REPORT OF BOARD OF CONSULTING'ENGINEERS, PANAMA CANAL. 101

 In view.of the unquestioned fact that the lock canal herein advocated will cost about $100,000,000 less than the proposed sea-level canal; believing that it can be built in much less time; that it will afford a better navigation; that it will be adequate for all its uses for a longer time, and can be enlarged, if need should arise, with- greater facility and less cost, we recoinmend the lock canal at elevation 85 for adoption by the United States.
 Respectfully submitted.
 ALFRED NOBLE.
 HENRY L. ABBOT.
 FREDERIC P. STEARNS.
 JOSEPH RIPLEY.
 ISHAM RANDOLPH.