthusiastic in the belief that the At
lantic and Pacific seaboards may be brought
closer together blythe union of the two
oceans with ship route across the 18TH
mus.