The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-04

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 peopIe aeainst unjust and extortionate prices. SO far as that can still de done. What has been accomplished in the sS. S fisSs nssUn os sf hs the Ss striking example of the good result Sessramens Sese the fse saot of the coa oil % ad gas fields in its possession and to lease the rights to develop them under proper wifi not adopt this method. the coal de- posits should be sold under limitations. to conserve them as public utilities, the > the title to the soil. The regulations should permit coal lands to be worked in sufficient quantity by the several cor been; absurd. excessive, and serve no useful purpose. and often render it nec- essary that there shou pc either fraud Or else abandonment of the work of getting out the coal
 The Panama Canal.
 Work on the Panama Canal Is pro- sesa"k aer. in N March q isst. John +. Stevens. chairman of thes Commissfon an,i chief engineer resigned; and the Commission z: ,s, lows. lows. sst nosrs Col aeHrss " 5 Gosthals sb.,r. asS sna GsrSs sssf sf fnsnsss Mat s $ p ary G Mai William l. sieers ,v,, Corps FTP s,nasr of En- R.eSSsSs H aeSsSsauc c61 u w s Nevy; osEa: Mr > $ Army. and MT. Jack son Smith. Commis: sioners. This change of authority and direction went into effect on April I, the progress of the work. In March the total excavation in the Culebra Cut, where st was chiefly There was S15,270 cubic yards, In pars n hs f9Rns o Ss 9T May Of S S ns 9was With the Steam steam shovel men over the %ss Sassse Settled a Th' ta sr0gSs a parties and, in Jniy the total ex: cavation advanced materially and points in the canal prism by steam ious United States records, reaching this tii'iasa record ava was eciipsed and a total of 1.5l7,412 cubic yards was removed. Of this amount 1,4S1,307 cubic yards were < yards from accessory works. These results were achieved in the rainy sea- son with rainfall in August of 11.ss Finally in october. the record was again eclipsed. the total excavation be ing l.sss.72s cubic yards; truly extra, the heavy rainfall. which was 17.l inches In fact, experience during the last two rainy seasons demonstrates stacle to progress than has hitherto Work SS fSs locks s,Ha,s and dams , st M.eas gs last. has advanced so far that, 1t is thought that masonry work on the ehbs Sehs can be 5efSn w wssn all doab foundations for the locks of the Canal, eminent civil engineers, of special ex- perience in such construction. Alfred Noble, Frederic P. Sterns and John R. thorough personal Investigations of the sites. These gentlemen went to the Isthmus in April and by means of test pose, they inspected the proposed foun-. datfons, and also examined the borfngs' that had been made. In their report to May 2, isoa. they said: we found that all of the locks. of the dimensions now proposed. will rest upon rock of such stable foun iation. Subsequent new borings. conducted by the Commission. have fully confirmed this. verdict. They show that the locks will rest on. rock for their entire length. The cross section of the dam and method of couN struction win be such as to insure S,sI liar examination of the, foundation of the locks and dams on the Pacific side should n be made of MSt of sc fes received for doing the work of canal em %ss Found to Ss all were rejected. It is the unanimous opinion of the present Commission that the work can be done better, more sn1nt srnment % than by private contractors. Fully so per cent of the entire plant needed for construction has been pur- shops have been erected and equipped Tor making all needed repairs to the plant; many thousands of employees have been secured; an effective organ Ing system is in operation which is capable Of furnishing more labor than can be used advantageously; employees les IS paid are satisfactory and the work Is not only going forward smoothly, put it is producing results far in ad- vance of the most saguine anticipations. Under these favorable conditions, a change in the methods of prosecuting the work would be unwise and unjusti- fable. fol" it would enevitably disorgan- iZe existing conditions, check progress, and increase the cost and lengthen>the time of completing the Canal.
 The chief engineer and all his pro- ed that the S5 feet level lock canal which they are constructing is the best that could be desired. Some of them went to the Ithmus. As the plans have developed under their direction their doubts have been dispelled. While they may decide upon changes in detail hearty accord in approving the general plan. They believe that 1t provides a canal not only adequate tt all demands that will be made upon 1t but superior In every way to a sea level canal. concur in this belief.
 Postal Affairs.
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