The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-25
ENGINEER STEVENS MAKES CLEAN
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WASHINGTON, jan. q. Chief En-,
sineer John stew END, o the Panama
Canal Ia his te liaony before the
senate Commit which vas deliver;
cd In secret sion; andshas not here
tolore been made pun ommended
that the carai Aouldsbe pntit under
private CONTRACT thq Chinese labor
should be- employed and that the ex:
tension Of ne eight h6pr law to the
work. on me isthmqs shoald be re-
Dealed He th6nelit mat TIE lock ca
M, could be built @itElHfSSe original
estimate d cost and int the greatest
urohlem ii constructing 4 twas,the one
cf iabor ~
eThe englneefipg and zconstrl cuonal
difhcuifies melt into insight fcance
compared With abers That is the
question to-day said. He regard
ed one canton sElinaman as worth
tWo OF the negro iaborets now employ
e an the canai From q hygienic and
climatic standpoint Il aould sbe entire.
u possible fos American white ana.
eolored laboFsrs tos b9 utlltaed, but It
was not practicable 70 get them, SO
the question of whether they could do
the work ws not worth discussing.
Neither tie irnport ton o. Chinese
nor the aboation flthe. eight hour law
eon,d mud dc American laborer,
whiIe tfe continuation b the latter
regulation woald increase the cost Of
the canal twenty per cent and me
American laborer taxed 6. pay for It.
senator Germap asked whether It
was correct that although s2e,9 90O.Q9so.
sntii ,neSt june hsre was. nothing yet
had bseniappropFia to run 1 the work
accomplished toward the cons cons Won !
o the canal except the sanitation o.
he zone ind de batttiEg 9f1the rail-
road into condition to do the work
N stevens replied that.i IN addition
one ana d half million yards Of NATE
Fiai had hsea removed, ;Sl quarters lot
the men ,rnis6 ed supplies and equip. B
ment paFchased and the technical
work 81 surveys completed.
eean You state whether any money
has BEEN diahdsted Fof misappro.
priated2 asked Senator Hopkins
d not know q any was the re-
Bix !. .,, -,
SO You mean 70 say, asked Mr.
corman. tiiat n that project, spending
lbat money down there you have not
aade nistabe esS that have cost US thou
ssnds ot doliarsGG', "
donbt btsrecall any now, Responded
eundoubtsdly there have been mis-.
taxes made foE, sof seourse, mistakes
aI be made and I.know ] have made
them many times MYSELF
senator soEman said he was not
eritscising anybody 4but it would be
slsange wIthsach 4 condition Of things
ii exists down there II mistakes were
not nude
ssising cf the old French equip
non le tound whep he went to the
Islhmu M. Stevens said: Il would
take the money and throw It into the
liver Of burn Il quickly as l would
ahdetiake 10 use 4 In operating that
slant Itisabsolutely pnsulted for the
this story true" asked Senator
iiorgah that trains and engines used
the French are tilI besdue out
tha,gFoaad IN some tlases.
spms 30. witness \ Replied
EThet stts "a pIaes along tue Rhoit
Eon thf 8fthins any reasonable dis
ance Il me canal but that Xou. car
ma some sEtench machlnery.n
FoFmer Chief ENGINEER Wallac'
bought topfs hRndredsl6Y stee
lump caTsl lHslf y them have beel
delivered !, In ! the, lsthmus, in sec
dcnsaad lap to date. said the Witness
have esesaed IN erect ihg ah6p
al' 11 seYenty of them ,--.,-.t
n SteYenaa found them unsatIstac
tory ~ ntual pse hecpiiso Watsna