New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-17
sl4.6O6,SO9 s24,7s0. 697

and East Indies In the same year were si,,eJ,iuS,
a total of slS7iT4s99 from which H appears
that stsss v of nS SR
AS Cadz would be OF the ports OF can ior
any a6ged tSns 0 the same distance from
Liverpool and that the voyage can De mace 10 eoo h
Sone. The voyage from New-YOrk TO suez, including
detenons at the usual places OF call can pe made IN
I've favorable to American commerce To the extensive
represented by the above ngIffs MAN
trade through England and until recently we received
One-hfh OF our tea and nearly an h our v rSw
large This course Of trade must gradually
disappear. 1t has been absurd enough TO p9rchS S
the economical laws OF trade cannot long sanction our
procuring Eastern products at Liverpool weh voyage
Of sixteen days will bring steamships 10 Suez anu
thence enable them to trade with the great ene
The United States will also in the increased pros
perty of the Mediterranean cites Egypt Arabia ana
canal Already there is a movement to transfer large
share Of cotton industry of the north OF France ana
sbould Therefore the countries bordering that his
their pristine grandeur we shan SNARE III
| their prosperity and advancement
The whole Of the Canal from the MedterIsnean
TO the exactly 100 klomeers or 100 miles ~
average width OF a28 feet the width at the base
steamships are about As feet In the beam ana our large
paddle wheel steamships So feet at the widest Noeb
but the tendency Is now in favor OF vessels Of less
draught These particulars Will show the capacity oI
June 80 was $5 gold The population OF the 18th
mus increased from $50 in lsig TO $1,000 in 1863
OF the Mediterranean l2 miles north OF
Alexandria. The site Of this town was. ten years ago.
nothing than arid dreary waste aord1ng no an
chorage shelter for shipping port was required for
the ships arriving from Europe, ana tners was no aeI
now Port Said. Previous TO its completion an island was
formed near IT, at the limits TO which ships mbght APP
pToach Immense cranes were erected thereon, aud by
their the imports transhpped into lighters,
which conveyed them TO the beach, The building of the
breakWaters a
tory artificial stone established on the seashore Here
by an ingenious process, aud lime were mixed and
immense blocks weighing 20 tuns apiece, were formed
| These being exposed for due season 10 the
| and air became hard as granite,
and OF them built the beakwaters which, stretching
out into the distance OF mile and half and
the other upward OF miemake the ne narDor OF FORT
extending from Port Said TO Kilometer Twentythre
Here 1t passes through Lake Menzalah when Is USER
separated the Mediterranean only by long narrow
ridge OF sand The immense dTedEes employee manly
! Division OF FL Guise is the second, ana extends IN
straight line from Kometer Tweny-three to IsInaia
distance OF S5 miles The deepest cuttings are IN tnls
quarter elevation OF the barof FL Guse ranging from
| ranean. The town OF Kantara is situated in thus
division, and is about Is miles from Port saia;
town OF that name situated near the northern shore of
Lake Tmsah This central station the Isthlnus,
owes s Existence to the Canal and is supplied with
fresh water BY the comparatively small canal 3nit by
branch connecting with SueZ The lsmailla division
includes the Bitter Lakes-a large e1pahse on wser,
Sea- The last division OF the canal is that OF Suez
which miles in length and terminates at the port OF
Suez already extensively known as the terminus OF the
overland route 10 India and China The passengers mas
and merchandise arriving by rail from Alexandla nave
shtpped AT this port for the places connected
by the fleets Of the Peninsular and Oriental company
REGULtTIoNs FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE CANAL.
The following are the reguaegss IL ;.s @sEssaa Of
l. Navigation on the suez Maritime Canal permitted
TO all vessels whatever their nationality provided they
do draw than meters and half OF water
navigate by means of their own steampower sailing
vessels above 30 tuns burden must be flowed by the
established for this purpose by the company
Steamers requiring 10 DO towed will arrange by special
SSsEaG! axssy vessel 'O"ed VIII provide It's own tow
7? The maximum speed of vessels on the canal is pro-
ysonally hxed at 10 kilomoters per hour.
g. Every ship exceeding 100 tuns burden must take
pilot employed by the Company who is bound to furnish
every Information as TO the route 10 be followed, the
captain remaining responsible for the conduct and hand
ling OF the vessel
mp her moorngs at Port Said the captain is
to vessel the Office and pay the passage Dues
well as the piotage fees towing ana harpo[ lees wheh
due receipt will be given him when VIII DC aVaIaDle
ia case OF need lie Will be bound TO furnish the follow
ing PARTICULARS Name aud nationality OF the vessel;
Of the captain the owners ana charteres
port whence sailed, and destination; draft OF water
number OF passengers unnage OF the snip ACCORDING 20
the legal measurement, certified by ohelal documents
g. In the formation OF trains the captain. furnished
with number according his receipt serving way
bill aud after having received the pilot on Doard VIII
g. Every vessel about enter the canal is to have her
yards braced up aud 0oons topped she mus: nave Two
T. "a Every vessel must have. during the passage Of
case of need TO carry this hawser of the moor
ing piles placed along the two banks OF the canal ~ The
captain bound keep watches deck both night and
ay 10 be ready TO cast of cut the 0wlne at the first
order 90 During the night vessels VII, Keep lights burn
ing according 10 regulation, and lookout forward ~
Every seamtug other steamer VIII whistle atthe pas
sage Of curves at the approach Oh vessels weh are 70
other engines which they may meet (0 When Two yes
ses proceeding in opposite directions come IN sgn 5hey
stop according the order OF the pilot. @ When yes-
se eores to pass another going in the direction.
warSIiS must be- given by signal The vessel going at
speed 10 keep close 10 the starpOard OahE ahdto
slacken speed much AS possible.
Vessels which for any cause whatever are Obliged to
stop the canal soon possible TO place them
selves on the windward bank and moor fore and aft %
In case OF necessary soppage, and when Il impossible
70 reach siding, which Is always to be done possible,
the captain Immediately give notice by signals by
day aud by lamps night, fore and aft 90 In case or
grounding the agents OF the Company VIII nave the
right 70 direct the OF getting the vessel on and u
necessary OF unloadng-the whole at the expense OF
whoever may have caused the grounding , |
g. Captains forbidden ~ 10 anchor IN the canal ex
cep OF absolute necessity and without the plots
consent. 2 To throw into the canal EARTH ashes, ca
Ing te canal declaration is to be made to re pilot
who is bound TO transmit II to e agent a. inc nearest
station. ( The captain is forbidden 70 tsh anything
fallen IN to the canal except under tic direction Of the
Companys agents. (5 The salvage OF all objects fallen
they viii be restored on psnt Of those expenses
TO- Captains will bind Themselves, on receiving q copy
of these regulations TO obey order for the purpose
OF carrying them out. !
IL The dues DO paid calculated on the actual
tunnage OF the vessel both 10 the transit uues ana the
towing aud harbOr dues. This tunnage Is determined
transit from one sea the other is lot per tun Dr
den, and 0f per passenger payable at the entrape
tun the harbor dnes for anchorng ut Port Said at
smae and before the platform az Sue after remaining
"a hours or 20 days the utmost five confines per tn
per day at the place assigned by the captain of the rf
Tho potaee dues for the passage of the canal xed
according 60 the draft OF water follows: Tn To three
meters francs per decmeter; from to "A meters IN
frames from "A meters Is francs from 10 IA meters
20 francs Every deCimeer 10 be paid for proportonaIy