The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-18


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posed OF afirmatively, onco and Tor oil,
by the only national authority competent
IN pass upon h questionable National
Legislature.
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ana on 'hiS SuoJoo' '"o foPo'' says'
The recent calamity that overwhelmed one
OF our great cites has caused many fore
bodings, The assertion that any particular
spot in the tropics Ia exempt from all danger
from such commissions OF nature as recently
visited California. or wrought great havoc
near Charlestown, 3. c.. In 1885. or changed
the face OF nature In southwestern Missouri
near the beginning of this century. would not
be haZarded by any wise man. That the
lsthmus OF Panama Is not exempt conclu-
sively appears in Senate document No. 2o+
Fifty-ninth Congress. and we can have no
guaranty that the Canal Zone Will In the future
be exempt from such disaster. The Canal
structures that would be most exposed to
injury by the passing OF an earth wave or
violent movement Of the earth's surface are
the locks proposed by the minority. whose
walls. many hundreds OF feet, or even two or
three thousand feet. long at Gatun. would. at
least some OF them. be more than Is feet nigh
and entirely unsupported on one sid save
for a part OF the height by water. III these
walls should be moved at all the natural and
probable result would be In their leaning.
and so prevent the closing OF the gates-an
injury for which a suggestion OF extra gates
on han would be useless. for no one could
guess the extent OF the movement. But the
effect Of such shock would be the fracture OF
these locks. In the repairing or which much
time-months or yeafs-might be required.
and thus cause interruption OF trar1c or the
abandonment OF the canal.
The one structure proposed for a sea