, 1869-08-21

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Ihe following account Of . grcas engineering
project in the interests Of commerce Il t2kea
1rorn NE London 1fmts, which says;
as Tsa T. ts @ r. sea
mcrcial cities OF Europe, gradually declined, part
M iso!n !. tns t,s 1se Of oths5 ports but principally
| stt.ngup Of the Zuyder 2ee, I'D, above al. the
fanpna har. Large yeasclg were obliged 70 dts-
edd1go u ret sazoes outadc and .e1e hsa aoa.
ne Wats! @ Nss pumped out OF then, ra+sed the
"To rcnedy thM the Sor:n Holland caaal was
cut f1cn Bulkhlu5t opposite Ans:etdan, 10 the
lieldct, distance Of Eity-one Elles, and this has
teen extensively used oy vessels Of la.go burden
Is ohe hcEGrru and twenty+fouf feet broad a. the
sutface, and thirty feet at the bottom, and Is
available for vessels traE1n3 eighteen feet Of
WatGr. The open Eea cAu TIC reached In a time
rA11tns from eighteen hours 10 two days. But In
wtcter c7tn this great highway Is blocked up by
les xnd ls.Se outlsy has 10 be incurred IN Keep
Ing II clear. Spectators and elglttta caE1 long
Ing looks on tie INFLOW !1ad aull shallow water
between the xuydcE and the North seas-the Inter
11oEo The obvious capabilities OF such route luy
tr. became they ha~ not oaly d4rcet outlet for
Amsterdam trade, bat q s..ll greater tntrcemcnf
u u 81 Wa,eF q he er neeT aa
! the u. Dut the echeme was one tinfcult TO
launch, md thr panic Of 1e<d almost qoenched It
stepped IN, and t5 guaranteeing res ccut and
redemption Of ca2!ta! Ut par, placed II on IN
eaasy With yaeh ssocS apa sys The under, s
co1truct is twen;y-ctEhl millions O.! terns Us sd},
Of Which lcn tEil!:ous are II tue se1ses Of the
dam. md ihI rcmauios ten millions tn prospee-
uSe land to te recovered by dsalnaEe. The
Wotkr, the plaus fur which Tcst iIInsaed bE Ar.
gLnce5. MI. Erck3, ire 70 re na.shc In 1s,t, and
Judging ny the present rate Q! progress, Will be
IN III 's5: sss s ,arcn and ,so
divides itseit into three tcciions. !. The -sorth
s,cs !sastor wurks. 9. THO canal proper. 3, The
section o1tra features o! great Interest, though
there tn one difficulty common to nll-naEnclJr
tlc extraordinary sc1t bottom and sa,It{ foania+
naary ottpu there is nnnt, and the Eztlycs pre-
t'icted that the trracacrnu5 sundt Of the North
tta won!n swallow up the hatbor Il" Boon 81
made. Tllc .sortt Sea works Viii Iot only form
the cntra1Ce 10 the c1nAl, lut vii be the Ohly hir-
bot Gl refuge between Ilc.dcE uhd Rotterdam,
along ceast terribly centrcuunt !oE its fasaa-
tttA II fl all composed of luT sand dunes, nn IL
Bwtpt ~ violent surf which nlatcs It !lnpossthe
fnr my tesscI onCc cnuayci to fsclpc. The
hrthAWHt r will embrace: Ill lrca Df .ll nerts,
each pier running cut huv feet Of which 1,'Dd
feet on tho north side nlr complete. The Hlot-
Innm depth viii fe - fcrt, und The width IT tae
tntr:4ucu ia feet. 1 hc direction Ut ihn harbof
WILL br nearly due east ami weAt, ,ll,! tho distance
from IIarwlch the saH,E III TO liotteElatn-aa In
Hor1ant feature OF 1.c direct ,raI1c between Lon.
hur,'or large tGLs!a WITH lucks viii form tho
COMMENCEMENT Of TIC Canal. lsy thc Fnec!acar
ions o. the tlll ihe eaaol vii! not hs sur7lie with
TO tsIfcn, on tho WljEsr aecr, tac rnth will 20
feet thc Y! ltn Ut The surface w feet, aut nj TIC
zrn has been cut through nai the banks Rdyauccd
tho the open waters Of tho j,
"a vtFy Important supplementary part OF the
work ts TIL. formation tf brunch cduaa And tkcs
fur the purpose Of Keeping hpcu the navigation 70
The various so%ns on inc esch ~ l'eyeIwilE
snh Zaan''atn, AMI tho equally Important asanage
tystcln from tho liaasacm Mcer, which NJ Present
bnla It'd outicts III NpazrndAll Hnd latfweg, Anf
which. put for these precautions. would soou
swamp ihe eunn:ry; THIS entails an enormous
quantity OF extra dlIe, tic whole amounting 10
1' "The ' tiIra SECTION a, the WORK Ia the da,ng
t;chtIAugwou.c. Three miles ihclow Amsterdam.
II wns t!gnAly INTENDED to carry It acros- lorcr
down, but tic distance would hare been greater,
while no tan8,b.e benenl would have followed
t'rum The south, or PaTdelboek s1le, the dam IS
Itat!y lnf way. the operation consisting OF laying
u foundation OF bnllast. on The top OF which are
t,y blocks Of lnsa't or limestone nom the 1hnc.
Tie feinatning portion L. ut eaud IND clhr. the
0tlel d!t1iculsy Of the work IL on tls aos,n Gho
! for the bIslllirg Of which gigantic cpuer'dam
has been forr1ed, IN which eight Steam and
two hand nllc.zdriylng machines woEk without
dred IN ociobcr last nigh Tide naae 4 complete
minutes ana sneEing lout vcsse!s into The vortex
like lightning. A repetition OF thsh disaster Wa
gu:rGcl asainst by the formation Of an inner ring
sap ~ irse ieeEs vii 6 bas here thc entrance
OF the middle one being twenty and Of the slle
ateen ya1s a. easn 1cr lnsf Wi hs
the lock VIII lc tho pumping engines to regulate
never Ict i than half a ynrd belhw the Amsterdam
mean Level OF high and low wafer.
1hu a 15lon to ,ns StatE a1 s n
a!ld tte ueichhottpg towns fa!l 0f ~ feet for