Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-18
TAFT PLEASED
WITH WORK
ON CANAL
PROGRESS ALREADY MADE
REMARKABLE, HE SAYS
Congress Did Right IN Deciding
on Lock System Dissatisfied
Laborets Cause Officials
Trouble oil lsihmus,
tsy sIa,uisr youru1i special rea.sd wirsl

10 Marninr Jourpli Special Lehsed Wire
Colon. Nov. I4e- President TAFT
sailed for Charleston 90 q O'Clock TINS
evening aboard the afmoufed cruisef
Tennessee. which Ma- conveyed ~
the Montana. after fsnf i~nterfstlHa
s4ags on the iktimns. Before leitfil4i
tho president said
This is the NTH Time I nave vis-
lied the fathmus and l have gone over
whole line ana looked into every part
az the improt en4ants. The progress
has been most satisfactory Indeed,
It Is remarkable
"Nlien l was here ~ mouths aga
the main question Was the c0uiiffHa-
lion of tho judgement ~ congress IN
having adopteG @ lock tNpe tstnat lA-
stead Of q -eu leXal The extent 70
which the Gatun dam and the lncNa
hhse Deeu completed has fefealed
from exefN impartial NiHN. the Wis
dom ~ the decision made aud me
Feasibility az the plAn adopted Ihts
conclusion Is further confirmed "a
clinched by the difficulty ~ocensloifa
BIZ slides IN Culebra cut which Tor q
canal az 1876 foot l4Ncl HfecssitAicd
aply an additional excavation mat
could readily be taken care Of
ANY attempt. however t. sink q
canal a. Culehra 10 q depth oi 50 feet
below the present proposed Level
would lengihen tile time ef cvnsirtc-
zion. weary the patience ~ Amert-
cane. make the cost almost pruhibitprN
and leave IL an exceedingly doubiiut
question whether with the difficulty
encountered With the tbAgcs river
such q canal would be possible nc All
The Gatun dam lock viii falte another
rs feet. ana slowly rising to @ level OF
50 feet, which viii constitute the Key
to the whole plan IS the canal, ~ 80
. 4l.at rIY.F. tAfTt Ia N4lH.ff
cut aisl The locks 0n the Pacific SIDE
a definite picture Il given Of what
the canal ie 20 D.. which Inspires y
With naRein.ss Tor its rompietioti'
'The landalidfs 90 1lsiehrgg can he
easily removed. tte further excavation
and the widening Of the sfapf where
thcy oecur merely adding something
10 the cost. but the percentage Of both
time and cost viii be very small not
enough 10 increase the estimates for
the completed cRnal'
on The eve OF President T0ff's de-
nurture loo boilermakers. satisfied
that after hearing th0ir complaints
Inst eYenttH the president would give
no Immediate answer to theit d"nlhhds
gave rive days notice uf quitting their
work and sailing Tor home. several
unions ~ m%aphiniste ana biackamiths
ora threatening similar action " u
nat intended 20 strike, hut simply -
reaiQn aud lceVc the Isthmus. The
canani officials are indignant az the
employees tor trying 20 force their de-
mands, which tbs utficiAis regard as
unreasonable.
President Taft promised 60 consider
the matter fullA and cable Dis answer
tram charlcston. but tits did not SAT-
isfy some OF the hot headed among
the Duiiermakefs. The cannl com
mission MS afternoon issued "a state
mont which w part follows
"Dpflne the lust year several petle
lions asking for nn Increase ih pas
nero presented TN thr American
canal workers Wha nre n8td hourly
and who number 1900, about 2o per
cent of The entire American fprrc'
The commission after fnlly cnnsiderd-
tion declined To grant the increase, not
considering any Justification nvteH-
karN for such nvtion
"The standard pay on thF lsthinus
"a GO cents am honf. which, SIS from TO
to SO cents higher thRn in the United
states. In addition the workers re-
reite ff.e quarters fuel. ilahf mediriu
attention and either privileges NOT
erantgd In the United states,
'rhe reason given hy the roo mon
who resisnel Is thut the president
promise 20 send hia nnsWo from
Charleston .s not satisfactory. THIS
action of the bollerniakcrs Viii not la.
ferfert viii the canal construction
Morl ma nll gnlse niy temporary