The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-29
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mended locs cahal across the iathfnus.
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had selected Nr. Hunter - ons n tho
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peach his views under tho circumstances
said Mr. Morgan.
Mr.. Kittfcdgs replied that tho French
company was secking the most economical
plan of construction NJ the time. hut that
the exact condition Of the foundation for
lock building was not known then.
Mr.. Hopkins. Of Illinois, insisted that the
plan Of a zee level canal proposed In the ma
joFity report contemplated dams at
0amboa.
But they are small, u~nimportant struct-
ures.' said Mr.. Kittredgs.
Mr.. Hopkins insisted that they we're i'm.
poStant, n being 1850 fect. another $40
feet and q third 400 feet, with q height of rs
feet above ground. He asserted that
there was no evidence TO show how deep IL
would be necessary 90 60 10 get the neces-
cary rock foundation TO check the flow Of
the rivers, which, II unchecked, might form
GROSS currents.
THAT Ia the Sc nator's own opinion, said
Mr.. Kittredge.
Mr.. Gallinger suggested that Mr.. Hopkins
was showing much concern over the size
Of the dams proposed to be erected ut Gam
boa. and asked II 1t would not be necessary
In thu construction Of q lock level canal "to
build a dam at Gatun a mile and a half long
and a half mile wide, n l have forgotten
bow high"
Mr.. Kittredge declared that Mr.. Gal
linger was correct.
In defending the character Of the founda-
tons at Gatun Mr.. Hopkins pointed out
that solid rock foundations had not been
found except in two cavernous places.
Mr.. Morgan said the borings made had
shown a kind of indurated clay, which
was so far from being a rock foundation
that one channel 2s5 feet deep had been cut
through it either by the action of an earth
quake or by the Chagres River.
MIR. Kittredge said that borings had been
made at Gatun to a depth of 25S feet, and
sand, gravel, decayed vegetable material
and sea shells had BEEN found.
1T is upon such a foundation as this"
exclaimed Mr.. Kittredge, that the minority
propose to erect the Gatun dam"
Asked concerning the effect of the de-
struction Of the Gatun dam Upon the canal,
Mr.. Kittredge replied that the proposed
Gatun dam was the key to the integrity
William Barclay Parsons's testimony to
show that the destruction OF the dam would
amount to a destruction of the lock canal.
He maintained that the destruction of a
lock or uam in the sea level plan would
not affect the canal proper,
Concluding. Mr.. Kittredge declared that
the cost of n sea level canal, all things
considered, would be only about $50 goo 200
more than for the lock t"pe, and that the
ought to be considered.
Mr.. kittredge read a number of letters
approving a sea level canal, among them
one from Gustav II. Schgah of New York.