The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-28

some without seeing them. | cerininiy ,Ii,I nor
sec n,i tliat are on the chart, bu, then did see
lungs not on The chart, curves for Instance so
lnat ihc chart cannot he implicitly trusted. /
snou,; say there nrn few points from Port Said to
Lakes, aiid from The Bitter Lakes TO Surz, where
vessels could conveniently pass each 0ihcr. That
~ lew points except in the lakes where the canal
Iits no panks anu las abundant width aS we'll rs
depth of water.
More insufficient. still, arc the appliances ON
The banks for facilitating the passage OF vessels
Ut 1iiiicu!. points. And they are waited ut points
not In themselves difficult since Il vessel I'm that
narrow channel cannot always have stccragc.wny
on and viii swing hclplcssly ashore when She Inns
oluniess there are ready means OF fastening liaw.
sers on n the bank: The Sennnr kept two boats al
stern, anu they were continually In Use. 4 dozen
times we should lave gone ashore but for them
could find any secure hold on tho bank for tho
hawsers. Above the Sernpcum the banks were
81 sou mat the men could scarcely get about.
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
0mi,tlng other points, pass from the dark to
tue bright side, from faults to remedies and from
inc lmpcrlectlons that still exist the great facts
opens before this enterprise. Ny prepossessiOps
m s iaSor were SO strong, my faith III 1t IL still so
emphasis The actual limits to its present success
and the mistakes TINT hnvc been made Having
Mone ,nat' am at liberty to say that what re,
WITH what has already been achieved Europr
doubted whether u canal could DC built Eng
1867, when the Duke OF St. AIbans wrote n let
;cr, TO the Times describing what progress
msrs,o lna cn rcsisss% sseI maS IloW LORD ral
Of the narrowest sclnsness how Ste.
nlienson, the engineer, nronouncsd II a physical
$40, VIC Know well enough. There has been a
change lately, but no little incredulfy kept its
and Of others rs well. People began to bccvc,
!iat l:esseps had got ditch OF some sort across
,S, !hS iSmns ;s but canal That would oat ships
strated last week that the canal Would Ijont
ships. In the eyes OF all Europe, Empcrors. Em.
presses, Princes, an English cnbassatlor jonr.
malists, English, European anu American. Swans
ltcratcurs, engineers. AMI some three Thousand
penple more, there did pass great rcct ships OF
from Port Said To- SucZ. II proved two thimrs
There Is canal, and there can now easily, specG
mcrce OF the world. ~
Perhaps it was wise TO risk all criticism. and
nn uSnonslratl3n OF the incomplctcncss OF the
canal lor the sake of proving how much has becn
done, and that the rest can be done; for ihe com
;, pany WA, wants money The works are nearly at
no more Jill her faith In the canal could he
strengthened. And then the date OF this inauRu
ration has been fixed for many months It Ia
very possible the directors hoped and hcJ,cvc1
,ncy would have their 20 feet OF Depth though not
soxS,, so on The , l7t Noyember Al rate cy re-
solYcu 10 lake their chance. With their usual
clererncss, they eft the KhcdIvc to bear Inc eS.
pcnses OF which they hoped to reap the profit,
Anu IL IL Probable that since the creation OF tile
world no project was ever so magnItccntJy nd
Eertse9 an, MS the Suez Canal has been within the
u.
COST OF cOMrLETIoN.
Now the nnai question IL, how much Will IL cost
10 complete the canal--complete into CONNER.
clal route In the sense have explniIled nboyc
easy and safe for ships drawing over 20 rcet-oni
now soon con II be doncS Thus far Il has cost
near sSV, ooO, ,oG0-liow much more must he nonrcd
INTO ,l,N ~ this thirsty solif Mr.. Hawkshaw thinks
$40, ooo. 900. ana six to eight months The oiher
authority whom have quoted saws 500 O00 mn
"tcPH emDioyed' may he enough but tiint tho
Mork cannot be done In less than fifteen mOutls
II money Is TO he spent as rccklessly as llthcrto
sIiu ,n,c wasted, the estimate might have 10 he
aoubled. he thinks. Perhaps the discrcpancy lr
tween The two may DO accounted for by s,innIsiny
tnat MT. Eawkshaw fixes such n time us WoulI he
ssuMcient u tne works were In hts own hands lie
Us .he iost eminent or living English eli Qineer5
,,. ne o,mer estimate Is based OH knowledge of
ment. "s """"Bc-
PROSPECTS, OF THE ENTERPRISE.
Whether when thus completed, the canal vii,
prove to be not only practicable route for great
S,n1ns, nnt paying concern, is n question Wholly
ulsllnct from those l have been discussing and
enc q INTO which don't feel called upon TO enter
world at large not much For if once lin en-. en-.
nal be completed. means Will be found 10 keen n
open, MS railways nrc kept Opcn nnU ru N innT
, niier inc original capital las been sunk. II has
Deen sald mat lie railways Of England were built
children. am far from sayIng aniicInnte smrh
q iate or the original stockholders or this canni
NY lalth III Its present hoard OF administrator
Ila! not nc absolute; IL may be that great per-
cehtnSc OF lie capital has been stuandcred Int
sich Is The fate OF most great entcrprises n
was md is the marvellous fortune OF ills ono tn
nave had nj. tic Lesscps for It's real head, and he
VINO knows best what obstacles III, dc J,cssens bna
nus Iur fanquislcI Will bc strongest I'm Ills he
1ei oi competed success In the end.