El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-17
Urges That Rates and Date
Of Opening Be Promptly
Announced.

washington. D. c., Oct ll.-t ore
sba5owinr the early completion ana
oDenine of the Panama canal the isth-
-.5an canal commission, in its annual
ranort. made public today, recoInIl-s ~.
ed congressional Legislation 5OFe-----7
canal tolls organization Tor the 49,
Tfo- of the canal and for gOTeInllells
81 -ho canal zone, utilization OF Illle-1
-erenTe 10 pay operating expenses a--e
10 repav the capital invested 4--L
action Expedition was l169----- -
handed In order TO ADVISE l-e
cia1 world of the use u may mas ~
the great waterway OF gAe --t,s1
sending ships through II ana just "-lSN
ii VIII be opened f. a+
least is months notice Of the rates -
permit the worlds marltlIne 10 .e 80 = -
-ee5fust their routes and 10 DulLu ~ ~. ~
ehIns and organize new LLa--alo "a -
rou7panies. ii was also u55-Il1u 80,
sfrabIe TO put the canal 70 use ~ -
as possible. not only 70 secure .-e-
-st1rrns on the enormous captta- ~
-es+aT hut 10 make possible the pas
100 Of the worlds fleets without con
----'- progress on the Locks.
rrr. -s-.or+ showed that the engineers
hoard has already Iol41 lA5- 81 s7I
concrete ia the great e7ite l loel1s a.
be laid by June D AS1-' e55- 80 so --i7I
later the locks on the racine sue "a
~ finished. except the gaL5s1
viii be ready June j. 1919 At5l-- I'M ,
Nv ADrU ] next, the giant splI-"5y q.
Gatun would be at the 9o 1ooe 5-5,,i5
r5on and the entire dam l1ete ol--
he completed by the following ~ ~ ~
THE excavation through lne Ol-G1-o
e-+ the greatest earth digging S--.eL
prise the world mas eFee sen. -li,7.s "a ~
completed July 4, 1913, II the sIl4es - :
MOI i'm excess Of the estimates Al '-l ~.
80 +f7a exterior channel VIII be suLLl-
GENTLY advanced 10 PASS lA5 7--F'-N7
mat would use the canal
40 Necessity for Change
Though these estimates were IllauS Z
wear ago the COMMIT ss-oA sta.Ss -
there is no occasion 10 MAKE aLLs
siderable changes 4nguAu ~ = ---ee
LAYING in the Gatun locks VIII pc ilie FL ~
bao1- a few months TO January i. $50
+nfs will not delay the eleclloA " ---I
rates or the completion OF the "o-A as
q whole 7----- -,-,t,7io
.-,7oII-oenent of the rates 10 D5
CHARGED and the formulation o. iules
nv which the tonnage OF sn+ps ~ ~
determined. The commission - an 49,
nrenar ring much Information on ---SsI
points for the guidance OF congress IA
legislating next session ,---s,.
fTba commission expressed the Delle
rhst ft cau secure the pest opela lill=
force for the canal from among thS
---o-l-ars now employed on the canal
High wages were paid az lle outset
when ii was difficult TO obtain men
on account OF the bad repulallou OF L-lt
country and the temporary claracte e.
of the employment But the commits
sion commended that as the Qealn "a e
~ +ha zone is much lower than 1oT
most parts of the United States and
as the operating work VIII be perna
nent. much lower wage scale can %
adOpted The commission regarded
80 essential that the cost of operation
shall BE- reduced to q minimum con
efsfent with efficiency II reasonaoh
tolls are TO be established
Raising the Revenue.
The total outlay for maintaining th
canal viii he Tor wages q the opera
tive force. engineering work sanltatiol
and civil administrator The comlnls
sion was insistent that the revenue o