The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-18
VESSEL, HOWEVER,
WILL BE SMALL ONE
Six Months Later the Canal.
the Greatest Of the Engi-
neering Works. VIII be
Formally Opened-Canal
Commission Makes Re
port, in Which Plans are
Disclosed.

ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washinwton. Nov. t1.-Somcthne
prHt summer ~ fan. 70 exact GATE
being specified. . vessel VIII pass
Dom the Atlantis 70 tire Pacific across
ehat IL now tbe fathmus of Panama.
whlrh consequently must dieapus a.
frona the worlds geography and b. the
same human nEoncy. ne western
hamiHphere wiii be divided into tKo
continents. The vessel WI not BE-
the OroEon nor any ether famous
ship but viii be one 90 the many
smau water craft IN daily uae by the
oanal builders. ard probably the only
nnsaenEera viii he Col George Va.
sioethaia. and ths staff or Amarican
enMtneers. who fgr tire past eight
years have bsan Carrying On she nreat-
en' snwineerinN work ths worid has
ever aean. IA win he later tbmn that
auyw here from ala months % a voar
perhaps. hefora the formal apenlnR of
10 waterway wul take place and a
naval feet headed ~ thu famous oie
Qremnn. wui pass through into the
Nesfern ocean. and the canal may BE-
fAir0 said - be op~n % trade.
These facts are not of onieiai record
a. Jet. the date of January 4. 1914
etili sfagaa for thr opening predicted
nv Colonel GoefhalH. nnf thaf the
openinN Ufu - anticipated Co = great
ektent has been promised hy tha ca
aal hHiidera IN uDofficial aatemsbts
esd uow eomes clrar intimation ~
t1a'F psarpesm ~ "a aBee the uaonin9
aata. iaefaa aannal rspnFt - tne eas
nal ccwrnaettou. 11at puplisasd. Il -
diseloEei waae khs comnletion ~ tnt
9rcat iecks - January J noxt wiI
act ne ahseialr. owlnR 20 eontract de-
isys. wflnin si1 months thereafter ths
ahaunei will ~ finished while 20 in-
snre the Hate paaeage ~ the locks.
fac cuntrsrtor aas been called urou
to finish tae swfas In ore fixht fret
- fhaf % fhe fe4 uf fAa Wark b. In
esnaitlon paaaaRs 81 salps can Be- pcr-
nitted Wtfhout Wntfin Msr thc com-
niefinn 20 the other fiirhta rhis
statement wtu he underntood. whoa it
IS hnuwn that taa great iorss being
nulit iu duplicate. eide 81 side. not
cnlv te add fn the capacity - the
caual huf % insure 80 Continuance in
operation h rass ~ = sertous aecs.
dent te aain in 0me ~ thn iocka
BATisFAcToRV PROGRESS.
THE renort shows e most pafiTfac-
fnrY state nf nroereaa az tho Whcle
Ereaf werf thouEh in eiew ~ tas faet
that n b. dated Ecptemhor ia last. enc
aEures rcaar6inw exravailons plaeIna
~ concrete. erection 81 d8ula and iocks
and amhNidiarv WORKS ere not 40 re-
cent aa those oontained ln the reEu-
Tar monthlw reports. Naturally the
most imfnrfeiinE feature 81 thn report
relates o. the oneEatloua fn ths great
CmlehrA cat Here. great iandalidea
NAM ranklmE with an Alpine avail
amche in magnitude. have - increased
tha amount ~ material "a be- oxcavat-
"a. thHt we're q not found possible e.
steadily rnduoe the cost per yard a
dfedainN and steam ahuvellinH tArouEh
fhn NrawlnF oxnartnesE ~ the en-
RiuvenA. and Improved emWfnearEaE 4
methods. t1is total onst - excavation
would have been vastly wreatsr Than
fhe estimates rnlFinm The las1 year
nearly t6.to0.o00 cubic yards ~ earth
Weru takNn out 81 this cut. leaving
noarlv tt.ooa. eco ~ hs displaced nalors
ire canal can ho opened The famars
raunad hy the slides MAY bo appreci.
afed from the fact tnat nearly 6.oa1.
coo yards ~ earth exravated was 81
composed or nearly as PER cert ~
ffr tnfnf excavation
DEALING WITN sLfDEa
There ia nniT eVe way Co deal With
these slides. and fhat O. 20 diH them
ouf nn they ecr1r. fhnnwh sorne halu
81 rained tT tcwaciaE ths upuer
BANKS Thaf a. hecauae tas ruoiDriet'
formation rhanKea 80 frequently end
snfdsniF nat no cfher effective freat.
merit haH heen fnFlud se unstable h
tha earlh thaf fhe material IN ore nari
~ ere ~ut begins ro move cn a. tns
rfnatinn aa lev Hu an y owtuw tr
tte masa or sratiaoa rock eiidlns
ever LAYER ~ Ignite Ons slide
nov in motion. noaF tho hridEn O.
Cufrhra. covers an - 90 s1 acres
from Watch 8Tf8oaa yards have al
ready been removed. isaVtnE SO .an1
ntl1 to - handed
Than there e. another utfis side o'
90 lear than ca acFFa an tae crposlts
Eife ~ fha canal The resuh 20 thess
aar.h moVomcnfa. which are cutie a..
nFrtlanai in enEinccrinF prartice. hal
hear t0 icaVn ihe canal I'm itH deepen'
rortiona with very nat slopes. Ths
rnceuraEing feature of me heavy wurt
e. thaf point Is f1und in the statement
ln thn report "thaf none 81 the allda.
whlch oeclrrra during ne year woulf
have IUtrrfarnd wtfh fac passage "a
rhips had tho canal been in operation
ALREADY tae appropriations made Psi
CONGRESS for the oanai have run inte
biE hEurua. tho total up Ca June Q.