Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-05-24

Washington, Mayzt.--That the earth
Huake which destroyed San Francisco
was an important afctor In determin~
ing the vote of the senate COMMITTEES
On lntsrocsahie snsis 70 favor Of a sea
level type 10 apparent from the fact
that q feature Of the majority report IL
q discussion Of the effect such an earth
waye might have % locks and dams.
The majority report In favor Of g
sea~}eveI canal was submitted Thur
day by Senator Kittfedss On the sub
Jet u danger from earthquakes on the
isthmus and the possible effect on the
two types Of canal proposed, the re-
port says:
the recent calamity that overwhelmed
one Of our great cities has caused many
fOrebOdines. The assertion that any par
ticulaT spot in the tropic IL exempt from
81 Caagsr tom sucE conVsisDns q ma
wrought great havoc near CDaTIsstOn,
=. e., IN 1885, or changed the race ~
nature IN southeastern missouri. near tIs
beginning Of the century, would not os
ha1aTd,0 NJ any wise man. That the
IstHfnus q Panama - not exempt con-
guaranty that ths canal zone viii ia inc
future 10 exempt from such disaster.
EHeet Of EaTthanaks.
The canal structures that would be
most exposed 20 Injury W tbs passing o.
the ssTth's surface are the locks pro-
posed BY the minority. whose Walla, many
hunorcds Of feet, Or even Two % three
least sOms Of them. be more than IS feet
high ana entirely unsupported OF one
S M9ssI sav i tssss Rss Should R e. moved
81 all. the natural and probable result
would be in their leaking ana so pre-
fSr when 4 suggestion d extra gatSs o.
hand would be useless, for no one c0ulo
guess the extent o. the movement BH ~.
would be the fracture Of these locks. IN
repairing Of which much time-nonths
or yosTs-might be required. and thus
cause interruption Of traffic or the aban-
dOpuent OF the canal
'SThs minority suggests that the dam
board. would be ms likely TO sustain in
Jury from such cOEVulsiOn as the stTuc-
,nrs oRgye ehtsi9ned ThS bs,, noS an 'hS
solid rock foundation, reinforced with
strong walls OF rock. II = structure
s vs. On the sartf's surface. anl
no record Il found IN any similar struc.
tyre being permanently injured I Inds,
Hkeiy 10 be- disturbed thSn are the nearly
verticai, slopes near the divide, that hav'
"An earth dam on aliuvlal base, Al
proposed by the minority. might ~ ~
M ara N = crack in the dam or IL
base should open. the dam would 60 out
tbH iock drain, and the canal 20 ruined
pipes we're broken. the disaster We
areotiY augmented by this cause, for IN
sie be 'G STlct eS' on 9o ne sIo naoa n We
PIPES Islp ana Valves buried 70 the conerst
walls used for filling and emptinR tn
locks. can not be we'll conjectured"
Must Decide Type.
After reviewing the legislation an
the messages OF the president on tn
subject. Of the canal, the report say
n Is due 70 the executive branch q
the government that the uncertain
ties fncorontlng the president as {
his powers In the premises be settle
and disposed Of aiiirmatiyely, once an
for ail, by the only national authorit
competent 10 pass upon the questio
1.-The national Legislature.
The division among experts as I
the best type Of canal Ia treated b
the report, which says that the col
cluslon has been reached that the 70
lowing propositions are irrefutable
That tho ideal canal IL one at Sc
level that its construction would /
attended with more. and probabl
with less, habsrd than one with loci
and dams on doubtful foundations
that the sea-leyel canal is safer an
more convenient than one with locks
that Il would take but little long
time TO ubildi that II 10 the simpl,