Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-20
ENGINEERING rNrenrRIsrs.

II
During the present century the in
creased demands On the part OF the
commercial interests Of civilized ms
tons for short aud easy Of
communication have offered great in
duesments for engineering enterprises.
Tn. rapid strides made by the art In
late times are truly wonderful. Fifty
wears ego the person who should have
suggested that within his lifetime he
should see the Asiatic trade passing
through the isthmus q Suez by mean.
Of q ship canal. or across the American
continent over three thousand miles Of
railway. would have been considered an
empty-hsadei enthusiast. As e~ivilira-
ton progresses. gigantic works are
constantly in process of construction.
while still greater undertakings are
being seriously proposed, such as would
formerly have been considered fond and
idle dreams.
To-day some OF the worlds greatest
engineer. are proposing works which.
IL carried into completion. would not
only b, Of immsnss advantage to
commerce. bat would materially change
the physical features Of entire CONT.
nsnts. The learned frsnchman. II. de
L.esssps. who has become famous ~ the
Luilder Of the Susx canal. has under
consideration other pieces u engineer
in. to which the Susz canal 10 but q
small affair. comparatively speaking.
Ills greatest scheme 10 to turn the
waters Of the Atlantic ocean In the Sa-
hara desert. converting the desert int a
great inland sea. and ut the same tinuo
making large tracts Of territory. that are
now sterile. susceptible Of cultivation.
lie also expresses an opinion that the
Zambssi and Congo river. can easily be
connected by u canal At the point where
thsy approach within eighteen miles Of
each other. thus affording wafer com-
iaunication across the entire continent
Of Africa. Another great project OF his
!. ,hs n,o,o...d railroad ar,os, Asia. AN
.,,.,,,;.. which 4. nat actually com.
msueed. but which il rapidly growing In
m. favor M IN. Russian voysrnment.
An e~n,,rpri.in, Yankee breaches IN.
.eh.us Of turning IN. Blae. Sea into
h ca.,;an ,hn,u,h nm artificial chan.
n.lw., IT,. ,,ono... N .o,ns., ,h.
-. go. .a,., int. which n vat,
ar n,.o, G. Ill =. 60,
49,, ~, ,ho IAN ~o,l, n. 40 ora,
,h., ST., ~oul5 sou with .neh .
x~.loc;,, ,h., 1, x.uld ae, ma . ,r,m.n.
don, ~,,cs,stiur mower. .ulsrrin- and
eompl,,i,c ,b. work eomm.nc.d by tn.
engineer. Tbi, iuiomitabie country.
man nj mrs has figured that IL would
taks about forty years for the two sea.
to approach near enough to "a level to
allow his canal Ia bs used. lie only
wants six years To 10 his part Of the
work. and then he says ia. water will
40 the rest In twenty-five years IL he
eau be allowed to turn the river Don
in,o the volsa.
Holland. which. ss it, name implies.
is u hollow land. tn. s~ncroaehing AT.
lantie being kept back by immense
diks-. ia now considering .sriously a
plan for draining the Zuydsr Zee. The
Plan looks simple enough Oh paper.
They are to BULL a damn or dixie across
tbs mouth Of the Zee. and then pump the
water Of the lee over into the ocean.
The basin Of the Zee is then TO 10 cut
up into farming pls,s and rented out to
the p.opls. Tn. completio. Of the un.
Jertakipp would in,r.as. thu tsrritory