Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1906 — Canal Commission's Report. [ARTICLE]

Canal Commission's Report.

Washington. Feb. s.—The report of the isthmian canal commission, recording its decision in fnvor of an eighty five foot level lock canal, has been submitted to Secretary Taft. The report is accompanied by the report of the board of engineers, the majority of whom declared for a sea-level canal. It will now be for Secretary Taft to express his own views upon the great project in an endorsement when transmitting the papers to the president.