Items of Interest April 15, 1905 Issue

Items of Interest

President Roosevelt, before his departure for his trip to the Southwest and West, announced the members of the new Panama Canal Commission as follows :—

Theodore P. Shonts, chairman; given direct charge of fiscal affairs of Commission; purchase and delivery of all materials and supplies; accounts, bookkeeping, and audits; commercial operations in United States of Panama Railroad and steamship lines and of general concerns of commission. Charles E. Magoon, governon of the Canal Zone. John F. Wallace, chief engineer; will have charge of the actual work of construction, custody of all supplies and plant on the Isthmus, and practical operation of the railroad. Rear Admiral M. T. Endicott. Brigadier General Peter C Hains, U. S. A. Colonel Oswald M. Ernst. U. S. A. Benjamin M. Harrod.

The President has made an order allowing a salary of $7,500, with traveling expenses, to each member of the Commission, and to the chairman of the Commission the additional compensation of $22,500; to the chief engineer the additional compensation of $17,500, and to the governor of the zone the additional compensation of $10,000. The head of each department is allowed the use of a furnished house upon the Isthmus and his traveling expenses while traveling on the business of the Commission. The total is $102,500. The salaries and allowances under the former Commission amounted to $120,000.

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