Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-12-21

and with 80 large q eOnsrsssIlSn of
sira,Es,. s',Sasn', Rs' ds~. i. sns s., g,
outbreaks of disease. Th-re stii nSs
and then be shortcomings n siinihistr.-
dents Ia delay the excavation of the .us
or the building Of the dams and locks
urai, and. even ihoash s-nous. 10 osss
OF them Viii mean mote than little
extra delay or tIanbi.. Yet each. when
serve as an excuse for ,il., tsiisf that
Experiments Will continually b- tried i6
h"asins. IN hSsishe, ~ street r-is.irtns;
nasi Nsa and then m s:ss az .ss-,ia,h, mem si siii
be . failure. and among those shS hear
of H. certain proportion of d01b,Ins
whole sork Is failure Doubtless bsI-
ani there sssn- minor Tascality will lie
that after the most painstakins ialuITy
have i-@n unabi. Ia nhi a single I.pIt.
able PERSON Who had 80 mdch as hsaIi
cf any serious accusations affecting tho
honesty 0f the commission OF 0f any
responsible officer under u. I apIa-ni q
sl.sTss' thai Of The ownership Of lots 10
."lon; the charge ~as NO, aiyanes.i by
= rspi,abi. man. sni is utterly base
whole atmosphere of the commission
br-sih-s hon-sty as IL bT-athss efficiency
b-sn hep; ahsoinlsiy clear 81 railtiss'
nav. never heard even a suggestion OF
IL
! have investigated every complaint
brought Z" ~" for which there sr-n.d
70 be any shadow OF faunds'ion in
have Indicated in the course of this
message. ! cam- To the conclusion that
,h.rs was fnlnhs,l"n for -" s.n-
% s"uld 7. bst,.r:d in The other IN
ia,siy nas"i.s. sci s"n." s.S. IL ss'a H.. .. ,srs.
Instances where they referred ." tnls-
F-AiS founi out and corrected
sisnders and Lioeiers.
y. much for honest eriticistn. There
rvmains an Immense amount of 40
I-ckt.ps slani"r as has ever been ptib-
iiish.d. whcF. the stsnisr.rs are -
them, wh.r- they ar- Americans. I
feel for them the h-sTti-st coni"rnpt
OF ~aninn dishonesty ana malice.
they az. trying To- ini"rf.t- with SnI
s. mn,s m h. srSa',%n nisS OF ~" .ria,s. a.,
forts of ih.ir coun,ryrn.n TO pa, to
f.s,s af a.. a.r.. RI. an,r. sous
accusations Of these riand.rsrs con.
.,,n,c .,.,, q sr..s libel upon q body 81
lIRs nee. expert ability. high chHra.-
t.ir and devotion to duty. have never
a man among Ihas- directing the york
On ~. is'hmus who has oht ,in"i hts
position on any other basis than myri,
position In any way for his avn per-
sonai or pccunlary advantage.
Plan 10 Build by Contract.
After most careful consideration We
hnN. decided To let out most of tho
rs,isfassory % terms with IN" c.n,rae,'
or-. The whole work II of kind
suited To the peculiar scninr Of our
sr.i III. type af contractor b.st ni,"d
I" rrappi" with II II i- Of c.urr.
par, by contract than to i" 4, all by
the government provided ~ II pas
ribi- on the one hand to secure To tho
1. mak. 1t worth Will. Tor rsTeon.
Sibl- contractors Of III" hest kind to.
. ~. a,h.r hama % !, ssn be- a Don. "., .n terms M
which will not xiv" an excessive pront
to III. contractor a, tho sspsns. Of
Hidrrntion III. plan already promui-
| gated by the secretary Of war was
fsn;srss wa. ans rs.;. snn asr ssnsfai
and thorough study and consideration.
by the chief .nsinccr. Mr. s,.r.n-.
Hiii. the prrrid, Of III" Great North
.rn railroad. had personal .Sprric nrc
Stevens then Submitted IN. plan to
the chairman Of the commission. Mr..
shon'.; who went carefully over y
tn. commission. to Hc. thnt NIL legal
difficulties were met ~. then submit
ted COPIES Of the plan Z" both sccrc.
tnry Taft and myself. Secretary Tart
submitted IL to som" OF the best cnun-
sci NJ the New York bar. and after
wards ! went over II very carefully
with Mr.. Taft and MIR Shon,s. and wo
laid the plan In It's general features
Tint ~ combines The maximum of nd
vantage with the minimum OF disad-
rnn'ng" rnder r,nos prsT'.m sonsn,.o; w Si
construction Of the canal. and n pom
atty imposcd on delay. and waste. Tho
pinn M promulgated IL tentative:
Doubtless II will have to he CHANGED
In some respects before we can como
sponaihic contrnctnrs-p'rhnpa even
after the bids have b"cu received:
and nf course II is possible THAT we
case the government will do the work
Itself. Meanwhile ~" work on III.
isthmus Is progressing steadily and
without any let up.
single Commissioner Desired.
a seven headed commission IL Of
course n clumsy executive instrument.
We should have but one commission
err. with such heads OF departments
and other officers under him ns we
may find necessary. We should be
best engineers in the country as con-
sulting engineers.
accompany this paper with map
showing substantially what tho cnnnl
will be like whom II is finished. When
the Culcbra cut has been mnd" ana
present proposedl there viii then be
at both the Pacific and Atlantic ends
Of the canal two great fresh water
lakes connected by "A broad channel
running at the bottom OF n ravinc-
across the backbone of the Western
Hemisphcrc. Those best Informed be-
iieve that the work will he completed
In about eight years: but u is never
as this. especially in the tropics. q,
Confident Of Ultimate Success.
or the success OF the enterprise I
am as well convinced as one can be
OF any enterprise that is human. II
is a stupendous work upon which our
fellow countrymen are engaged down
there on the isthmus. and while we
should hold them to strict accounta-
hility for the way In which they per-
form II. we should recognize. with
frank generosity, the epic nature of