New-York tribune., 1909-02-25

the life OF the nation in time Of war; tne "a sreh
feet OF lock canal at supLsme b Necessary to
send feet'of battieships from ocean to ocean q.
ovence n lock gate should be TANNED or iS eiS.
design during OF before the passage Of the meet
tt-v = Granger. OF Cartagena Colombia.
made a sharp attack upon the report mace re"
DAYS ago by the engineers who went to Panama
vii, E,reSident-eIect Taft look over the WoIh-
He said. in part:
DANGER FROM EARTHQUAKES
That the Panama Canal shall be built at sea eXel vel
without question is the unanimous dema ma OF t,le
business interests Of the country esPeclahZ lIt
Shipping interests as shown by Mr. schwab. EyeTy
Sea evel advocate is still unswervingly So and now
even the lock advocates are beginning 20 aqaLt gn @
when had just finished writing my paper Y,IIisn Isr
Rarcsv Parsons The only remark made 10 nm
regarding that emphasized the earta9uahe gt =
shock that would jar The walls two inches out Of
line s9ud 10 proaP9s o ncbes3 %R2 half an
would do H. and they'll get Il just as sure as fete
arferv u trafc should be left for considera tion
sojely 10 whose only occupation IN NE mas sI
position Is such they feel themselves not at
liberty 70 express dissehg Z f 3Pe Worlds experts
IN this matter should continue 10 he ignored IN io
tt W batS as tn situation means Of construc-
tion foundation and cost have proven pltIuHy e.
I first met Mr.. Boyd Ehle "a. S, {. E9 in Co
lumbia when he was engineer in charge. under 2
Admiral Walker on the preliminary expeditions
lust ten years ago. Mr.. Ehle was subsequently
division engineer of the ChdgreS and or the NueI
divisions He unfortunately so situated at pres
ent that liberty 10 join thus dlscussIii
bl,t he has authorized me 10 use his name as /
Dam was built il would be sure TO hold wafer Lle
replied: L don't know. have Just come from nc ~!
West volcanic region, where the rivers colIle ~
immense volume of the gOrges' ana the1 sPeEiCi
out below and disappear into the ground fahdia a
is certainly an entirely volcanic region, WIN s-
sllres throughout the ground. ana whethei II ue
a., water would iii the lake frankly say can ttil.
! hl this much I sea level Is lle oiiiS
! canal to build ! always been sea ieLei
man as is Mr. Wallace: and. furthermore, throusIl
| nv correspondence with old friends sun on Int
work on the Isthmus- I know that many, II MI iroI
practically all OF them, are At heaTt sea -,
men. though through fear OF losing thet JoOS ''S
/ do not dare 50. -
have lust received the fun text of the report OF
the board Of engineers who recently accofpaIllet
/ Mr. Taft to the isthmus. Will hasuN, i IouCLl
upon three or four points OF their coinPr
report as sample of its entire unreiaollity. mus
! page 5, II says .o,..+so,,
In view of the fact. thaI lhe go go.
/ is being made somewhat more rapldIN Ihal
/ was auticipa ted. have considered IN very sL-
eral way the relative cost and time OF cohsu uctio
/ Of 2 level canal .-.,. .la
| results are over 2Olo.GA0 yards month Is tnel
reference this great administra tive
of Colonel Goethals and his able assistants, as
! heirg somewhat more either fair reasonao.e
or true statement Of the situation, ana does IL eNl
dence fairmindedness. uDswerVlng deteril
tion against all consideration Of the oVer"helhlhe
| arguments in favor Of sea levei2