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

gull tAe oNU}OaAeO AZ villa De soSu
that the Great work Of uniting the
Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea
has been 80 far completed nj to adj
NIT tho passage u small steamers
with barges OF thirty tons burthen
attached, carrying freight. passen-
gers, &c. III. trip through is now
mad. in tw.nsy.seven hours The
company undertaking the work have
contracted with three parties for the
completion Of a ship canal. piers and
harborr. by the 1st July. 1868.
When the 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 the Cape Of
Good Hope. we will have the short
and easy routs BY way Of the Medi-
serranean, through tke canal, into
! the Red Sea. The distance TO Chi
ma, India and Australia will be re-
! duced more than one-half.
To L"aseps, Presiden. of the Uni
versal Company Of tho Suez Canal,
is the world indebted for this magni-
! fic.nt work.
The Opcning Of Me Sxce 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 and following days, in the pre-
sence Of a large party of represen-
ta,iv.s OF the Chambers of Com
merce of the world. The party, un-
der the dirccti of NJ. F. de- Lesseps,
President Of the Universal Company
Of the Sucz Canal, consisted Of one
hundred and twenty persons, Of whom
eighty-hve We're delegates, aud the
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, ca route
for Port Said. the inlet of the waters
of the Mediterranean, and proceeded
thence through th,. canal to Suez.
OF the eighty Ave delegates, there
were the duly appointed representa-
,ives Of ten governments. eight incor-
pocated 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,
and passed in boats from tn. Medi-
tsrranean TO the Red Sea in twenty
seven hours, the delegates were Of
the unanimous opinion that the con-
structiou Of ship canal across the
fsthmus 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 aud harbors by
tn. LIST of July. 1868. 1t is now
settled beyond oil 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 and passengers,
and towed by a 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 laborers are
constantly engaged in the business
of excavation and enhancing. as
sisted by dredges and all the other
kno wn machines commonly used by
modern engineers in hydraulic works.