The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-24

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has been carried on by the Govern govern,
ment throughout. subject only 70 ~ nu1i :.
limitations as Congress has seen , " 80
impose. 1t has been our eltort ~, 10
MAKE everything attractive on w
i,sstltnus The American people WILL
The ab anq ere Of Wi nbd IA ana
, the continuous progress n the WorK *
force Il sa6 our s p9fy forts s there
bles, and after all what the American
peeopie want is the prompt competition
Oh the canal
rs It near comnpletiion2 II %on l,a (,
peen With my party on TINS i las, ,r ,I
y yb wouldn't need assurance lTgti me
inc work has now advanced so iar sil =. y. !.
~ aoasn't require an, ensineef 10 si.o IVY
layman that a canal Is there, ana
seat see i f vii be great canal You can
~, There were great problems to soivs.
! inc distance from shore to shore IL
f nny niles, with the canal str i,iniir
nve miles to sea az each end. uuien !, =
HIlcaragun, between the. Arctic /, anu
antarctic Oceans. The Chagres Kiyer
n,iyas through a valley ABOUT tn M 4
sides the d fifarsfna'i in tides botwsen
me atlantic and Pacific and the addl.
c Iona ssiXasava ton. made sea,leiv ,a
Such canal would have required 2, a
masonry dam three-fourths of a mile in
,, enigt Instead of that we adopted /. =,
opening ut Gatun seventy.seven feet
VIDE; and by Simply closing that open :
ing 1t has proved possible to make a
axe stretching TWENTY-FIVE miles INTO
are the key to The whole situation.
IN, The canal will be 500 feet vide 70
the lake there will be navigahl ,
channel for twenty-five miles 1000 feet
in width. The passage through the
S e,aiS! cut for dstanG,ss .. OF ao4 fbe
bottom OF 800 feet and the sides slop :
ing. outward. The chambers Of the
locks at Gatun are 1000 feet long, an 9
| VIII take in any vessel constructed OF
/ projected
Are th htskl m5v tht p "ay Fir dIrts rney
are taking out of the Culebra cut L.,
700 cubic yards per month mo, a IN
whole cubic yardage Is, / ngure out
that the excavation will be compile te
about January, 1913. Then the lock
locks. one after another making con.
crete formation nearly a mile long
/ They are laying thai concrete at the
1 rate. or 1000 cub IS on each sidt
/ ance of modern machinery. The mer
in each division are full of spirit o.
rivalry, and are daily trying. to SET
which side can do the most. They arr
laying nearly 1900 cubic yards OF con on
crete every day. One lock on th'
Gatun side Is nearly completed
THE canal is shaping itself, and
confirms the judgment of the engineers
and from present appearances, even =
the mind of a layman, is now easy o
completion. The great Gatun dam is 81
. big that 1t seems rather work of ma
on the outside slope of the dam TO haV'
golf links. and there is.plenty of room
The dam Is 200 feet long and half
. mile wide. 1t will take the Chagre
, River, with all its freshets, an entir
year to fill that lake. The lake has al
muddy hole that does not present
poetic appearance. butit will one day b
a great and beautiful eXpanse of water
capable of floating anything that float
, on any sea.
Can he Ready In Four Years.
II do not venture to prophesy whei
. the canal will be ready. If 1t Wer
; ranged to put a warship through
. considerable time before January
1915. But 1t is we'll not TO press TIN
work undu)y. 1t should be we'll done
that there may be no defect to be mad
the basis of later complaint.
1.-The first impression is of wonde
at the organization of the immens'
, enterprise, the greatest OF moder!
times. the building of what may b.
! called the Straits of Panama. We ma,
, all have just pride that the work u
so near Accomplishment and that i
and ingenuity and skill of American