Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-06-20
A Great Work.

From me suD)oineo 1t WILL be seen
that the Great work Of uniting the
Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea
has been ~ far completed Ms TO ad-
nit til. passage II small steamers
with bsrges OF thirty tons burthen
attached. carrying freight. psssen-
gers, &c. The trip through is now
made in tw.nty-seyen hours The
company undertaking the work have
contracted with three parties for the
completion of a ship canal. piers and
harbors. by the LIST July. 1868.
When til. work is completed ships
and steamers Of the largest size will
pass through with the greatest imagi-
nable ease. The effect of this on the
commerce Of the world will b. meal
culable. Instead Of the long and
tedious route around tho Cape Of
Good Hope. we will have the short
and easy route BY way Of the Medi
serranean, through :tke canal, into
the Red Sea. TIL. distance 10 Chi
ma, India and Australia viii! be re-
ducsd more than one-half
TO L.aseps, Presiden. Of the Uni
versal Company Of the suez Canal,
is the world indebted for this magni-
fic.nt work.
The Opening Of tile Sxcz Canal.-!
The grand opening Of the Suez Ca
nal, connecting the Mediterranean
Sea with the Red Sea, and connect
ing the commerce Of Europe and
America by a shorter route with In.
dia, Australia, and the Pacific ISL
ands, took place, according to pre-
vious arrangements, on the 9TH Of;
:'pril aud following days, in the pre-
s-nce Of large party of represen-
ta,ives OF the Chambers of Com
merce of the world. The party, I'm.
der the directi n Of NJ. F. de- Lesseps,
President Of the Universal Company
Of the Su.z Canal, consisted Of one
hundred and twenty persons, Of whom
eighty-ive We're delegates, and til.
balance engineers and officers Of the
company, and some invited guests.
They left Alexandria for C..iro by
railroad, on the 7th, and started from
the latter place on the 9th, en- route
for Port Said, the inlet Of the waters
of the Mediterranean, and proceeded
thence through thu canal to Suez.
Of the shsy-fve delegates, there
were the duly appointed represents
,ives Of ten governments. eight incor-
poratcd companies or societies. and
sixty-:wo chambers Of commerce, in
different ci:ics Of fourteen nations on
four continents. After having care
fully examined for several days the
work done and now being executed,
aud passed in boats from the 31edi-
tsrranean to the Red Sea in twenty
seven hours, the delegates were Of
the unanimous opinion that the con-
struction Of ship canal across the
tsthmus Of Suez was proceeding
with vigor, and its completion only a
question Of time and money. The
company has made contracts with
three parties for the completion OF
! the ship canal. piers and harbors by
the LIST of July, 1868. 1t is now
settled beyond all question that tn.
Mediterranean and Red Seas are at
last actually connected by canal,
through which barges Of thirty tons
burden are now regularly passing,
loaded with freight aud passengers,
and lowed by small steamer, the
gift of Prince Napoleon. At the
same time the work Of deepening
and widening the channel to admit
the passage of sailing vessels and
steamers Of large size is going on
Many thousand native labor.rs are
constantly engaged in the business
of excavation and elnbanking. as-
sisted by dredges and all the other
known machines commonly used by
modern engineers in hydraulic works.
Government In Mexico.