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WASHINGTON.—The prediction
that the earth movements in the Pa
nama Canal will be overcome “flnallj
and for all time" is made in the an
nual report of MaJ. Gen. George W
Goethals, governor of the Canal Zone.
The slides will be overcome, the fam
ous engineer continues, “notwith
standing the calamity howlers and in
spite of the predictions of disaster b>
the ‘know-ltalls.' "
In speaking of the slides, Genera
Goethals, says he is moved to go into
the subject again only because of tin
many false reports that have beer,
published. lie cites one instance i:i
which a report from English source:,
said that the bottom of Culebra Cut
had been found to be a bog and that
canal engineers had acknowledged
that the big waterway was a failure
and were seeking information in
England relative to a Nicaraguan
route.
Such reports are false and there Is
10 foundation for them,” Gen. Goe
hals declares, "yet they seem to have
;a'ncd credence probably because a
.ending treaty between the United
Hates and Nicaragua contemplates
ecuring from the latter all rights for
milding a canal on it3 territory.”
The report adds that it would not
ie necessary to go to England for
nformation on the Nicaraguan route
were it being sought, as the United
Hates government already has com
lete data.
The report after a brief statement
of the slide situation from the time
it began up to the latest movement
n August 1916 recalls li e fact that a
coommlttee from the National Aca
demy of Science had been requested
by President WiUon in 1915 to study
the slide situation. The visit of that
committee was welcomed by the Canal
authorities, the report says, for It
was hoped that its report would re
store confidence In the project, since
canal engineers knew that the dlfll
cultles could and would be overcome.
' Probably the greatest injury done
th° canal was through Prof. Benjam
ine LeRoy Miller, who occupies the
chair of geology at Lehigh Univers
ity,” the report continues. Dr. Miller,
it says, stopped over at the canal on
his way to New York from Costa Rica,
and was given faculty to examine the
slides. On his arrival in the United
States, a pessimistic report on the
canal was published, attributed to Dr.
Miller, and saying that after a
the,rough examination the scientist
was convinced that as much material
was still to be removed from the two
big cuts as had already been taken
out.
"The ‘thorough examination' oc
cupied fully three or four hours of
his time," Gen. Goethals says. "The
position that he occupied In one of
the leading universities of the United
Stutes gave credence to his statements
which were copied broadcast and com
mented upon editorially to the detri
ment of the canal. His dire predic
tions were naturally unsettling to
shipping interests which were guided
by them to some extent in routing
their commerce elsewhere.”
Gen. Goethals says that Dr. Miller's
statements were "erroneous, unwar
ranted and unfair” and that the aca
demy committee had been looked to
to help restore the confidence in the j
canal that Dr. Mdler had helped to
destroy. Although a preliminary re- I
port had been made by the committee
in January 1916, he adds, its final;
report has yet to be received.
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NETHERLANDS COAL SHORTAGE
RESULTS IN SAVING WASTE
FORMERLY THROWN AWAY
Pacific New* Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON.—Shortage of coal
for industrial uses in the Netherlands
which led to variou3 investigations
and suggestions to relieve the situa
tion, has finally resulted in discovery
of a practicable method of economl*
Ing fuel by getting all the coke and
the unconsumed pieces of coal out of
arhes and using them again. Con ml
Mahin, at Amsterdam, ha3 repor'ed
to the department of commerce.
In many Instances it was found that
more than 20 per cent, sometimes as
high as 75 per cent of furnace refuse
consisted of combustible material,
the report stated. The practice has
been to pick thi3 out by hand, but the
results were not satisfactory.
The report describes a device now!
in general use In many of the larger
Dutch factories by which furnace re
fuse Is ground and put through sieves
which separates it into part3 of four
different sizes. Each part Is put into
a separate basin coontalning a liquid
with a specific gravity somewhat
more than that of water, in which it
is briskly stirred about. This liquid
is said to be very cheap and easv to
make, and to be generally a refuse
product of factories.
The stirring and revolving of the
particles in the liquid oring the light
er, which are the combustible rem
nants, to the surface, while the heavier
or unusuable sinks. The combustible
remnants, therefore, need only to be
scooped out, and when dried, it la
claimed, make good fuel.
It la stated that in general, 2,000
tons of furnace refuse will yield 38
tors of fuel of goi d quality, besides
much of an inferior quality. The re
fuse left from the sieving process ran
be used in making fine grade of 1
betcn, it Is averred.
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ARID LAVA PLATEAU IS
SUITABLE FOR WHEAT
Pacific Now* Service, Wash. Bureau. |
WASHINGTON.—A new topogra
phic map of the Coyote Rapids j
"quadrangle” comprising 19,200 acres
la.the south-central part of the state
of Washington has Just been issued
by the United States Geological sur
vey. Most of this tract is a sparsely
settled semiarid lava plateau, accord
ing to the report.
The department explained the pur
pose of the map, which i3 an exact
replica of the country It covers, shows
the physical' and cultural features of j
the area and Indicates the altitude of
every point in it, is to aid in the re
clamation of the 210 mile square
quadrangle, which may be accom
plished by irrigation. Water for this
purpose must be obtained from the
Columbia, which crosses the tract.
The river flows northeastward here as
at no other place in its course.
For some time an irrigation sys
tem has been in use In the a ren.1
northeast of the Coyote and there is
a pumping stution Ju3t ubove the
rapids, the department explains. The;
power used here In raising the water
is transmitted from a power plant at
Priest Rapids, IB miles up the river
and the water is distributed through
the Hanford ditch.
Most of the lava plateaus In eastern
Washington have been transformed
by cultivation into fields of wheat, and
in other sections fruit raising has
been carried to the extreme, but no
great agricultural development has
yet been made in the Coyote Kaptds
quadrangle.
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