The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-21


stranger suddenly put down and set a.
hard worn there vIl now and then be-
uutbfeakH W disease There viii now
and then be- shortcomings DO admluIstru.
ton. there will be- unlocked for acct.
dents Co. DELAY the excavation ~ the cut
of The building m the dams and locks
ufHl. and. even though serious no one
uf them VIII mean more than "a little
extra delay ur trouble Vet each. when
tailed 10 timId folk NJ little faith, will
serve az an excuse Tor the belief that
the whole work is being badly managed
Experiments Will continually he tried ln
housing, in hygiene. in street repairing
IN dredging and iu digging earth and
foek' Now and then an experiment will
be = failure and among those who hear
% II, certain proportion 81 doubling
ThonnHeH viii go once believe that the
whole work is failure. Doubtless here
and there some minor raaDaiitv will he
uncovered but us 10 this, ! have 10 say
mat after The most painstaking Inquiry
] have been unable Co md single rpput-
able person who had HO much 40 heard
% any serious accusations Affecting the
honesty 81 the commission Or u any
responsible ufiror under a. ! append a
letter dealing with the most serious
charge. that uf the ownership of lots In
Colon. the charge was not advanced by
less. II 10 not too much to say that the
whole atmosphere ~ the commission
breathcs honesty as II brcathes efficiency
ana energy Above an. the work has
been kept absolutely clear " politics /
have never heard even 10 suggcHtion Of
spells politics in connection with IT,
! have Investigated every complaint
brought TO me Tor which there seemed
20 be any shadow ~ foundation. In
two or three cases all of which ]
have Indicated in the course Of this
message. I came 10 the conclusion that
there was foundation Tor the COM
plant. aud that the methods NJ the
Of could be bettered. In the other In
stances the complaints proved Hbsu-
iut.ly baHclsss. save IN two or three
takes which the commission had all
ready found out ana corrected.
ISLANDERS and Libelers.
So much for honest criticism. There
remains an immense amount Of as
reckless Islander HH has ever been pub
lllshed. Whore the slaudrrerH are of
foreign ORIGIN have no concern with
them Where they ARE Americans. I
feel for them the hcurtlrst contempt
ana indiguHtluus because. In u spirit
ot wantun dishonesty and malice.
they are trying To- interfere with and
hamper the execution or the greatest
work of the kind ever attempted. and
are seeking 10 bring Co uuught the Of
forts uf their vuuutrymvn 10 put to
the credit OF America one ~ the giant
occupations of these aianderers COM
Htltutu n gross libel upon % body Of
public servants who. Tor trained intel
ligrucr. expert ability. high charac-
trtr ana devotion Co duty. have never
been rNrrlled anywhere There be- not
re- man among those directing the work
un the isthmuH who has obtained hIs
position "u any other basis than mort
alone. uud not one who has used hls
position loo any way Tor hits own per-
Hnnal or u"cuninry advantage.
Plan to Build by Contract.
After most careful consideration we
have decided tp lot out most ~ the
work hy contract 10 We can come TO
satisfactory terms with the contract
nrr Tho whole work iH ~ Kind
suited tn the peculiar gcnluH Of our
opod tpc type OF contractor best nttcd
to Hripplo with a. II b. NJ course
much better Co do the work In large
he government provided IL IL pos
sihio on the one hand TO secure &C. the
contractor sufficient remuneration
aihie contractors ~ the best kind TO
! undertake the work. and provided on
| the other hand n can be done on terms
/ which viii not give an excessive pront
/ To the contractor nt the expense Of
| the government After much CON
alteration the plan already promul-
/ adopted. This plan In is essential
l features was drafted after careful
] and thorough study and consld.tati0n'
l by the chief engineer. Mr.. stevens,
[ who. while In the employment Of Mt.
] I'M. tho president Of the Great North
/ ern railroad had personal experience
D
stevens then submitted the plan to
] the chairman OF the commission. Sir.
/ ShuntH who went carefully over "
| with Mr. Rogers the legal adviser NJ
/ difficulties were met lie then submit o.
| tod copies NJ the plan TO both Score
tnry TAFT ana myself Secretary Tart
submitted IL 10 some Of the best couu.
! sci at tho New York bar ana after
wards I went over II very carefully
. with Mr. TAFT and Mr.. Shonts. and We
q
before Mr. Root NV conclusion ~
that " combines the maximum ~ ad-
vantage with the minimum Of disad-
vantage. Under II premium viii he
put upon tho speedy and economical
construction 81 the canal. and pom
atty imposed on delay, ana waste The
doubtless Il viii have to be changed
I In some respects before we can come
10 q satisfactory agreement with re-
| FpouHihlc contractor perhaps even
after the bids have been received,
ana ~ course IL iN posslhl" that We
can not come to agreement IN which
itself Meanwhile the work on the
isthmus h. progressing steadily and
without any let up
Single Commissioner Desired.
A seycn headed commission iH ~
course clumsy executive instrument
or with such heads ~ departments
ana other officers under him as We
. may nud necessary We should DE
expressly prrmittrd TO employ tho
hest engineers iu the country os com
Hultiug uugluvrrE
accompany this paper with n mar
shaving substantially what the canal
viii Doe like when 10 iH finished When
the Culyhru cut has been made and
the dams huilt lt they are built ~ az
present proposed there will then Doe
lt both tho Pacific ana Atlantic ends
of tho canal two great fresh water
lakes connected by H broad channel
running ~ tho bottom M q rtyino
across tho backbone NJ the Western
Hemisphere Those best informed bc-
llcyr that tho work will bee completed
In about eight years, but IL iE never
sufp 20 prophpsv about such work
as this. especially In the tropics
Confident Of Ultimate Success,
OF the success ~ tho enterprise
am as well convinced as one can he
Of any enterprise that Us human n
is stupondous work upon which our
fellow Countrymcn are engaged down
should hold them To strict uccounta
hnlty Tor the way In which they per.
form a. we should recognize. with
frank generosity, the epic nature of
| the task upou which they are engaged
and its worldwide importance. They
are doing something which Will rec
. duud immrasuruhly 90 the credit Oi
. America. which viii benefit AN the
. wnrlt and which win last Tor axe.
tn come Under Mr. Shonts amt Mr.
stevens and nr Gurgas this work has
. started with every omen ut good FOR.
tune They and their worthy nssnr'at"s