The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-15
KEEP Politics
OUT OF CANAL 1
tg-+.
SAYS FORMER CHIEF 'ENGlNEEf
STEVENS. AND lT CAN HE
BUILT ny 79i5s WV I
.FAvONS the SEA LEVEL
ola Not 'Resinnf Because v Of BAD
Health or Belief That Canal
Could Not Be Built-Ooes
Not Say Why.

Health or Belief That Canal
\ Could Not Be Built--Does
Not Say Why.
4 New YORK. April Ii.--"'rhorc Is ne
! reason on earth why The Panama
4 canal should NOT be completed BY
4 Ian. I 1915, mailing ships 70 pass
Iron the Atlantic 70 the pacific Al
Iwill,n
L This Is The prediction of John r
iStopens. who brought order out Of
lchaos at the isthmns, and after
months Of preparatory work showed
Ilhal The canal could pc dug rapidly j
lih administrati, n would only Keel
politics out Of H.
i The 1915 prediction Was made in ar
interview shortly after Mr.. Stevens
minded from me steamship Panama
early today. He firmly believes The
Ioanal will be compleis d by that date
lii the engineers are. permitted 10 &c
lahead with the work,
l ~ IluS bttI Sttli tfoti. it5ihisfN Dt
|cansc yorr health would not stand
1.-The climate Of the tropics" was sug
lgested
i Nothing TO that, came the an
Iswer. rive been in Panama tive
Isears and was never in better
heath in my life. did not have q
day or sickness that could be laid e
climatic conditions.
THEY are not going to have any
roUhle with disease. There has not
Ihoen case Of yellow fever since n
year nMo last December The pro
| loriion Of malaria and other diseases
i MI greater than that of Louis
ana. Texas or other gulf states. Why
Panama is 4 health resort
| When Mr.. sfeycns was informed
hat a Story had bedil published here
/ the cfiort that his resignation was
/ Inc Ia II realization thai the canal
llcver viii be completed he replied
/ That's nonsense. The canal viii
| 70 completed inst as snre as You arc
l1ligc."
/ ASKED as 10 whether he thought
| ihe canal eventually would he Of the
ga level type. he replied.
i '.lTndoub,edly. in tine
| why did ypn leave ;Ac isthmus?'
te was asked.
4 = have been under Ere for Nv,
months, have been called fool
quItter and | don't know what the!
lave not called me. have not sal
word, Mono of tho reasons put for
yard In the newspapers have an,
earring on my withdrawal hav'
hrre reasons for leaving the cana
oh They are personal reasons. anf
4 consider them entirely sufficient. Al
his time I will NOT say Why re
| igncd.'
Il win You see tho president IN
/ Washington" he was asked
4 III he wants to see me he vii
/ NOW where to find me- answers
he chief engineer. Il have done m,
4 ;hare OF The work on he canal am
am willing that some one else
'honld take a hand
'rhe people OF the United State
4 hould get the idea out Of their heads
! hat the canal work is not progress
4 ng It Is going on splendidly.'
There is no reason why work OF
he canal should not 20 on SMOOTH,
0 consnmmation in 1915" he said
The engineers who take over tn
ask have perfect organization o
nem who are intensely interested Il
heir work. There Is working fore
i If $500 whites and $4,000 blacks, an
There will be no difficulty in keeping
his force up to the mark. The labo
problem OF Panama has been solved
] "The army officers whom Presiden
{ Roosevelt has sent to continue IN
work have made good impression
81 md there is no feeling against then
ri The working force Is willing an
!, hey VIII meet with no opposition
: MIR. Stevens is most optimistic r.
! yarding the Gatun dam, one OF th
2 Zig problems of he canal Engineer
+ have declared that the plans for thi
lam are faulty and hat 1t cannot b
properly founded.
There is nothing the matter wit
the approved plans for dams
.ocks," Mr.. Stevens said. The seer
9 AIRY OF war has just sent three OF III
,ountry's most famous engineers
investigate. They are ]. r. Freema
If Hartford. Fred n. Stearns OF Bo
ton and George Noble of this cit
y Messrs. Noble and Stearns returne
: with me on the steamer Panama
e make their report. did not as
= them regarding their decision. but
a am confident that u will be fayorabl
. am away from Panama for good
y Mr.. Stevens and his wife left in u
n afternoon for Washington.
II Yoa pay a little more for ciassIfis