The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-24


large bssir4 with locks, WIN form The commence.
mem me ~, o. me canal WHICH from this point under
tionI OF the DIN the canal viii not be supplied with
wzter from the North Sea, which, on the contrary,
the lloanders for the protection Of their coasts.
From the canal basin 70 Vesen, ON the
the canal OF Suez, Is being rapidly proceeded with
through sand dunes Of great depth, Overiaying
Ssr eays 81 recent x. age the
surface 1917 feet and at the bottom eighty feet
Az last as the sand can be loaded It Is taken by
locomotive to Velsen to form the banks that to
protect the canal during Its passage through the H.
and subsequently the drained land from the waters
sse Of he Nat tSe sand els s n Sn
to be banked out and OF this portion some nve
miles have already been made through the WDker
the canal, having large expafse OF water on each
SIDE and presenting very strange appearance.
The peninsula called Bullen Auizen has been
cut through ana the banks advanced into
the open waters OF the j. So far locomo-
tives have done the work Of Transporting the
sand, but now bargeS are employed, partly on
account Of the less expense Of carriage and partly
because the engines have tendency TO knock about
there In the already completed passage we meet the
dredging machines, which, BY an ingenious patent
o. Mr' freeman MIX the mud win water py csntr
pipes over the bank. where 1t gradually cOnS0dates
and helps the process OF embanknenL A very lm-
portant supplementary part OF the work Is the for
nation Of branch canals and dtkes for the purpose
OF keeping open the navigation to the various towns
on the u, such as Beverwijk ana zaandam, ana the
equally porant drainage system from the Haarlem
Nicer, which at present nnds its outlets ut
spaarndam and Halfweg. and which but for
these precautions would soon swamp the coun-
try. This entails an enormous quantity Of
extra dixie, the whole amounting TO about
objection to complete MS emDankment before the
Pampus dam was finished, ut the entrance OF the
hrst nigh tide that rolled into the i would submerge
them couple OF feet at least, and perhaps carry
them away. The Objection, however, has been met
by the company engaging to ind extra barges Tor
the more speedy pushing on OF the work. and fas-
clues Tor making the banks tldeproof considering
that the additional expense that they incur thereby
VIII be met by the carrier recovery OF the 900 acres
OF drained lands. Fortunately the depth Of water
in the u is not great, varying from ten to twenty
palms ia palm being the tenth OF yard, although
Ill some places between Zaandam and Amsterdam 1t
amounts to forty or nifty liiiteen feet.
The third section OF the work, under the care OF
Mr.. T. y. Watson, Is the damming out OF the Zuyder
Zee, between Pardenhoek and Schelhngwoude,
tended TO carry 1t across lower down, but the DIS
lance would nave been greater, White no tangible
benefit would have followed. From the south or
PardenhOk Side the dam Is nearly half way, the
operation consisting OF laying foundation Of bal
last, on the top Of which are thick fascnes Of Will
limestone from the thine The remaining portion
Is OF sand and clay. The chief difiicuty OF the
70 be placed and ior the budns Of Nv which egsn
tic conerdam had been formed, in which eight
steam and two hand piledriyng machines
$500, and when we see the soft, slippery
piles, each 1orty-fye feet long, Is to be
clay that iOws out like lava from below the bed OF
the II 1t becomes matter OF wonder that engines,
piles, wOrkmen and all do not bodily disappear. The
difficulty Is to obtain sufficient counterpoise within
to meet the great pressure OF the water without any
failure In this resulting IN serious mischief. In
october last high tide made complete breach In
the c0ferdam, filing 1t IN In three or four minutes
and sucking Jour vessels into the vortex like light
ming. A repetition OF this disaster was guarded
against by the formation OF an inner ring OF pies
the intervening space oelng filed with sand, Three
lOcks Will be built here the entrance OF the middle
one being twenty and OF the side ones fifteen yards
each. The lock floor VIII be Of concrete placed on
timber, while the walls VIII be on cross beams
placed On piles. BY the side Of the lock Will be
pumping engines to regulate the level Of the canal
which, by clause OF the bill, is required
to be never less than half q yard below
A: P.-meaning the Amsterdam mean level
other advantages, the canal will furnish the land.
holders on Its banks and the neighbOring towns
TALL OF one and half feet for their drainage thing
unheard OF In these provinces, where dead level is
docks may be formed near Schelngw0ude or New.
damme 1t may be OF interest 10 mention that the
Dutch engineers are contemplating even tas,er
works than what are now going On-vZ., the drain
from kampen, on the Fresiand coast to the islands
Of Urke ana Shockland, and thence to the ma1nland
Ut Enkhuizen. At present these schemes are too
mighty 10 undertake. with what they have In hand;
land will require a new map In the meantime the
works OF the North Sea Canal Will give almost
nnotner province to the butch, Who OF oil European
people, are to be admired for their Inyncible perse-
vcrance and steady industry
North European Confederation.
From the London Shipping and Mercantile Gazette,
August TO-