Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-02
PANAMA CANAL WILL BE
opened BY JANUARY, 1916
Committee Well Pleased Witt
Inspection of Work in Zone.
Report Soon
By RALPH SMITH.

CHARLESTON. s. c.. Dec. 3O.-Ths
committee on interstate and foreign com
merce. headed by Chairman w. c.
Adamson, Of Georgia. landed at Charles
ton Friday night. when the steamship
CrIstobal touched at this port en- route
from Panama to New York. Judge
Adamson, Congressman Hardwick ant
their Immediate relatives left Charleston
for their respective homes and will report
in Washington in time for the reassem-
bling of congress next Wednesday. Sew.
sral Of the party remained aboard tn,
ship and will go with 1t to New York
and thence to Washington. Among then
were Congressman Samuel J.. Tribble
Mrs. Tribble and Miss Tribble.
The committee left New York on De.
cember 10 and reached Colon, Panama
on the morning of the 18th.
One week was spent on the isthmus
inspecting the canal. works, examining
witnesses and sightseeing. Col George
W. Goethals. chairman and chief en-.
gineer of the canal commission, was al
the Hotel Tivoli in the American city
of Ancon, on the Pacific side OF tho
isthmus
Returning, the CristobaI sailed from
Colon last Sunday at noon. The voyage
in both directions was pleasant and
there was comparatively little sickness.
among the As people who composed th'
party. Fifteen OF them were Georgians
as follows:
GEoRGIANs ON BOARD.
Judge Adamson, Reese Adamson, Con
gresham Hardwick, Mrs. Hardwick, Mis-
Mary Hardwick, Congressman Tribble
Mrs. Tribble. Miss Ruth Tribble Lama
Tribble, Willis ]. Davis, of Newman
clerk TO the committee; Robert Speer
of Macon. official stenographer; Judg,
Price Gilbert, OF Columbus; John Cor
rigan. Jr.. Of Atlanta; Ralph Smith ant
Mrs. Smith. OF Atlanta. Others in tn,
party were Congressman Stevens an,
wife, OF Minnesota; Congressman Ste
phens and wife OF Texas: Congressman
Driscoll and wife. of New York; Con
gresham Covington and wife, Of Mary
land; Congressman Doremus, wife an,
son, OF Michigan: Congressman Hamii
ton and wife, of Michigan; Congressman
Mclaughlin, of Michigan. Congressman
Knowland and wife, of California; Con
gresham Borland and wife, of Missouri
Congressman Gould and wife, of Maine
Congressman Hamlin and wife. OF Mis-
souri,; Congressman Martin and wife, o
Colorado: Congressman Esch and daugh
ter, Of Wisconsin; Congressman Sims AM
wife, Of Tennessee: Congressman Raine,
and wife, of Illinois; Congressman Sab
bath, Of Illinois; Congressman Bowman
Of Pennsylvania; Congressman Miller
Of Minnesota. Several clerks and secre
taries accompanied the party
COMMITTEE PLEASED.
Chairman Adamson, the members D
the committee and the other congress
men in the party were gratified at tn.
progress and character OF the work be
ing done on the canal. They have bee
convinced not Only that the mammot
engineering feat will be a success, bu
they are likewise assured that the cana
will be ready for operation and opei
to the commerce of the world by Jan
uary l. 1916.
The committees trip to the canal wa
well timed. both as to convenience an,
practicability. At no earlier date woul,
II have been worth while to hold thi
hearings at the seat of the canal opera
tons and at no later date would il hav,
been practicable to inspect the big work
Judge Adamson and other members o
the committee as well as those who IA
miliarized themselves with the details o
the work and the problems involved il
the operation of the canal are satisfied
as to these points.
Judge Adamson, who is the only mem
Der of the present committee, who served
on it when the canal project was init
mated by congress, feels a deep interes
in the great work. more especially be
cause he has consistently advocated tn,
construction of an interoceanic cana
ever since he entered congress. Indeed
he was the patron of canal bills Ions
before the Panama route was formally
and finally adopted.
In his capacity as dean of the commerc,
committee and its chairman, he has
watched the work on the canal with clos,
attention. and has ever been familiar
with its progress.
WILL PLAN LEGISLATION.
The committees trip to the canal has
justified the wisdom of the chairman'l
counsel for deliberation in the prepare.
ton of legislation for the regulation OF
the canal zone and the operation of the
canal itself. To have acted earlier would
have been mistake. This is the consen.
sus OF opinion among the congressman
yet the committee is now in position t.
legislate In time a plenty and with due
Intelligence upon these important sup.
jects.